A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 |
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... natives the Mountain of Descent , which he translates arrobarngior , on account of the Patriarch here first descending from the ark . * Αποβατηριον τοπον τετον Αρμένιοι καλεσιν . The same is mentioned by " Eustathius Antiochenus . By ...
... natives the Mountain of Descent , which he translates arrobarngior , on account of the Patriarch here first descending from the ark . * Αποβατηριον τοπον τετον Αρμένιοι καλεσιν . The same is mentioned by " Eustathius Antiochenus . By ...
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... natives . He accordingly calls this mountain in the provincial dialect " Ar - Arat ; which would have been rendered Har - Irad by the Hebrews . By this is signified arobargov , or place of descent . The region round about was called ...
... natives . He accordingly calls this mountain in the provincial dialect " Ar - Arat ; which would have been rendered Har - Irad by the Hebrews . By this is signified arobargov , or place of descent . The region round about was called ...
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... native of Asia Minor ; and he speaks of the fertility of Armenia , and especially of the region Gogarene , which he particularly mentions as productive of the olive . 16 E10 ' й TwŸagnun ' Пara γὰρ ἡ χώρα αύτη κάρποις τε καὶ τοῖς ...
... native of Asia Minor ; and he speaks of the fertility of Armenia , and especially of the region Gogarene , which he particularly mentions as productive of the olive . 16 E10 ' й TwŸagnun ' Пara γὰρ ἡ χώρα αύτη κάρποις τε καὶ τοῖς ...
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... natives to have been originally limited to the " region of 24 Some of the principal cities in Armenia were Carina , Arca , Comana , Ararathia , Cucousus . See Hierocles Zuvexdnos . p . 703 . These names are very remarkable . 25 Ermenia ...
... natives to have been originally limited to the " region of 24 Some of the principal cities in Armenia were Carina , Arca , Comana , Ararathia , Cucousus . See Hierocles Zuvexdnos . p . 703 . These names are very remarkable . 25 Ermenia ...
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... natives , the true name is Nachidshevan . By this , they say , is signified 36 THE FIRST PLACE OF DESCENT . Hence there can be no doubt , but this is that place in Armenia , of which Josephus takes notice , and says , that by the natives ...
... natives , the true name is Nachidshevan . By this , they say , is signified 36 THE FIRST PLACE OF DESCENT . Hence there can be no doubt , but this is that place in Armenia , of which Josephus takes notice , and says , that by the natives ...
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Abydenus Ægyptus æra Africanus afterwards Alexander Polyhistor alluded Amenophis Amosis antient Apollodorus apud Arabia Ararat Armenia Arrian Auritæ Babel Babylon Babylonia Bacchus Belus Berosus Bochart called Canaan Chaldea Chron Colchis consequence Cronus Cutha Cuthites Deity deluge Diodorus Dionys dispersion dynasty earth Egypt Egyptians Erythrean Ethiopians Euseb Eusebius Gods Grecians Greece Greeks Hellenes Hence Herodotus Hesiod Ibid Indus Israelites Josephus king land language learned Manethon mankind mentioned mistake Mizraim Moses mountain nations natives Nimrod Oannes original person Præp princes Ptolemy region reign river sacred says Scythia Sethon Shepherds shew shewn Shinar signified sons of Chus speaks Strabo styled supposed Syncell Syncellus takes notice term Tigris tion Titanian Titans tower whence worship writers γαρ δε δι δια εις εκ εν Ενθα εξ επι και κατα μεν παρα περι προς τας τε τες τοις ύπο
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Page 25 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 24 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 21 - Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 36 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 18 - When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 38 - These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
Page 39 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor : and they served other gods.
Page 24 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 114 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 379 - That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.