...God was careful to prefer™ the fatherly authority. The words of the text are ; Thefe are the fons .of Shem after their families, after their tongues in their lands, after their nations; and the fame thing is faid of Cham and Japhet, after an enumeration of their pouerities ; in all which there...

...And their dwelling was from Me/ha, as thou goeft unto Sephar, a mount of the Eaft. Thefe are the fons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. FROM Scripture, it would feem that the dwellings of the fons of Shem were to the eaftward, and partly...

...careful to certify and diftinguiih : and has juft been giving an exaft detail of the defcendants of Noah, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. It is therefore injurious to imagine the facred writer guilty of an unneceflary anticipation : and...

...after their families, in their nations. So it is faid, thefe ,are the fons of Ham : thefe are the fons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations : thefe are the families of the fons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations, and by thefe...

...countries, in their nations :" and that of the defcendents of Shem end* thus : " Thefe are the fons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations." From which texts may well be inferred, that this great divifion of the earth we are fpeaking of, was...

...all the nations in that dispersion were governed by fathers, and that "God was careful to pre'' serve the fatherly authority." The words of the text are,...or fatherly authority. But our author, who is very quick-sighted to spy" out fatherhood, where nobody else could see any the least glimpses of it, tells...

...tongues, in their countries, in their nations:" and that of the sons of Shem terminates thus ? — " These are the sons of Shem, after their families,...their tongues, in their lands, after their nations:" All of which texts serve to corroborate and justify our assertion. Notwithstanding, some writers have...

...careful to certify and distinguish : and has just been giving an exact detail of the descendants of Noah, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. It is therefore injurious to imagine the sacred writer guilty of an unnecessary anticipation : and...

...of Joktan. 30 And dieir dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a mount of the east 31 hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren ; the LORD 32 These are the families of the sons of Noah after then- generations, in their nations : and by these...

...names of the fons of Noah, Gen. x. for, fay they, in the words of Mofes, Thefe were the fons of Noah after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations ; and ly tbefe were the nations divided in the earth after the flood ; but, I think, this opinion cannot...