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The sons of Canaan were these: Sidonius, who also built a city of the same name; it is called by the Greeks Sidon Amathus inhabited in Amathine, which is even now called Amathe by the inhabitants, although the Macedonians named it Epiphania, from one of his posterity: Arudeus possessed the island Aradus: Arucas possessed Arce, which is in Libanus. THE SONS OF CANAAN WERE THESE SIDONIUS WHO ALSO BUILT A CITY OF THE SAME NAME IT IS CALLED BY THE GREEKS SIDON AMETHYST INHABITED IN AMETHEON WHICH IS EVEN NOW CALLED AMATHI BY THE INHABITANTS ALTHOUGH THE MACEDONIANS NAMED IT EPIPHANIA FROM ONE OF HIS POSTERITY EURYUDIUS POSSESSED THE ISLAND ERIDUS AURUCUS POSSESSED ARSI WHICH IS IN LIBANUS
s, who founded the Sabeans; Evilas, who founded the Evileans, who are called Getuli; Sabathes founded the Sabathens, they are now called by the Greeks Astaborans; Sabactas settled the Sabactens; and Ragmus the Ragmeans; and he had two sons, the one of whom, Judadas, settled the Judadeans, a nation of the western Ethiopians, and left them his name; as did Sabas to the Sabeans: but Nimrod, the son of Chus, staid and tyrannized at Babylon, as we have already informed you. Now all the children of Mesraim, being eight in number, possessed the country from Gaza to Egypt, though it retained the name of one only, the Philistim; for the Greeks call part of that country Palestine. As for the rest, Ludieim, and Enemim, and Labim, who alone inhabited in Libya, and called the country from himself, Nedim, and Phethrosim, and Chesloim, and Cephthorim, we know nothing of them besides their names; for the Ethiopic war17 which we shall describe hereafter, was the cause that those cities were overthrown. HILDREN OF THESE FOUR WERE THESE SABUS WHO FOUNDED THE SABINES EVILUS WHO FOUNDED THE EVILIANS WHO WERE CALLED GAETULI SABATHIS FOUNDED THE SABBATHANS THEY ARE NOW CALLED BY THE GREEKS ASTTEBORANS SABACTUS SETTLED THE SABACTANS AND RAGMUS THE RAGNIANS AND HE HAD TWO SONS THE ONE OF WHOM JUDAS SETTLED THE JUDAEANS A NATION OF THE WESTERN ETHIOPIANS AND LEFT THEM HIS NAME AS DID SAPUS TO THE SIBEIANS BUT NIMROD THE SON OF CHOOSE STAYED AND TYRANNIZED AT BABYLON AS WE HAVE ALREADY INFORMED YOU NOW ALL THE CHILDREN OF MEZRAIUM BEING EIGHT IN NUMBER POSSESSED THE COUNTRY FROM GAZA TO EGYPT THOUGH IT RETAINED THE NAME OF ONE ONLY THE PHILISTINE FOR THE GREEKS CALL PART OF THAT COUNTRY PALESTINE AS FOR THE REST LUDIAM AND ENAMYM AND LABIM WHO ALONE INHABITED IN LIBYA AND CALLED THE COUNTRY FROM HIMSELF NEDIM AND PHITHRUSIM AND CHESLOYIM AND CETHIRM WE KNOW NOTHING OF THEM BESIDES THEIR NAMES FOR THE ETHIOPIC WAR WHICH WE SHALL DESCRIBE HEREAFTER WAS THE CAUSE THAT THOSE CITIES WERE OVERTHROWN
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