 | 1749 - 386 sider
...their authority, are generally rejefted, and the bdl authors abide by thefcripture genealogy. And, ' By thefe were the « ifles of the Gentiles divided...every one after his tongue, ' after their families, in their na• tions. Gen. x. 2 — 5. Ham was certainly Noah's youngeft fon ; and very indifcreet,... | |
 | James Parsons - 1767 - 472 sider
...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... | |
 | Ferdinando Warner - 1770 - 356 sider
...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...lands, every 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... | |
 | [Sylvester] O'Halloran - 1778 - 404 sider
...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... | |
 | Universal history - 1779 - 492 sider
...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...every 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... | |
 | George William Lemon - 1783 - 710 sider
...• 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,... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - 1799 - 606 sider
...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,... | |
 | 1806 - 500 sider
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 592 sider
...besides those of the northern regions of Asia, and by his descendants, we learn, ver. 5, " were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations." " The isles of the Gentiles " generally mean the parts of Europe most known to the... | |
 | John Gardiner - 1803 - 626 sider
...for Mofes, in his relation of the diftribution of the lands among the defcendants of Noah, fays, * By thefe were the ifles of ' the Gentiles divided...every one after his * tongue, after their families, in their nations.' (Gen. chap. x. ver. 5.) It is moft likely, that the Chaldee fpoken by Abraham, differed... | |
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By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. 
