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Abraham, after Sarah died, married Keturah, and had six sons by her: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah. And from these were born sons: of Shuah, Sabacanes and Dadanes, and from him, Latousimos, and Asouros, and Louobos; and of Madam, Etha, Thophres, Amochos, Ebidos, Eldos. And for all these Abraham devised from the womb, who seized Troglodytis, and the parts of Arabia Felix, and as much as extends to the Red Sea. And from Asour, Assyria was named; and Sophren, having campaigned against Libya, seized it, and his descendants, that is, his grandsons inhabiting it, called the country Africa from his name, who fought alongside Heracles when he campaigned against Antaeus the earth-born. And Heracles married the daughter of Ouaphres, by whom he had a son, Bodoros, who begat a son, Sophonas, from whom they call the barbarians Sophonians. And Abraham, having lived 175 years, died. Jacob, having snatched the blessing of Esau, came into Mesopotamia to Laban the brother of his mother, and having served him for 14 years married his two daughters, Leah and Rachel, for whom he had a greater desire. And he desired her not being overcome by her beauty, (since as it is written, Rachel was beautiful in form, and very lovely in appearance;) but because, having seen her first, as one who had met him by divine providence, he both greeted and loved her, knowing that this wonder had also happened in the case of his mother Rebecca, when, after the servant of Abraham had prayed, things met him according to his prayers, and the things that had been prearranged for him were fulfilled in deeds. And six sons are born to him by Leah: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun; and by Rachel, Joseph and Benjamin; and by Rachel's handmaid, Bilhah, Dan and Naphtali; and by Leah's handmaid named Zilpah, Gad and Asher. And the race of the Syrians comes from Esau, who were also called Idumaeans, Esau having previously been surnamed Idumaeus, because he desired the red pottage; for the Hebrews call what is red "Iduma." But later they were renamed Syrians, after one named Syrus who ruled their nation. And Esau takes three wives from the Canaanites for marriage: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah the Hivite, and Basemath the daughter of Ishmael, and sister of Nebaioth. And by Adah, Eliphaz; and by Basemath, Reuel; and by Oholibamah he begat Jeush, and Jalam, and Korah. Having had these in the land of the Canaanites, he moved to Mount Seir, because he was not able to dwell together with his brother Jacob