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who founded Sidon in Phoenicia, a city of the same name as himself; Amathius built Amathine, which is now Epiphaneia, after a certain distinguished Macedonian conquered it and gave it his own name; Arkaeus founded the land in Lebanon; This Aradius inhabited the island of Arados; Asenassus, from whom are the Asennaeans. Samareus established Samaria, Hethaeus the Hethaeans, Jebusaeus the Jebusaeans; Amorhaeus the Amorhaeans, who dwelt in Bethel; Gergesaeus the Gergesaeans, who dwelt beyond the Jordan as far as Philadelphia; Hevaeus the Hevaeans. And the Kinaeans dwelt around Lebanon and Amaros; and the Eniakim, giants, Hebron; and around it the Hethaeans and the 757 Perizzites, mixed with the Canaanites, possessed Palestine; and others Raphia, Philadelphia; again the Gergesaeans held Gadara, and the city of Gergesa, and the lake of Tiberias, and the Jebusaeans what is now Jerusalem. And Shem had five sons, who inhabited Asia as far as their own Ocean, that is, making their beginning from the Euphrates. And these are they: Elam, from whom are the Elamites, who are now the Persians; Asshur, from whom are the Assyrians; Arphaxad, from whom are the Arphaxaeans, who are now the Chaldeans; Aram, from whom are the Aramaeans, who are now the Syrians. And these held the land from Mesopotamia to the mountains of Ararat, which are towards Armenia; Lud, from whom are the Lydaeans, who are now the Lydians; Cainan, from whom are the Canatae. And four sons were born to Aram: Uz, who founded Damascus and Trachonitis, which is between Palestine and Coele-Syria; Hul, from whom are the Lazoneis; Gether, from whom are the Staphenoi; Meshech, from whom are the Messenians. Sons of Arphaxad: Cainan, from whom are the Sogdians; and from him astronomy and augury were devised. And a son was born to Cainan, Salah, from whom are the Susians. The son of Salah was Eber, from whom are the Hebrews, who retained the ancient Hebrew dialect, because Eber did not participate in the building of the tower, and his tongue was not altered. And the sons of Eber: Peleg, from whom are the Adiabeni; Joktan, from whom are the Edramaei. And Peleg was called Peleg for this reason, because he was born at the time of the sending out of the colonies. For the Hebrews call Peleg 'division,' for in his time they were divided. And the supposed number of years of the world's duration was divided into two equal periods of years; for three thousand years of the world's existence were completed at his birth. For we reckon that the creation will last until the sixth millennium, since God also established the completion of this universe in six days. And I think the Divine Scripture reckons the days as millennia; for 'a day of the Lord,' it says, 'is as a thousand