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Tiif. Prophet Noah.—Noah, the son of Lamech, was
a prophet of the antediluvian world. A knowledge of the
deluge wis made known to him about 12) years before the
flood. He was a just man and a faithful preacher of righteous¬
ness, lie warned the people of their destruction bv a flood.
God commanded Noah to build the ark, or great ship, and
II riii, a mighty man, helped to build the ark at God's com¬
mand. The posterity of Noah who inhabited the e;irth
after the flood, were a colored people, and their language
was Hebrew. [See the Historical books of the ancients.]
This lanmiaire was originally given to man by his Creator,
and afterwards broken into a multitude of tongues at Babel.
The Hebrew, it is almost certain, was the language of
Adam and Eve, and it is certain their complexion was black,
or dark red. Their country was called the land of Ethio¬
pia (Gen. ii. 13.)
Ahuaham.—The prophet Abraham, the son of Terah.
The Lord God called Abraham about 1921, B. C. He was
75 years old, and the tenth lineal descendant from Shem,
born in Chaldea, the land of Nimrod. He was a faithful
preacher of righteousness, and a father of many nations.
Lot.—Righteous Lot, the son of Haran, Abraham's
brother's son, who prayed for his brethren of Sodom and
Gomorrah, in the border of Canaan, a wicked people of
a black complexion, whom the Lord threatened he would
destroy, and their cities, for their wickedness, for their
transgressions had come up before him. The angel made
known the will of the Lord to Lot, for him and his family
to escape from the city; and Lot spake unto his sons-in-
law to flee for their lives, for the Lord would destroy their
city; hut they mocked and obeyed him not, and perished
in the flames of fire that were rained down from the clouds
upon all the inhabitants except Lot, his wife, and two daugh¬
ters, who fled unto the mountain. Lot's wife looked li;:ck,
and became a pillar of salt, for disobeying the command of
God, but Lot with his daughters entered into Zoar, and
from there into the mountains of Arabia, and dwelt in a
cave.
There was no man in these mountains but Lot, that his
daughters might be married, and bear seed. Now the
daughters of Lot made their father drink wine, and they
lav with him, and he perceived it not when they lay down
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