I. INTRODUCTION. HE Holy Scriptures, God's revealed word THE to man, inform us that the human race proceeded originally from one pair, namely, Adam and Eve. The Holy Spirit, speaking by Moses, says, " Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living (Gen. iii. 30). Also, after the destruction of this race by the deluge, except eight persons, which fact is attested by Job, Isaiah, St. Paul, and St. Peter, and above all by our Saviour, we read, "the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. These are the three sons of Noah; and of them was the whole earth overspread " (Gen. ix. 18, 19). Later on, the same Spirit, speaking by St. |