A New System: Or, An Analysis of Antient Mythology ...J. Walker, 1807 |
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... supposed to have been built by Noah . Now Thaman is said , in the antient language of the country , to have signi- fied eight , and was analagous to the , Shaman , of the " Hebrews , which denotes the same num- 30 Lettre de Pekin sur le ...
... supposed to have been built by Noah . Now Thaman is said , in the antient language of the country , to have signi- fied eight , and was analagous to the , Shaman , of the " Hebrews , which denotes the same num- 30 Lettre de Pekin sur le ...
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... supposed to have happened in different places , " 35 I believe that the name related to the history of the Patri- arch ; but whether the etymology is precisely true , I question . 37 Josephus . Ant . 1. 1. c . 3. p . 16 . 38 They have a ...
... supposed to have happened in different places , " 35 I believe that the name related to the history of the Patri- arch ; but whether the etymology is precisely true , I question . 37 Josephus . Ant . 1. 1. c . 3. p . 16 . 38 They have a ...
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... supposed to have been by lot , and between Jupiter , Neptune , and Pluto . 52 49 Acts . c . 17. v . 26 . 30 Μερισμος της γης . Τω Βφιβ ετει το κοσμο ενακοσιοσῳ τριακοσιοςῳ έτει το Νωε , κατα θειον δηλονότι χρησμον εμέρισε Νωε τοις ...
... supposed to have been by lot , and between Jupiter , Neptune , and Pluto . 52 49 Acts . c . 17. v . 26 . 30 Μερισμος της γης . Τω Βφιβ ετει το κοσμο ενακοσιοσῳ τριακοσιοςῳ έτει το Νωε , κατα θειον δηλονότι χρησμον εμέρισε Νωε τοις ...
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... supposed to have erected . He is de- scribed as a gigantic , daring personage ; a con- temner of every thing divine ; and his associates are represented of a character equally enterprizing and daring . Abydenus , in his Assyrian Annals ...
... supposed to have erected . He is de- scribed as a gigantic , daring personage ; a con- temner of every thing divine ; and his associates are represented of a character equally enterprizing and daring . Abydenus , in his Assyrian Annals ...
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... supposed to have been torn to pieces , and his limbs scattered . Plutarch . Isis and Osiris . See also Diodorus Sicul . 1. 3. p . 196 . 56 Nonni Dionysiac . 1. 34. p . 864 . Some , where the craggy western coast extends , Sped ANTIENT ...
... supposed to have been torn to pieces , and his limbs scattered . Plutarch . Isis and Osiris . See also Diodorus Sicul . 1. 3. p . 196 . 56 Nonni Dionysiac . 1. 34. p . 864 . Some , where the craggy western coast extends , Sped ANTIENT ...
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Abydenus Ægyptus æra Africanus afterwards Alexander Polyhistor alluded Amenophis Amosis antient Apollodorus apud Arabia Ararat Armenia Arrian Auritæ Babel Babylon Babylonia Bacchus Belus Berosus Bochart called Canaan Chaldea Chron Colchis consequence Cronus Cutha Cuthites Deity deluge Diodorus Dionys dispersion dynasty earth Egypt Egyptians Erythrean Ethiopians Euseb Eusebius Gods Grecians Greece Greeks Hellenes Hence Herodotus Hesiod Ibid Indus Israelites Josephus king land language learned Manethon mankind mentioned mistake Mizraim Moses mountain nations natives Nimrod Oannes original person Præp princes Ptolemy region reign river sacred says Scythia Sethon Shepherds shew shewn Shinar signified sons of Chus speaks Strabo styled supposed Syncell Syncellus takes notice term Tigris tion Titanian Titans tower whence worship writers γαρ δε δι δια εις εκ εν Ενθα εξ επι και κατα μεν παρα περι προς τας τε τες τοις ύπο
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Page 25 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Page 24 - Therefore is the name of it called Babel ; because the Lord did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the Lord scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.
Page 21 - Cush begat Nimrod : he began to be a mighty one in the earth. He was a mighty hunter before the Lord : wherefore it is said, "Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the Lord." And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Page 36 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 18 - When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
Page 38 - 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.
Page 39 - And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor : and they served other gods.
Page 24 - And the Lord said, Behold the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech.
Page 114 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 379 - That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.