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person_n of_o both_o sex_n as_o among_o we_o francis_n and_o philip_n and_o some_o other_o name_n be_v common_a to_o both_o man_n and_o woman_n not_o to_o mention_v gen._n 5._o 2._o he_o call_v their_o name_n adam_n whence_o it_o be_v evident_a that_o adam_n be_v the_o name_n of_o both_o our_o first_o parent_n at_o the_o beginning_n though_o afterward_o the_o woman_n have_v another_o name_n give_v she_o by_o her_o husband_n and_o he_o take_v the_o name_n adam_n as_o proper_a to_o himself_o gen._n 3._o 20._o there_o be_v other_o plain_a instance_n in_o gen._n 36._o 2_o 41._o and_o in_o the_o same_o chapter_n ver_fw-la 12_o 40._o and_o 1_o chron._n 1._o 36._o where_o you_o will_v see_v that_o aholibamah_n be_v the_o name_n both_o of_o a_o man_n and_o of_o a_o woman_n and_o so_o be_v timna_n i_o find_v that_o noah_n be_v the_o name_n of_o a_o woman_n the_o daughter_n of_o zelophehad_n numb_a 36._o 11._o but_o i_o confess_v the_o word_n differ_v in_o the_o hebrew_n one_o be_v noach_n the_o 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how_o to_o interpret_v ezek._n 24._o 17._o bind_v the_o tire_n of_o thy_o head_n upon_o thou_o i._n e._n keep_v on_o thy_o ordinary_a head-apparel_n and_o do_v not_o change_v it_o for_o a_o mourn_a one_o such_o as_o be_v use_v at_o funeral_n the_o prophet_n be_v here_o forbid_v upon_o the_o death_n of_o his_o wife_n to_o use_v any_o such_o funeral_n ceremony_n there_o be_v ancient_o a_o peculiar_a space_n of_o time_n allot_v for_o lament_v the_o decease_a which_o they_o call_v the_o day_n of_o mourn_a gen._n 27._o 41._o &_o 50._o 4._o thus_o the_o egyptian_n who_o reverence_v the_o patriarch_n jacob_n as_o a_o prince_n and_o a_o great_a man_n lament_v his_o death_n threescore_o and_o ten_o day_n gen._n 50._o 3._o which_o be_v confirm_v by_o what_o i._n diodorus_n the_o sicilian_a say_v that_o the_o egyptian_n mourn_v for_o their_o king_n when_o they_o die_v seventy_o two_o day_n wherein_o he_o be_v either_o guilty_a of_o a_o small_a mistake_n of_o the_o number_n or_o those_o people_n 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