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from his Egyptian maidservant Hagar he begot Ishmael, and from Sarah, Isaac. And Isaac begot Esau and Jacob from Rebecca. And from Esau was born Edom, a son of the same name as his father, and Amalek, from whom are the Idumeans and Amalekites; and from Jacob, who is also Israel, Judah, from whom also all the Jews and those from the rest were named, both Israelites from their father Jacob, and Jews from their more distinguished brother. And from Ishmael, rulers and their six nations, the Ishmaelites, who are now called Hagarenes and Saracens. And the divine Abraham begot from his last wife, Keturah, 5 sons, from whom are Midian, from whom the Midianites, and Afer, from whom Africa. And Isaac died, having lived in all 180 years. And Jacob, having lived 154 years, died in Egypt, having spent 17 years there. Who, when he was 75 years old, fleeing Esau his brother, arrived in Haran of Mesopotamia to Laban the brother of his mother Rebecca, where having become a shepherd of his flocks for 20 years and taking his two daughters, Leah and Rachel, as wives, he had sons and daughters, one from both the free women and from the maidservants Bilhah and Zilpah. And after the 20th year of his return from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan he saw a vision in Bethel, and having tithed all that he possessed, he presents his sons last, and beginning from Benjamin in reverse and coming to Levi, 10 he offered this one to God. Therefore Isaac and Rebecca, after the return of Jacob, having summoned both Jacob and Esau, and having exhorted them and at the same time made them swear to keep peace with each other and to embrace brotherly affection, they die, first Rebecca, and then also Isaac, leaving to Jacob the privileges of the birthright. And after these things, Esau, incited by his son Amalek against Jacob, and gathering nations, rushed against him, as Josephus says. And he, having shut the gates of the city to which he had fled, from the wall begged Esau to remember their parents' commandments. But when he would not listen, but rather was insolent and threatened to destroy him, Jacob drew his bow and striking the right breast, struck down Esau. And so was fulfilled the prophecy of Isaac saying to Esau, "if you should remove the yoke of your brother from your neck, you will commit a transgression of death." And Levi begot Kohath, and Kohath begot Amram, and Amram begot Aaron and Moses. And in the 80th year of Moses the sons of Israel went out of Egypt, also carrying the bones of Joseph. And they spent 40 years in the desert. After Moses, Joshua son of Nun succeeded to the leadership, and having spent 32 years in the promised land he died, having lived 110 years. 