begets Abraham; Abraham, being seventy years old, begets Moses. They say that Abraham, the father of Moses, prayed to God not to overlook the destruction of the race of the Hebrews; and that he was instructed in a dream about the birth and power of the child Moses, who, having been born and exposed, Thermouthis the daughter of Pharaoh took up. The child was so pleasing in beauty that those who saw him gazed at him with steadfast admiration. From Abraham and Keturah is born Jokshan, and from Jokshan, Dedan, and from Dedan, Reuel and Jethro and Jobab, and from Jethro, Zipporah, whom Moses married, as Demetrius records, according to what Eusebius says in his Chronicle. Moses was the seventh from Abraham, and Zipporah the sixth. Moses, being eighty years old, leads the exodus from Egypt of the four hundred and thirty years of the sojourn in both Canaan and Egypt. It should be noted that the four hundred and thirty years of the people's sojourn must be numbered thus. In his thirtieth year, Joseph is entrusted with the rule of the Egyptians. Therefore, when seven years of plenty and two of the famine had passed, Jacob went down into Egypt with his children. They say that the Nile did not rise during the whole seven years of the famine in Egypt. Joseph was then thirty-nine years old, and he lived a total of one hundred and ten years. Therefore, after the death of Joseph, the Hebrews served the Egyptians for one hundred and forty-four years. The total years of the Hebrews' stay in Egypt are two hundred and fifteen; from which it is clear that they made the migration from Canaan into Egypt until the exodus of the people, which Moses is shown to have led in his eightieth year. For the sojourn of the four hundred and thirty years did not take place in Egypt alone, but also in the land of Canaan before Jacob went down into Egypt; which the Scripture itself also presents to us, saying "Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, was four hundred and thirty years." And in the time of Abraham there was Melchizedek, a god-fearing man, son of Sidus the king, son of Aegyptus, who founded the city of Sidon. And from Abraham's ascent from Haran to Canaan until the birth of Isaac are twenty-five years, and from Isaac until Jacob, sixty years, and from Jacob until Levi, eighty-seven years. When Levi was forty-three years old, Jacob went down into Egypt with his entire household, being one hundred and thirty years old. And from Levi until Kohath, forty-five years, and from Kohath until Abraham, sixty-three years, and from Abraham until Moses, seventy years, and from Moses until the exodus, eighty years. So that from Abraham's sojourn in the land of Canaan until the descent into Egypt there are two hundred and fifteen years, and from the descent into Egypt until the exodus of the people from there, another two hundred and fifteen; altogether four hundred and thirty. During these times Inachus first reigned over Argos, and after these things the people spent forty years