years.' Therefore, from Adam to the death of Peleg is three thousand years. And to the coming and resurrection of the Lord is five thousand five hundred and thirty-one years, so that four hundred and fifty-nine years are lacking from the sixth millennium. And the sabbath is a sign of the consummation of the world; and reasonably, in the last days the Lord, visiting the world, suffered on the day of Preparation, which is the sixth day, and it was about the sixth hour of that day when he was crucified, the word signifying through this the halfway point of the sixth millennium; and for this reason it did not say precisely 'the sixth hour,' the word hinting that it exceeded the number by a little. And from Christ to the thirtieth anniversary of the reign of Constantine 760 there are 269 years. And just as Jonah, having spent three days and three nights in the belly of the sea-monster, was delivered up whole, so also all of us, having passed through the three stages of time in the earth, will be resurrected. For there are three universal intervals of time, present, past, and future, the symbols of which our Savior arranged, spending three days and three nights in the earth, teaching clearly that, when the aforesaid intervals of time have passed, our resurrection will be, the beginning of the age to come

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ὅστις ὁμώνυμον ἑαυτοῦ πόλιν τῇ Φοινίκῃ Σιδῶνα ἔκτισεν· Ἀμάθιος τὴν Ἀμαθινὴν, τὴν νῦν Ἐπιφάνειαν, ᾠκοδόμησε, τῶν Μακεδόνων τινὸς κρατήσαντος αὐτῆς ἐπιδόξου, καὶ τὸ οἰκεῖον ὄνομα ἐπιθέντος αὐτῇ· Ἀρουκαῖος δὲ γῆν τὴν ἐν τῷ Λιβάνῳ ἔκτισεν· Ἀρόδιος οὗτος Ἄραδον τὴν νῆσον ᾤκησεν· Ἀσένασσος, ἀφ' οὗ Ἀσενναῖοι. Σαμάρειος δὲ Σαμάρειαν, Χετταῖος Χετταίους, Ἰεβουσαῖος Ἰεβουσαίους συνεστήσατο· Ἀμοῤῥαῖος Ἀμοῤῥαίους, οἵτινες ᾤκουν τὴν Βεθήλ· Γεργεσαῖος Γεργεσαίους, οἵτινες τὰ ἐπέκεινα κατῴκουν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἄχρι Φιλαδελφίας· Εὐαῖος Εὐαίους. Καὶ οἱ μὲν Κιναῖοι περὶ τὸν Λίβανον ᾤκουν καὶ Ἄμαρον· οἱ δὲ Ἐνιακεὶμ γίγαντες τὴν Χεβρών· καὶ περὶ αὐτὴν οἱ Χετταῖοι καὶ οἱ 757 Φερεζαῖοι ἀναμὶξ τοῖς Χαναναίοις τὴν Παλαιστίνην κατεῖχον· οἱ δὲ Ῥαφίαν τὴν Φιλαδελφίαν· πάλιν δὲ οἱ Γεργεσαῖοι τὰ Γάδαρα, καὶ Γέργισαν πόλιν, καὶ τὴν Τιβεριάδα εἶχον λίμνην, καὶ οἱ Ἰεβουσαῖοι τὴν νῦν Ἱερουσαλήμ. Πέντε καὶ Σὴμ παῖδες ἐγένοντο, οἵτινες τὴν μέχρι τοῦ κατ' ἰδίαν Ὠκεανοῦ Ἀσίαν κατῴκησαν, ἤτοι ἀπὸ τοῦ Εὐφράτου τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιησάμενοι. Εἰσὶ δὲ οὗτοι· Αἰλὰμ, ἀφ' οὗ Αἰλαμαῖοι, οἱ νῦν Πέρσαι· Ἀσοὺρ, ἀφ' οὗ Ἀσσύριοι· Ἀρφαξὰδ, ἀφ' οὗ Ἀρφαξαῖοι, οἱνῦν Χαλδαῖοι· Ἀρὰμ, ἀφ' οὗ Ἀραμαῖοι, οἱ νῦν Σύροι. Κατέσχον δὲ οὗτοι ἀπὸ Μεσοποταμίας ἕως τῶν ὀρέων Ἀραρὰτ, ἅ ἐστι πρὸς τὴν Ἀρμενίαν· Λοὺδ, ἀφ' οὗ Λυδαῖοι, οἱ νῦν Λυδοί· Καϊνὰν, ἀφ' οὗ Κανᾶται. Υἱοὶ δὲ τοῦ Ἀρὰμ τέσσαρες