of the one who was formed. For Scripture has already said that God made man, in the image of God he made him. And he who was formed in the image of God, it is clear that he had knowledge of good and evil already established in his nature; therefore, lest he use his free will and take from the tree of life and become immortal in evil, he was cast out with Eve into the land of his creation. For what does the divine Scripture say after all these things? And the Lord God sent him out from the paradise of delight to work the ground from which he was taken; and he drove out Adam and made him dwell opposite the paradise of delight and placed the Cherubim and the flaming sword which turned, to guard the way to the tree of life. 914 [19] Concerning the Cherubim and the sword. After man was cast out from the blessed 1277 place, invincible and exceedingly formidable guards were appointed to guard the way to the tree of life, so that no one henceforth would be able to pass through that place with profane feet; for a flaming sword was placed there, so that whoever approached, being made of matter, being burned by (the) fire, would be consumed straightway and perish; and the sword turns, so that in the regeneration, when man again becomes an inhabitant of paradise, it might enlighten the just as they pass by to the divine place of immortality, but might burn up the unjust, if ever they should draw near. And the earth bore everything spontaneously before the transgression of Adam and after this; (and the earth) was commanded to bear nothing without toil. Therefore, Adam, going out with Eve from paradise and coming together with her, begot Cain, then Abel. BOOK 8. (208a) An interpretation in [brief from Adam] until the present time |. [1] Adam begot Seth, Seth Enos, Enos Cainan, Cainan Maleleel, Maleleel Jared, Jared Enoch, 915 Enoch Methuselah, Methuselah Lamech, Lamech Noah, Noah Shem. Therefore, there are from Adam until the flood 2242 years. [2] And after the flood, Shem (208b) son of Noah begot Arphaxad, Arphaxad Cainan, Cainan Sala, Sala Eber, Eber Peleg, Peleg Ragau. And in the days of Peleg the earth was divided; in his time the building of the tower was undertaken. After Peleg, Ragau begets Serug, and Serug Nahor, Nahor Terah, Terah begets Abraham. In total, years (from Adam until Abraham years) 3312. [3] Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac Jacob, Jacob Levi, Levi Kohath, Kohath Amram, Amram Moses the prophet. Moses leads the people out of Egypt. From Abraham until the exodus 509 years 1280 [4] And from the exodus of the sons of Israel until David 641 years. [5] David (the king) begot Solomon, having held the kingdom for 40 years. Solomon begot Rehoboam, having reigned for 40 years. Rehoboam reigned 17 years, (Abijah 3 years), Asa 40 [1] years, Jehoshaphat 39 years. In his time prophesy Micaiah and Elijah and Elisha. Joram reigned 9 years, Ahaziah 1 year, Athaliah his mother 7 years, Joash 40 years, Amaziah 29 years, Azariah (also Uzziah) 59 years, Joth[am] 1 year, Ahaz 10 years, Hezekiah 29 years, Manasseh 55 years. In his time Byzantium was founded. Amos [1]2 years, Josiah 31, Jehoahaz 1 year, Jehoiakim 14 years, Jeconiah 1 year, Zedekiah 14 years. Nebuchadnezzar, having blinded him, took him captive. And the temple is burned by Nebuzaradan. There are from the beginning of the reign of Solomon until the captivity of the Jews into Babylon 519 years. 