SHEM
JAPHET
HAM
the sons of Noah were three, Shem and Japhet, and Ham, born one hundred years before the flood These first of all descended from the mountains into the plains, and fixed their habitation there; and persuaded others, who were greatly afraid of the lower grounds on account of the flood,
And so they come down from the higher places, and venture to the plains, in which they first dwelt, was called Shinar. they filled the earth; and cultivate a great part of the earth, and enjoy its fruits after a plentiful manner. . But they imaginine prosperity they enjoyed was not derived from the favour of God, but supposing that their own power was the proper cause of the plentiful condition they were in, did not obey God.
Now it was Nimrod who excited them to such an affront and contempt of God.
Nimrod the grand-son of Ham, : a man, of great strength of hand. He persuaded themthat it was their courage which procures happiness. He gradually changed the government into tyranny; he build a Tower too high for the waters to be able to reach;
Now the multitude follow the determination of Nimrod, to build a Tower;
The multitude of hands employed in it, it grew very high, sooner than any one could expect. But the thickness of it was so great, and it was so strongly built, that thereby its great height seemed, upon the view, to be less than it really was. It was built of burnt brick, cemented together with morter, made of bitumen; that it might not be liable to admit water. God saw that they acted so madly, since they were not grown wiser by the destruction of the former sinners: tumult among them, them in diverse languages; and causing, that through the multitude of those languages, they should not be able to understand one another. The place wherein they built the Tower is now called Babylon: because of the confusion of language which they readily understood before: for the Hebrews mean by the word Babel, Confusion.
The Sibyll also makes mention of this tower, and of the confusion of the language “When all men were of one language, some of them built an high tower, as if they would thereby ascend up to heaven. . And for this reason it was that the city was called Babylon.”
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THE DESCENDANTS OF JAPHET
After this they were dispersed abroad, on account of their languages, and went out by colonies every where. And each colony took possession of that land which they light upon, and unto which God led them: so that the whole continent was filled with them, both the inland and the maritime countries. There were some also who passed over the sea in ships, and inhabited the islands. And some of those nations do still retain the denominations which were given them by their first founders: but some have lost them also: and some have only admitted certain changes in them, that they might be the more intelligible to the inhabitants. And they were the Greeks
About 2520] Now they were the grand-children of Noah, in honour of whom names were imposed on the nations, by those that first seized upon them.
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SAKA
THE PEOPLE CALLED GOMER ALSO CALLED SAKA OR FARMERS
Japhet, the son of Noah, had seven sons: they inhabited so, that beginning at the mountains Taurus and Amanus, they proceeded along Asia, as far as the river Tanais; and along Europe to Cadiz: and settling themselves on the lands they light upon, which none had inhabited before, they called the nations by their own names. For Gomer founded those whom
ANCIENT GAULS
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the Greeks now call Galatians [Galls], but were then called Gomerites. Magog founded those that from him were named Magogites; but who are by the Greeks called Scythians.
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XERXES , KING OF THE MADAI
THE PEOPLE CALLED JAVAN AND MADAI
Now as to Javan and Madai, the sons of Japhet; from Madai came the Madeans, who are called Medes, by the Greeks; but from Javan, Jonia, and all the Grecians are derived.
THE PEOPLE CALLED MOSOVHENI
the Mosocheni were founded by Mosoch; now they are Cappadocians.
THE PEOPLE OF DACIA OR THE SO CALLED THRACEthat so was the intire nation once called. Thiras also called those whom he ruled over Thirasians: but the Greeks changed the name into Thracians. And so many were the countries that had the children of Japhet for their inhabitants. Of the three sons of Gomer, Aschanax founded the Aschanaxians; who are now called by the Greeks Rheginians. So did Riphath found the Ripheans, now called Paphlagonians; and Thrugramma, the Thrugrammeans, who, as the Greeks resolved, were named Phrygians. Of the three sons of Javan also, the son of Japhet, Elisagave name to the Elisians, who were his subjects; they are now the Æolians. Tharsus to the Tharsians, for so was Cilicia of old called: the sign of which is this, that the noblest city they have, and a metropolis also, is Tarsus: the Tau being by change put for the Theta. Cethimus possessed the Island Cethima. It is now called Cyprus: and from that it is that all Islands, and the greatest part of the sea coasts are named Cethim by the Hebrews: and one city there is in Cyprus that has been able to preserve its denomination: it has been called Citius, by those who use the language of the Greeks, and has not, by the use of that dialect, escaped the name of Cethim.
And so many nations have the children and grand-children of Japhet possessed. Now when I have premised somewhat, which perhaps the Greeks do not know, I will return and explain what I have omitted. For such names are pronounced here after the manner of the Greeks, to please my Readers. For A language does not so pronounce them. But the names in all cases are of one and the same ending: for the name we here pronounce Noeus, is there Noah; and in every case retains the same termination.
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THE DESCENDANTS OF HAM
The children of Ham possessed the land from Syria and Amanus and the mountains of Libanus, seizing upon all that was on its sea-coasts; and as far as the ocean; and keeping it as their own. Some indeed of its names are utterly vanished away; others of them being changed, and another sound given them, are hardly to be discovered: yet a few there are which have kept their denominations intire.
Thefour sons of Ham,
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CUSHITES
THE PEOPLE CALLED CHUSITESof Chus; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves, and by all men in Asia, called Chusites. The memory also of the Mesraites is preserved in their name.
THE PEOPLE CALLED MIZRAIM
For all THOSE who inhabit this country of Judea called Egypt Mestre, and the Egyptians Mestreans.
