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Again, therefore, He subjects them to a severe calamity in order that they might send out a colony. But they did not even so yield to the will of God, supposing that the fertility of the land was theirs not through the benevolence of God, but through their own strength. And the giant Nebrod, being a certain bold man and valiant in hand, persuaded them to hold this opinion; who, having made them apostatize from God, compelled them to pay reverence to himself, and indeed he directs them to build a tower touching the height of heaven, threatening to take vengeance on God if He should again bring a flood upon the world. So when the multitude, with great eagerness, cooperated in his madness, and constructed the tower more quickly than speech, God immediately confused their dialect, and because of their unlikeness of tongue they were dispersed, and from this the place received the name Babylon, as the Hebrews call confusion 'Babylon'. So each one took possession of the land they came upon, and they filled all the coastland and the mainland, and also the islands; for crossing the sea with ships, they settled in these. Some of the nations, at least, preserve the names of their founders, but some also changed them, after the Hellenes later took power and adorned the nations with their own names, and also established for them their own laws in order to appropriate them for the glory of their own founding, so as to leave no suspicion of predecessors to those who came after. Now Noah had three sons, Shem, Ham, Japheth; beginning from the Taurus and Amanus mountains they dwelt, and went forth in Asia as far as the river Tanais, and in Europe as far as Gades. And these are they: Gomer, who established the Gamareans, who are now the Galatians; Agod the Magodeans, who are now the Scythians; Adai the Madaeans, who are now the Medes; Ouan Ionia, and the Hellenes; Obel the Theobeleans, who are now the Iberians; Osoch the Meschenaeans, who are now 756 the Cappadocians; Theras the Theireans, who are now the Thracians. And Gomer had three sons: Schanax, from whom came the Aschanaxaeans, who are now the Rhegines; Riphath, from whom. the Rphatheans, who are now the Paphlagonians; Thygrammais, who established the Thygrammeans, who are now the Phrygians. And the sons of Ioouas were three: Elisasas, from whom came the Alisaeans, who are now the Aeolians; Tharsēs, from whom came the Tharseans, who are now the Cilicians; for thus Cilicia was called of old; for even now its metropolis is called Tharsēs; Chetheim Chetheima the island, which they now name Cyprus; for from it the Hebrews call every island and the coastland Etho. But the sons of Ham held the land from Syria, and the Amanus and Lebanon mountains, taking possession of as much of it as was turned toward the sea, and appropriating the lands as far as the Ocean. And the names of some were completely altered, and of some they were changed into others hard to recognize; but the appellations of a few are still preserved intact. And these are the sons of Ham: Chous, from whom came the Chousaeans, who are now the Ethiopians; Mestrem, from whom came the Mestraeans, who are now the Egyptians; Phout, the Phoutoi, who are now the Libyans, and to this day the river among the Mauri and its neighboring country are called Phoutoi. And the nation was called Libyans, and the country too, from one of the sons of Mestron named Libyos who reigned over them. And Chous had seven sons: Sabat, from whom came the Sabakioi, who to this day preserve the name along with the country; Euilat, from whom came the Euilaioi, who are now indeed the Touloi; Sabath, from whom came the Sabathenoi, who are now the Astabaroi; Regmara, from whom came the Allaioi, who even now have this name; Ioudadan, from whom came the Ioudadaioi, an Ethiopian nation eponymous to this day with its forefather; Sebekatha, from whom came the Sabaktenoi, who are also eponymous; this is Nebrod who, remaining in Babylon, first ruled them as a tyrant. Mestrem had eight sons, who took possession of the land from Gaza and as far as Egypt. And the country of the Philistieim then held its eponymy for a time, but later was called Palestine. And to Chanan there were born eleven children: Sidon the firstborn,

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Πάλιν οὖν συμφορᾷ χαλεπῇ ὑποβάλλει αὐτοὺς πρὸς τὸ τὴν ἀποικίαν στείλασθαι. Οἱ δὲ οὐδ' οὕτως εἶξαν τοῦ Θεοῦ τῷ βουλήματι, τὴν εὐφορίαν τῆς γῆς οὐ κατ' εὐμένειαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ κατ' ἰδίαν ἰσχὺν περιεῖναι αὐτοῖς ὑπελάμβανον. Ταύτην δὲ τὴν οἴησιν ἔχειν αὐτοὺς Νεβρὼθ ἔπειθεν ὁ γίγας, τολμηρός τις ὢν, καὶ κατὰ χεῖρα γενναῖος, ὃς καὶ, τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀποστήσας αὐτοὺς, αὐτῷ τῷ σέβας περιποιεῖσθαι αὐτοὺς ἠνάγκασε, καὶ δὴ πύργον αὐτοὺς ἐπιτρέπει τεκτήνασθαι τῷ ὕψει τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπιψαύοντα, ἀπειλῶν τὸν Θεὸν ἀνταμύνασθαι, εἰ πάλιν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐπενέγκῃ κατακλυσμόν. Τοῦ γοῦν πλήθους πολλῇ σπουδῇ τῇ μανίᾳ συνεργοῦντος αὐτῷ, καὶ λόγου θᾶττον τὸν πύργον κατασκευάζοντος, ὁ Θεὸς τὴν διάλεκτον αὐτῶν παραχρῆμα συνέχεε, καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς ἀνομοιογλωσσίας διεσκεδάσθησαν, κἀκ τούτου ὁ τόπος Βαβυλῶνα τὴν κλῆσιν εἴληφεν, τῶν Ἑβραίων τὴν σύγχυσιν Βαβυλὼν ὀνομαζόντων. Ἕκαστος γοῦν τὴν προστυγχάνουσαν γῆν κατελάμβανε, καὶ ἐπλήρουν πᾶσαν παράλιόν τε καὶ ἤπειρον, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰς