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to the five planets, so that they might be known by men and only for that, and he called the 1st planet-star Kronos, the 2nd Zeus, the 3rd Ares, the 4th Aphrodite, and the 5th Hermes; for the two luminaries God called sun and moon. And Seth, being 205 years old, begot another Enos, who hoped to call upon the Lord. After him his descendants and Seth, having been forewarned from above, wrote the future things concerning the flood on stone and earthenware tablets, signifying that the universe was about to be consumed and destroyed either by fire or by water, and if by fire, the writings on the earthenware tablets would be saved, but if by water, those on the stone ones. And when the flood came and destroyed everyone, only Noah and his sons and his daughters were saved for the second renewal of the world. And after the flood Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, composed the astronomy, having found the naming of the stars by Seth and his children, as has been said, written on a stone tablet; which pillar after the flood remained in the mountain of Siris, and is there until now, as Josephus says. Adam, therefore, according to the most wise and divine prophet 7 Moses, being 230 years old begot Seth, and he dies on the day of the transgression; for since the day of God has a duration of a thousand years, having lived only 930 years he dies. He is said to have been buried in the land of Jerusalem, as Josephus says. And Seth, being 205 years old, begot Enos, and after this he lived 707 years, and he died having lived in all 912 years. concerning whom it is said “the sons of God went in to the daughters of men,” that is, those from Cain. For the men of that time called him a god because he discovered the Judaic letters, the names of the stars, and in addition to these things, marveling at his great piety, so that he was also the first to be invoked and named god, just as the Lord says to Moses, “I have made you a god to Pharaoh,” and concerning the virtuous and spiritual and the judges he said, “You shall not revile the gods, nor speak evil of the rulers of your people.” Reasonably let the children of Seth and Enos and Enoch be understood as sons of God and sons of the gods according to Symmachus, who, being caught by licentiousness, went in to the daughters of Cain, from whom those from the fitting 8 unions become giants, on the one hand, through the righteous Seth, strong and very great, and on the other hand, through the unrighteous and profane Cain, wicked and most evil. And Enos, being 190 years old, begot Cainan, and after this he lived 740 years, and begot Maleleel, and he died having lived in all 910 years. And Maleleel, being 165 years old, begot Jared, and after this he lived 730 years, and he died having lived in all 895 years. And Jared, being 162 years old, begot Enoch, and after this he lived 800 years, and he died, concerning whom the translation is spoken, having lived in all 962 years. And Enoch, being 165 years old, begot Methuselah, and after this he lived 802 years, and he died having lived in all 969 years. And Lamech, being 188 years old, begot Noah, and after this he lived 565 years, and he died having lived in all 753 years. Scripture therefore mentions two 9 Lamechs, one from Cain, and the other the father of Noah; for Noah was begotten through Lamech not from the one of Cain who also murdered a man and a youth, but from a later one and from the namesake from Seth; for that one says “I have killed a man for wounding me, and a young man for bruising me.” and as one who committed two murders and took the two women, Eldan and Selan, as wives, he blames himself as being worthy of punishment seventy times seven, because from Cain, he says, vengeance is taken sevenfold, but from Lamech seventy times seven, for this reason he is punished more greatly, just as Lamech also suffered thus; for he killed the brothers of the righteous Enoch, who through faith on account of these things prayed not to see such a death, and having been heard, was translated. And Enoch was from the righteous Seth, from whom Christ is descended, being genealogized according to the

