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of the chest had thrown stones behind them and that men had been born from the stones; whence they say the multitude of men are called peoples. And others again said that Clymenus lived in a second flood. That those who wrote such things and philosophized in vain are found to be wretched and altogether impious and foolish is clear from what has been said before. But our prophet and servant of God, Moses, in relating the story of the creation of the world, described in what manner the flood came upon the earth, and not only that, but also the circumstances of the flood in what way it happened, not mythologizing about Pyrrha nor Deucalion or Clymenus, nor indeed that only the plains were flooded, and that only those who escaped to the mountains were saved. But he does not even declare that a second flood occurred, but rather said that there would no longer be a flood of water upon the world, such as has neither happened nor indeed will happen. But he says that eight human souls in all were saved in the ark, which was built by the command of God, not by Deucalion, but by Noah in Hebrew, who is interpreted in the Greek language as rest, just as we also showed in another discourse how Noah, announcing to the men of that time that a flood was about to happen, prophesied to them, saying: Come, God calls you to repentance; for which reason he was appropriately called Deucalion. And this Noah had three sons, as we also showed in the second book, whose names are Shem and Ham and Japheth, who also had three wives, one for each of them, and he himself, and his wife. Some have called this man Eunuchus. Therefore, eight human souls in all were saved, those who were found in the ark. And Moses indicated that the flood lasted for forty days and forty nights, the floodgates of heaven raining and all the fountains of the deep gushing forth, so that the water was raised fifteen cubits above every high mountain. And thus the race of all men of that time was destroyed, and only those were saved who were protected in the ark, the eight we mentioned before; the remains of which ark are shown to be in the Arabian mountains to this day. So, in summary, the history of the flood is of such a kind. And Moses, having led the Jews, as we have already said, who had been cast out of the land of Egypt by king Pharaoh, whose name was Tethmosis, who, they say, after the expulsion of the people, reigned for twenty-five years and 4 months, as Manetho has related. And after him Chebron, 13 years. And after him Amenophis, 20 years, 7 months. And after him his sister Amesse, 21 years, 9 months. And after her Mephres, 12 years, 9 months. And after him Mephrammuthosis, 25 years, 10 months. And after him Tuthmosis, 9 years, 8 months. And after him Amenophis, 30 years, 10 months. And after him Orus, 30 years, 5 months. And his daughter Akencheres, 12 years, 1 month. And after her Rathotis, 9 years. And after him

