sojourners [the mixed peoples]. But a few of the diligent, having private records for themselves, either remembering the names or otherwise possessing them from copies, take pride in the preservation of their noble birth in memory; among whom were the aforementioned desposynoi, so called on account of their connection with the Saviour's family, who, coming from Nazarah and Cochaba, villages of Judea, to the rest of the land, explained the aforesaid 62 genealogy from the Book of Days as far as they could trace it. Whether, then, the case stands thus or otherwise, no one could find a clearer explanation, as I myself think, and as does every right-minded person, and let this be our view, even if it is unattested, because we have no better or truer one to offer. In any case, the Gospel tells the truth in all things. .............. Matthan, a descendant of Solomon, begat Jacob. When Matthan died, Melchi, a descendant of Nathan, begat Heli by the same woman; Heli and Jacob were thus uterine brothers. When Heli died childless, Jacob raised up seed to him, begetting Joseph, by nature his own son, but by law the son of Heli. Thus Joseph was the son of both ........

γειώρας [τοὺς ἐπιμίκτους]. ὀλίγοι δὲ τῶν ἐπιμελῶν ἰδιωτικὰς ἑαυτοῖς ἀπογραφὰς ἢ μνημονεύσαντες τῶν ὀνομάτων ἢ ἄλλως ἔχοντες ἐξ ἀντιγράφων ἐναβρύνονται σωζομένης τῇ μνήμῃ τῆς εὐγενείας· ὧν ἐτύγχανον οἱ προειρημένοι δεσπόσυνοι καλούμενοι διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸ σωτήριον γένος συνάφειαν, ἀπό τε Ναζάρων καὶ Κωχαβὰ κωμῶν Ἰουδαϊκῶν τῇ λοιπῇ γῇ ἐπιφοιτήσαντες καὶ τὴν προκει 62 μένην γενεαλογίαν ἐκ τῆς Βίβλου τῶν ἡμερῶν ἐς ὅσον ἐξικνοῦντο ἐξηγησάμενοι. Εἴτ' οὖν οὕτως εἴτ' ἄλλως ἔχοι, σαφεστέραν ἐξήγησιν οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι τις ἄλλος ἐξευρεῖν, ὡς ἔγωγε νομίζω πᾶς τε ὃς εὐγνώμων τυγχάνει, καὶ ἡμῖν αὕτη μελέτω, εἰ καὶ ἀμάρτυρός ἐστι, τῷ μὴ κρείττονα ἢ ἀληθεστέραν ἔχειν εἰπεῖν· τό γέ τοι εὐαγγέλιον πάντως ἀληθεύει. .............. Ματθὰν ὁ ἀπὸ Σολομῶνος ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰακώβ. Ματθὰν ἀποθανόντος Μελχὶ ὁ ἀπὸ Νάθαν ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς γυναικὸς ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἡλί· ὁμομήτριοι ἄρα ἀδελφοὶ Ἡλὶ καὶ Ἰακώβ· Ἡλὶ ἀτέκνου ἀποθανόντος ὁ Ἰακὼβ ἀνέστησεν αὐτῷ σπέρμα, γεννήσας τὸν Ἰωσὴφ κατὰ φύσιν μὲν ἑαυτῷ, κατὰ νόμον δὲ τῷ Ἡλί. οὕτως ἀμφοτέρων ἦν υἱὸς ὁ Ἰωσήφ ........