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some say that the entire continent was called Europe by one name and is so named until now, that is, the land opposite to greater Asia. Telchin, the 3rd king of the Sicyonians, reigned for 29 years. and it was the year of the world 3336. Apis, the 4th king of the Sicyonians, reigned for 25 years. and it was the year of the world 3365. Thelxion, the 5th king of the Sicyonians, reigned for 52 years. and it was the year of the world 3397.

YEARS OF THE WORLD. 22nd Generation. Isaac, 60 years. And it was the year of the world 3413. Isaac

is interpreted as "laughter with pleasure." For because Sarah smiled at the divine promise of childbirth in old age, he was so called, according to the dialect from across the river. Mastipham, the ruler of the demons, as the Book of Jubilees says, coming to God said: 'If Abraham loves you, let him sacrifice his son to you.' 117 In the 3437th year of the world, in the 25th year of Isaac, Abraham offered Isaac, as Josephus says, on Mount Zion. Sarah died at 127 years of age, and was buried in Hebron, which is now called Eleutheropolis, in the cave which Abraham bought from Ephron for four hundred didrachms in the presence of the sons of Heth as witnesses; from which it seems that written contracts did not yet exist, which later writers say are discoveries of the Babylonians, brought from the land of the Chaldeans and first transmitted to the Phoenicians by Abraham, from whom the Greeks confess to have received them. Some say that Sarah died in the 32nd year of Isaac. Isaac, when he was 40 years old, took Rebecca the daughter of Bethuel. Bethuel was the son of Nahor. He was the 8th and last. For he had eight sons by Milcah. Nahor, the father of Bethuel, was the brother of Abraham. He had eight sons by Milcah, as has been said, of whom the last was Bethuel, the father of Rebecca and Laban, the father-in-law of Jacob. And it was the year of the world 3452. Rebecca, being barren, after twenty years gave birth to two at the same time, Jacob and Esau. in his 60th year, Isaac begot Jacob. and of the world it was the year 3472.

KINGS OF THE ASSYRIANS Areius, the 5th king of the Assyrians, reigned for 30 years. And of the world

it was the year 3413. Aralius, the 6th king of the Assyrians, reigned for 40 years. and it was the year of the world 3433. Xerxes, the 7th king of the Assyrians, reigned for 30 years. and it was the year of the world 3473. Armamithres, the 8th king of the Assyrians, reigned for 38 years. and it was the year of the world 3477.

KINGS OF THE EGYPTIANS Ramesse Ouaphrou, the 24th king of the Egyptians, reigned for 29 years.

and it was the year of the world 3442. 118 Koncharis, the 25th king of the Egyptians, reigned for 5 years. and it was the year of the world 3471. In this 5th year of Koncharis, the 25th king of Egypt, of the 16th dynasty of the so-called Cynic Cycle according to Manetho, 700 years of 25 kings are completed from the first king and founder of Egypt, Mestraim, that is from the universal world year 2776, at which time the dispersion took place, in the 34th year of the rule of Arphaxad, and in the 5th year of Phalek. and 4 Tanite kings succeeded, who also reigned over Egypt during the 17th dynasty for 254 years, as is listed in order. But Josephus, in his second book of the discourse Against Apion, relating the history of the departure of the people from Egypt which happened under the 12th king after the aforementioned 25, that is, under Misphragmouthosis, or Pharaoh, the 6th king of Egypt, according to the 18th dynasty in Manetho, being the 37th from Mestraim, has set out for us a period of 23 Egyptian kings, and of 511 years, beginning from the world year 3477 and ending in the year 4070, not agreeing in all things with Manetho concerning the individual reigns of the kings, nor indeed completely in the overall list of them, as will be shown in their tabular list. For in the canon we have omitted this on account of the confusion. But it should be known that those with the

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τινες τὴν Εὐρώπην προσαγορευθῆναι πᾶσαν ἤπειρον ἑνὶ ὀνόματι καὶ οὕτω μέχρι νῦν ὀνομάζεσθαι, τοῦτ' ἔστι τὴν ἀντικειμένην τῇ μεγάλῃ Ἀσίᾳ γῆν. Σικυωνίων γʹ ἐβασίλευσε Τελχὶν ἔτη κθʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γτλ ςʹ. Σικυωνίων δʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἆπις ἔτη κεʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γτξεʹ. Σικυωνίων εʹ ἐβασίλευσε Θελξίων ἔτη νβʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γτ ζʹ.

ΚΟΣΜΟΥ ΕΤΗ Γενεὰ κβʹ Ἰσαὰκ ἔτη ξʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυιγʹ. Ἰσαὰκ

