﻿94 
  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  read* 
  of 
  Canaan, 
  the 
  grandson 
  of 
  Noah, 
  that 
  

   he 
  " 
  begat 
  Sidon, 
  his 
  firstborn, 
  and 
  Heth," 
  we 
  

   seem 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  names 
  of 
  individual 
  men 
  ; 
  

   but, 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  immediately 
  added 
  that 
  he 
  

   also 
  "begat 
  the 
  Jebusite, 
  and 
  the 
  Amorite, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Girgasite, 
  and 
  the 
  Hivite, 
  and 
  the 
  

   Arkite, 
  and 
  the 
  Sinite," 
  &c. 
  &c., 
  it 
  is 
  clear 
  that 
  

   we 
  are 
  dealing 
  not 
  with 
  single 
  generations, 
  but 
  

   with 
  a 
  condensed 
  abstract 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  and 
  

   growth 
  of 
  Tribes. 
  No 
  definite 
  information 
  

   is 
  given 
  in 
  such 
  abstracts 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  lapse 
  of 
  

   time. 
  The 
  chronology 
  of 
  changes 
  not 
  specially 
  

   included 
  in 
  the 
  narrative, 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  gathered 
  

   from 
  the 
  general 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  events 
  

   described. 
  And 
  that 
  general 
  character 
  is 
  such 
  

   as 
  fully 
  to 
  corroborate 
  the 
  evidence 
  we 
  have 
  

   \Gen. 
  x. 
  15—18. 
  

  

  