The following is a list of the races mentioned in the Bible, so far as they are Identified. They are classified according to modern ethnological principles. In Ge 10, cities are frequently classed as tribes or patriarchal personages.
I. Aryans (sons of Japheth, Ge 10).
If it seems good to the king, let a royal decree go out from him and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Ahasuerus. Let the king give her royal position to another woman who is better than she.
If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and destroy both our Temple and our nation."
Parthians, Medes, Elamites, residents of Mesopotamia, Judea, Cappadocia, Pontus, Asia,
Both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to wise and to foolish people, I am a debtor.
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