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On this Professor George Rawlinson says:

“That precious document the ‘Toldoth Beni Noah,’
or ‘Book of the Generations of the Sons of Noah,’
well deserves to be called ‘the most authentic
record that we possess for the affiliation of nations.’“
The Mosaical narrative conveys the exact truth
- a truth alike in accordance with the earliest
classical traditions, and with the latest results
of modern comparative philology.”
“Seven Great Monarchies, “First Mon., chap. iii, par. 13, 2.

 

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And again:

“The ‘Toldoth Beni Noah’ has extorted the
admiration of modern ethnologists, who
continually find in it anticipations of
their greatest discoveries. . . . On
the whole, the scheme of ethnic affiliation
given in the tenth chapter of Genesis is
pronounced ‘safer’ to follow than any other;
and the ‘Toldoth Beni Noah,’ commends itself
to the ethnic inquirer as ‘the most authentic
record that we possess for the affiliation
of nations,’ and as a document ‘of the very
highest antiquity.’“
“Historical Evidences of the Truth of the Scripture Records,” Lecture ii

5.

Says M. Francois Lenormant:

“In the tenth chapter of the book of
Genesis, Moses gives us a table of the
nations known in his time as affiliated
to these three great chiefs [Shem, Ham,
and Japheth] of the new race of
post-diluvian humanity. This is the
most ancient, the most precious,
the most complete document which we
possess on the distribution of the ancient
nations of the world. . . . This document
furnishes an inestimably valuable basis
for the researches of ethnography, that
is, the science which investigates the
relationships of nations with each other,
and their origin. The attentive study
of historical tradition, the comparison
of languages, and the examination of
the physiological characteristics of
different nations, lead to results
in complete accordance with the
inspired volume.”
“Manual of the Ancient History of the East,” book i, chap. iv, sec. iii, par. 1,2.

 

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