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| Chapter XXIV.—Chronology from Adam.
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Chapter XXIV.—Chronology from Adam.
Adam lived till he begat a son,687
| 687 i.e., till he begat
Seth. [A fragment of the Chronicon of Julius Africanus,
a.d. 232, is gievn in
Routh’s Reliquiæ, tom. ii. p. 238, with very rich
annotations. pp. 357–509.] | 230 years. And his son
Seth, 205. And his son Enos, 190. And his son Cainan, 170. And his son
Mahaleel, 165. And his son Jared, 162. And his son Enoch, 165. And his son
Methuselah, 167. And his son Lamech, 188. And Lamech’s son was Noah,
of whom we have spoken above, who begat Shem when 500 years old. During
Noah’s life, in his 600th year, the flood came. The total number
of years, therefore, till the flood, was 2242. And immediately after
the flood, Shem, who was 100 years old, begat Arphaxad. And Arphaxad,
when 135 years old, begat Salah. And Salah begat a son when 130. And
his son Eber, when 134. And from him the Hebrews name their race. And
his son Phaleg begat a son when 130. And his son Reu, when 132 And his
son Serug, when 130. And his son Nahor, when 75. And his son Terah,
when 70. And his son Abraham, our patriarch, begat Isaac when he was
100 years old. Until Abraham, therefore, there are 3278 years. The
fore-mentioned Isaac lived until he begat a son, 60 years, and begat
Jacob. Jacob, till the migration into Egypt, of which we have spoken
above, lived 130 years. And the sojourning of the Hebrews in Egypt lasted
430 years; and after their departure from the land of Egypt they spent
40 years in the wilderness, as it is called. All these years, therefore,
amount to 3,938. And at that time, Moses having died, Jesus the sun of
Nun succeeded to his rule, and governed them 27 years. And after Jesus,
when the people had transgressed the commandments of God, they served
the king of Mesopotamia, by name Chusarathon, 8 years. Then, on the
repentance of the people, they
had judges: Gothonoel, 40 years; Eglon, 18 years; Aoth, 8 years. Then
having sinned, they were subdued by strangers for 20 years. Then Deborah
judged them 40 years. Then they served the Midianites 7 years. Then
Gideon judged them 40 years; Abimelech, 3 years; Thola, 22 years; Jair,
22 years. Then the Philistines and Ammonites ruled them 18 years. After
that Jephthah judged them 6 years; Esbon, 7 years; Ailon, 10 years;
Abdon, 8 years. Then strangers ruled them 40 years. Then Samson judged
them 20 years. Then there was peace among them for 40 years. Then Samera
judged them one year; Eli, 20 years; Samuel, 12 years.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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