XXVII. (1) The sons of Jepheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tubal, Meshekh, and Tiras; and the sons of Gomar were Ashkenaz, Eiphath, and Togarmah; and the sons of Yavan, Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Do- danim. (2) The sons of Gomer were Teled, Lud, Deber, and Led; the sons of Magog, Qashe, Tipa, Paruta, 'Amiel, Pinhas, Golaza, and Samanakh; the sons of Dedan, Shalom, Filog, and Tuflita; the children of Tubal, Fantonya and Atipa; the children of Tiras, Maakh, Tabel, Bal'anah, Shampla, Meah, and Elash; the children of Melech, Aburdad, Horad, and Bosrah. The children of Ashkenaz were Yekhal, Sardana, and Anakh; the children of Heri, Esudad, Do'ath, Depaseat, and Hanokh; the children

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of Togarmah, Abihud, Shafat, and Yaftir; the children of Elishah, Zaaq, Qenath, and Mastizrida; the children of Zipthai, Mafshiel, Tina, Avla, and Jinon. The children of Tisai were, Maqol, Luon, Silagtaba; the children of Dodanim, Iteb, Beath, and Faneg. And of these the inhabi- tants of the land of Persia, Media, and those of the isles of the sea were divided. (3) And Faneg, son of Dodanim, was the first to ride the ships of the sea. At that time a third part of the land of Eomidath was flooded. And his sons subdued Yedid; and the sons of Magog subdued Degel, and the sons of Madai subdued Bitto; the sons of Yavan, Seel; the sons of Tubal, Pahath; the sons of Meshek, Nephti; the sons of Tiras, Pioo; the sons of Dinim, Gudah. And Eiphath without his sons conquered Godo; and the sons of Eiphath, Bosrah; and the sons of Targomah, Phut; the sons of Elishah, Tablo; the sons of Tarshish, Meriba; and the sons of Kittim...; and the sons of Dodanim, Qaduba. Then did men begin to till the ground, and when the land was parched, they cried to God, and He caused a fructifying rain to descend. And it came to pass, when the rain descended, the bow was seen in the clouds. When the inhabitants perceived the sign of the covenant, they blessed the Lord. (4) The children of Ham were Cush, Misraim, Put, and Canaan; and these are the children of Cush, Sheba, Tudan, Vabni (?), Maipon, Tinos, Siho, Tiluf, Gilug, Lipukh. The children of Canaan were Sidon, Andaim, Eesin, Simim, Oroin, Nimigim, Hamatim, Nipim, Tilas, Hag, and Cushim. Cush begat Nimrod, who was the first giant in pride before God. Misraim begat Ludim, 'Anamim, Lehabim, Naftuhim, Pathrosim, Kasluhim, and Kaftorim. These began to build the following cities: Sidon and its villages, Eison, Kiuza, Mazager, Ashqalon, Debir, Qamo, Tilon, Lakhish, Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Seboim. (5) The children of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arpakhshad, Lud, and Aran. The sons of Ashur were Gezron, Ishai; and Arpakhshad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat 'Eber. Two sons were born to Eber: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his

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days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother, Yoqtan, who begat Ahiiodad, Shalaphtra, Muzam, Eiadura, 'Uzim, Diqalbel, Mimoel, Shabethfin, Havilah, Yobab. And the children of Peleg were Eeu, Eifud, Shafra, Aqolon, Zakar, Zifd, Gebi, Shuri, Shzeiir, Palabus, Eafa, Paltia, Shafdifal, Shayish, Hartman, EKfaz. These are the children of Peleg, and these are their names. They took to them wives of the daughters of Yoqtan, by whom were born sons and daughters, so that the whole earth was filled with them. (6) And Ee'u took to him Malkah, the daughter of Euth, to wife, and begat Serug. When the days of her pregnancy were drawing to an end, Ee u said, ' From this one will issue a child, in the fourth generation, whose throne will be established on high; he will be called a perfect righteous man, the father of a multitude of nations. His testimonies will not be forsaken, and his seed shall fill the world.' And Ee'u begat after Serug seven sons, Abiel, Obed, Shalma, Dedazal, Qlniza, 'Akur, Nefesh, and five daughters, Qadima, Derifa, Sheifa, Firita, and Tehilah. (7) After Nahor, Serug begat four sons, Sillah, Diga, Soba, and Pora, and three daughters, Gizla, Hogiah, and Shelifa. And after Terah, Nahor begat six sons, viz., Eekab, Deriab, Berikhab, Shibalshaf, Nidab, and Qemuel, and eight (?) daughters, Yiskah, Tipa, Berona, Qanita. He took to wife Amtalai, the daughter of Karnabo. (8) And Terah Hved seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran, and Haran begat Lot. (9) Then the inhabitants of the land began to prognosticate by the planets and to become astrologers and to practise divination. They also passed their sons and daughters through fire, but Serug and his sons did not walk in their ways.

XXVni. (1) These are the generations of Noah in their lands, according to their families, and according to their tongues. After the flood they were spread over the earth according to their nations. The children of Ham then went and appointed Nimrod to be a prince and a chief over them; while the children of Japheth appointed Pinhas to be a prince and a chief over them. And the

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children of Ham appointed for themselves Yoqtan as their prince and chief. (2) These three chiefs came and took comisel together to assemble all their people while Noah their father was yet alive. And all the people accordingly drew near to them, and were as one body, and peace reigned in the land. (3) It came to pass, 640 years after Noah went out of the ark, that each chief numbered his people. Pinhas numbered the children of Japheth and the children of Gomar, and the total number of those which Pinhas numbered was 5,800; that of the children of Magog under him, 6,200; that of Madai under him, 5,700; that of the children of Tubal, 9,400; and the children of Meshech, 7,200; the children of Kiphath numbered 11,500; those of Togarmah, 14,400; those of Elishah, 14,900; of Tarshish, 12,100; of Kittim, 18,300; of Dodanim, 17,700. The number of the children of Japheth, the men of w^ar and the armour-bearers, as Pinhas their prince had numbered them was 142,000, besides women and children. (4) Nimrod the chief numbered the children of Ham under his sway, and found them to be 12,600; the children of Misraim under him were, 24,900; the children of Phut, 27,700; of Canaan, 32,900; of Sheba, 4,300 (?); of Havilah, 24,300; of Sabta, 25,300; of Ea amah, 30,600; of Sabtecha, 46,400. And the number of the children of Ham, according to the numbering of Nimrod the prince, was 492,000 valiant men who went out to w^ar, besides the women and children.^ (5) And the number of the children of Noah was 714,100. All these were numbered during the lifetime of Noah, and Noah lived after the flood 350 years. And all the days of Noah were 950 years, and he died.