νήσους· τὸ γὰρ πέλαγος πλοίοις διαπορθμεύοντες ταύταις ἐγκαθωρμίζοντο. Ἔνια γοῦν τῶν ἐθνῶν σώζει τὰς προσηγορίας τῶν κτισάντων, ἔνια δὲ καὶ μετέβαλε, τῶν Ἑλλήνων μετὰ ταῦτα κρατησάντων, καὶ ἰδίοις ὀνόμασι καλλωπισάντων τὰ ἔθνη, καὶ νόμους δὲ αὐτοῖς οἰκείους ἔθεσαν πρὸς τὴν δόξαν τῆς κτίσεως σφετερίσασθαι αὐτοὺς, ὡς μηδεμίαν ὑπόνοιαν προγενεστέρων καταλιπεῖν τοῖς μετέπειτα. Ἐγένοντο οὖν τῷ Νῶε τρεῖς υἱοὶ, Σὴμ, Χὰμ, Ἰάφεθ· ἀπὸ Ταύρου καὶ Ἀμμανοῦ τῶν ὀρῶν ἀρξάμενοι ᾤκησαν, καὶ προῆλθον ἐπὶ μὲν τῆς Ἀσίας ἄχρι ποταμοῦ Τανάϊδος, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης ἄχρι Γαδείρων. Εἰσὶ δὲ οὗτοι· Γαμὲρ, ὅστις Γαμαρεῖς, τοὺς νῦν Γαλάτας, συνέστησεν· Ἀγὼδ Μαγώδεις, τοὺς νῦν Σκύθας· Ἀδαῒ Μαδαίους, τοὺς νῦν Μήδους· Οὐὰν Ἰωνίαν, καὶ τοὺς Ἕλληνας· Ὀβὲλ Θεοβέλους,τοὺς νῦν Ἴβηρας· Ὀσὸχ Μεσχηναίους, τοὺς νῦν 756 Καππαδόκας· Θέρας τοὺς Θείρας, τοὺς νῦν Θρᾷκας. Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ τῷ Γαμὲρ υἱοὶ τρεῖς· Σχανὰξ, ἐξ οὗ Ἀσχαναξαῖοι, οἱ νῦν Ῥηγῖνες· Ῥιφὰθ, ἐξ οὗ. Ῥφαθέοι, οἱ νῦν Παφλαγόνες· Θυγραμμάϊς, ὃς συνέστησεν Θυγραμμεῖς, τοὺς νῦν Φρύγας. Υἱοὶ δὲ τῷ Ἰωούα τρεῖς, Ἐλισασὰ, ἀφ' οὗ Ἀλισαῖοι, οἱ νῦν Αἰολεῖς· Θαρσῆς, ἀφ' οὗ Θαρσεῖς, οἱ νῦν Κύλικες· οὕτω γὰρ τὸ παλαιὸν ἡ Κιλικία ἐκαλεῖτο· ἔτι γὰρ καὶ νῦν Θαρσῆς ἡ μητρόπολις αὐτῆς καλεῖται· Χεθεὶμ Χεθειμὰ τὴν νῆσον, ἣν ἄρτι Κύπρον προσονομάζουσιν· ἀπ' αὐτῆς γὰρ πᾶσαν νῆσον καὶ τὴν παράλιον Ἑβραῖοι Ἠθθὼ καλοῦσιν. Οἱ δὲ υἱοὶ τοῦ Χὰμ, τὴν ἀπὸ Συρίας, καὶ Ἀμμανοῦ, καὶ Λιβάνου τῶν ὀρέων γῆν κατέσχον, ὅσα πρὸς θάλασσαν αὐτὴν τέτραπτο καταλαβόντες, καὶ τὰ μέχρι τοῦ Ὠκεανοῦ ἐξιδιωσάμενοι. Καὶ ἐνίων μὲν παντελῶς αἱ προσηγορίαι ἠμείφθησαν, ἐνίων δὲ εἰς ἑτέρας ἐνημείφθη δυσεπιγνώστους· ὀλίγων δὲ ἔτι αἱ ὀνομασίαι ἀκέραιοι σώζονται. Εἰσὶ δὲ υἱοὶ τοῦ Χὰμ οἵδε· Χοῦς, ἐξ οὗ Χουσαῖοι, οἱ νῦν Αἰθίοπες· Μεστρὲμ, ἐξ οὗ Μεστραῖοι, οἱ νῦν Αἰγύπτιοι· Φοὺτ, Φουτοὶ, οἱ νῦν Λίβυες, καὶ ἔτι τοῦ δεῦρο ὁ παρὰ Μαύροις ποταμὸς καὶ ἡ σύνεγγυς χώρα αὐτοῦ Φουτοὶ καλοῦνται. Ἐκλήθησαν δὲ Λίβυες τὸ ἔθνος, καὶ ἡ χώρα ἑνὸς τῶν ἀπὸ Μεστρὼν υἱῶν ὀνόματι Λίβυος βασιλεύσαντος αὐτῶν. Τῷ δὲ Χοῦς ἐγένοντο υἱοὶ ἑπτά· Σαβὰτ, ἀφ' οὗ Σαβάκιοι, οἵτινες ἄχρι τοῦ δεῦρο τὴν ὀνομασίαν ἅμα τῇ χώρᾳ σώζουσιν· Εὐιλὰτ, ἐξ οὗ Εὐιλαῖοι, οἱ νῦν γε Τοῦλοι· Σαβὰθ, ἐξ οὗ Σαβαθηνοὶ, οἱ νῦν Ἀστάβαροι· Ῥεγμαρὰ, ἐξ οὗ Ἀλλαῖοι, οἱ ἔτι καὶ νῦν ταύτην τὴν κλῆσιν ἔχουσιν· Ἰουδαδὰν, ἐξ οὗ Ἰουδαδαῖοι, Αἰθιοπικὸν ἔθνος ὁμώνυμον μέχρι νῦν τῷ προπάτορι· Σεβεκαθὰ, ἐξ οὗ Σαβακτηνοὶ, οἳ καὶ αὐτοὶ ὁμώνυμοι· Νεβρὼδ οὗτος, μείνας ἐν τῇ Βαβυλῶνι, πρῶτος αὐτοῖς ἐτυράννησεν. Μεστρὲμ υἱοὶ ὀκτὼ, οἵτινες τὴν ἀπὸ Γάζης καὶ ἕως Αἴγυπτον κατέσχον γῆν. Τοῦ δὲ Φιλιστιεὶμ ἡ χώρα τότε κατεῖχεν ἕως τινὸς τὴν ὁμωνυμίαν, ὕστερον δὲ ἐκλήθη Παλαιστίνη. Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ τῷ Χανὰν παῖδες ἕνδεκα· Σιδὼν πρωτότοκος,