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... inhabitants of Cyprus , where was the ancient town of Citium ; and Dodanim , the Dardanians of Asia Minor , or the Epirotes , among whom was the famous town and oracle of Dodona . Tubal is identified with the Tibareni of Pontus ...
... inhabitants of Cyprus , where was the ancient town of Citium ; and Dodanim , the Dardanians of Asia Minor , or the Epirotes , among whom was the famous town and oracle of Dodona . Tubal is identified with the Tibareni of Pontus ...
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... the soil . " We have , " says Agassiz , " nowhere a positive record of a people having migrated far , and found countries entirely destitute of inhabitants . " * These aboriginal races , often 152 ANTIQUITY AND UNITY OF.
... the soil . " We have , " says Agassiz , " nowhere a positive record of a people having migrated far , and found countries entirely destitute of inhabitants . " * These aboriginal races , often 152 ANTIQUITY AND UNITY OF.
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... inhabitants " ? The Pelasgians claimed to have been autochthons in Greece , though certainly having emigrated from Asia . We have never seen any evidence , or even allegation , that the ancient Egyptians did not consider them- selves ...
... inhabitants " ? The Pelasgians claimed to have been autochthons in Greece , though certainly having emigrated from Asia . We have never seen any evidence , or even allegation , that the ancient Egyptians did not consider them- selves ...
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... inhabitants , was HAM , written in the hieroglyphics KEM , and in Coptic variously Chame , Chemi , and Cheme . The word even was applied to the soil itself , and thus , from its rich , dark color , came to signify " black , " or rather ...
... inhabitants , was HAM , written in the hieroglyphics KEM , and in Coptic variously Chame , Chemi , and Cheme . The word even was applied to the soil itself , and thus , from its rich , dark color , came to signify " black , " or rather ...
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... inhabitants ; but the same writings also as clearly seem to intimate that these were not a distinct race from the new comers . This evidence may be regarded as conclusive , at least in reference to those tribes called in the Vedas and ...
... inhabitants ; but the same writings also as clearly seem to intimate that these were not a distinct race from the new comers . This evidence may be regarded as conclusive , at least in reference to those tribes called in the Vedas and ...
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Page 284 - And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
Page 285 - And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred' and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters.
Page 145 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 197 - No man hath seen God at any time ; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Page 13 - I need not dwell on the proofs of the low antiquity of our species, for it is not controverted by any experienced geologist ; indeed, the real difficulty consists in tracing back the signs of man's existence on the earth to that comparatively modern period when species, now his contemporaries, began to predominate. If there be a difference of opinion respecting the occurrence in certain deposits of the remains of man and his works, it...
Page 325 - ... composition with them, that they should leave Egypt, and go, without any harm to be done to them, whithersoever they would; and that, after this composition was made, they went away with their whole families and effects, not fewer in number than two hundred and forty thousand, and took their journey from Egypt, through the wilderness, for Syria; but that as they were in fear of the Assyrians, who had then the dominion over Asia, they built a city in that country which is now called Judea...
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Page 195 - He, having willed to produce various beings from his own divine substance, first with a thought created the waters, and placed in them a productive seed...
Page 127 - And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is the father of Canaan. 19 These are the three sons of Noah : and of them was the whole earth overspread.