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And when the water ceased, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, which we know are in Parthia, though some say they are in Celaenae of Phrygia; I have seen both places. The flood prevailed for a year; and then the earth was dried. They came out of the ark by pairs, as can be found, and not in the manner they entered, according to their kinds, and they are blessed by God. Each of these differences signifies something. In the 220 6th year of the world, Lamech died. In the 2228th year, Shem took a wife for himself. In the 2233rd year, Ham took a wife for himself. In the 223 6th year, Methuselah died. In the 2237th year, Japheth took a wife for himself. The ark was filled in the 2241st year of the world. In this 2241st year from Adam and the whole creation of the world, and the 59 9th of the life of Noah the righteous, the ark was completed, having been constructed by him in 100 years by divine command, about which Moses, the seer of God, alone before all men, having been initiated by God, wrote accurately both the day of the month and of the year in which Noah entered it with his whole household, together with every kind of animal, and was saved, alone with those with him, as he alone was pleasing to God in his generation: that is, in the 2242nd year of the world, the 600th of Noah's life, on the 27th of the 2nd month, called Iar by the Hebrews, and Pachon 25th by the Egyptians, or on the 20th day of May according to the Romans, the 1st day of the week, as it seemed to some, and the 27th of the moon. on which God shut the ark from the outside, as the sacred oracles say, and the floodgates of heaven were opened and the springs of the 23 abyss burst forth for 40 days, that is, until the 5th of the 4th month among the Hebrews, Thamnei, in the month Epiphi the 11th according to the Egyptians, and the 7th among the Romans, also called Julius, on the 5th day of the week, they say, and the 7th of the moon; which was most paradoxical, that at the height of the summer season such rains supernaturally burst upon the world on account of the excess of sin. and when a wind blew upon the earth by divine command, after 150 days the water began to decrease from the 24th of the 7th month among the Hebrews, Theeleiph, and the 2nd among the Egyptians, Phaophi 19th, or according to the Romans in the 10th month, October, on the 3rd day of the week, on the new moon, as they say, until the new moon of the 11th Hebrew month Sabat, or the 25th of Tybit, also the first month January according to the Romans, on the 2nd day of the week, the 10th of the moon, the ark rested on the mountains of Ararat, that is, of Armenia. And the tops of the mountains were seen, and after 40 days Noah sent out the raven through the window of the ark to see if the water had abated, on the 11th of the twelfth month Adar, the 5th of Phamenoth, at the beginning of March, the 3rd month according to the Romans, on the 7th day of the week, and the 20th of the moon; and having gone out, the raven did not return. And after 7 days he sent out the dove, and finding no rest, it returned to him; and after