...the bdl authors abide by thefcripture genealogy. And, ' By thefe were the « ifles of the Gentiles divided in their ' lands ; every one after his tongue, ' after their families, in their na• tions. Gen. x. 2 — 5. Ham was certainly Noah's youngeft fon ; and very indifcreet, if not wickedly...

...very manner, according to Mofes, "were " the ifles of the Gentiles divided by the " fons of Japhet in their lands; every one " after his tongue, after their families in their " nations' 5 ."—But it is nowtime to proceed in the view, which I propofe to take, of the German, or Anglo-Saxon,...

...the fons of Javan, Elijha, and Tarjhijh, Kittin, and Dodanim. By thefe were the ijles of the gentiles divided in their lands: every one after his tongue, after their families, ira their nations. IT was hinted before, that the two brothers of Japhet, Shem and Ham, fent their...

...fons ofj APHET, the eldeft branch of NOAH'S pofterity, " that by thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families in their nations." By the ifles of the Gentiles is underftood, among all the ancient writers, the iflands of Europe ;...

...appears plainly by the text: firft, after the enumeration of the fons of Japhet, the conclufion is, by in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. So it is faid, thefe ,are the fons of Ham : thefe are the fons of Shem, after their families, after...

...is fupported. Mofes tells us, * that by the pofterity of Japhet, " the ifles of " the Gentiles WERE divided in their lands; every one AFTER " HIS ToNGUE, after their families, in their nations." Now all the interpreters are unanimous, that the ifles of the Gentiles mean thofe of Europe ; and to...

...fons of Japhet, the eldeft branch of Noah's pofterity, that, " By thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations ;" in like manner Mofes concludes the account he gives us of the fons of Ham, the youngeft branch of...

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...fons fons of Noah, of the generations of Japhet it is faid, " by thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, and their nations". And after mentioning the generations of Ham and Shem, the words, after their tongues,...

...the ifles of the Gentiles" (many of the maritime countries wafhed by the Mediterranean fea) " were divided in their lands ; " every one after his tongue, after their *' families, in their nations (z)." The defcendants of Ham occupied, among other lands, Aflyria, Egypt, Paleftine, Chaldea, and part...