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Ask the Archive: “Nimrod” Get a written answer, cited to the three books and commentary21 results for "Nimrod"
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Nimrod Character
Nimrod is the mighty hunter-king who built Babel and established tyrannical rule after the Flood - the quintessential figure of human ambition opposing divine o…
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Rise of Nimrod Timeline
The Rise of Nimrod is the emergence of the first post-flood tyrant - a mighty hunter who establishes centralized human power in opposition to divine order, buil…
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Babel / Shinar Place
Babel is the city and tower built under Nimrod's direction in the plain of Shinar - a monument of post-flood human rebellion that provoked divine intervention t…
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Rejection of Idolatry Theme
Idolatry is the worship of false gods and crafted images that these texts trace back to the demons released from the giants' destroyed bodies - the persistent h…
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Garments of Skin (Adam's Garments) Sacred Object
The Garments of Skin are the original coverings God made for Adam and Eve - which in Jasher's tradition carry supernatural authority and pass through generation…
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Garments of Adam Symbol
The Garments of Adam are the original coverings God made for Adam and Eve after the expulsion - which in Jasher's tradition pass through generations as objects …
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Post-Flood to Abraham Era
The Post-Flood Era covers the renewal of the world under Noah's covenant through the rise of nations - including the division of the earth among Noah's sons, Ni…
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Abraham Character
Abraham is the patriarch called out of idol-worshipping Ur to receive the covenant promises of land, descendants, and blessing - tested by fire in Jasher and by…
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Tower of Babel Timeline
The Tower of Babel is the post-flood attempt by Nimrod and united humanity to build a structure reaching heaven - divine intervention through language confusion…
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Terah Character
Terah is Abraham's father, an idol-maker in Ur of the Chaldees whose household represents the idolatrous world that Abraham was called to leave behind. Within …
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Abraham in the Fiery Furnace Timeline
Abraham in the Fiery Furnace is the dramatic episode unique to the Book of Jasher in which the young Abraham, condemned by Nimrod for destroying his father's id…
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Ham Character
Ham is Noah's second son whose act of dishonoring his father after the Flood - and whose descendant Canaan's illegal seizure of Shem's territory - establishes t…
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Chedorlaomer Character
Chedorlaomer was king of Elam who subdued the families of the children of Ham and the five cities of the plain. The people of Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities …
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Anuki Character
Anuki was a wise servant of the king who answered him concerning a dream. He declared it to be the evil of Abram and his seed that would spring up against the k…
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Mitzraim Character
Mitzraim is listed as one of the four sons of Ham, together with Cush, Phut and Canaan. His own sons are given as Lud, Anom, Pathros, Chasloth and Chaphtor. He …
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Mardon Character
Mardon was the son of Nimrod and was more wicked than his father. He continued in wickedness, added to his father's abominations, and taught wicked ways. Mardon…
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The Book of Jasher 7:33 Verse
Therefore it became current in those days, when a man ushered forth those that he had trained up for battle, he would say to them, Like God did to Nimrod, who w…
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The Book of Jasher 7:31 Verse
And Nimrod strengthened himself, and he rose up from amongst his brethren, and he fought the battles of his brethren against all their enemies round about.
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The Book of Jasher 7:30 Verse
And Nimrod became strong when he put on the garments, and God gave him might and strength, and he was a mighty hunter in the earth, yea, he was a mighty hunter …
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The Book of Jasher 7:29 Verse
And Cush also concealed them from his sons and brothers, and when Cush had begotten Nimrod, he gave him those garments through his love for him, and Nimrod grew…
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The Book of Jasher 7:23 Verse
And Cush the son of Ham, the son of Noah, took a wife in those days in his old age, and she bare a son, and they called his name Nimrod, saying, At that time th…