THE PEOPLE CALLED PHUT
Phut was the founder of Libya, and called the inhabitants Phutites, from himself: there is also a river in the country of Moors which bears that name.
the name it has now has been by change given it from one of the sons of Mesraim, who was called Lybyos.
QUEEN OF SHEBA
THE PEOPLE OF CANAAN
Africa also. Canaan, the fourth son of Ham, inhabited the country now called Judea, and called it from his own name Canaan. The children of these [four] were these: Sabas, who founded the Sabeans: Evilas, who founded the Evileans, who are called Getuli: Sabathes founded the Sabathens: they are now called by the GreeksAstaborans. Sabactas settled the Sabactens: and Ragmus the Ragmeans: and he had two sons, the one of whom, Judadas, settled the Judadeans; a nation of the western Ethiopians, and left them his name: as did Sabas, to the Sabeans.
THE PEOPLE CALLED PHILISTIM
But Nimrod, the son of Chus, stayed and tyrannized at Babylon; Now all the children of Mesraim, being eight in number, possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt: though it retained the name of one only, the Philistim, for the Greeks call part of that country Palestine. As for the rest, Ludieim, and Enemim, and Labim, who alone inhabited in Libya, and called the country from himself, Nedim and Phethrosim, and Chesloim, and Cephthorim, we know nothing of them besides their names. For the Ethiopick War, which we shall describe hereafter, was the cause that those cities were overthrown
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.. PEOPLE OF CANAAN
. The sons of Canaan were these; Sidonius, who also built a city of the same name; it is called by the Greeks Sidon: Amathus inhabited in Amathine, which is even now calledAmathe by the inhabitants: although the Macedonians named it Epiphania, from one of his posterity. Arudeus possessed the island Aradus: Arucas possessed Arce, which is in Libanus. But for the seven others, [Eueus,] Chetteus, Jebuseus, Amorreus, Gergeseus, Eudeus, Sineus, Samareus, we have nothing in the sacred Books but their names: for the Hebrews over-threw their cities: and their calamities came upon them
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DESCENDANTS OF SHEM
Shem, the third son of Noah, had five Sons, who inhabited the land that began at Euphrates, and reached to the Indian Ocean.
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THE PEOPLE OF AILAM (elam)For Elam left behind him the Elamites, the ancestors of the Persians.
THE ASSYRIANS
Ashur lived at the city Nineve; and named his subjects Assyrians: who became the most fortunate nation, beyond
THE KINGDOM OF ATHURA ( called Agade or Accad)
others. Arphaxad named theArphaxadites, who are now called Chaldeans.
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THE PEOPLE CALLED ARAMEANS
Aram had the Aramites; which the Greeks call Syrians: THE COUNTRY CALLED LAUDS
as Laud founded the Laudites, which are now called Lydians. Of the four sons of Aram, Uz founded Trachonitis and Damascus: this country lies between Palestine and Celesyria. Ul founded Armenia; and Gather the Bactrians; and Mesa theMesaneans. It is now called Charax Spasini.
Sala was the son of Arphaxad: and his son was Heber; from whom they originally called the Jews
HEBREWS DESCENDANRS OF EBER
Hebrews. Heber begatJoctan, and Phaleg. He was called Phaleg because he was born at the dispersion of the nations to their several countries; year. 2528] for Phaleg among the Hebrews signifies division. OPHIR AND INDIA YERRITORY OF JOCTAN
Now Joctan, one of the sons of Heber, had these sons, Elmodad, Saleph, Asermoth, Jera, Adoram, Aizel, Decla, Ebal, Abimael, Sabeus, Ophir, Euilat, and Jobab. These inhabited from Cophen, an Indian river, and in part of Aria adjoining to it. concerning the sons of Shem.
ABOUT ABRAHAM.....
. SERUG The son of Phaleg, whose father was Heber, was Ragau: whose son was Serug: to whom was born Nahor: his son was Terah: who was the father of Abraham: who accordingly was the tenth from Noah: and was born in the two hundred and ninety second year after the deluge. For Terah begat Abram in his seventieth year. Nahor begat Haran, when he was one hundred and twenty years old: Nahor was born to Serug at his hundred and thirty second year: Ragau had Serug at one hundred and thirty: at the same time also Phaleg had Ragau: Heber begat Phaleg in his hundred and thirty fourth year: he himself being begotten by Sala when he was an hundred and thirty years old: whom Arphaxad had for his son at the hundred and thirty fifth year of his age. Arphaxad was the son of Shem; and born twelve years after the deluge. Now Abram had two brethren, Nahor and Haran. Of these, Haran left a son, Lot: as also Sarai and Milcha his daughters: and died among the Chaldeans, in a city of the Chaldeans called Ur: and his monument is shewed to this day. These married their Nieces. Nahor married Milcha, and Abram married Sarai. Now Terah hating Chaldea, on account of his mourning for Haran, they all removed to Haran of Mesopotamia; where Terah died, [An. 1962] and was buried, when he had lived, to be two hundred and five years old: for the life of man was already, by degrees, diminished, and became shorter than before, till the birth of Moses [An. 1612]: after whom the term of human life was one hundred and twenty years; God determining it to the length that Moses happened to live. Now Nahor had eight sons by Milcha; Uz, and Buz, Kemuel, Chesed, Azau, Pheldas, Jadelph, andBethuel. These were all the genuine sons of Nahor: for Teba and Gaam, and Tachas, and Maaca, were born of Reuma his concubine: but Bethuel had a daughter Rebecca, and a son Laban.
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