...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,...

...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...

...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 fuch...

...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...

...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...

...seventy: and they ground this notion on Gen. x. 5. " By thes • were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations." This fancy prevails also among the Turks. In the articles of' capitula- . tion for Temeswaer, taken...

...Gen*' tiles" (many of the maritime countries warned by the Mediterranean fea) " were di** vided in their lands ; every one after his " tongue, after their families, in their na" tions (£)." The defcendants of Ham occupied, among other lands, Aflyria, Egypt, Paleftine, and...

...regions of Asia, and by his descendants, we learn, ver. 5, " were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations." " The isles of the Gentiles " generally mean the parts of Europe most known to the ancient inhabitants...

...Strab. Ge^gr. lib. vilV 1 * niXoiroKKiTB rpti; tjrmvfjuitt, Airia, rnxiryis, Af?t;. Stcph. Bj zant.' their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families in their nations'—no legitimate and historical inference can. bo drawn, that ' the isles of the Gentiles'...