who had returned from 768 Mesopotamia because of the multitude of their possessions. Therefore having had a son there also, he named him Edom from his own surname. And his sons also had legitimate sons: Eliphaz had five, Teman, Omar, Zophar, Gomoth, Kenaz, among whom was also an illegitimate son, born to him, Amalek, by a concubine named Timna; and to Reuel also four sons were born, Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah; and Edom eleven: Thamma, Gola, Iothom, Ailibaiman, Ielas, Phinon, Kenux, Theman, Mazariei, Maediel, Zephonen. And to Seir the Horite who inhabited the land of Lotan five sons were born: Shobal, Sepegon, Anadeson, Asher, Rheson; and to Lotan two, Hori, and Eman. And Timna happened to be the sister of Lotan, who bore Amalek to Eliphaz. And Shobal the son of Seir had five sons: Odomnan, Nahath, Gebeel, Soph, Omnan; and Zibeon two, Aides and Ainan, this is the one who found the hot springs in the desert while pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon. And Anah begat Dishon and a daughter Oholibamah; and Dishon had Amadan, and Asban, and Gethran, and Charran. And Asher the fourth son of Seir,

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Ἀβραὰμ, τελευτησάσης Σάῤῥας, τὴν Χεττοῦραν γαμεῖ, καὶ ποιεῖ ἓξ παῖδας ἐξ αὐτῆς, Ζεμβρὰν, Ἰαζὰν, Μαδὴν, Μαδιανὴν, Λουσουβάκον, Σοῦον. Φύονται δὲ καὶ ἐκ τούτων παῖδες, Σούου μὲν Σαβακάνης, καὶ ∆αδάνης, ἐκ δὲ τούτου Λατούσιμος, καὶ Ἄσουρος, καὶ Λούοβος· Μαδάμου δὲ Ἡθὰ, Θωφρῆς, Ἄμωχος, Ἔβιδος, Ἔλδος. Καὶ τούτοις ἅπασινἈβραὰμ ἀπὸ κοιλίας ἐπενόησεν, οἵτινες τὴν Τρογλωδύτην, καὶ τὰ μέρη τῆς Εὐδαίμονος Ἀραβίας, καὶ ὅσον ἐπὶ τὴν Ἐρυθρὰν καθήκει θάλασσαν, κατέλαβον. Καὶ ἀπὸ μὲν Ἀσοὺρ Ἀσσυρία ἐκλήθη· Σωφρὴν δὲ, ἐπὶ Λιβύην στρατεύσας, κατέσχεν αὐτὴν, καὶ οἱ ἀπόγονοι αὐτοῦ, τουτέστιν οἱ υἱωνοὶ κατοικοῦντες αὐτὴν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ τὴν χώραν Ἀφρικὴν προσηγόρευσαν, οἵτινες Ἡρακλεῖ συνεμάχησαν ἐπὶ Ἀνταῖον τὸν γηγενῆ στρατεύσαντι. Τοῦ δὲ Οὐαφρῆ θυγατέρα ἄγεται Ἡρακλῆς, ἐξ ἧς Βόδωρον παῖδα ἐποίησε, ὅστις ἐγέννησεν υἱὸν Σωφονὰ, ἐξ οὗ τοὺς βαρβάρους Σωφονὰς λέγουσιν. Ὁ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ, βιώσας ἔτη ροεʹ, ἀπέθανεν. Ἰακὼβ, παραρπάσας τὴν εὐλογίαν τοῦ Ἡσαῦ, εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν παρεγένετο πρὸς Λάβαν ἀδελφὸν τῆς μητρὸς αὑτοῦ, καὶ δουλεύσας αὐτῷ ἔτη ιδʹ τὰς δύο θυγατέρας αὐτοῦ ἄγεται, τὴν Λείαν καὶ τὴν Ῥαχὴλ, ἧς μᾶλλον εἰς ἐπιθυμίαν ἦλθεν. Ἐπεθύμησε δὲ αὐτὴν οὐ τῷ κάλλει ἡττώμενος, (ἐπειδὴ καθὼς γέγραπται, Ῥαχὴλ ἦν καλὴ τῷ εἴδει, καὶ ὡραία τῇ ὄψει σφόδρα·) ἀλλ' ὅτι, πρώτην αὐτὴν ἰδὼν, ὡς ἂν ἐκ θείας οἰκονομίας