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I think it's an odd place after two grandsons of Cush that came through Ramaah. If the phrase "Cush begat [yalad] Nimrod" (v.8) means that Nimrod was Cush's immediate son, then he should have been listed in (v.7) along with Cush's five other sons.
The Hebrew word "yalad" is controversial, but most Bible scholars agree it doesn't necessarily mean "fathered" in the sense of an immediate descendent. In other words, Nimrod carried the blood of Cush, and continued his royal line, but he was not Cush's genetic "son." One possibility, among many is that Nimrod was Cush's grandson through one of Cush's daughters.
The Genesis 3 prophecy of the "seed of the woman" that one day a human being would be born, descended from Eve would bruise the head of satan the serepent. But God also predicted the serpent would produce "a seed" who would be an enemy of the seed of the woman.
Of course Jesus fulfilled "the seed of the woman"; whereas the "seed" of the serpent" was to be fulfilled by the Antichrist, the literal son of satan. This means the Antichrist has to be a Nephilim, just like the Nephilim described in Genesis 6 who were the offspring of fallen angels who had mated with human women. When we look Gen.6:4 it says that the Nephilim were the "mighty men" which were of old, men of renown.
The Hebrew word for "mighty man" is "gibbor". This is the same word used to describe Nimrod in Gen.10:8-9:
"And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one [gibbor] in the earth. He was a mighty hunter [gibbor tsayid] before the Lord: therefore it is said, Even Nimrod the mighty hunter [gibbor tsayid] before the Lord."
Nimrod was raised as the son and heir of Cush, but there was something very special about him that it became a popular even down to the time of Moses for him to be called a [gibbor]. I believe his father was in fact satan, the chief of the fallen angels, and Nimrod himself was a Nephilim, a throwback to the days before the flood.
(The Second Coming of the Antichrist, Peter D. Goodgame)
The Hebrew word "yalad" is controversial, but most Bible scholars agree it doesn't necessarily mean "fathered" in the sense of an immediate descendent. In other words, Nimrod carried the blood of Cush, and continued his royal line, but he was not Cush's genetic "son." One possibility, among many is that Nimrod was Cush's grandson through one of Cush's daughters.
The Genesis 3 prophecy of the "seed of the woman" that one day a human being would be born, descended from Eve would bruise the head of satan the serepent. But God also predicted the serpent would produce "a seed" who would be an enemy of the seed of the woman.
Of course Jesus fulfilled "the seed of the woman"; whereas the "seed" of the serpent" was to be fulfilled by the Antichrist, the literal son of satan. This means the Antichrist has to be a Nephilim, just like the Nephilim described in Genesis 6 who were the offspring of fallen angels who had mated with human women. When we look Gen.6:4 it says that the Nephilim were the "mighty men" which were of old, men of renown.
The Hebrew word for "mighty man" is "gibbor". This is the same word used to describe Nimrod in Gen.10:8-9:
"And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one [gibbor] in the earth. He was a mighty hunter [gibbor tsayid] before the Lord: therefore it is said, Even Nimrod the mighty hunter [gibbor tsayid] before the Lord."
Nimrod was raised as the son and heir of Cush, but there was something very special about him that it became a popular even down to the time of Moses for him to be called a [gibbor]. I believe his father was in fact satan, the chief of the fallen angels, and Nimrod himself was a Nephilim, a throwback to the days before the flood.
(The Second Coming of the Antichrist, Peter D. Goodgame)