11 And after Joshua, God saved the people through the judges, and first Judah judged the people for 7 years, having subdued also Adoni-bezek king of the foreigners, and having cut off his hands and feet; who also said, "the kings with the tips of their hands and feet cut off were gathering scraps under my table. Therefore as I have done, so I have also received from God." After Judah, Othniel became judge for 50 years, and after Othniel, Ehud for 80 years, and after Ehud, Shamgar for 7 years, and after Shamgar, Barak, with whom was also Deborah the prophetess, at whose time Jael killed Sisera with a tent peg, the wife of Heber the Kenite. In his time Prometheus and Orpheus the Thracian, the wisest among the Greeks, and Asclepius the physician and Lycurgus the Spartan and lawgiver of the Greeks were known. After Barak, Gideon for 40 years, who struck Midian with the 300 who lapped while drinking, and Oreb and Zeeb and Zebah and Zalmunna their rulers. And after Gideon, Abimelech his son for 3 years, having also struck his 70 brothers on one stone, for which reason he was also later destroyed by a woman from a tower by the throwing of a stone that crushed his skull. who also said to his armor-bearer, 12 "draw your sword

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μὲν τῆς Αἰγυπτίας αὐτοῦ παιδίσκης Ἄγαρἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰσμαήλ, ἐκ δὲ τῆς Σάρρας τὸν Ἰσαάκ. ὁ δὲ Ἰσαὰκἐγέννησε τὸν Ἠσαῦ καὶ τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἐκ τῆς Ῥεβέκκας. καὶ ἐκ μὲντοῦ Ἠσαῦ ἐτέχθη Ἐδὼμ υἱὸς ὁμώνυμος τῷ πατρὶ καὶ Ἀμαλήκ,ἐξ ὧν Ἰδουμαῖοι καὶ Ἀμαληκῖται, ἐκ δὲ Ἰακὼβ τοῦ καὶ ἸσραὴἸούδας, ἀφ' οὗ καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι πάντες καὶ οἱ ἐκ τῶν λοιπῶν προσηγορεύθησαν, καὶ Ἰσραηλῖται μὲν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς Ἰακώβ, Ἰουδαῖοιδὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπισημοτέρου ἀδελφοῦ αὐτῶν. ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Ἰσμαὴλ ἄρχοντες καὶ ἔθνη αὐτῶν ἓξ Ἰσμαηλῖται οἱ νῦν Ἀγαρηνοί τε καὶ Σαρακηνοὶ λεγόμενοι. ὁ δέ γε θεῖος Ἀβραὰμ ἐγέννησεν ἐκ τῆς ἐσχάτης γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ Χεττούρας υἱοὺς εʹ, ἐξ ὧν ἐστὶ Μαδιάμ, ἀφ' οὗ Μαδιανῖται, καὶ Ἄφερ, ἐξ οὗ Ἀφρική. Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἀπέθανεζήσας τὰ πάντα ἔτη ρπʹ. Ἰακὼβ δὲ ζήσας ἔτη ρνδʹ ἀπέθανε εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ποιήσας ἐκεῖ ἔτη ιζʹ. ὃς ὅτε ὑπῆρχεν ἐτῶν οεʹ, φυγὼν Ἠσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ κατήντησεν εἰς Χαρρὰν τῆς Μεσοποταμίας πρὸς Λάβαν τὸν ἀδελφὸν τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Ῥεβέκκας, οὗ τῶν προβάτων νομεὺς γενόμενος ἔτη κʹ καὶ τὰς δύο θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ Λείαν τε καὶ Ῥαχὴλ γυναῖκας λαβὼν ἔσχεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας, μίαν ἀπό τε τῶν ἐλευθέρων ἀπό τε τῶν θεραπαινίδων Βάλας καὶ Ζελφάν. μετὰ δὲ τὸν κʹ χρόνον τῆς ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας πρὸς γῆν Χαναὰν ὑποστροφῆς εἶδεν ὅρασιν ἐν Βαιθήλ, καὶ πάντα ἀποδεκατώσας ἅπερ ἐκέκτητο τελευταίους ὑποβάλλει τοὺς παῖδας, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Βενιαμὶν ἀρξάμενος ἀνάπαλιν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Λευῒ ἐλ 10 θὼν τοῦτον προσήγαγε τῷ θεῷ. ὁ γοῦν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ἡ Ῥεβέκκα μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἰακὼβ ἐπάνοδον προσκαλεσάμενοι τόν τε Ἰακὼβ καὶ τὸν Ἠσαῦ, καὶ παρακαλέσαντες αὐτοὺς ἅμα καὶ ἐνορκωσάμενοι εἰρήνην ἄγειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους καὶ τὴν ἀδελφικὴν οἰκειότητα ἀσπάζεσθαι, τελευτῶσι, προτέρα μὲν ἡ Ῥεβέκκα, εἶτα καὶ ὁ Ἰσαάκ, τῷ Ἰακὼβ καταλείψαντες τὰ τῆς πρωτοτοκίας γέρα. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα ὑπὸ Ἀμαλὴκ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ παροξυνθεὶς Ἠσαῦ κατὰ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ καὶ συναγαγὼν ἔθνη ὥρμησε κατ' αὐτοῦ, ὡς φησὶν Ἰώσηπος. ὁ δὲ τὰς πύλας ἀποκλείσας τῆς πόλεως εἰς ἣν κατέφυγεν, ἐκ τοῦ τείχους παρεκάλει τὸν Ἠσαῦ μνησθῆναι τῶν γονικῶν ἐντολῶν. τοῦ δὲ μὴ ἀνεχομένου, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον καὶ ὑβρίζοντος καὶ ἐξολοθρεύειν αὐτὸν ἀπειλοῦντος, ἐντείνας τὸ τόξον ὁ Ἰακὼβ καὶ κατὰ τοῦ δεξιοῦ μαζοῦ πλήξας κατέβαλε τὸν Ἠσαῦ. καὶ οὕτως ἐπληρώθη ἡ τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ πρόρρησις λέγουσα πρὸς Ἠσαῦ "ἐὰν καθέλῃς τὸν ζυγὸν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἀπὸ τοῦ τραχήλου σου, πλημμελήσεις πλημμέλειαν θανάτου." Λευῒ δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καάθ, Καὰθ δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀβράμ, Ἀβρὰμ δὲ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀαρὼν καὶ τὸν Μωσῆν. ἐν δὲ τῷ πʹ ἔτει τοῦ Μωσέως ἐξῆλθον οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου, ἐπιφερόμενοι καὶ τὰ ὀστᾶ Ἰωσήφ. ἐποίησαν δὲ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη μʹ. Μετὰ Μωσέα διεδέξατο τὴν ἀρχὴν Ἰησοῦς τοῦ Ναυῆ, καὶ ποιήσας ἐν τῇ γῇ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἔτη λβʹ ἀπέθανε, ζήσας ἔτη ριʹ. 11 Μετὰ δὲ Ἰησοῦν διὰ τῶν κριτῶν ἔσωζεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν λαόν, καὶ πρῶτον Ἰούδας ἔκρινε τὸν λαὸν ἔτη ζʹ, χειρωσάμενος καὶ τὸν Ἀδωνιβεζὲκ βασιλέα τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ ἀκρωτηριάσας αὐτοῦ χεῖρας καὶ πόδας· ὃς καὶ εἶπεν "οἱ βασιλεῖς τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν καὶ τῶν ποδῶν ἀποκεκομμένοι ἦσαν συλλέγοντες τὰ ὑποκάτω τῆς τραπέζης μου. καθὼς οὖν ἐποίησα, οὕτως καὶ ἀπέλαβον παρὰ θεοῦ." Μετὰ Ἰούδαν γέγονε κριτὴς Γοθονιὴλ ἔτη νʹ, μετὰ δὲ Γοθονιὴλ Αὐὼδ ἔτη πʹ, μετὰ δὲ Αὐὼδ Σαγαμὰρ ἔτη ζʹ, μετὰ δὲ Σαγαμὰρ Βαράκ, μεθ' οὗ καὶ ∆εβόρρα ἡ προφῆτις, ἥτις καὶ τὸν Σίσαρα Ἰαὴλ ἀπέκτεινεν ἐν πασσάλῳ, γυνὴ Χάμερ τοῦ Κεναίου. ἐφ' οὗ Προμηθεὺς καὶ Ὀρφεὺς ὁ Θρᾲξ οἱ παρ' Ἕλλησι σοφώτατοι καὶ Ἀσκληπιὸς ὁ ἰατρὸς καὶ Λυκοῦργος ὁ Σπαρτιάτης καὶ νομοθέτης τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐγνωρίζοντο. Μετὰ Βαρὰκ Γεδεὼν ἔτη μʹ, ὁ πατάξας τὸν Μαδιὰμ μετὰ τῶν τʹ τῶν λαμψάντων ἐν τῷ πίνειν, καὶ τὸν Ὠρὴβ καὶ Ζὴβ καὶ Ζεβεὲ καὶ Σαλμανᾶν τοὺς ἄρχοντας αὐτῶν. Μετὰ δὲ Γεδεὼν Ἀβιμέλεχ ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη γʹ, πατάξας καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς αὐτοῦ οʹ ἄνδρας ἐπὶ λίθῳ ἑνί, διὸ καὶ ἀπώλετο ὕστερον ὑπὸ γυναικὸς ἀπὸ πύργου διὰ βολῆς λίθου συντριψάσης αὐτοῦ τὸ κρανίον. ὃς καὶ εἶπε πρὸς τὸν αἴροντα τὰ σκεύη 12 αὐτοῦ "σπάσαι τὴν ῥομφαίαν σου