in the desert. Phoroneus reigned over the Argives, in whose time the flood of Ogyges is recorded by the Greeks. And of the Assyrians, after Picus the first king, who died in Crete, and who was renamed Zeus in those times, Semiramis of Ninus reigned. Joshua the son of Nun, having taken over the leadership, and having crossed the Jordan, rules the people for twenty-five years. He sacked seven provinces and overthrew twenty-nine kings. Therefore, from Adam until the flood there are two thousand two hundred and sixty-three years, and from the flood until the division of the earth, 369 years, and from the division until the sojourn of Abraham, 616 years, and from the sojourn of Abraham until the death of Joshua son of Nun, 465 years. In total, from Adam, there are 3774 years. After Joshua, elders from the tribe of Judah and Simeon, helping one another's portions in turn, are said to have ruled the people for 30 years. After this, the people, having worshipped idols, are given over to Chasharsathon the king

γεννᾷ τὸν Ἀβραάμ· Ἀβραὰμ γενόμενος ἑβδομήκοντα ἐτῶν γεννᾷ τὸν Μωϋσῆν. τὸν δὲ Ἀβραάμ φασι τὸν πατέρα Μωϋσέως εὔξασθαι τῷ θεῷ μὴ περιιδεῖν ἀπολλύμενον τὸ γένος τῶν Ἑβραίων· χρηματισθῆναι δὲ κατ' ὄναρ περὶ τῆς γενέσεως καὶ δυνάμεως τοῦ παιδίου Μωϋσέως, οὗ τεχθέντος καὶ ἐκθέτου γενομένου Θέρμουθις ἡ τοῦ Φαραὼ θυγάτηρ ἀνείλετο. τοσοῦτον δὲ ἦν κάλλει ἀστεῖον τὸ παιδίον ὡς τοὺς ὁρῶντας αὐτὸ ἀμεταστρεπτὶ θαυμάζοντας ἐνορᾶν. Ἐκ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τῆς Χεττούρας γεννᾶται Ἰεξάν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Ἰεξὰν ∆αδάμ, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ∆αδὰμ Ῥαγουὴλ καὶ Ἰοθὸρὁ καὶ Ἰωβάβ, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Ἰοθὸρ Σεπφώρα, ἣν ἔγημε Μωϋσῆς, καθὼς ἱστορεῖ ∆ημήτριος, ὡς φάσκει Εὐσέβιος ἐν τῷ Χρονικῷ. Μωϋσῆς μὲν ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ἕβδομος, ἡ δὲ Σεπφώρα ἕκτη. Μωϋσῆς ὢν ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα ἀφηγεῖται τῆς ἐξόδου τῆς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου τῶν τετρακοσίων τριάκοντα ἐτῶν τῆς παροικίας τῆς τε Χαναὰν καὶ τῆς Αἰγύπτου. σημειωτέον ὅτι δεῖ τὰ τετρακόσια τριάκοντα ἔτη τῆς τοῦ λαοῦ παροικίας ἀριθμεῖσθαι οὕτως. τριακοστὸν ἄγων ἔτος ὁ Ἰωσὴφ ἐγχειρίζεται τὴν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἀρχήν. ἑπτὰ τοίνυν ἐνιαυτῶν τῆς εὐθη25 νίας καὶ δύο τοῦ λιμοῦ διελθόντων κατῆλθεν Ἰακὼβ σὺν τοῖς τέκνοις εἰς Αἴγυπτον. τὸν Νεῖλον δέ φασι μὴ ἀνελθεῖν ἐν ὅλοις ἑπτὰ ἔτεσι τοῦ λιμοῦ τοῦ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. ἦν οὖν τότε Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν τριάκοντα ἐννέα, ἔζησε δὲ τὰ πάντα ἔτη ἑκατὸν δέκα. μετὰ γοῦν τὸν θάνατον Ἰωσὴφ δουλεύουσιν Ἑβραῖοι τοῖς Αἰγυπτίοις ἔτη ἑκατὸν τεσσαράκοντα τέσσαρα. τὰ δὲ πάντα ἔτη τῆς τῶν Ἑβραίων ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ διατριβῆς διακόσια δεκαπέντε· ἐξ οὗ δῆλον ὅτι ἀπὸ Χαναὰν εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον τὴν μετοίκησιν ἐποιήσαντο μέχρι τῆς