_NOW THESE ARE THE GENERATIONS OF THE SONS OF NOAH, SHEM, HAM, AND JAPHETH: AND UNTO THEM WERE SONS BORN AFTER THE FLOOD._ The generations of the sons of Noah - Hebrew, _ TOWLªDOT_ (H8435) (see the note at Genesis 5:1). This is an ethnological, rather than a genealogical catalogue: a narrative of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SONS OF JAPHETH; GOMER, AND MAGOG, AND MADAI, AND JAVAN, AND TUBAL, AND MESHECH, AND TIRAS._ The sons of Japheth. For the meaning of this name, see the note at Genesis 6:10; Genesis 9:27. Japheth is thought to be the Japetus of the classics. Japheth designates in general the nations situated n... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF GOMER; ASHKENAZ, AND RIPHATH, AND TOGARMAH._ Ashkenaz - or Ashchenaz. The only other passage of Scripture in which the name occurs is in Jeremiah 51:27, where it is associated with two other localities, that seem to point out as the original settlement of this tribe a province of A... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF JAVAN; ELISHAH, AND TARSHISH, KITTIM, AND DODANIM._ The sons of Javan; Elishah. Since the descendants of Javan populated Greece, we must seek "Elishah" in some part of that country. Josephus, followed by Knobel, identifies the name with the Aeolians, a race who, addicted to maritim... [ Continue Reading ]
_BY THESE 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 - a phrase by which the Hebrews described all countries which were accessible by sea (Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 20:6; Jeremiah 25:22). Such, in r... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF HAM; CUSH, AND MIZRAIM, AND PHUT, AND CANAAN._ The sons of Ham - (see on meaning of this name, Genesis 6:10; Genesis 9:18.) His name was given to Egypt, as appears both from the Biblical views (Psalms 78:51; Psalms 105:23; Psalms 106:22) and from monumental evidence; because the an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE SONS OF CUSH; SEBA, AND HAVILAH, AND SABTAH, AND RAAMAH, AND SABTECHA: AND THE SONS OF RAAMAH; SHEBA, AND DEDAN._ The sons of Cush; Seba. Since Seba is associated (Isaiah 43:3) with Egypt and Ethiopia in such a manner as to indicate contiguity or affinity, this tribe is generally referred... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CUSH BEGAT NIMROD: HE BEGAN TO BE A MIGHTY ONE IN THE EARTH._ Cush begat Nimrod. Rawlinson, viewing this chart as having an exclusively national and geographical bearing, rejects as inconsistent with that character the notion of a biographical notice in the midst of such a document; and in the... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE WAS A MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE THE LORD: WHEREFORE IT IS SAID, EVEN AS NIMROD THE MIGHTY HUNTER BEFORE THE LORD._ He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. In a desert or newly colonized country overrun by wild beasts there was ample scope for the sportsman's skill and daring; and Nimrod, as leader i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE BEGINNING OF HIS KINGDOM WAS BABEL, AND ERECH, AND ACCAD, AND CALNEH, IN THE LAND OF SHINAR._ The beginning of his kingdom. Since kingdoms in the early ages of the World were very inconsiderable, consisting frequently but of a single town, with the surroundiing country, we may believe that... [ Continue Reading ]
_OUT OF THAT LAND WENT FORTH ASSHUR, AND BUILDED NINEVEH, AND THE CITY REHOBOTH, AND CALAH,_ Out of that land went forth Asshur. Our translators, in this rendering of the original, have followed the Septuagint and Vulgate; but it appears an abrupt and strange diversion of the course of the narrativ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND RESEN BETWEEN NINEVEH AND CALAH: THE SAME IS A GREAT CITY._ And Resen, [Septuagint, Dasee] - supposed to be represented by Kileh-Shergat, or by Selamiyeh, both of which ruins belong to the proto-Assyrian period. Bochart thought it the Larissa of Xenophon. But that idea is now exploded. THE S... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MIZRAIM BEGAT LUDIM, AND ANAMIM, AND LEHABIM, AND NAPHTUHIM,_ Mizraim begat Ludim. These are mentioned by Jeremiah 46:19, and associated by Ezekiel 30:5, with Cush and Phut, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Lybia. Thus they appear a distinct, though not a distinguished tribe in the mixed mass of the Egypt... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PATHRUSIM, AND CASLUHIM, (OUT OF WHOM CAME PHILISTIM,) AND CAPHTORIM._ Pathrusim - [Septuagint, Patrosoonieim.] Pathros is the Egyptian name for the south, and hence, the Thebaid (Upper Egypt) was sometimes called Nomos Phaturites. The Pathrusim, therefore, means the people whose settlement wa... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND CANAAN BEGAT SIDON HIS FIRSTBORN, AND HETH,_ Canaan begat Sidon his first-born, [Hebrew, _ TSIYDON_ (H6721)] - Zidon, or Tsidon, now Saida. In this genealogical list it stands for the name of a man, as is evident from its being coupled with an adjective masculine, whereas when it designates th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE JEBUSITE, AND THE AMORITE, AND THE GIRGASITE,_ The Jebusite, [Hebrew, _ YªBUWCIY_ (H2983)] - always in the singular, although rendered indifferently by both numbers in the English version. This tribe settled on the hills afterward occupied by Jerusalem, and the immediate vicinity-their ter... