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Upon The Antiquity Of The Arabians, Their Language And Letters, And The Origin Of The Chinese A^'D Their Empire.
His pedigree is written immediately under that of Abraham ancl Ketarah . After the six sons , eight princes or governors are enumerated , and there is no doubt that Sheba , queen of Ethiopia , governed one of the districts of Arabia , for the names of the ei ght princes are as follow :
The first was called Sheba , second Dedan , third Ephah , fourth Epher , fifth Hanoch , sixth Abida , seventh Elclaah , eighth Beldad . These were Hebrews , and settlers . The next heirs were named Midianites , of whom there appears to have been only two distinct from the eight previous ones , named Zur , and Ruel . Then the next were Cosbi , Job , and Jethro , ' " their sons . The second inspired son ' s story , ancl afflictions , are thought to have happened before Moses penned the law—the date of the rare and curious fable of Abraham ' s immediate descendants
to and from Job is placed after that of Lot ; then comes Esau , and then Jacob ; therefore these Arabian tribes were cotemporaries ivith Isaac . The eastern , or northern Midianites , were idolaters ; but holy Job feared God , and eschewed evil . His book which contains the richest Arabian , and the most exquisite pathos ancl diction , is generally written in a kind of poesy , although the peculiar rules of the metre are not easy to be described ; the style is however for the most part extremely sublime , ancl the fi
gures bold and striking in an uncommon degree . The poetic part of it is , perhaps , in the very language of the Arabs in the days of Job : it is generally believed his affliction was before the Hebrews departure from Egypt , though perhaps a great part of his one hundred and forty years' life , afterwards , might be posterior to it . This is confirmed by the consideration of Eliphaz , his aged friend , who spoke first , his being a Semanite , and consequently at least a great grandchild of Esau . Such facts prove the Arabian tongue to be a most ancient one ,
secondary only to the Hebrew . The Zamzummins , or Zurnmins , were a race of giants , probably sprung from Ham , inhabiting part of Arabia the Stony , from whence they were expelled by the Amorites , who called the country after the name of their ancestor , the second son of Lot . These David overcame ; but they soon cast offtheyokeof subjection , and were ever great enemies to Judah . The Medians lying south to the Ammorites , and both upon the east of Canaantook the name from the before mentioned son
, of Abraham , and Katura . Thither Moses fled , and kept sheep , and against them Israel was afterwards commanded to fight . That country abounded with dromedaries . The Emims possessing a part of Arabia Petra , were subdued by the Moabites ( descended from the eldest son of Lot ) , ancl the Moabites David made subject unto Judah ; but in the clays of Ahab they rebelled directly , and obtained the most part of Reuben ' s lands , or portion , for almost all his chief cities were in their
possession . Although of more modern date , Cadmus , who was of Thebes in Palestine , being driven out of thence b y Joshua , was forced to retire to Tyre , from whence he conducted a colony of Tyrians , or banished Canaanites , into Boetia , where he built another Thebes , called Cadmeia . They came originally from Mount Hermon , in Palestine - ancl as that word in the Canaanean languages signifies a serpent , from thence arose the fable of the serpents' teeth turninginto men . The temple of Jupiter Ammon , or Hammon , in Africa , was built by the C'hinani , who spread themselves from Egypt into Lybia . Sometimes this house
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Upon The Antiquity Of The Arabians, Their Language And Letters, And The Origin Of The Chinese A^'D Their Empire.
His pedigree is written immediately under that of Abraham ancl Ketarah . After the six sons , eight princes or governors are enumerated , and there is no doubt that Sheba , queen of Ethiopia , governed one of the districts of Arabia , for the names of the ei ght princes are as follow :
The first was called Sheba , second Dedan , third Ephah , fourth Epher , fifth Hanoch , sixth Abida , seventh Elclaah , eighth Beldad . These were Hebrews , and settlers . The next heirs were named Midianites , of whom there appears to have been only two distinct from the eight previous ones , named Zur , and Ruel . Then the next were Cosbi , Job , and Jethro , ' " their sons . The second inspired son ' s story , ancl afflictions , are thought to have happened before Moses penned the law—the date of the rare and curious fable of Abraham ' s immediate descendants
to and from Job is placed after that of Lot ; then comes Esau , and then Jacob ; therefore these Arabian tribes were cotemporaries ivith Isaac . The eastern , or northern Midianites , were idolaters ; but holy Job feared God , and eschewed evil . His book which contains the richest Arabian , and the most exquisite pathos ancl diction , is generally written in a kind of poesy , although the peculiar rules of the metre are not easy to be described ; the style is however for the most part extremely sublime , ancl the fi
gures bold and striking in an uncommon degree . The poetic part of it is , perhaps , in the very language of the Arabs in the days of Job : it is generally believed his affliction was before the Hebrews departure from Egypt , though perhaps a great part of his one hundred and forty years' life , afterwards , might be posterior to it . This is confirmed by the consideration of Eliphaz , his aged friend , who spoke first , his being a Semanite , and consequently at least a great grandchild of Esau . Such facts prove the Arabian tongue to be a most ancient one ,
secondary only to the Hebrew . The Zamzummins , or Zurnmins , were a race of giants , probably sprung from Ham , inhabiting part of Arabia the Stony , from whence they were expelled by the Amorites , who called the country after the name of their ancestor , the second son of Lot . These David overcame ; but they soon cast offtheyokeof subjection , and were ever great enemies to Judah . The Medians lying south to the Ammorites , and both upon the east of Canaantook the name from the before mentioned son
, of Abraham , and Katura . Thither Moses fled , and kept sheep , and against them Israel was afterwards commanded to fight . That country abounded with dromedaries . The Emims possessing a part of Arabia Petra , were subdued by the Moabites ( descended from the eldest son of Lot ) , ancl the Moabites David made subject unto Judah ; but in the clays of Ahab they rebelled directly , and obtained the most part of Reuben ' s lands , or portion , for almost all his chief cities were in their
possession . Although of more modern date , Cadmus , who was of Thebes in Palestine , being driven out of thence b y Joshua , was forced to retire to Tyre , from whence he conducted a colony of Tyrians , or banished Canaanites , into Boetia , where he built another Thebes , called Cadmeia . They came originally from Mount Hermon , in Palestine - ancl as that word in the Canaanean languages signifies a serpent , from thence arose the fable of the serpents' teeth turninginto men . The temple of Jupiter Ammon , or Hammon , in Africa , was built by the C'hinani , who spread themselves from Egypt into Lybia . Sometimes this house