 | English literature - 1832 - 564 pages
...Genesis, among the sons of Japheth are mentioned Comer and Magog, and in the fifth verse we are told, that "By these were the Isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands," &c. The descendants of Gomer were the Gomcrii, and afterwards the letter g being changed into c, of... | |
 | Josiah Priest - America - 1833 - 418 pages
...others, at the Rhone, in France; the ancient name of which was Rhodanus, from the Scripture Rhodanim: " By these., were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands." EUROPE .; of which this is allowed to be a general epithet, and comprehends all those countries to... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Religion and science - 1834 - 608 pages
...favorite idea or speculations, that may seduce it beyond the paths of sound and steady judgment. 54 ' By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in...his tongue, after their families, in their nations.' Gen. x. 5. LETTER XXV. OUTLINES OF THE STATE OF THE EARLIEST CIVILIZED NATIONS— THE ETHIOPIANS, EGYPTIANS,... | |
 | Thomas Tucker Smiley - Bible - 1834 - 318 pages
...first settlements were made after a regular manner. He says, after enumerating the sons of Japhet, " by these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." (Gen. xv.) In the same manner he concludes his account of the sons of Ham, and of Shem. Thus we see... | |
 | Christian life - 1847 - 600 pages
...Spirit of God has thought fit to present us with them. " By these," (says the inspired historian) " were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." The translation of the Hebrew word (D"»S) Aiim, into Isles, is likely to mislead the general reader,... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1834 - 610 pages
...favorite idea or speculations, that may seduce it beyond the paths of sound and steady judgment. 88 ' By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongne, after their families, in their nations.' Gen. x. 6. LETTER XXV. OUTLINES OF THE STATE OF THE... | |
 | Henry Fynes Clinton - Chronology, Greek - 1834 - 504 pages
...Riphath and Togarmah : and the sons of Javan, Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. By these mere the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands, every one after Ids tongue, after their families, in their nations. This last clause is to be referred not only to... | |
 | Jeremiah N. Reynolds - Science - 1835 - 648 pages
...was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided." Speaking of the sons of Javan, it is written — " By these were the isles of the gentiles divided in...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." From this passage it has been inferred, that, the island under consideration was named " after the... | |
 | Jeremiah N. Reynolds - Potomac (Frigate) - 1835 - 600 pages
...numerous descendants. Among the divisions, it is written, speaking of the sons of Javan or Java, " By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in...every one after his tongue, after their families in the nations." From this passage some writers infer, that the islands of Java and Sumatra might have... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Bible - 1835 - 460 pages
...to the discovery and use of brass and iron, and to various arts of working in them, and to the * " By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, efter their iamilies, in their nations."—Gen. x. ft. building of cities,* mankind could not have... | |
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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. 
