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RACES.—The following is a list of the races mentioned in the Bible, so far as they are Identified. They are classified according to modern ethnological principles. In Gen_10:1-32, cities are frequently classed as tribes or patriarchal personages.
I. Aryans (sons of Japheth, Gen_10:1-32).—1. Greeks (Rom_1:14 etc.). 2. Javan (Ionian Greeks). 3. Parthians (Act_2:9). 4. Persians (Est_1:19 etc.). 5. Medes (Madai). 6. Romans (Joh_11:48 etc.).
II. Hamites.—1. Egyptians (Mizraim). 2. Cushites (Nubians, Ethiopians). 3. Libyans (Put [Somaliland]).
III. Semites.—1. North Semites: (a) Babylonians (Shinar, Accad, Bahel, Erech); (b) Assyrians (Asshur, Nineveh, Calah); (c) Aramæans (Syrians); (d) Canaanitish peoples—(1) Ammonites, (2) Amorites, (3) Canaanites, (4) Edomites, (5) Hivites, (6) Israelites, (7) Jebusites, (8) Moabites, (9) Phœnicians (Tyre, Sidon, Arvad, etc.). 2. South Semites: (a) North Arabs—(1) Amalekites, (2) Ishmaelites (Kedar, Nebaioth, Tema, etc.), (3) Midianites; (b) South Arabs (Sheba).
IV. Unclassified Races.—1. Cimmerians (Gomer, Gimirrai of Assyr [Note: ssyr Assyrian.] , inscriptions). 2. Elamites. 3. Hittites. 4. Horites. 5. Philistines. 6. Tubal (the Tabali of Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] inscriptions). 7. Meshech (Muski of Assyr. [Note: Assyrian.] inscriptions).
George A. Barton.