Chanaan
Americannoun
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They accordingly asserted that the founder or creator was Hermes Trismegistus, whom some of them professed to identify with Chanaan, the son of Ham, whose son Mizraim first occupied and peopled Egypt.
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He is by some supposed to be the same person with Chanaan, the son of Ham, whose son Mizraim first occupied and peopled Egypt.
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Plutarch informs us that Egypt was sometimes called Chemia: this name is supposed to be derived from Chanaan.
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Hence it was inferred that Chanaan was the inventor of chemistry, to which he affixed his own name.
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Not 445 Acob wente ut of lond chanaan.
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