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE HIVITE, AND THE ARKITE, AND THE SINITE,_ The Hivite - х_ HA-CHIWIY_ (H2340), singular; Septuagint, ton Euaion, denoting nomadic villagers]. They are not mentioned among the Canaanite tribes whose land was promised to Abraham in the Hebrew text (Genesis 15:19), though they stand in the Sept... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE ARVADITE, AND THE ZEMARITE, AND THE HAMATHITE: AND AFTERWARD WERE THE FAMILIES OF THE CANAANITES SPREAD ABROAD._ The Arvadite, [Hebrew, _ HAA-'ARWAADIY_ (H721); Septuagint, ton Aradion; Josephus, Aroudaion] - Arvad, or Arphad (2 Kings 19:13; Ezekiel 27:8; Ezekiel 27:11). The seat of the Ar... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE BORDER OF THE CANAANITES WAS FROM SIDON, AS THOU COMEST TO GERAR, UNTO GAZA; AS THOU GOEST, UNTO SODOM, AND GOMORRAH, AND ADMAH, AND ZEBOIM, EVEN UNTO LASHA._ The border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza. This was the western boundary of Canaan-the coastl... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF HAM AFTER THEIR FAMILIES AFTER THEIR TONGUES IN THEIR COUNTRIES AND IN THEIR NATIONS_ _ THESE ARE THE SONS OF HAM, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, AFTER THEIR TONGUES, IN THEIR COUNTRIES, AND IN THEIR NATIONS._ These are the sons of Ham, after their families ... tongues ... countries,... [ Continue Reading ]
_UNTO SHEM ALSO, THE FATHER OF ALL THE CHILDREN OF EBER, THE BROTHER OF JAPHETH THE ELDER, EVEN TO HIM WERE_ _ UNTO SHEM ALSO, THE FATHER OF ALL THE CHILDREN OF EBER, THE BROTHER OF JAPHETH THE ELDER, EVEN TO HIM WERE CHILDREN BORN._ Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber. "Father... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE CHILDREN OF SHEM; ELAM, AND ASSHUR, AND ARPHAXAD, AND LUD, AND ARAM._ Elam - Elymais, Susiana, the name of a Persian province, of which the capital was Susa. The word is used in the early books of Scripture for Persia. ASSHUR = Assyria. ARPHAXAD. According to Bochart, it was the province ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ARAM; UZ, AND HUL, AND GETHER, AND MASH._ The children of Aram; Uz - Septuagint renders it Ausitis (Job 1:15; Job 1:17): a district at the northern extremity of the Arabian desert, between Palestine, Idumea, and the Euphrates. Josephus and others think that Uz was the founder o... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ARPHAXAD BEGAT SALAH; AND SALAH BEGAT EBER._ Arphaxad begat Salah - Shelah (1 Chronicles 1:18) [Hebrew, _ SHELACH_ (H7974)], a shoot, implying that this branch of the family perhaps extended beyond the original settlement in Assyria. (See the note at Genesis 11:12.) SALAH BEGAT EBER, [Hebrew,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND UNTO EBER WERE BORN TWO SONS: THE NAME OF ONE WAS PELEG; FOR IN HIS DAYS WAS THE EARTH DIVIDED; AND HIS BROTHER'S NAME WAS JOKTAN._ PELEG, [Septuagint, phaleg] - division. FOR IN HIS DAYS THE EARTH WAS DIVIDED. The natural view of these words implies a reference to a formal division of the ear... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JOKTAN BEGAT ALMODAD, AND SHELEPH, AND HAZAR-MAVETH, AND JERAH,_ Almodad - the progenitor of an Arab tribe whose name is preserved in Mudad, or El-Mudad; a person famous in Arabian history as chief of the Joktanite tribe Jurhum, in Southeastern Arabia. SHELEPH - [the Saleph of the Greek geog... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HADORAM, AND UZAL, AND DIKLAH,_ Hadoram, [Septuagint, Hodorra]. The identification of this tribe with a particular locality is uncertain. UZAL, [Septuatint, Aibeel]. Golius ('Lex. Arab.') says, the ancient name was Azal, now Sanaa, south-west of Mareb, the capital city of Yemen, which, for s... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OBAL, AND ABIMAEL, AND SHEBA,_ Obal - or Ebal (1 Chronicles 1:22), supposed by Bochart to be identified with the Avalitae, a troglodyte tribe, who, emigrating from East Africa, settled in Southern Arabia, and gave name to the Sinus Avalites (Pliny, 'Natural History,' 6:34). But there is no cer... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OPHIR, AND HAVILAH, AND JOBAB: ALL THESE WERE THE SONS OF JOKTAN._ Ophir. All the other sons of Joktan having settled in the south of Arabia, Ophir must be looked for in the same quarter, not in India or Ceylon. But whether, as Foster says it is a town and district (Ofer, in D'Anville's map) i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEIR DWELLING WAS FROM MESHA, AS THOU GOEST UNTO SEPHAR A MOUNT OF THE EAST._ The genealogy of Joktan is traced to the fifth generation-further than in any instance in this chapter-and the whole family of Joktan, consisting of thirteen sons, are enumerated. THEIR DWELLING WAS FROM MESHA, AS... [ Continue Reading ]
_THESE ARE THE SONS OF SHEM, AFTER THEIR FAMILIES, AFTER THEIR TONGUES, IN THEIR LANDS, AFTER THEIR NATIONS._ These are the sons of Shem. Thus, according to the preceding exposition, the Semitic nations (not to speak of the Hebrews in Palestine) were located along the banks of the Euphrates and the... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ These are the families of the sons of Noah after their generations, in their nations. The tendency of a certain class of critics in the presen... [ Continue Reading ]