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    ^ reat ^ r Jenqe of t ^ the oJd historian o £ Ge&esis pnuceed . With respect tp J ^ eob , the isaii * ners revert to thejr iorn * er state , and g $ forward £$£# in the case of

    p ^ au : \ yiiJi respect 49 ' life one , $ ^ ey revert , became be wanders about in Mesopotamia wiih strict shepherds for % b@ space *> £ twenty years , and familiarises himself with their manners $ with respect to the other , they go forward , bepause he remain in Canaan , and connects himself by marriage with the luxurious Canaanites ; the one , therefore , passes from the

    ffeilder mode of life of his father , to the strict pastoral manners of his grand-father ; jhe other becooaesa warlike shepherd , and eventually a chief of Idum . ea . The

    connections of the different parts erf the world , in the way of commerce , gradually increases * In Abraham ' s time , there is yet no trade between Palestine and Egypt > and there * fore , on occasion of a scarcity ,

    lie finds it necessary to carry his iamily into Egypt . In the time of Jacob , a great trade in corn is carried on by land , between Palestine and Egypt ; " ( x ^ 57 s ) and for its accommodation inns are

    established on the road ( xlii . 27 )* Even capavarts of Ishmaelites , travel out of Arabia , laden with spices , balsam and myrrh for Egypt , and likewise employ themselves in the trade of slaves .

    ( xxxvii . 2 # v ) — The Egyptian , however , carry on no direct trade with Palestine and Arabia , for t ippy were always , as history in . forms us ,: averse from quitting

    thrif native land . Egypt , as one cif Ahe e ^ liest states ^ has , also the mo $ t : W * l > i ## ^ n * *« ******* hm 0 $ * ' Bi 8 »« 1 & Hhe U » erof &bmk * m 9 the Fh * roabs Juive a

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    regulac court establishment ( xin 14 , 15 , 18 , ^ 0 )* So , Abim < lech ^ fcwig of an Egyptian colony of the

    Fiuiistttiesg is an Egyptian Pba ; - roah on a . smaAl scale , and afcer die Egyptian naanner , has fegqlar officeni of court , ( xxi * !^ . xxvi . 26 i ) : In . Palestine , on the otheir hand , the king of Salem more nearly resembles a private man * ( xiv . 18 . ) Between the time of Abraham and Jueob , the luxury of Egypt advances rapidly . In

    the tira £ of Joseph t ^ ei " e are , as regular parw of efee Egyptian court , a chief marshal , charnbt ^ rlain , chief butler , <* hief baker , a viceroy , a system of police , state-prisons , and pifysimaup ^ together with a splendid cereroonial .

    Joseph , as w&ef 0 y dmes at $ table by himself : Pbaroah ad mils Jac ^ ib , nt » t to a friendly interview , as < &he of his predecessors had admitted Abraham , but to an audience in form which is of so stately a ^ d dignified a kind , that even the

    history assumes , in the description of it , an air of state and dignity , ( xlvii . 7 . ) Installations to orHlie are celebrated with many soleto

    nities ; Joseph , at bis inductioii to the office of minister of state , is adorned with golden chains , aftd robes of state , and a ring on bis finger , and has a long royal tr * i » of attendants .

    In Mesopotamia , where n < r Canaanites carry on trade , gatd and silver are sc ^ rce ^ eve n in Jacob » s ti * ne . Every thing it transacted ^ by barter ? ^ nd Jacdb exchanges his service of twenty

    yearn , for two wives * male and fertile slaves and canle . 0 « t the other hand , in Canaan , in th # n « ighbc * urltoe < l of the Bft ^ rHci ^ w , ii ^ rifc ^ H ^ jhtturfM ^ wii ^^ w # ^« iiiiil ^ »• ^^'• M ^^ w ^ mQ ^ J AAVQpJMw ^ wAM * ff WWr ^^ Wff ^^ T ^^^ Sm ^ w ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1812, page 360, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1749/page/16/