ἐξόδου τοῦ λαοῦ, ἧς δείκνυται ἡγησάμενος κατὰ τὸ ὀγδοηκοστὸν ἔτος Μωϋσῆς. οὐ γὰρ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ μόνῃ γίνεται ἡ παροίκησις τῶν τετρακοσίων τριάκοντα ἐτῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν πρὸ τοῦ εἰς Αἴγυπτον κατελθεῖν τὸν Ἰακώβ· ὅπερ ἡμῖν καὶ αὐτὴ παρίστησιν ἡ γραφὴ λέγουσα "ἡ δὲ παροίκησις τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, ἣν παρῴκησαν ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ καὶ ἐν γῇ Χαναάν, ἔτη τετρακόσια τριάκοντα." Ἐν δὲ τοῖς χρόνοις Ἀβραὰμ ἦν ὁ Μελχισεδὲκ ἀνὴρ θεοσεβής, υἱὸς Σίδου βασιλέως, υἱοῦ Αἰγύπτου, ὃς κτίζει πόλιν Σιδῶνα. καὶ ἔστι τοῦ μὲν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκ Χαρρὰν εἰς Χαναὰν ἀναβάσεως μέχρι τῆς Ἰσαὰκ γενέσεως ἔτη εἰκοσιπέντε, τοῦ δὲ Ἰσαὰκ τὰ μέχρις Ἰακὼβ ἔτη ἑξήκοντα, τοῦ δὲ Ἰακὼβ τὰ μέχρι Λευὶ ἔτη ὀγδοήκοντα ἑπτά. ὄντος τοῦ Λευὶ ἐτῶν τεσσαράκοντα τριῶν κατῆλθεν ὁ Ἰακὼβ σὺν τῇ πανοι26 κεσίᾳ εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ὢν ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα. τοῦ δὲ Λευὶ τὰ μέχρι Καὰθ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα πέντε, τοῦ δὲ Καὰθ τὰ μέχρις Ἀβραὰμ ἔτη ἑξήκοντα τρία, τοῦ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τὰ μέχρι Μωϋσέως ἔτη ἑβδομήκοντα, τοῦ δὲ Μωϋσέως τὰ μέχρι τῆς ἐξόδου ἔτη ὀγδοήκοντα. ὡς εἶναι ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν παροικίας μέχρι τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον καθόδου ἔτη διακόσια δεκαπέντε, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον καθόδου μέχρι τῆς ἐκεῖθεν ἐξόδου τοῦ λαοῦ ἕτερα διακόσια δεκαπέντε· ὁμοῦ τετρακόσια τριάκοντα. Κατὰ τούτους τοὺς χρόνους Ἴναχος πρῶτος Ἄργους ἐβασίλευσε, καὶ ἐπὶ τούτοις ὁ λαὸς διατρίβει ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ἔτη τεσσαράκοντα. Φορωνεὺς Ἀργείων ἐβασίλευσε, καθ' ὃν ὁ ἐπὶ Ὠγύγου κατακλυσμὸς ὑπὸ Ἑλλήνων ἱστορεῖται. καὶ Ἀσσυρίων μετὰ Πῖκον τὸν βασιλέα τὸν πρῶτον, ὃς ἐν Κρήτῃ ἀπέθανεν, ὃς καὶ τοῖς τότε καιροῖς Ζεὺς μετωνομάσθη, Σεμίραμις δὲ Νίνου ἐβασίλευσεν. Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ παραλαβὼν τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, καὶ διαπεράσας τὸν Ἰορδάνην, ἄρχει τοῦ λαοῦ ἔτη εἰκοσιπέντε. οὗτος ἐπόρθησεν ἐπαρχίας ἑπτὰ καὶ καθεῖλε βασιλεῖς εἰκοσιεννέα. γίνονται τοίνυν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἔτη δισχίλια διακόσια ἑξήκοντα τρία, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἕως τοῦ διαμερισμοῦ τῆς γῆς ἔτη τ ϛθʹ, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ διαμερισμοῦ ἕως τῆς παροικίας Ἀβραὰμ ἔτη χι ϛʹ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς παροικεσίας 27 Ἀβραὰμ ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Ναυῆ ἔτη υ ϛεʹ. ὁμοῦ γίνονται ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἔτη γψοδʹ. Μετὰ Ἰησοῦν πρεσβύτεροι ἐκ τῆς Ἰούδα καὶ Συμεὼν φυλῆς, τοῖς ἀλλήλων σχοινίσμασιν ἀνὰ μέρος βοηθοῦντες, ἐπάρξαι τοῦ λαοῦ λέγονται ἔτη λʹ. μετὰ τοῦτο ὁ λαὸς εἰδώλοις λατρεύσας ἐκδίδοται τῷ Χασαρσαθὼν βασιλεῖ