Preadamites, or, A demonstration of the existence of men before Adam, together with a study of their condition, antiquity, racial affinities, and progressive dispersion over the earth / by Alexander Winchell.

  • Alexander Winchell
Date:
1890
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    whole land of Havilah,” encompassed by one of the rivers of Eden. In a later document it is said: “And they dwelt from Havilali unto Shur.”* And again: “And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur.”f 3. Mizraim is a Hebrew dual, and is universally recognized as signifying the land of Egypt. From Mizraim came Ludim and Anamim and Lebahim, etc. These are all plural forms, and naturally denote peo- ples. The land of Egypt is designated by a dual name, perhaps in allusion to upper and lower Egypt — a division perpetuated by Ptolemy. 4. The usage of the Hebrew is in perfect accord with the impersonal construction of all these proper names. “And ships shall come from the coasts of Chittim and shall afflict Assliur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish forever.”;}: “And Pul, the King of Assyria, came against the land.”§ “The ships of Chittim shall come against him.” fl “For pass over the isles of Chittim.”** “I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarsliish, Pul and End that draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles afar off.” ft “Cush and Phut that handle the shield, and the Ludim that handle and bend the bow.“Cush and Phut and End, and all the mingled people, and Kub and the men of the land that is in league. ”§§ The more familiar use of “Israel” and “Judah,” * Gen. xxv, 18. f 1 Sam. xv, 7. X Numbers xxiv, 24. § 2 Kings xv, 19. See ver. 29; xvi, 7; xvii, 3, 23; xviii, 13; xxiii, 29; 1 Chron. v, 6; 2 Chron. xxviii, 1G; xxxii, 1, 11, etc. etc. || Dan. xi, 30. ** Jer. ii, 10. ft Isa. lxvi, 19. XX Jer. xlvi, 9 (the proper names are taken from the Hebrew). See also Ezek. xxvii, 10. §§ Ezek. xxx, 0. The proper names again are taken from the Hebrew.'
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