| 1831 - 616 pages
...Accordingly, we read that " the posterity of Japhet divided among themselves the isles of the Gentiles, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations," Gen. x. 5. Now, his colonization could not have been accomplished, however near the islands might be to each other,... | |
| 1832 - 438 pages
...either d. priori, or a posteriori; his Creator, we find, immediately Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in...his tongue, after their families, in their nations : (Gen.x. 1—5:) a fact admitted and recorded by Camden in his " Britannia," and almost all other... | |
| B. A. S., Barbara Allan Simon - 1832 - 234 pages
...becoming a benefactor to the Gentiles, who descended from Japhet, by whom " the Isles of the Gentiles were divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families in their nations/' From Ham arose Nimrod, a mighty warrior or hunter, the origin of whose kingdom was Babel, and three... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...wonderful works of God. Acts ii. 4, 11. May not understand, &c.] By "these" (" the descendants of Noah") were the Isles of the Gentiles divided, in their lands ; every one after his tongue. These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, &c. Gen. x. 5. 20. And they (his... | |
| 1832 - 564 pages
...Genesis, among the sons of Japheth are mentioned Comer and Magog, and in the fifth verse we are told, that "By these were the Isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands," &c. The descendants of Gomer were the Gomcrii, and afterwards the letter g being changed into c, of... | |
| Josiah Priest - 1833 - 418 pages
...others, at the Rhone, in France; the ancient name of which was Rhodanus, from the Scripture Rhodanim: " By these., were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands." EUROPE .; of which this is allowed to be a general epithet, and comprehends all those countries to... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 pages
...favorite idea or speculations, that may seduce it beyond the paths of sound and steady judgment. 54 ' By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in...after their families, in their nations.' Gen. x. 5. LETTER XXV. OUTLINES OF THE STATE OF THE EARLIEST CIVILIZED NATIONS— THE ETHIOPIANS, EGYPTIANS, PHENIC1ANS,... | |
| Thomas Tucker Smiley - 1834 - 318 pages
...first settlements were made after a regular manner. He says, after enumerating the sons of Japhet, " by these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in...tongue, after their families, in their nations." (Gen. xv.) In the same manner he concludes his account of the sons of Ham, and of Shem. Thus we see they... | |
| 1847 - 600 pages
...Spirit of God has thought fit to present us with them. " By these," (says the inspired historian) " were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." The translation of the Hebrew word (D"»S) Aiim, into Isles, is likely to mislead the general reader,... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 pages
...favorite idea or speculations, that may seduce it beyond the paths of sound and steady judgment. 88 ' By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongne, after their families, in their nations.' Gen. x. 6. LETTER XXV. OUTLINES OF THE STATE OF THE... | |
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