...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,...

...they defceaded. See Ezekiel, quoted before. Now fome have thought that the fifth verfc, which fays, " By thefe were the ifles of " the Gentiles divided in their lands ;" had reference to all the fons of Japhet ; but this opinion is contrary to the fa&s laid down in...

...diffipation. For we are told with regard to the fons ofj APHET, the eldeft branch of NOAH'S pofterity, " that by thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in...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...

...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,...

...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...

...firft, •we are told, with regard to the fons of Japhet, the eldeft branch of Noah's pofterity, that, " By thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in...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...

...• i ,t I. Cerner ;2. Altigog; ^.Java^'y ¿rphaxad — 2346•I. Cí«/Í. ^- »• Л/«ЯГ<2/«э by thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in their lands : Gen. x. 5. Wv— r» C«««ft> Selah — 031.1. fftmroa, and EBER born - 2281. . iWho exalts Egypt,...

...Difperfiqn, in relating the generations of the fons fons of Noah, of the generations of Japhet it is faid, " by thefe were the ifles of the Gentiles divided in...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,...

...that confusion was 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,...