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Methodist theologian, 1762–1832
Adam Clarke
To this verse the Targum adds, "And the names of their countries were Asia, and Persia, and Barbary.
This paragraph has Adam for its first word and Abraham for its last. Between the creation of the former and the birth of the latter were 2000 years, almost the one-half of which time Adam himself…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Ashchenaz R.V. Ashkenaz, as in Gen 10:3. In Jer 51:27 "the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz" are to be summoned against Babylon. Ararat being Armenia, and Minni (Mannai of the Assyrian…