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compraehendere_fw-la non_fw-la poterat_fw-la hanc_fw-la aream_fw-la universalem_fw-la hic_fw-la seorsim_fw-la delineavimus_fw-la in_fw-la qua_fw-la illam_fw-la ex_fw-la dissentientium_fw-la scriptorum_fw-la iudicio_fw-la notaevimus_fw-la nostram_fw-la verò_fw-la de_fw-la eadem_fw-la sententiam_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la intelligere_fw-la aveat_n thesaurum_fw-la nostrum_fw-la georgraphicum_fw-la adeat_fw-la censuramque_fw-la svam_fw-la per_fw-la i_o enim_fw-la licebit_fw-la addat_fw-la reverendo_fw-la et_fw-la illustri_fw-la dno_fw-la gvilielmo_n grimbergio_n antverpiensi_fw-la praesuli_fw-la dignissimo_fw-la abrah_n ortelius_n obsequij_fw-la devotionisque_fw-la ergò_fw-la dedicab_n consecrabatque_fw-la haec_fw-la notula_fw-la locum_fw-la ophirae_fw-la designat_fw-la domini_fw-la est_fw-la terra_fw-la et_fw-la plenitudo_fw-la orbis_fw-la terrarum_fw-la et_fw-la vniversi_fw-la qvi_fw-fr habitant_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la psal_n 24._o palaestina_n or_o the_o holy_a land_n canaan_n the_o most_o ancient_a name_n of_o this_o country_n be_v canaan_n which_o it_o take_v of_o chanaan_n the_o son_n of_o cham_n who_o posterity_n divide_v it_o among_o themselves_o and_o first_o inhabit_v it_o their_o name_n be_v these_o sidon_n heth_n jebusy_a emory_n gergesy_n hevy_n arky_n siny_n aruady_n semary_n and_o hamathy_n gen._n 10.15.16.17.18_o every_o one_o of_o these_o give_v his_o own_o name_n to_o that_o part_n of_o the_o country_n of_o canaan_n which_o he_o enjoy_v for_o his_o portion_n and_o possess_v and_o of_o they_o mention_v afterward_o be_v make_v gen._n 13.14.15.23.24.25.27.34.36.38.49.50_o exod._n 3.13.23.34_o num._n 13.22.32_o deut._n 1.2.3.4.7.20_o josu_fw-la 2.3.5.7.9.10.11.12.13.15.16.17.19.24_o judg._n 1.3.10.11.18_o 1._o king_n 7.1_o chron._n 1._o jud._n 5._o psalm_n 105.106.134.135_o esa_n 21._o ezech._n 16.27_o this_o country_n be_v call_v by_o the_o name_n of_o the_o land_n of_o canaan_n until_o the_o israëlite_n have_v partly_o slay_v and_o partly_o subdue_v all_o the_o posterity_n of_o canaan_n possess_v the_o same_o from_o which_o time_n it_o begin_v to_o be_v call_v the_o land_n of_o israel_n which_o name_n be_v by_o the_o angel_n give_v to_o the_o patriarch_n jacob_n for_o that_o he_o have_v wrestle_v with_o god_n and_o from_o thence_o the_o country_n grow_v to_o be_v call_v by_o that_o name_n gen._n 32.28_o for_o the_o word_n israël_n in_o the_o hebrew_n tongue_n signify_v to_o prevail_v with_o god_n or_o a_o mighty_a man_n prevail_a against_o the_o mighty_a god_n here_o hence_o be_v the_o son_n and_o offspring_n of_o jacob_n name_v israëlite_n and_o the_o country_n wherein_o they_o dwell_v the_o land_n of_o israël_n as_o be_v apparent_a out_o of_o the_o book_n of_o jud._n and_o the_o 1._o book_n of_o the_o king_n although_o the_o whole_a land_n of_o chanaan_n be_v indeed_o general_o call_v israël_n yet_o nevertheless_o the_o portion_n or_o jurisdiction_n of_o every_o tribe_n which_o several_o josua_n assign_v to_o every_o one_o of_o the_o 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and_o the_o name_n of_o the_o whole_a be_v take_v from_o the_o most_o honourable_a but_o the_o other_o ten_o tribe_n which_o be_v command_v by_o the_o king_n of_o samaria_n still_o retain_v the_o
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