Charles Ellicott Commentary Genesis 10:9

"He was a mighty hunter before Jehovah: wherefore it is said, Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Jehovah." — Genesis 10:9 (ASV)

He was a mighty hunter.—When men were still leading a pastoral life and were poorly armed, the war with wild beasts was a most important and dangerous occupation. Probably from single combats with fierce animals, Nimrod, recognized as a public benefactor, was led to organize hunts on a large scale, and so, like Romulus, became the chief of a band of the most spirited and vigorous shepherds. With their aid, he next undertook the more serious duty of introducing order and rule among men who had previously lived in scattered groups without control, and without the means of suppressing feuds and of punishing deeds of violence.

Before the Lord.—A strong superlative. .