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in_o it_o which_o moses_n inform_v we_o be_v very_o good_a in_o the_o land_n of_o havilah_n for_o the_o same_o reason_n pactolus_n a_o river_n of_o lydia_n bear_v the_o same_o name_n havilah_n be_v near_o to_o judea_n and_o that_o b_o pison_n be_v perhaps_o the_o chrysorrhoas_n that_o run_v by_o damascus_n but_o suppose_v chaldea_n be_v here_o mean_v yet_o by_o reason_n of_o the_o merchant_n that_o traffic_v from_o thence_o into_o egypt_n that_o country_n may_v very_o well_o be_v know_v for_o if_o in_o jacob_n time_n caravan_n of_o merchant_n travel_v from_o gilead_n into_o egypt_n why_o may_v they_o not_o likewise_o come_v from_o chaldea_n too_o thither_o 2._o the_o same_o be_v suspect_v of_o chap._n 10.8_o and_o the_o follow_a verse_n where_o a_o large_a account_n be_v give_v of_o nimrod_n and_o his_o empire_n than_o there_o be_v of_o any_o other_o head_n of_o family_n and_o country_n and_o this_o they_o imagine_v may_v be_v say_v more_o agreeable_o after_o the_o babylonian_a 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own_o time_n be_v call_v so_o it_o be_v not_o the_o most_o unuseful_a part_n of_o a_o antiquary_n business_n to_o give_v the_o original_a of_o name_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o we_o have_v a_o account_n of_o the_o name_n of_o babil_n chap._n 11.9_o of_o zoar_n chap._n 19.22_o of_o bethel_n chap._n 28.9_o not_o to_o instance_n in_o any_o more_o observe_v upon_o genesis_n as_o for_o what_o concern_v the_o name_n of_o nineve_n which_o seem_v to_o be_v of_o a_o late_a date_n than_o moses_n as_o derive_v its_o name_n from_o ninus_n the_o son_n of_o belus_n who_o according_a to_o the_o exact_a computation_n of_o chronology_n flourish_v about_o the_o time_n of_o deborah_n perhaps_o the_o original_a of_o it_o be_v otherwise_o than_o be_v common_o relate_v for_o who_o in_o so_o great_a a_o antiquity_n and_o so_o vast_a a_o defect_n of_o ancient_a monument_n dare_v positive_o affirm_v any_o thing_n perhaps_o too_o some_o one_o else_o may_v add_v it_o to_o moses_n word_n as_o learned_a man_n have_v conjecture_v of_o several_a other_o name_n 3._o it_o be_v pretend_v that_o the_o follow_a passage_n and_o the_o canaanite_n be_v then_o in_o the_o land_n chap._n 12.6_o can_v only_o come_v from_o a_o writer_n who_o live_v after_o the_o canaanite_n be_v turn_v out_o of_o their_o country_n but_o what_o judgement_n be_v to_o be_v make_v of_o these_o word_n we_o have_v sufficient_o show_v in_o our_o rest_n our_o some_o be_v of_o opinion_n that_o out_o of_o the_o eleven_o family_n of_o the_o canaanite_n some_o of_o they_o be_v call_v so_o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d above_o the_o rest_n who_o inhabit_v these_o place_n and_o it_o be_v true_a indeed_o that_o the_o canaanite_n be_v often_o mention_v as_o a_o particular_a tribe_n see_v gen._n 13.7_o chap._n 15.21_o exod._n 3.8_o 17._o chap._n 33.2_o chap._n 34.11_o and_o elsewhere_o but_o then_o they_o be_v express_o say_v to_o have_v live_v near_o the_o sea_n and_o near_o jordan_n but_o not_o at_o sichem_n however_o perhaps_o they_o dwell_v here_o in_o abraham_n time_n and_o moses_n have_v a_o regard_n to_o that_o our_o author_n prefer_v this_o solution_n to_o the_o rest_n commentary_n upon_o that_o place_n neither_o be_v it_o necessary_a for_o we_o to_o repeat_v it_o here_o perhaps_o they_o may_v be_v add_v by_o a_o late_a hand_n after_o the_o expulsion_n of_o the_o canaanite_n by_o the_o child_n of_o israel_n and_o perhaps_o it_o be_v one_o of_o those_o superfluous_a observation_n which_o frequent_o occur_v in_o the_o sacred_a volume_n which_o may_v have_v be_v omit_v without_o any_o injury_n do_v to_o the_o history_n 4._o in_o chap._n 13.8_o we_o meet_v with_o the_o word_n hebron_n by_o which_o name_n that_o town_n do_v not_o go_v till_o after_o moses_n time_n as_o appear_v from_o joshua_n 14.15_o chap._n 15.13_o where_o it_o be_v say_v to_o have_v change_v its_o old_a name_n arba_n in_o the_o day_n of_o caleb_n and_o joshua_n and_o indeed_o that_o city_n seem_v to_o derive_v its_o name_n hebron_n from_o the_o nephew_n of_o caleb_n but_o learned_a man_n have_v right_o observe_v that_o this_o passage_n may_v be_v add_v by_o another_o hand_n since_o the_o time_n of_o moses_n to_o expound_v a_o obscure_a name_n by_o one_o that_o be_v better_o know_v see_v likewise_o chap._n 21.2_o 5._o the_o like_a conjecture_n be_v draw_v from_o the_o word_n dan_fw-mi which_o we_o find_v chap._n 14.14_o and_o it_o be_v urge_v that_o the_o name_n of_o it_o be_v laish_n or_o leshem_n till_o it_o be_v take_v by_o the_o child_n of_o dan._n see_v joshua_n 9.47_o but_o we_o have_v handle_v this_o matter_n in_o our_o commentary_n where_o we_o plain_o make_v it_o appear_v that_o it_o be_v not_o well_o dan._n well_o josephus_n relate_v this_o history_n lib._n 1._o c._n 10._o tell_v we_o that_o abraham_n attack_v the_o assyrian_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d near_o dan_n and_o add_v for_o this_o be_v the_o name_n of_o one_o of_o the_o head_n of_o jordan_n if_o this_o be_v true_a it_o be_v certain_a that_o this_o head_n be_v 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