CHAPTER X _The generations of the sons of Noah_, 1. JAPHETH _and his descendants_, 2-4. _The isles of the Gentiles, or Europe, peopled by the_ _Japhethites_, 5. HAM _and his posterity_, 6-20. _Nimrod, one of his descendants, a mighty hunter_, 8, 9, _founds the first kingdom_, 10. _Nineveh an... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:2. _THE SONS OF JAPHETH_] Japheth is supposed to be the same with the _Japetus_ of the Greeks, from whom, in an extremely remote antiquity, that people were supposed to have derived their origin. _GOMER_] Supposed by some to have peopled Galatia; so Josephus, who says that the _Gal... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:3. _ASHKENAZ_] Probably gave his name to _Sacagena_, a very excellent province of Armenia. Pliny mentions a people called _Ascanitici_, who dwelt about the _Tanais_ and the _Palus Maeotis_; and some suppose that from Ashkenaz the _Euxine Sea_ derived its name, but others suppose tha... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:4. _ELISHAH_] As _Javan_ peopled a considerable part of _Greece_, it is in that region that we must seek for the settlements of his descendants; _Elishah_ probably was the first who settled at _Elis_, in Peloponnesus. _TARSHISH_] He first inhabited _Cilicia_, whose capital ancientl... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:5. _ISLES OF THE GENTILES_] EUROPE, of which this is allowed to be a general epithet. Calmet supposes that it comprehends all those countries to which the Hebrews were obliged to go by sea, such as Spain, Gaul, Italy, Greece, and Asia Minor. _EVERY ONE AFTER HIS TONGUE_] This refer... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:6. _CUSH_] Who peopled the Arabic _nome_ near the _Red Sea_ in Lower Egypt. Some think the _Ethiopians_ descended from him. _MIZRAIM_] This family certainly peopled _Egypt_; and both in the East and in the West, Egypt is called _Mezr_ and _Mezraim_. _PHUT_] Who first peopled an Eg... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:7. _SEBA_] The founder of the Sabaeans. There seem to be three different people of this name mentioned in this chapter, and a fourth in Genesis 25:3. _HAVILAH_] Supposed by some to mean the inhabitants of the country included within that branch of the river Pison which ran out of t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:8. _NIMROD_] Of this person little is known, as he is not mentioned except here and and in 1 Chronicles 1:10, which is evidently a copy of the text in Genesis. He is called a _mighty hunter before_ _the Lord_; and from Genesis 10:10, we learn that he founded a _kingdom_ which inclu... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:10. _THE BEGINNING OF HIS KINGDOM WAS BABEL_] בבל _babel_ signifies _confusion_; and it seems to have been a very proper name for the commencement of a kingdom that appears to have been founded in _apostasy_ from God, and to have been supported by _tyranny, rapine_, and _oppression_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:11. _OUT OF THAT LAND WENT FORTH ASSHUR_] The _marginal_ reading is to be preferred here. _He _- Nimrod, _went out_ into _Assyria_ _and built Nineveh_; and hence Assyria is called the _land of Nimrod_, Micah 5:6. Thus did this mighty hunter extend his dominions in every possible way... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:13. _MIZRAIM BEGAT LUDIM_] Supposed to mean the inhabitants of the _Mareotis_, a canton in Egypt, for the name _Ludim_ is evidently the name of a people. _ANAMIM_] According to Bochart, the people who inhabited the district about the temple of Jupiter Ammon. _LEHABIM_] The _Libyan... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:14. _PATHRUSIM_] The inhabitants of the _Delta_, in Egypt, according to the Chaldee paraphrase; but, according to Bochart, the people who inhabited the Thebaid, called _Pathros_ in Scripture. _CASLUHIM_] The inhabitants of _Colchis_; for almost all authors allow that Colchis was pe... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:15. _SIDON_] Who probably built the city of this name, and was the father of the _Sidonians_. _HETH_] From whom came the Hittites, so remarkable among the Canaanitish nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:16. _THE JEBUSITE - AMORITE, C._] Are well known as being the ancient inhabitants of Canaan, expelled by the children of Israel.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:20. _THESE ARE THE SONS OF HAM AFTER THEIR FAMILIES_] No doubt all these were well known in the days of Moses, and for a long time after; but at this distance, when it is considered that the political state of the world has been undergoing almost incessant revolutions through all th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:21. _SHEM ALSO, THE FATHER OF ALL THE CHILDREN OF EBER_] It is generally supposed that the _Hebrews_ derived their name from _Eber_ or _Heber_, son of Shem; but it appears much more likely that they had it from the circumstance of Abraham _passing over_ (for so the word עבר _abar_ s... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:22. _ELAM_] From whom came the _Elamites_, near to the Medes, and whose chief city was _Elymais_. _ASSHUR_] Who gave his name to a vast province (afterwards a mighty empire) called _Assyria_. _ARPHAXAD_] From whom _Arrapachitis_ in Assyria was named, according to some; or _Artaxat... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:23. _UZ_] Who peopled _Caelosyria_, and is supposed to have been the founder of _Damascus_. _HUL_] Who peopled a part of _Armenia_. _GETHER_] Supposed by Calmet to have been the founder of the _Itureans_, who dwelt beyond the Jordan, having Arabia Deserta on the east, and the Jord... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:24. _SALAH_] The founder of the people of _Susiana_. _EBER._] See Genesis 10:21. The Septuagint add _Cainan_ here, with _one hundred and thirty_ to the chronology.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:25. _PELEG_] From פלג _palag_, to divide, because _in his_ _days_, which is supposed to be about _one hundred_ years after the flood, _the earth was divided_ among the sons of Noah. Though some are of opinion that a _physical_ division, and not a _political_ one, is what is intended... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:26-1. _JOKTAN_] He had _thirteen_ sons who _had their_ _dwelling from Mesha unto Sephar, a mount of the east_, which places Calmet supposes to be mount _Masius_, on the west in _Mesopotamia_, and the mountains of the _Saphirs_ on the east in Armenia, or of the _Tapyrs_ farther on in... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:27. Genesis 10:26, Genesis 10:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:28. Genesis 10:26, Genesis 10:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:29. Genesis 10:26, Genesis 10:26.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Genesis 10:30. Genesis 10:26, Genesis 10:26.... [ Continue Reading ]