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inhabit_v arabia-felix_a and_o mingle_v themselves_o with_o the_o sabean_o q._n what_o son_n have_v raamah_n a._n sheba_n who_o posterity_n dwell_v in_o aethiopia_n and_o dedan_n who_o offspring_n do_v possess_v a_o part_n of_o arabia-felix_a not_o far_o from_o idumea_n of_o dedâ—…n_a mention_n be_v make_v jer._n 49._o 8._o ezech_n 27._o 15._o and_o 38._o 13._o q._n what_o be_v nimrod_n a._n he_o be_v also_o the_o son_n of_o cush_n and_o the_o first_o tyrant_n in_o the_o world_n who_o be_v mention_v here_o apart_o not_o because_o he_o be_v a_o bastard_n as_o some_o think_v but_o because_o moses_n be_v to_o speak_v of_o his_o tyranny_n and_o greatness_n second_o nimrod_n here_o be_v say_v to_o be_v mighty_a in_o the_o earth_n that_o be_v bloody_a and_o cruel_a for_o power_n and_o greatness_n be_v from_o god_n and_o therefore_o good_a if_o it_o be_v free_a from_o cruelty_n and_o blood_n but_o so_o be_v not_o nimrods_n greatness_n and_o all_o bloody_a conqueror_n be_v nimrods_n 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ashur_n beside_o the_o great_a city_n niniveh_n a._n recoboth_n a_o city_n by_o the_o river_n euphrates_n mention_v also_o gen._n 36._o 37._o chalah_n the_o chief_a city_n of_o the_o country_n calacina_fw-la in_o assyria_n resen_fw-mi the_o city_n bessâ—…ra_n also_o in_o assyria_n q._n what_o son_n have_v misraijm_n a._n he_o beget_v ludim_n or_o the_o lydian_n mention_v jer._n 46._o 9_o who_o inhabit_v the_o country_n of_o lydia_n in_o asia-minor_a famous_a for_o that_o rich_a king_n croesus_n and_o the_o river_n pactolâ—…_n second_o anamim_n they_o do_v inhabit_v as_o it_o be_v think_v the_o country_n pentapolis_n in_o lybia_n three_o lehabim_n they_o possess_v libya_n in_o africa_n fourthly_a naphtuhim_n they_o be_v the_o people_n napatei_n in_o aethiopia_n five_o paâ—…sim_n they_o be_v the_o people_n pharusij_n in_o africa_n beyond_o mauritania_n mention_v esay_n 11._o ezech._n 29._o sixthly_a caslâ—…him_n they_o inhabit_v the_o country_n casiotis_n in_o syria_n from_o they_o the_o philistines_n come_v who_o possess_v the_o land_n of_o canaan_n amos_n 9_o 7._o where_o they_o remain_v not_o cast_v out_o to_o the_o great_a grief_n of_o the_o israelite_n seaventhly_a caphtorim_n a_o people_n call_v cappadoces_n who_o do_v destroy_v the_o philistines_n and_o dwell_v in_o their_o land_n deut._n 2._o 23._o jer._n 47._o 4._o q._n what_o posterity_n have_v canaan_n a._n of_o he_o come_v sidon_n father_n of_o the_o sidonian_n he_o build_v the_o city_n sidon_n in_o phenicia_n which_o be_v after_o allot_v to_o the_o tribe_n of_o asser_n second_o ch_v of_o he_o come_v the_o chethite_n or_o hittites_n who_o inhabit_v the_o place_n about_o bersabaeâ—…_n and_o of_o who_o there_o be_v giant_n their_o land_n only_o be_v promise_v to_o the_o israelite_n jos._n 1._o 4._o because_o they_o be_v most_o afraid_a of_o they_o three_o jebus_n or_o the_o jebusite_n he_o found_v the_o city_n jebus_n which_o after_o be_v call_v salem_n and_o last_o of_o all_o jerusalem_n judg._n 19_o 10._o 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