How can I restore bookmarks?

I have hundreds of bookmarks which I've acquired over a number of years, most in folders on the bookmark bar on my iMac. I use Chrome as a browser. I also have a Nexus 7 and have an app called Chromesync, to sync the bookmarks from my iMac to my other devices. I synced bookmarks via the Nexus 7 a few days ago, and when I went into the bookmarks bar on my iMac (and also on my Macbook Pro) the folders showed in the bookmarks bar but they were all empty... absolutely NO bookmarks at all.
I back up with Time Machine once a day. I also have an additional external HD which backs up once a week. How can I restore my bookmarks from either of those backups?
Thanks.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I do have Time Machine backups and also a clone of my iMac HD on an external HD. I just don't know how to restore from them.
Thanks.

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