another 7 days, on the 18th of the month Adar, the 12th of Phamenoth, of March, he again sent it out from the ark, and it returned toward evening with an olive leaf in its mouth, on the 7th day of the week, and the 22nd of the moon. And after another seven days he again released the dove on the 25th of the same 12th month among the Hebrews, Adar, or on the 21st of Phamenoth, the 18th of March, and it did not return again. And at the beginning of the 2243rd year of the world, in the 601st year of the life of Noah, on the new moon of the first month Nisan, or on the 29th of the 7th month according to the Egyptians, Phamenoth, the 25th of March, on the 1st day of the week, the 12th of the moon, the water receded from the earth; and in the 2nd month, Iar 27th, or Pachon 25th, the earth was dried; and Noah and those with him went out of the ark, on the 1st day of the week. Since these things have been comprehended by us from the divinely inspired writings through Moses, it would be superfluous for those who believe without hesitation that the universal flood in the time of Noah happened in the 2242nd year of the world to pay attention to Chaldean and Egyptian histories. For they, by introducing countless myriads of years, contrive everything for the subversion of the truth, even if

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ὡς δὲ ἔληξε τὸ ὕδωρ, ἡ κιβωτὸς ἱδρύθη ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη Ἀραράτ, ἅτινα ἴσμεν ἐν Παρθίᾳ, τινὲς δὲ ἐν Κελαιναῖς τῆς Φρυγίας εἶναί φασιν· εἶδον δὲ τὸν τόπον ἑκάτερον. ἐπεκράτησε δὲ ὁ κατακλυσμὸς ἐνιαυτόν· καὶ τότε ἐξηράνθη ἡ γῆ. οἱ δὲ ἐξῆλθον τῆς κιβωτοῦ κατὰ συζυγίας, ὡς ἔστιν εὑρεῖν, καὶ οὐχ ὃν εἰσῆλθον τρόπον κατὰ γένη, εὐλογοῦνταί τε πρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. τούτων μὲν οὖν ἕκαστον τῶν διαφερόντων τι σημαίνει. Τῷ βς ςʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου Λάμεχ ἐτελεύτησεν. Τῷ βσκηʹ ἔτει Σὴμ ἔλαβε γυναῖκα ἑαυτῷ. Τῷ βσλγʹ Χὰμ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα. Τῷ βσλ ςʹ Μαθουσάλα ἐτελεύτησεν. Τῷ βσλζʹ Ἰάφεθ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ γυναῖκα. ἡ κιβωτὸς ἐπληρώθη τῷ βσμαʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου. Τούτῳ τῷ βσμαʹ ἔτει ὄντι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ καὶ τῆς ὅλης κοσμογονίας, φʹ δὲ καὶ ζθʹ τῆς ζωῆς Νῶε τοῦ δικαίου, ἐτελειώθη ἡ κιβωτὸς ἐν ὅλοις ἔτεσιν ρʹ κατασκευασθεῖσα ὑπ' αὐτοῦ θείῳ προστάγματι, περὶ ἧς μόνος πρὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ὁ θεόπτης Μωυσῆς ἐκ θεοῦ μυηθεὶς ἀκριβῶς ἔγραψε τήν τε ἡμέραν τοῦ μηνὸς καὶ ἐνιαυτοῦ καθ' ὃν εἰσελθὼν Νῶε ἐν αὐτῇ πανοικί, σὺν πάσῃ γενέσει τῶν ζῴων, μόνος σὺν τοῖς μετ' αὐτοῦ διεσώθη, ὡς μόνος εὐαρεστῶν τῷ θεῷ ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ αὐτοῦ· τοῦτ' ἔστι τῷ βσμβʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου, χʹ δὲ τῆς ζωῆς Νῶε, τῇ κζʹ τοῦ βʹ μηνὸς Ἴαρ παρ' Ἑβραίοις καλουμένου, παρὰ δὲ Αἰγυπτίοις Παχὼν κεʹ, ἤτοι τοῦ παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις Μαΐου κʹ ἡμέρᾳ, αʹ τῆς ἑβδομάδος, ὥς τισιν ἔδοξε, σελή νης δὲ κζʹ. ἐν ᾗ ἔκλεισεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν κιβωτὸν