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  carried 
  back 
  about 
  four 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  centuries 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  Pharaohs. 
  But 
  

   is 
  this 
  enough 
  ? 
  The 
  founding 
  of 
  a 
  Monarchy 
  

   is 
  not 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  a 
  race. 
  The 
  people 
  

   amongst 
  whom 
  such 
  Monarchies 
  arose 
  must 
  

   have 
  grown 
  and 
  gathered 
  during 
  many 
  

   generations. 
  Nor 
  is 
  it 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  

   peopling 
  of 
  Egypt 
  alone 
  that 
  this 
  difficulty 
  

   meets 
  us 
  in 
  the 
  face. 
  The 
  existence 
  in 
  the 
  

   days 
  of 
  Abraham 
  of 
  such 
  an 
  organized 
  

   government 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  Chedorlaomer, 
  shows 
  

   that 
  2,000 
  years 
  B.C. 
  there 
  flourished 
  in 
  Elam, 
  

   beyond 
  Mesopotamia, 
  a 
  nation 
  which 
  even 
  

   now 
  would 
  be 
  ranked 
  among 
  " 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Powers." 
  And 
  if 
  nations 
  so 
  great 
  had 
  thus 
  

   arisen, 
  altogether 
  unnoticed 
  in 
  the 
  Hebrew 
  

   narrative 
  — 
  if 
  we 
  are 
  left 
  to 
  gather 
  as 
  best 
  

  

  