Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . lsspread themselves abroad, and after many centuries they Avere ex-tended into all countries. 4. Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These, withtheir families, proceeded to the country of Shinar, Avh:ch lies to thesouth of Mount Ararat. 5. Here they settled themselves on the borders of the river Eu-phrates, probably the same country that had been inhabited by theantediluvians. It is in this region that the first nations Avere formed. 5. Where did the descendants of Adam and Eve dwell ? What did they do ? 6. Wha<did Go
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . lsspread themselves abroad, and after many centuries they Avere ex-tended into all countries. 4. Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. These, withtheir families, proceeded to the country of Shinar, Avh:ch lies to thesouth of Mount Ararat. 5. Here they settled themselves on the borders of the river Eu-phrates, probably the same country that had been inhabited by theantediluvians. It is in this region that the first nations Avere formed. 5. Where did the descendants of Adam and Eve dwell ? What did they do ? 6. Wha<did God determine to do? Why did God determine to destroy mankind? 7. What olNoah? Describe the deluge. 8. What was the effect of the deluge? Whendid the delugetake place? Ch. VII.—1. AVhat of those who lived before tire flood? When did thedeluge begin and end? What of Mount Ararat? 3 AVhat of the people that came outjf the ark? The animals? 4. AVhat three sons had Noah ? AVhat did the descendant!of Noah do? 5. Where did they settle ? Where was the land of Shinar?. 20 SCHOOL HISTORY. 6. The people increased very rapidly, and, at the end of a hundretlyears from the deluge, they were quite numerous. Most of Noahsfamily were at this time alive. They had told their descendantshow the world had been overflowed wiih water, which destroyedall the land animals, and all the people, except those that were inthe ark. 7. All who remembered the deluge, or had heard of it, were afraidthat the wickedness of mankind would again be punished in a stmi- ar way. They therefore resolved to build a tower, that they mightmount upon it, and save themselves from destruction. S. Accordingly they laid the foundation of the edifice on theeastern bank of the river Euphrates. Perhaps they expected torear the tower so high, that its top would touch the blue sky, andenable them to climb into heaven. 9. Their building materials were bricks that had been baked inthe sun. Instead of mortar, they cemented the bricks
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