916 [] Nebuchadnezzar reigned in Babylon for 24 years, Evil-merodach his son for 5 years, Belshazzar (also a son of Nebuchadnezzar) for 3 years, Darius (Astyages reigned first of the Persians) for 17 years, Cyrus for 32 years, Cambyses for 19 years, another Darius for 27 years, Artaxerxes for 33 years, Darius for 19 years, Artaxerxes Longimanus for 34 years, Ochus for 21 years, Arses for 2 years, Darius son of Arsames for [] years. Alexander the Macedonian, having killed him and destroyed the Persian empire, reigned for 12 years and died in Babylon at the age of 35; he subdued

πλασθέντος. Φθάσασα γὰρ εἶπεν ἡ Γραφὴ, ὅτι Ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, κατ' εἰκόνα Θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν. Ὁ δὲ πλασθεὶς κατ' εἰκόνα Θεοῦ, δῆλον ὡς προκαταβεβλημένην εἶχεν ἐν τῇ φύσει τὴν γνῶσιν τοῦ καλοῦ τε καὶ πονηροῦ· διὸ ἵνα μὴ τῇ αὐτεξουσιότητι κέχρηται καὶ λάβῃ τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς καὶ γένηται κακὸς ἀθάνατος, ἐξεβλήθη σὺν τῇ Εὔᾳ εἰς τὴν γῆν τῆς κτίσεως αὐτοῦ. Τί γὰρ μετὰ ταῦτα πάντα ἡ θεία Γραφή φησιν; Καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτὸν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἐκ τοῦ παραδείσου τῆς τρυφῆς ἐργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν ἐξ ἧς ἐλήφθη· καὶ ἐξέβαλε τὸν Ἀδὰμ καὶ κατῴκισεν αὐτὸν ἀπέναντι τοῦ παραδείσου τῆς τρυφῆς καὶ ἔταξε τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν τὴν στρεφομένην, φυλάσσειν τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς. 914 [ΙΘʹ] Περὶ τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ τῆς ῥομφαίας. Μετὰ τὸ ἐκβληθῆναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἔξω τοῦ μακα1277 ρίου χωρίου, ἀκαταμάχητοι φρουραὶ καὶ λίαν ὑπέροπτοι φυλάττειν τὴν ὁδὸν τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς ἐτάχθησαν, ὡς μηδένα τοῦ λοιποῦ ἰσχύειν παρελθεῖν ποσὶ βεβήλοις ἐκεῖνον τὸν τόπον· καὶ γὰρ μάχαιρα φλογίνη ἐτέθη ἐκεῖ, ἐπὶ τῷ τὸν πλησιάζοντα, ἐξ ὕλης ὑπάρχοντα, (τῷ) πυρὶ φλεγόμενον ἀναλίσκεσθαι παρ' αὐτὰ καὶ ἀπόλλυσθαι· στρέφεται δὲ ἡ ῥομφαία, ἵνα ἐν τῇ παλιγγενεσίᾳ, ὅτε καὶ αὖθις ὁ ἄνθρωπος οἰκήτωρ γένηται τοῦ παραδείσου, τοὺς μὲν δικαίους φωτίσῃ παρερχομένους ἐπὶ τὸ θεῖον τῆς ἀθανασίας χωρίον, τοὺς δὲ ἀδίκους, εἴγε προσεγγίσαιεν, καταφλέξῃ. Καὶ αὐτόματα πάντα ἡ γῆ ἔφερε πρὸ τῆς παραβάσεως τοῦ Ἀδὰμ καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο· (καὶ ἡ γῆ) μηδὲν φέρειν πόνου χωρὶς ἐξεκελεύσθη. Ἐξελθὼν τοίνυν ὁ Ἀδὰμ σὺν τῇ Εὔᾳ ἐκ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ συνελθὼν αὐτῇ, ἐγέννησε τὸν Κάϊν, εἶτα τὸν Ἄβελ. ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ Ηʹ. (208a) Ἑρμηνεία ἐν [συντόμῳ ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ] ἕως τοῦ νῦν καιροῦ |. [αʹ] Ἀδὰμ ἐγέννησε τὸν Σὴθ, Σὴθ τὸν Ἐνὼς, Ἐνὼςτὸν Καϊνᾶν, Καϊνᾶν τὸν Μαλελεὴλ, Μαλελεὴλ τὸν Ἰάρεδ, Ἰάρεδ τὸν Ἐνὼχ, 915 Ἐνὼχ τὸν Μαθοσαλὰ, Μαθουσαλὰ τὸν Λάμεχ, Λάμεχ τὸν Νῶε, Νῶε τὸν Σήμ. Εἰσὶν οὖν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἔτη β[σ]μβʹ. [βʹ] Μετὰ δὲ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν Σὴμ (208b) υἱὸς Νῶε ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἀρφαξὰδ, Ἀρφαξὰδ τὸν Καϊνᾶν, Καϊνᾶν τὸν Σάλα, Σάλα τὸν Ἔβερ, Ἔβερ τὸν Φαλὲκ, Φαλὲκ τὸν Ῥαγαῦ. Ἐν δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις Φαλὲκ διεμερίσθη ἡ γῆ· κατὰ τοῦτον ἡ πυργοποιία συνέστη. Μετὰ Φαλὲκ Ῥαγαῦ γεννᾷ τὸν Σεροὺχ, Σεροὺχ δὲ τὸν Ναχὼρ, Ναχὼρ τὸν Θάῤῥα, Θάῤῥα γεννᾷ τὸν Ἀβραάμ. Ὁμοῦ ἔτη (ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως Ἀβραὰἔτη) γτιβʹ. [γʹ] Ἀβραὰμ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰσαὰκ, Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰκὼβ, Ἰακὼβ τὸν Λευῒ, Λευῒ τὸν Κάαθ, Κάαθ τὸν Ἄβραμ, Ἄβραμ τὸν Μωϋσῆν τὸν προφήτην. Μωϋσῆς ἐξάγει τὸν λαὸν ἐξ Αἰγύπτου. Ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἕως τῆς ἐξόδου ἔτη φθʹ 1280 [δʹ] Ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς ἐξόδου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἕως ∆αυῒδ ἔτη χμαʹ. [εʹ] ∆αυῒδ (δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς) ἐγέννησε τὸν Σολομῶντα, κρατήσας τῆς βασιλείας ἔτη μʹ. Σολομὼν ἐγέννησε τὸν Ῥοβοὰμ, βασιλεύσας ἔτη μʹ. Ῥοβοὰμ ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιζʹ, (Ἀβιᾶ ἔτη γʹ), Ἀσᾶ ἔτη μʹ [αʹ], Ἰωσαφὰτ ἔτη λθʹ. Ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ προφητεύει Μιχαίας καὶ Ἡλίας καὶ Ἐλισσεέ. Ἰωρὰμ ἐβασίλευσενἔτη θʹ, Ὀχοζίας ἔτος αʹ, Γοθολία ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ ἔτη ζʹ, Ἰωᾶς ἔτη μʹ, Ἀμασίας ἔτη κθʹ, Ἀζαρίας(ὁ καὶ Ὀζίας) ἔτη νθʹ, Ἰωάθ[αμ] ἔτος αʹ, Ἄχαζἔτη ιʹ, Ἐζεκίας ἔτη κθʹ, Μανασσῆς ἔτη νεʹ. Ἐπὶ αὐτοῦ ἐκτίσθη τὸ Βυζάντιον. Ἀμὼς ἔτη [ι]βʹ, Ἰωσίας λαʹ, Ἰωάχαζ ἔτος αʹ, Ἰωακεὶμ ἔτη ιδʹ,Ἰεχονίας ἔτος αʹ, Ζεδεκίας ἔτη ιδʹ. Τοῦτον ἐκτυφλώσας Ναβουχοδονόσορ, αἰχμάλωτον εἷλε. Καὶ ὁ ναὸς πυρπολεῖται ὑπὸ τοῦ Ναβουζαρδᾶν. Εἰσὶν ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς βασιλείας Σολομῶντος ἕως αἰχμαλωσίας Ἰουδαίων τῆς εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ἔτη φιθʹ. 916 [ʹ] Ναβουχοδονόσορ ἐβασίλευσεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα ἔτη κδʹ, Οὐλεμαροδὰχ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη εʹ, Βαλτάσαρ (καὶ αὐτὸς υἱὸς Ναβουχοδονόσορ) ἔτη γʹ, ∆αρεῖος (ὁ Ἀστυάγης ἐβασίλευσε πρῶτος Περσῶν) ἔτη ιζʹ, Κῦρος ἔτη λβʹ, Καμβύσης ἔτη ιθʹ, ∆αρεῖος ἄλλος ἔτη κζʹ, Ἀρταξέρξης ἔτη λγʹ, ∆αρεῖος ἔτη ιθʹ, Ἀρταξέρξης ὁ Μακρόχειρ ἔτη λδʹ, Ὦχος ἔτη καʹ, Ἀρσίσωχος ἔτη βʹ, ∆αρεῖος Ἀρσάμου ἔτη ʹ. Τοῦτον ἀνελὼν Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Μακεδὼν καὶ καταλύσας τὴν τῶν Περσῶν ἀρχὴν ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη ιβʹ καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν ἐν Βαβυλῶνι ἐτῶν λεʹ· ὑπέταξε