{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p>We must therefore introduce into this work an explanation\r\nof the generations of the three sons of Noah, in so far as that\r\nmay illustrate the progress in time of the two cities. Scripture\r\nfirst mentions that of the youngest son, who is called Japheth:\r\nhe had eight sons,<a id=\"FNanchor_234_234\"></a><a class=\"fnanchor pginternal\" href=\"#Footnote_234_234\">[234]</a> and by two of these sons seven grandchildren,\r\nthree by one son, four by the other; in all, fifteen\r\ndescendants. Ham, Noah's middle son, had four sons, and\r\nby one of them five grandsons, and by one of these two great-grandsons;\r\nin all, eleven. After enumerating these, Scripture\r\nreturns to the first of the sons, and says, \"Cush begat Nimrod;\r\nhe began to be a giant on the earth. He was a giant hunter\r\nagainst the Lord God: wherefore they say, As Nimrod the\r\ngiant hunter against the Lord. And the beginning of his\r\nkingdom was Babylon, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land\r\nof Shinar. Out of that land went forth Assur, and built\r\nNineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between\r\nNineveh and Calah: this was a great city.\" Now this\r\nCush, father of the giant Nimrod, is the first-named among\r\nthe sons of Ham, to whom five sons and two grandsons are\r\nascribed. But he either begat this giant after his grandsons\r\nwere born, or, which is more credible, Scripture speaks of him<span class=\"pagenum\"><a id=\"Page_109\">[Pg 109]</a></span>\r\nseparately on account of his eminence; for mention is also\r\nmade of his kingdom, which began with that magnificent city\r\nBabylon, and the other places, whether cities or districts,\r\nmentioned along with it. But what is recorded of the land\r\nof Shinar which belonged to Nimrod's kingdom, to wit, that\r\nAssur went forth from it and built Nineveh and the other\r\ncities mentioned with it, happened long after; but he takes\r\noccasion to speak of it here on account of the grandeur of\r\nthe Assyrian kingdom, which was wonderfully extended by\r\nNinus son of Belus, and founder of the great city Nineveh,\r\nwhich was named after him, Nineveh, from Ninus. But\r\nAssur, father of the Assyrian, was not one of the sons of Ham,\r\nNoah's middle son, but is found among the sons of Shem, his\r\neldest son. Whence it appears that among Shem's offspring\r\nthere arose men who afterwards took possession of that giant's\r\nkingdom, and advancing from it, founded other cities, the first\r\nof which was called Nineveh, from Ninus. From him Scripture\r\nreturns to Ham's other son, Mizraim; and his sons are\r\nenumerated, not as seven individuals, but as seven nations.\r\nAnd from the sixth, as if from the sixth son, the race called\r\nthe Philistines are said to have sprung; so that there are in\r\nall eight. Then it returns again to Canaan, in whose person\r\nHam was cursed; and his eleven sons are named. Then the\r\nterritories they occupied, and some of the cities, are named.\r\nAnd thus, if we count sons and grandsons, there are thirty-one\r\nof Ham's descendants registered.</p>","headings":["THE CITY OF GOD.","BOOK SIXTEENTH.","ARGUMENT."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg45305-paragraph-181"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"2f60ea4ea95124ee86253f2a68062a293c7325d01b34981fe61d04389366d8e5","edition_title":"The City of God, Volume II","edition_translators":["Marcus Dods","George Wilson (Books XVII-XVIII)"],"edition_year":1871,"explicit_reference_candidates":[],"headings":[],"id":"pg45305-Footnote_234_234","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Provider catalog reports public domain in the USA. Original transcription title leaves state T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1871; printed translator allocation retained. Gutenberg credits Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries without an exact scan identifier. Full provider license preserved with acquired original; republication and per-work metadata remain unreviewed.","source_anchor":"Footnote_234_234","source_ebook":45305,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\">\n<p><a id=\"Footnote_234_234\"></a><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#FNanchor_234_234\"><span class=\"label\">[234]</span></a> Augustine here follows the Greek version, which introduces the name Elisa\r\namong the sons of Japheth, though not found in the Hebrew. It is not found\r\nin the Complutensian Greek translation, nor in the <span class=\"smcap\">mss.</span> used by Jerome.</p></div>","source_sha256":"7e0ced9e70512f3cf050b53c9d548e36b70d468d875153869f95d8aff5bbb530","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/45305/pg45305-images.html#Footnote_234_234","text_sha256":"68a67b1c4e739fd0b4c92f76ada043c99230e022f7c872027986835ac17f8677","verified":false,"work_id":null}