συναντήσασαν, ἠσπάσατό τε, καὶ ἠγάπησεν, εἰδὼς ὅτι τὸ θαῦμα τοῦτο, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Ῥεβέκκας γεγένηται, ὅτε, τοῦ παιδὸς Ἀβραὰμ εὐξαμένου, συνήντησεν αὐτῷ τὰ κατ' εὐχὰς, καὶ τὰ προηργμένα αὐτῷ δι' ἔργων ἐπληρώθη. Τίκτονται δὲ παῖδες ἐκ τῆς Λείας ἓξ αὐτῷ· Ῥουβὴν, Συμεὼν, Λευὶ, Ἰούδας, Ἰσσάχαρ, Ζαβουλών· ἐκ τῆς Ῥαχὴλ δὲ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ Βενιαμίν· ἐκ δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης Ῥαχὴλ τῆς Βάλλης, ∆ὰν καὶ Νεφθαλείμ· ἐκ δὲ τῆς παιδίσκης Λείας ὀνόματι Σελφὰς, Γὰδ καὶ Ἀσήρ. Τὸ δὲ Σύρων γένος ἐκ τοῦ Ἡσαῦ συνέστηκεν, οἳ καὶ Ἰδουμαῖοι ἐκαλοῦντο, τοῦ πρὶν Ἰδουμαίου τοῦ Ἡσαῦἐπικληθέντος, διὰ τὸ ξανθῆς ἐπιθυμῆσαι αὐτὸν φακῆς· Ἰδουμὰ γὰρ οἱ Ἑβραῖοι τὸ ξανθὸν λέγουσι. Ὕστερον δὲ Σύροι μετωνομάσθησαν, Σύρου τινὸς ὀνόματι τοῦ ἔθνους αὐτῶν κρατήσαντος. Ὁ δὲ Ἡσαῦ γυναῖκας τρεῖς ἀπὸ τῶν Χαναναίων πρὸς γάμον ἄγεται, τὴν Ἀδδὰ θυγατέρα Ἐλὼμ τοῦ Χετταίου, καὶ τὴν Ἐλιβεμὰν θυγατέρα Ἐνὰν τοῦ Ἑβραίου, καὶ τὴν Βασεμμὰθ θυγατέρα Ἰσμαὴλ, ἀδελφὴν δὲ Ναβεώθ. Καὶ ἐκ μὲν τῆς Ἀδδᾶς τὴν Ἐλιφὰζ, ἐκ δὲ τῆς Βασεμμὰθ τὸν Ῥαγγὴλ, καὶ ἐκ τῆς Ἐλιβεμὰν τὸν Ἰεοὺλ, καὶτὸν Ἰεγλὸμ, καὶ τὸν Κορὲ ἐγέννησε. Τούτους ἐν τῇ τῶν Χαναναίων ποιήσας γῇ, εἰς Σηεὶρ ὄρος μετῴκησε, διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰακὼβ ἐκ 768 τῆς Μεσοποταμίας ἐπανελθόντος ὁμοσκηνεῖν διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ὑπαρχόντων αὐτοῖς. Ποιήσας οὖν κἀκεῖθεν παῖδα, ἐκ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἐπωνυμίας Ἐδὼμ αὐτὸν ἐπωνόμασε. Ἐγένοντο δὲ καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ παῖδες γνήσιοι, τῷ μὲν Ἐλιφὰς πέντε, Θεμὰν, Ὑμὰρ, Σωφὰρ, Γομὸθ, Κενὲξ, ἐν οἷς ἦν καὶ νόθος, τεχθεὶς αὐτῷ Ἀμαλὴκ ἐκ παλλακίδος Θαμνᾶς ὀνόματι· τῷ δὲ Ῥαγουὴλ καὶ αὐτῷ τέσσαρες παῖδες ἐτέχθησαν, Ναμὶν, Ζαρὲς, Σομὲ, Ῥοζέ· καὶ Ἐδὼμ ἕνδεκα, Θαμμὰ, Γωλὰ, Ἰοθὸμ, Αἰλιβαιμὰν, Ἰήλας, Φίνων, Κενὺξ, Θεμὰν, Μαζαριεὶ, Μαεδιὴλ, Ζεφονήν. Τῷ δὲ Σηεὶρ τῷ Χωῤῥαίῳ τῷ τὴν γῆν τοῦ Λωτὰν κατοικήσαντι υἱοὶ πέντε ἐγένοντο, Σώβαλ, Σεβεγὼν, Ἀναδησὼν, Ἀσὴρ, Ῥησών· καὶ τῷ Λωτὰν δύο, Χωῤῥεὶ, Ἐμάν. Ἡ δὲ Θαμνὰ ἀδελφὴ τοῦ Λωτὰν ἐτύγχανεν, ἥτις τὸν Ἀμαλὴκ τῷ Ἐλιφὰζ ἐγέννησεν. Ὁ δὲ Σωβὰλ ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Σηεὶρ πέντε παῖδας ἐποίησεν, Ὀδομνὰν, Ναχὰθ, Γεβεὴλ, Σὼφ, Ὠμνᾶν· καὶ Ὀσεβεγὼν δύο, Αἰδεὶ καὶ Αἰνὰν, ὅστις εὗρεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ τὸν Ἀμὶν τὰ ὑποζύγια νέμοντα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ Σεβεγών. Αἰνὰν δὲ τὸν ∆ησὼν καὶ Ἐλιβαμὰ θυγατέρα ἐγέννησεν· ὁ δὲ ∆ησὼν τὸν Ἀμαδὰν, καὶ Ἀσβὰν, καὶ Γεθρὰν, καὶ Χαρῥάν. Ὁ δὲ Ἀσὴρ ὁ τέταρτος υἱὸς τοῦ Σηεὶρ,