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λάρνακος λίθους εἰς τὰ ὀπίσω πεπομφέναι καὶ ἀνθρώπους ἐκ τῶν λίθων γεγενῆσθαι· ὅθεν φασὶν λαοὺς προσαγορεύεσθαι τὸ πλῆθος ἀνθρώπων. ἄλλοι δ' αὖ Κλύμενον εἶπον ἐν δευτέρῳ κατακλυσμῷ γεγονέναι. Ὅτι μὲν οὖν ἄθλιοι καὶ πάνυ δυσσεβεῖς καὶ ἀνόητοι εὑρίσκονται οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα συγγράψαντες καὶ φιλοσοφήσαντες ματαίως, ἐκ τῶν προειρημένων δῆλόν ἐστιν. ὁ δὲ ἡμέτερος προφήτης καὶ θεράπων τοῦ θεοῦ Μωσῆς περὶ τῆς γενέσεως τοῦ κόσμου ἐξιστορῶν διηγήσατο τίνι τρόπῳ γεγένηται ὁ κατακλυσμὸς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ᾧ τρόπῳ γέγονεν, οὐ Πύρραν οὔτε ∆ευκαλίωνα ἢ Κλύμενον μυθεύων, οὐδὲ μὴν τὰ πεδία μόνον κατακεκλύσθαι, καὶ τοὺς διαφυγόντας ἐπὶ τοῖς ὄρεσι μόνους διασεσῶσθαι. Ἀλλ' οὐδὲ δεύτερον κατακλυσμὸν γεγονέναι δηλοῖ, ἀλλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔφη μηκέτι τῷ κόσμῳ κατακλυσμὸν ὕδατος ἔσεσθαι, οἷον οὔτε γέγονεν οὔτε μὴν ἔσται. ὀκτὼ δέ φησιν τὰς πάσας ψυχὰς ἀνθρώπων ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ διασεσῶσθαι, ἐν τῇ κατασκευασθείσῃ προστάγμασι θεοῦ, οὐχ ὑπὸ ∆ευκαλίωνος, ἀλλ' ὑπὸ τοῦ Νῶε ἑβραϊστί, ὃς διερ- μηνεύεται τῇ ἑλλάδι γλώσσῃ ἀνάπαυσις, καθὼς καὶ ἐν ἑτέρῳ λόγῳ ἐδηλώσαμεν ὡς Νῶε, καταγγέλλων τοῖς τότε ἀνθρώποις μέλλειν κατακλυσμὸν ἔσεσθαι, προεφήτευσεν αὐτοῖς λέγων· ∆εῦτε, καλεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ θεὸς εἰς μετάνοιαν· διὸ οἰκείως ∆ευκαλίων ἐκλήθη. τούτῳ δὲ τῷ Νῶε υἱοὶ τρεῖς ἦσαν, καθὼς καὶ ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ τόμῳ ἐδηλώσα- μεν, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστιν Σὴμ καὶ Χὰμ καὶ Ἰάφεθ, οἷς καὶ γυναῖκες τρεῖς ἦσαν τὸ καθ' ἕνα αὐτῶν, καὶ αὐτός, καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ. Τοῦτον τὸν ἄνδρα ἔνιοι Eὐνοῦχον προσηγορεύκασιν. ὀκτὼ οὖν αἱ πᾶσαι ψυχαὶ ἀνθρώπων διεσώθησαν, οἱ ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ εὑρεθέντες. Τὸν δὲ κατακλυσμὸν ἐσήμανεν ὁ Μωσῆς ἐπὶ ἡμέρας τεσσαρά- κοντα καὶ νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα γεγενῆσθαι, ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρα- νοῦ τῶν καταρακτῶν ·υέντων καὶ πασῶν τῶν πηγῶν τῆς ἀβύσσου βλυσάντων, ὥστε τὸ ὕδωρ ὑψωθῆναι ἐπάνω παντὸς ὄρους ὑψηλοῦ πεντεκαίδεκα πήχεις. καὶ οὕτως διεφθάρη τὸ γένος πάντων τῶν τότε ἀνθρώπων, μόνοι δὲ διεσώθησαν οἱ φυλαχ- θέντες ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ, οὓς προειρήκαμεν ὀκτώ· ἧς κιβωτοῦ τὰ λείψανα μέχρις τοῦ δεῦρο δείκνυται εἶναι ἐν τοῖς Ἀραβικοῖς ὄρεσιν. Τὰ μὲν οὖν τοῦ κατακλαυσμοῦ κεφαλαιωδῶς τοιαύτην ἔχει τὴν ἱστορίαν. Ὁ δὲ Μωσῆς ὁδηγήσας τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, ὡς ἔφθημεν εἰρηκέναι, ἐκβεβλημένους ἀπὸ γῆς Aἰγύπτου ὑπὸ βασιλέως Φαραώ, οὗ τοὔνομα Τέθμωσις, ὅς, φασίν, μετὰ τὴν ἐκβολὴν τοῦ λαοῦ ἐβασίλευσεν ἔτη εἴκοσι πέντε καὶ μῆνας δ, ὡς ὑφῄρηται Μαναιθώς. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Χεβρῶν ἔτη ιγ. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἀμένωφις ἔτη κ, μῆνας ἑπτά. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον ἡ ἀδελφὴ αὐτοῦ Ἀμέσση ἔτη κα, μῆνας ἐννέα. μετὰ δὲ ταύτην Μήφρης ἔτη ιβ, μῆνας θ. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Μηφραμ- μούθωσις ἔτη κε, μῆνας ι. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Τυθμώσης ἔτη θ, μῆνας η. καὶ μετὰ τοῦτον Ἀμένωφις ἔτη λ, μῆνας ι. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ὠρος ἔτη λ, μῆνας πέντε. τούτου δὲ θυγάτηρ Ἀκεγχερὴς ἔτη ιβ, μῆνα α. μετὰ δὲ ταύτην Ῥαθῶτις ἔτη θ. μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον