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Show il Ti Bees po -- Cuar.3.§ Asef - But Pererizs cals Caphtorim Cappadocia,accordingto the V 7 S ens he ishound:& yet it is not altegetherimprobable if a Bae = or os ~ + which (e atid not that Cappadocia bythe Sea Pontus'in the'Northof Afia the : a -7 : nion toward the North-eaft,and Syria bounded hith towardthe Weftnotwithftandin thefevaunts of Sezacherth in Efay the 37. ‘Hank the gods of the Nations delivered theni vufari whom wy Fathers bane deftroyed ?,as Gozan »i4ad Haran, aad Refeph, andthe childrem of capx6.09. inthe fecond ofKiags,that Teglatpbalaffer kingof the'Adiprians a dadebor Gack Fiden ewhieh wereat Telefax ?there tthe Kingof, Hamethyanathe Kingaf Arpbad,and of King ofthe City Sepharuairn, Henaand Inah? All thele were indeede, byt pesty Kings the yrene in' Media, calling thisCyrené, Adediafupertor : for iowas the manner eee) of <f Affyrianstotranfplantthe people conquered by them,as they did the owitans or If-1 raelitesand other Nations. And hereof it camethat Kir was called Syro-Medja :becaufe the Syrians by:the A flyrians were therein captiued. Se : Cities,and finall Countries, as, Haran in, 4cfopotamia : Refeph in Palmyreng.is Hamsthok : 10 Emaphiniturea, vader, Libanus:the Ile of Eden: Sepher,and. others, ofthis,fort, dita,Me/opotamia, and Syria,with-Paf«stina and. pheniciaparts thercof, But.in-this quefti- sth on. of A/fur,I willfpeakemy opinion freely. when] cometo Nimrod,whofe plantation I haue omitted among'the reft-ofithe Ghufites.,.. becaule heeieftablithed the firtt Empiyei< from.whomthemoft memorableftoryiof the, World taketh beginning. : Of the iffue of Sum. : Of -Aiphaxad camethe Chaldeans, faith Saint -Hiereme 3and Jofepbus; butuit muftbe. thole Cha/deansabout Kr.iforthe fonnes of Cham pofleftthereft. Icis true that ke was +1 se Z Of Elim,Affur,Arphaxad,end Lud. ¢ the Father of the Hebrewes :for Arphaxad begat Shela, and Shela, Heber 30£ whom heres after, -s ; 20 ati »|And that Lud,thefourth fonof shemgaue nameto the Lydiansin Afiathe leffe.,, is the altho: common opinionstaken from Jofephas and S.Hiereme; but I fee not by what reafon-he Téremaincthlaftly to fpeake ofthe Sons of Sem, who are thefe: . . was moued to'traggle thither fromhisfriends. Alam, ox Elam, Zeyh Afbar, Arphaxad, . Lud,and , - Aram. ‘T= pofterity of Sem,Mofes recounteth after the reft : becaufe from them hepro ceedeth in order with the Genealogie and Story ofthe Hebrewes: (For ofSem}! was Abrakam defcended.) Ofthef€ fine forines,the Scriptures remember the length ofthelife ofArphaxadonly, and only the children ofhim & Aram,the reft are barely {poken ofbyrehearfall ofthet names, fauing that it may bee gathered,that 4/fr (who was fuppofed to found Nincu') wasalfo {aid to be the Fatherofthe Aflyrians,whofe iflues, andtheiffies of Cham , 10 ftantly contendedfor the Empire ofthe Eaft: which fometimes the Affyrians,fomemé the Babylonians obtained,according tothe vertue of their Princes. This is the commo" Opinion, which alfo teacheth vs, thatall theEat parts ofthe World were peopled by Affur,Elamand Lud (fauing India)which I beleeue Noah himfelfe frft inhabited:andt whom Ophir and Hauilah the fons ofIodfan afterward repaired. #H¢-fi/ij Semab Euphraltl Wefidntiurs flaniopartem Afie uff, ad Occanum Indicum tenuerunt 5 Thefons of Sem aith $ .Hierom® held all thofe Regionsfrom Euphrates tothe Indian Ocean. A OF Elam came the Elamites, remembred, Adis 2-verf-9. and the Princes of Petlits which namethen beganto beout of vfeand loft,when the Perfians became Matters a Babylonia : the Eaft Monarchybeingeftablifhedin them. Some prophane Writers ftinguith Elam fromPerfia,and make the Elamites a people apart... But Sufa (whicht cap8vef2.3 Scriptures call Sufan)in Elamwas the kings feat ofPerfia (witnefle Damiel :) And 1 [0 (faith he) i# 4 vifien, aud when Ifaw it, Iwas inthe Palace of Sufan, which is in the Prowintt of Elavs. This City isembraced by the Riuer Euleus (accordins to Ptolomy) in Dati?s