...the face of the earth. . . . By these (the sons ofJaphcth) were the isles of the Gentiles ( Europe) divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. . . . These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and...

...Gomer spoke different tongues ; this is explained in the fifth verse :— " By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands : every one...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." It must be remembered that the Hebrews were a haughty and stiff-necked people; that, excepting themselves,...

...Gomer spoke different tongues ; this is explained in the fifth verse :— " By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands : every one...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." It must be remembered that the Hebrews were a haughty and stiff-necked people; that, excepting themselves,...

...has thought fit to present us with them. " By these," (says the inspired historian) " were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." The translation of the Hebrew word (Q^N) Aiim, into Isles, is likely to mislead the general reader,...

...read, " And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands: every one...his tongue, after their families, in their nations." The Septuagint, in many passages, have rendered Tarshish by Karkedon, Carthage; and in the above, instead...

...whose offspring, was Tarshish. Amongst this race, says the inspired chronologist, " were the Isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations;"—and in ourselves, their descendants, we experience the fulfilment of the prophetical benediction...

...the dispersion, Moses adds : " By these (the sons of Japheth) were the isles of the Gentiles (Europe) divided in their lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. — These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in...

...thence, upon the face of the whole earth ; and by these were the Islea of the Gentiles divided in these lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations." We have now traced language from Adam, to the confusion of tongues at Babel. The people were then scattered...

...thence, upon the face of the whole earth ; and by these were the Isles of the Gentiles divided in these lands, every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations." We have now traced language from Adam, to the confusion of tongues at Babel. The people were then scattered...

...on all the face of the earth." The science which proposes to itself a review of the races of man " in their lands ; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations," is termed " Ethnology," a name derived from two Greek words, Wvos (ethnos), " nation," and Xifyo? (logos),...