The Early History of Egypt, from the Old Testament, Herodotus, Manetho, and the Hieroglyphical Inscriptions

📒 This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1836 edition. Excerpt: ... panded, enjoyed also the blessings of good government, must be gratifying to the historical enquirer. THE OLD TESTAMENT. In the Book of Genesis, ch. x. v. 6, 6fc. we have the following account of the descent of the Egyptians, and of all the nations with whom they were most closely connected in war and peace. " And the sons of Ham, Cush, Arabia and Assyria. and Mizraim, Egypt. and Phut, and Canaan; The aborigines of the land of Canaan. " And the sons of Cush, Seba, Petra. See Isaiah, xlv. 14. and Havilah, Armenia? and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah, and Nimrod (the Hunter, and the beginning of his king-dom was Babel), the Assyrian empire. " The sons of Raamah, Sheba, The incense country of Arabia, whose queen visited Solomon. and Dedan. " And Mizraim begat Ludim, Ethiopians, before the Cushite invasion? and Anamim, and Lehabim, Africa to the west of the Nile, Lybia. and Naphtuhim, Arabia Nabataea, of which Petra was the capital. and Pathrusim, Upper Egypt. See Is. xi. 11; Jer. xliv. 1. and Casluhim, On the coast between Egypt and the Philistines. " (Out of whom came Philistim), The Philistines, the inhabitants of the southern part of Canaan. and Caphtorim, The Copts, Coptos. " These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, in their nations." Sfc. The explanation of this history of the descent of the nations that were descendants of Ham is attended with very great difficulty; and this difficulty is further increased by our finding that, at the earliest period to which our knowledge reaches, in most of the countries here described as peopled by descendants of Cush, an Arabic dialect was spoken, which, from its close analogy to Hebrew, would have led us to call them sons of Shem. It might be...