Prol.dfetad. Vai : and featedin the border of SuGana. $-DanB.r- Yea} Nabuchedonefor, who was. moft powerfull, before theconqneft of Egyetsbad. but..Ghaele. §. XV ; ieee with ample Dominion; yet was not the ftate of the Afjréans of any fuch power, after fach timeas Sardenapalus loft the Empire. POY Sengcherib who wasone of the power: fulleft Princes among them,had yet the M ountaine Taarws for theytmott.of, his Domiz e freon they. inhabited Sethreites,onGappadociaof Paleftina,it ishot ra « ? sheAPth Gs Book,Chap7- (ain this manefihiemay €x found Cappadociato be Ss wae he -_ call yr $.345+ renertaking irhere notfor Cyrenein Africa,but for aplace in Me ia. a or at 7 " :o bitants of Damafeusinto Kir? and fo Lofephins feemes to vnderftan this - . -= Crar.8. Sasa ofthe Hiforyof theWorld, pr 2 af Afbur (as moft Hiftorians beleeue) the fecond fon of sem was Father of the Afy™ ans,who difdaining the pride of Ninsrod,parted from Bahelons built Ninene,of eq han hkl Of; Axam, ad his Sonnes. "AR Remthic fift and laft Son ofShemwas the parent of the Syrians £0fwhich Dawiafens was head. Theis. name was changedfrom Aramor Aranates by Sorus (faith Eu/ebins Efay 7.8. 30 Out of Jo/ephus) which Syras lined before Mo/es was borne'; the fame whichotheiscall Enfeb.p,10.64 the fonne ofApollo... Ate/opctamia al{o being but-a' Prouiricé of Syria, had thename of Aram Nabaraijm,which is as muchto fay ; as Syria duorum flaniorums Syria compalfed with Fov0 Raners, (to wit) Tgris and Euphrates. The Scriptures call it Me/opotamis, Syria, and Paden Aram:and the Greekes Mefopotamia fim ply. Arifeand get thee to Padan Arain (faith U/asc to Iacobtothe hoxfe ofBethuel thy mothers Gehrda. (ee Sather and thence take theea wife.Straboallo remembreth it by the ancient name ofdram cans 10,als or Aramea,asthe{chisowne words conuerted witnefle :Quos mos Syros vocamas , if ran, 2* Syrt Aramentos & Arameos vecant ; Thole which we call Syrians (faith hee) themfelues call P 4° Aramenians ana Arameans. Oo: Againft this opinion,that ramthe fonne ofSem was the Father and Denominator of the Syrians in general; (and not onely.of thofe in Syria Inter-amnit , Whichis Méfopotamata){ome reade,Gene/.2 2.2. 3,Kemuel,the Pather ofthe Syrians : where other out of the originallread Keysyel, the fonne of eAram. Néitheris it any inconuenienceforvs to vnderftand the word (Aram) here, not for the Nation, but forthe name of fome one of poresthe rather,becaufe in the Hiftory of Abraham and Y/aac (which was intime Jong before Kemuels Pofterity could be famous) we finde Ma/opotamia called Aram; and that With an addition : fometimes with Nabaraym, andfometimesof Padan,to diftinguith it from another Aram, which (as it feemes). then alfo was called'Aram. For whereas I¢nis thinks in his notes vpon Gez.25.20,that Padan Aram ought to be reftrained to fome 5° part of Mefopetamia, (to wit) to that part which Prolomy calls Aucobaritis (0 called from eauty and magnitude with Babylon,or exceeding it.But we fhall in due place difprout the Riser Chaboras,whichdiuiding it,runnethinto Eupbrates)the promifcuous vie of Pa= dan Aram,and Aram Naharaguwhich latter appellation queftionleflecomprehendsthe whole MMe/opot amia) may feemtorefute this opinion 3 efpeciallyfecing the i that opinion. Euery mans handhathbeene ir this Story,and therefore I fhall! not nets ofthis appellation agreeth with the whole Region, For it fignifieth as much a90P RO € hereinto {peake much: for the Affyriansfo often inuaded and {poiled the If aelites, ftroyed their Cities,and led them Captiues, as bothin Diuine & Humaneletters 1% es Syriawhich name agrees with this Region : becaufe thetwo Riuers, | a 3 ip pee ed together goealongit. The ReJiques of the name Padaz appeare in the paneOh two is large and often Nation. peer mentionofthis oe : teint ; But howlocuer Heredetas and D.Siculus extend this. Empire, and honourthis"Nation Na . other v the other ypon Euphrates, ere ? Cities in Prolomy, called Aphadana : (as Iwasa hath well noted) the one vpon i Chaberas, he |