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τοῖς πέντε πλανήταις, εἰς τὸ γνωρίζεσθαι ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ μόνον, καὶ τὸν μὲν αʹ πλανήτην ἀστέρα ἐκάλεσε Κρόνον, τὸν δὲ βʹ ∆ία, τὸν δὲ γʹ Ἄρεα, τὸν δὲ δʹ Ἀφροδίτην, τὸν δὲ εʹ Ἑρμῆν· τοὺςγὰρ δύο φωστῆρας ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην ὁ θεὸς ἐκάλεσε. Σὴθ δὲ ὢν ἐτῶν σεʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνὼς ἕτερον, ὃς ἤλπισεν ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὸν κύριον. μετὰ τοῦτον οἱ αὐτοῦ ἀπόγονοι καὶ ὁ Σήθ, προμηνυθέντες ἄνωθεν, ἔγραφον τὰ μέλλοντα περὶ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἐν λιθίναις καὶ ὀστρακίναις πλαξί, σημαίνοντες ὅτι ἀναλωθῆναι καὶ φθαρῆναι μέλλει τὸ πᾶν ἢ ὑπὸ πυρὸς ἢ ὑπὸ ὕδατος, καὶ εἰ μὲν ὑπὸ πυρός, σωθήσονται τὰ γράμματα ἐν ὀστρακίναις πλαξί, εἰ δὲ ὑπὸ ὕδατος, ἐν λιθίναις. ἐλθόντος δὲ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ καὶ ἅπαντας ἀπολέσαντος, μόνος ἐσώθη Νῶε καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες πρὸς δευτέρου ἀνακαίνισιν κόσμου. μετὰ δὲ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν Καϊνάν, ὁ υἱὸς Ἀρφαξάδ, συνεγράψατο τὴν ἀστρονομίαν, εὑρηκὼς τὴν τοῦ Σὴθ καὶ τῶν αὐτοῦ τέκνων ὀνομασίαν, ὡς εἴρηται, τῶν ἀστέρων ἐν πλακὶ λιθίνῃ γεγραμμένην· ἥτις στήλη μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν εἰς τὸ Σίριδος ὄρος ἔμεινε, καὶ ἔστιν ἕως ἄρτι, ὥς φησιν Ἰώσηπος. Ἀδὰμ τοίνυν κατὰ τὸν σοφώτατον καὶ θεῖον ὑποφήτην 7 Μωϋσῆν γενόμενος ἐτῶν σλʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Σήθ, θνήσκει δὲ κατὰ τὴν παραβάσεως ἡμέραν· χιλιονταετίας γὰρ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμέρας ἐχούσης τὸ διάστημα, Ϡλʹ ἔτη μόνον ζήσας τελευτᾷ. τοῦτον λέγεται ταφῆναι κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων γῆν, ὥς φησιν Ἰώσηπος. Σὴθ δὲ γενόμενος ἐτῶν σεʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώς, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔζησεν ἔτη ψζʹ, καὶ ἀπέθανε ζήσας τὰ πάντα ἔτη Ϡιβʹ. περὶ οὗ εἴρηται «εἰσῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ πρὸς τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων,» ἤτοι τὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ Κάϊν. θεὸν γὰρ αὐτὸν οἱ τότε ἄνθρωποι προσηγόρευον διὰ τὸ ἐξευρεῖν τὰ Ἰουδαϊκὰ γράμματα, τὰς τῶν ἀστέρων ὀνομασίας, καὶ πρὸς τούτοις καὶ τὴν πολλὴν αὐτοῦ εὐσέβειαν θαυμάσαντες, ὥστε καὶ πρῶτον ἐπικαλεῖσθαι θεὸν καὶ ὀνομάζεσθαι, καθὰ καὶ τῷ Μωϋσεῖ λέγει κύριος, «θεὸν δέδωκά σε τῷ Φαραῷ,» καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐναρέτων καὶ πνευματικῶν καὶ τῶν κριτῶν ἔφη, «θεοὺς οὐ κακολογήσεις καὶ ἄρχοντας τοῦ λαοῦ σου οὐκ ἐρεῖς κακῶς.» εἰκότως οἱ τοῦ Σὴθ καὶ τοῦ Ἐνὼς καὶ Ἐνὼχ παῖδες υἱοὶ θεοῦ καὶ υἱοὶ τῶν θεῶν κατὰ τὸν Σύμμαχον νοείσθωσαν, οἵτινες ἁλόντες ἀκολασίᾳ πρὸς τὰς θυγατέρας Κάϊν εἰσῆλθον, ἐξ ὧν οἱ ἐκ τῆς καταλλήλου μιαι 8 γαμίας γίνονται γίγαντες, διὰ μὲν τὸν δίκαιον Σὴθ ἰσχυροὶ καὶ μέγιστοι, διὰ δὲ τὸν ἄδικον καὶ βέβηλον Κάϊν πονηροὶ καὶ κάκιστοι. Ἐνὼς δὲ γενόμενος ἐτῶν ρμʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καϊνᾶν, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔζησεν ἔτη ψμʹ, καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαλελεήλ, καὶ ἀπέθανε ζήσας τὰ πάντα ἔτη Ϡιʹ. Μαλελεὴλ δὲ γενόμενος ἐτῶν ρξεʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰάρεδ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔζησεν ἔτη ψλʹ, καὶ ἀπέθανε ζήσας τὰ πάντα ἔτη ωςεʹ. Ἰάρεδ δὲ γενόμενος ἐτῶν ρξβʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώχ, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔζησεν ἔτη ωʹ, καὶ ἀπέθανε, περὶ οὗ εἴρηται ἡ μετάθεσις, ζήσας τὰ πάντα ἔτη Ϡξβʹ. Ἐνὼχ δὲ γενόμενος ἐτῶν ρξεʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔζησεν ἔτη ωβʹ, καὶ ἀπέθανε ζήσας τὰ πάντα ἔτη Ϡξθʹ. Λάμεχ δὲ γενόμενος ρπηʹ ἐγέννησε τὸν Νῶε, καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο ἔζησεν ἔτη φξεʹ, καὶ ἀπέθανε ζήσας τὰ πάντα ἔτη ψνγʹ. δύο 9 τοίνυν Λάμεχ ἡ γραφὴ μνημονεύει, ἕνα μὲν τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Κάϊν, ἕτερον δὲ τὸν πατέρα Νῶε· γεγέννηται γὰρ Νῶε διὰ Λάμεχ οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ Καῒν τοῦ καὶ πεφονευκότος ἄνδρα καὶ νεανίσκον, ἀλλ' ἐκ μεταγενεστέρου καὶ ἐξ ὁμωνύμου τοῦ ἀπὸ Σήθ· ἐκεῖνος γὰρ λέγει «ἄνδρα ἀπέκτεινα εἰς τραῦμα ἐμοὶ καὶ νεανίσκον εἰς μώλωπα ἐμοί.» καὶ ὡς δύο φόνους πεποιηκὼς καὶ τῶν δύο τὰς γυναῖκας εἰληφώς, Ἐλδὰν καὶ Σελάν, ἑαυτὸν καταμέμφεται ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτὰ ἄξιον εἶναι κολάσεως, ὅτι ἐκ Κάϊν μέν, φησίν, ἐκδικεῖται ἑπτάκις, ἐκ δὲ Λαμὲχ ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά, διὰ τοῦτο μειζόνως κολάζεται, ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ Λάμεχ οὕτως πέπονθε· τοῦ δικαίου γὰρ Ἐνὼχ ἀδελφοὺς ἀνεῖλε, τοῦ πίστει διὰ τούτων προσευξαμένου μὴ ἰδεῖν τοιοῦτον θάνατον, καὶ ἀκουσθεὶς μετετέθη. ἦν δὲ Ἐνὼχ ἐκ τοῦ δικαίου Σήθ, ἐξ οὗ Χριστὸς κατάγεται, γενεαλογούμενος κατὰ τὴν τοῦ