They are the ſeveral Nations dwelling in 4frica, ſpringing from the | ceive ; or, as others, the Inhabirants of that part of 4ſria, from
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Ezyptians, which, as they multiplied, went further and further | him called Arphaxitis, wu Kich Prolomy corruptly calls Arrapachitis.,
Weſtward and Southward from Egypr. ; o The }ather of the Lydans, a well-known People in ſz the leſs. 438 i4 And Pathruiim y, and <Caſluhim ( out of whom | » Of whom the $1rians, known by the Name of Aramites both in K
came Philiſtim & ) and C2phtorim. | Sacred and other Authors. Compare with this Ger. 22: 21. 4 3 The Inhabitants of Parhros, of which ſee Iſa: 11: 11. Jer: 44 22 And the children of Aram 5 Uz, and Hul, and {
T, 15. Ezek: 29: 14 #» The meaning is, they came out of his Gether, and Maſh. 4
Loins, or were his Off-ſp1ring, which might be true 3 rhough af- ; | x terwards we find them ſcared amongſt the Off-ſpring of of 14an, 24 And Arphaxad begat | * Salah ; and Salah begat ON having driven out the former Inhabitants, as was ulual in thoſe Eber, ' 1h | ancient times. Obje#. The Philiſtmes are elſewhere ſaid ro come 25 * And unto Eber were born two ſons : and +Heb:She« L, we from Caphtorim. See Jer: 47: 4. Anſw. Therefore ſome make a the name of one was Peleg, for in his days 4 was che bs 4
| trajection here, which i5not nuſual ; and read the words thus and OS X *Chan-r 1. 8 Coltuhim, aud Caphtorim, out of whom came Philiſlim, Bur this ſeems earth divided r, and his brothers name yas Joktan. . N P11
4 jo > » . 4 . \* M4 4 . ! m_ . a forced, nor is it neceſſary : For the place may be thus read with: | _ 9 Either 1. In the time of his Birth, whence he was ſo called. | 1 Chro: out any Parentheiis : And Ca/iuhim, our of whom came the Philiſtim Or, 2. Afterwards 1n the time of Life :* So his Father gave him 1: 19 "_ and CaMbtorim which two latter were Brethren, both the Son of rhis Name by the Spirit of Propheſie, fore-ſeeing this great Event, 7* '-*
C2a/1:him y and ſo might ar firſt dwell together, whence their Names and the time of it. This being no unuſual thing in Scripture z are promiſcuorfly uſed one for another ; and the Caphror:ms are | 85 WE ſhall hereafter ſee, to give Prophetical Names to Children. 1
ſaid to owe? in Azz3h, or Gaza, the known feat of the Plil:ftines, \nd thus there 1s a longer and more convenient ſpace left for the
Dewt: 2: 23. Affrerwards they might be divided firſt in their Dwel- Peopling of the World, and Ripening of things for the general lings, then in their AffeCtions, a»d War one againſt another, and 1{perſfon aad Habiration of the Earth. r Firſt in Language, and
the Caphtorim:, ſeem to have ſubdued and enſlaved the Phil ſtines, chen in Habitations.
and pn OR into their Countrey, whom therefore God js faid 26 And Joktan begat Almodad s, and Sheleph and tn bring and deliver from Caphtor, Amos 9: 7. and the Caphrorims either Hazarmaveth. and Jerah | , 3 5
then or afterward might be detroyed and extirpated by the hand | { l | of God or Men, whence the Pliliſlines, in after times, are called | . s From him and the r eſt of Joktan , Sons here mentioned, come | The remnant of the Countrey of Caplitor, Jer: 27: 4. either 1. The Various Nations of India, as'moſt think. Or rather | | | "6 þ; : 2 2. The ſeveral People that live in the innermoſt parts of Arabia, 3 Heb.7:z:- I al And Canzen begat T Sidon þ his firſt-born A, who proſeſs themſelves the Poſterity of Jothran, and have a city near | C01. and Heth þ Mecca, called Jettom. And the Homerites, one ſort of them, are de= a The Farher of the People, and builder of the City of Sion, duced from him by divers Writers, _ 11: 8: and 19: 28: 6 Of whom came the Hirtirer, Joſ. 1: 4.1 27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, and 9: 1, Oc. Ba : 28 And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba z 16 And the Jzbuſitz *, and the Amorite, and the t A different Perſon from him werſe 7. and the Father of another br Girgaſite, 258 £O En ARM Y . People, having only the ſame Name with him. bg * Of th the other People followin ee Jol: 18: 22, 28. : ; * 1; tmp fib-2;.4 5 : __ 29 And Ophir «, and Havilah-x, and Jobab : all
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