ἔξωθεν, ὡς τὰ ἱερὰ λόγια φάσκει, καὶ ἀνεῴχθησαν οἱ καταρράκται τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ αἱ πηγαὶ τῆς 23 ἀβύσσου ἐρράγησαν ἐπὶ ἡμέρας μʹ, ἤγουν μέχρι τῆς εʹ τοῦ δʹ μηνὸς παρ' Ἑβραίοις Θαμνεί, τῷ Ἐπιφεὶ κατ' Αἰγυπτίους μηνὶ ιαʹ, ζʹ δὲ παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις, τῷ καὶ Ἰουλίῳ, εʹ φασὶν ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἑβδομάδος, κατὰ δὲ σελήνην ζʹ· ὃ καὶ παραδοξότατον ἦν, ἐν ἀκμῇ τῆς θερινῆς ὥρας τοιούτους ὄμβρους ὑπερφυῶς ἐπιρραγῆναι τῷ κόσμῳ δι' ὑπερβολὴν ἁμαρτίας. πνεύ ματος δὲ τῇ γῇ κατὰ θείαν ἐπιπνεύσαντος πρόσταξιν μετὰ τὰς ρνʹ ἡμέρας ἤρξατο ἐλαττοῦσθαι τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ κδʹ τοῦ παρ' Ἑβραίοις ζʹ μηνὸς Θεελείφ, βʹ δὲ παρ' Αἰγυπτίοις Φαωφὶ ιθʹ, ἤτοι κατὰ Ῥωμαίους ιʹ μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίῳ, γʹ τῆς ἑβδομάδος ἡμέρᾳ, σελήνης, ὥς φασί, νεομηνίᾳ, ἕως ιαʹ Ἑβραϊκοῦ μηνὸς Σαβὰτ τῆς νεομηνίας, ἤτοι κεʹ τοῦ Τυβίτ, τοῦ καὶ Ἰανουαρίου μηνὸς πρώτου κατὰ Ῥωμαίους, ἡμέρᾳ βʹ τῆς ἑβδομάδος, σελήνης ιʹ, ἐκάθισεν ἡ κιβωτὸς ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη τὰ Ἀραράτ, τοῦτ' ἔστι τῆς Ἀρμενίας. καὶ ὤφθησαν αἱ κεφαλαὶ τῶν ὀρέων, καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας μʹ ἐξαπέστειλε Νῶε διὰ θυρίδος τῆς κιβωτοῦ τὸν κόρακα ἰδεῖν εἰ κεκόπακε τὸ ὕδωρ, τῇ ιαʹ τοῦ δω δεκάτου μηνὸς Ἀδάρ, εʹ τοῦ Φαμενώθ, ἐν ἀρχῇ τοῦ Μαρτίου κατὰ Ῥωμαίους γʹ μηνός, ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἑβδομάδος ζʹ, κατὰ δὲ σελήνην κʹ· καὶ ἀπελ θὼν οὐχ ὑπέστρεψεν ὁ κόραξ. καὶ μεθ' ἡμέρας ζʹ ἀπέστειλε τὴν περι στεράν, καὶ μὴ εὑροῦσα ἀνάπαυσιν ὑπέστρεψε πρὸς αὐτόν· καὶ μετ' ἄλλας ζʹ ἡμέρας, τῇ ιηʹ τοῦ μηνὸς Ἀδάρ, ιβʹ τοῦ Φαμενώθ, Μαρτίου δὲ αὖθις ἀπέστειλε αὐτὴν ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ, καὶ ὑπέστρεψε πρὸς ἑσπέραν ἔχουσα φύλλον ἐλαίας ἐν τῷ στόματι ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἑβδομάδος ζʹ, σελήνης δὲ κβʹ. μετὰ δὲ ἄλλας ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας πάλιν ἀπέλυσε τὴν περιστερὰν τῇ κεʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ιβʹ παρ' Ἑβραίοις μηνὸς Ἀδάρ, ἤτοι τῇ καʹ τοῦ Φαμενώθ, Μαρτίου δὲ ιηʹ, καὶ οὐ προσέθετο τοῦ ἐπιστρέψαι. Κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ κοσμικοῦ βσμγʹ ἔτους, τῷ χαʹ ἔτει τῆς ζωῆς Νῶε, τῇ νεομηνίᾳ τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς Νισάν, ἤτοι τῇ κθʹ τοῦ κατ' Αἰγυπ τίους ζʹ μηνὸς Φαμενώθ, Μαρτίου κεʹ, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ αʹ τῆς ἑβδομάδος, κατὰ σελήνην ιβʹ, ἐξέλιπε τὸ ὕδωρ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς· ἐν δὲ τῷ βʹ μηνὶ Ἰὰρ κζʹ, ἤτοι Παχὼν κεʹ, ἐξηράνθη ἡ γῆ· καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ Νῶε καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ αʹ τῆς ἑβδομάδος. τούτων ἡμῖν ἐκ τῶν διὰ Μωυσέως θεοπνεύστων γραφῶν κατειλημμένων περιττὸν ἂν εἴη προσέχειν Χαλ δαϊκαῖς καὶ Αἰγυπτιακαῖς ἱστορίαις τοὺς ἀδιστάκτως πιστεύοντας ὅτι ὁ κο σμικὸς ἐπὶ Νῶε κατακλυσμὸς γέγονε τῷ βσμβʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου. αὐταὶ γὰρ χρόνων ἀπείρους εἰσάγουσαι μυριάδας πρὸς ἀνατροπὴν τῆς ἀληθείας πάντα κατασκευάζουσιν, εἰ καὶ