ἐγεννήθησαν· Οὒζ, ὅστις ἔκτισε ∆αμασκὸν καὶ τὴν Τραχωνῖτιν, ἥτις μέση τῆς Παλαιστίνης καὶ Κοίλης Συρίας ἐστίν· Οὒλ, ἀφ' οὗ Λαζονεῖς· Γαθὲρ, ἀφ' οὗ Σταφηνοί· Μεσὸχ, ἀφ' οὗ Μασσήνιοι. Υἱοὶ Ἀρφαξάδ· Καϊνὰν, ἀφ' οὗ Σογγοδιανοί· ἀπὸ τούτου δὲ καὶ ἡ ἀστρονομία καὶ οἰωνισμοὶ ἐπενοήθησαν. Υἱὸς δὲ ἐγένετο τῷ Καϊνὰν Σαλὰ, ἀφ' οὗ Σουσιανοί. Υἱὸς τοῦ Σαλὰ Ἕβερ, ἀφ' οὗ Ἑβραῖοι, οἵτινες τὴν ἀρχαίαν κατέσχον τὴν Ἑβραΐδα διάλεκτον, τοῦ Ἕβερ μὴ συμπαραγενομένου εἰς τὴν τοῦ πύργου οἰκοδομὴν, καὶ ἀλλοιωθέντος τὴν γλῶτταν. Υἱοὶ δὲ τοῦ Ἕβερ Φαλὲκ, ἀφ' οὗ Ἀδιαβηνοί· Ἰεκτὰν, ἀφ' οὗ Ἐδραμαῖοι. Ὁ δὲ Φαλὲκ διὰ τοῦτο ἐκλήθη Φαλὲκ, ἐπειδὴ κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον τῶν ἀποικιῶν ἐτέχθη. Φαλὲκ γὰρ οἱ Ἑβραῖοι μερισμὸν λέγουσιν, ἐπ' αὐτοῦ ἐμερίσθησαν. Καὶ ὁ ὑπονοούμενος τῶν ἐτῶν τῆς τοῦ κόσμου διαμονῆς ἀριθμὸς εἰς δύο διῃρέθη ἰσαίτατα· τρισχίλια γὰρ ἐπὶ τῇ γενέσει τῆς αὐτοῦ τοῦ κόσμου ὑπάρξεως ἔτη ἐπερατώθη. Λογιζόμεθα γὰρ διαμεῖναι τὴν κτίσιν ἄχρις ἕκτης χιλιάδος, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἐν ἒξ ἡμέραις ὁ Θεὸς τὴν συντέλειαν τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς συνεστήσατο. Χιλιετεῖς δὲ τὰς ἡμέρας λογίζεσθαι τὸ Θεῖον οἶμαι· Κυρίου γὰρ, φησὶν, ἡμέρα ὡς χίλια ἔτη. Γίνεται οὖν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἐπὶ τὴν τελευτὴν Φαλὲκ ἔτη τρισχίλια. Ἐπὶ δὲ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου παρουσίαν καὶ ἀνάστασιν ἔτη πεντακισχίλια καὶ πεντακόσια τριάκοντα ἓν, ὡς λείπειν τετρακόσια πεντήκοντα ἐννέα ἔτη τῆς ἕκτης χιλιάδος. Ἔστι δὲ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου συντελείας σημεῖον τὸ σάββατον· καὶ εἰκότως ἐπ' ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν ὁ Κύριος ἐπιδημήσας τῷ κόσμῳ ἐν παρασκευῇ πέπονθεν, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἡμέρα ἕκτη, καὶ ταύτης τῆς ἡμέρας ὥρα ἦν ὡσεὶ ἕκτη, ἡνίκα ἐσταυρώθη, τοῦ λόγου σημαίνοντος διὰ τοῦ τῆς ἕκτης χιλιάδος τὸ ἥμισυ· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὡρισμένως οὐκ εἶπεν ὥρα ἕκτη, ὑπεμφαίνοντος τοῦ λόγου ὀλίγῳ πλείω τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ ὑπερπαίειν. Ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν τριακονταετηρίδα Κωνσταντίνου 760 ἔτη ἐστὶ σξθʹ. Ὥσπερ δὲ ὁ Ἰωνᾶς τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ τοῦ κήτους διατρίψας ὑγιὴς ἀπεδόθη, οὕτω καὶ ἡμεῖς πάντες, τὰς τρεῖς τοῦ αἰῶνος διαστάσεις ποιήσαντες ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἀναστησόμεθα. Τρία γὰρ τοῦ χρόνου ἐστὶ καθολικὰ διαστήματα, ἐνεστὼς, παρῳχηκὼς, μέλλων, ὧν τὰ σύμβολα ὁ Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν ᾠκονόμησε, τρεῖς ἡμέρας καὶ τρεῖς νύκτας ποιήσας ἐν τῇ γῇ, διδάσκων σαφῶς, ὅτι, τῶν προειρημένων περαιωθέντων διαστημάτων τοῦ χρόνου, ἔσται ἡμῶν ἡ ἀνάστασις, τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος ἀρχὴ