γέλως μεθ' ἡδονῆς ἑρμηνεύεται. διὰ γὰρ τὸ ἐπιμειδιάσαι τὴν Σάρραν τῇ θείᾳ τοῦ ἐν γήρᾳ τοκετοῦ ἐπαγγελίᾳ οὕτω κέκληται κατὰ τὴν περατικὴν διάλεκτον. Μαστιφὰμ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν δαιμονίων, ὥς φησιν ἡ λεπτὴ Γένεσις, προσελ θὼν τῷ θεῷ εἶπεν· εἰ ἀγαπᾷ σε Ἀβραάμ, θυσάτω σοι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ. 117 Τῷ γυλζʹ ἔτει τοῦ κόσμου, κεʹ τοῦ Ἰσαάκ, προσήνεγκεν Ἀβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαάκ, ὥς φησιν Ἰώσηππος, ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σιών. Σάρρα ἐτῶν ρκζʹ ἐτελεύτησε, καὶ ἐτάφη ἐν Χεβρών, ἣ νῦν Ἐλευθερό πολις καλεῖται, ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ ὃ ὠνήσατο ὁ Ἀβραὰμ παρὰ Ἐφρὼν τετρακοσίων διδράχμων ἐπὶ μαρτύρων τῶν υἱῶν Χέτ· ὡς ἐκ τούτου δοκεῖν μήπω τὰ διὰ γραμμάτων συμβόλαιά ποτε χρηματίζειν, ἅπερ Βαβυλωνίων εὑρήματα λέγουσιν οἱ νεώτεροι ἐκ γῆς Χαλδαίων κομισθέντα Φοίνιξι πρώτοις μεταδοθῆναι ὑπὸ Ἀβραάμ, ἀφ' ὧν Ἕλληνες ὁμολογοῦσι ταῦτα μετειληφέναι. Σάρραν τινὲς τῷ λβʹ ἔτει τοῦ Ἰσαάκ φασι τελευτῆσαι. Ἰσαὰκ ἐτῶν μʹ γενόμενος ἔλαβε τὴν Ῥεβέκκαν θυγατέρα Βαθουήλ. Βαθουὴλ δὲ ἦν υἱὸς Ναχώρ. οὗτος ηʹ καὶ τελευταῖος. ὀκτὼ γὰρ ἦσαν ἀπὸ Μελχᾶς αὐτῷ παῖδες. Ναχὼρ δὲ ὁ πατὴρ Βαθουὴλ ἦν ἀδελφὸς Ἀβραάμ. οὗτος ἔσχεν ἀπὸ Μελχᾶς ὀκτὼ παῖδας, ὡς εἴρηται, ὧν ὁ ἔσχατος Βαθουὴλ ἦν πατὴρ Ῥεβέκκας καὶ Λάβαν τοῦ πενθεροῦ Ἰακώβ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυνβʹ. Ῥεβέκκα στείρα οὖσα μετὰ εἴκοσιν ἔτη ἐγέννησε δύο ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ τὸν Ἰακὼβ καὶ τὸν Ἠσαῦ. τῷ ξʹ ἔτει αὐτοῦ Ἰσαὰκ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰακώβ. τουδὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυοβʹ.

ΑΣΣΥΡΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Ἀσσυρίων εʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἄρειος ἔτη λʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου

ἦν ἔτος γυγʹ. Ἀσσυρίων ςʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀράλιος ἔτη μʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυλγʹ. Ἀσσυρίων ζʹ ἐβασίλευσε Ξέρξης ἔτη λʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυογʹ. Ἀσσυρίων ηʹ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἀρμαμίθρης ἔτη ληʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυοζʹ.

ΑΙΓΥΠΤΙΩΝ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΣ Αἰγυπτίων κδʹ ἐβασίλευσε Ῥαμεσσῆ Οὐάφρου ἔτη κθʹ.

τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυμβʹ. 118 Αἰγυπτίων κεʹ ἐβασίλευσε Κόγχαρις ἔτη εʹ. τοῦ δὲ κόσμου ἦν ἔτος γυοαʹ. Τούτῳ τῷ εʹ ἔτει τοῦ κεʹ βασιλεύσαντος Κογχάρεως τῆς Αἰγύπτου ἐπὶ τῆς ι ςʹ δυναστείας τοῦ Κυνικοῦ λεγομένου κύκλου παρὰ τῷ Μανεθῷ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου βασιλέως καὶ οἰκιστοῦ Μεστραῒμ τῆς Αἰγύπτου πληροῦνται ἔτη ψʹ βασιλέων κεʹ, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἀπὸ τοῦ καθολικοῦ κοσμικοῦ βψο ςʹ ἔτους, καθ' ὃν χρόνον ἡ διασπορὰ γέγονεν, ἐν τῷ λδʹ ἔτει τῆς ἡγεμονίας Ἀρφα ξάδ, εʹ δὲ ἔτει τοῦ Φαλέκ. καὶ διεδέξαντο Τανῖται βασιλεῖς δʹ, οἳ καὶ ἐβασί λευσαν Αἰγύπτου ἐπὶ τῆς ιζʹ δυναστείας ἔτη σνδʹ, ὡς ἑξῆς ἐστοιχείωται. Ἰώσηππος δὲ ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ πρὸς ἔλεγχον Ἀπίωνος λόγῳ περὶ τῆς ἐξ Αἰγύπτου πορείας τοῦ λαοῦ γενομένης ἱστορῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ιβʹ μετὰ τοὺς προ γραφέντας κεʹ, τοῦτ' ἔστιν ἐπὶ τοῦ Μισφραγμουθώσεως, ἤτοι Φαραῶ, ςʹ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου, κατὰ τὴν ιηʹ παρὰ τῷ Μανέθωνι δυναστείαν, λζʹ ὄντος ἀπὸ τοῦ Μεστραΐμ, χρόνον ἡμῖν ἐξέθετο Αἰγυπτίων βασιλέων κγʹ, ἐτῶν δὲ φ ζδʹ, ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τοῦ κοσμικοῦ γυοζʹ ἔτους καὶ λήξας εἰς τὸ δοʹ ἔτος, οὐκ ἐν πᾶσιν ὁμοφωνήσας τῷ Μανεθῷ κατὰ τοὺς μερικοὺς τῶν βασιλέων χρόνους, οὔτε μὴν τελείως ἐν τῇ τούτων ὁμαδικῇ στοιχειώσει, ὡς δειχθήσεται ἐν τῇ πινακικῇ αὐτῶν στοιχειώσει. ἐν γὰρ τῇ κανονικῇ τοῦτο παρήκαμεν διὰ τὴν σύγχυσιν. Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι οἱ παρὰ τῷ