Book of Biblical Antiquities (Pseudo-Philo)

C

...25,300. And the sons of Remma, all passing by according to the scepters of their leaderships, were found to be 30,600. The sons of Sabaca, all passing by according to the scepters of their leaderships, were found to be 46,400. And the number of the camps of the sons of Cam, all men of virtue and placed in the equipment of arms in the sight of their leaderships, was 244,900, besides women and children.

And Iectam, son of Sem, inspected the sons of Elam, and all passing by according to the scepters of their leaderships were 47,000. The sons of Assur, all passing by according to the scepters of their leaderships, were found to be 78,000. And the sons of [unnamed], all passing by according to the scepters of their leaderships, were found to be 87,300. The sons of Lud, all passing by according to the scepters of their leaderships, were found to be 30,600. The number of the sons of Cam was [total omitted]. For the sons of Arphaxad, all passing by according to the scepters of their leaderships, were 114,600. And the total sum of them was 347,600. The number of the camps of the sons of Sem, all were departing in virtue and in the rule of war in the sight of their leaderships, 900,000, excluding women and children.

And these are the generations of Noë, set forth as divided, the total number of all of whom was 914,000. And all these were considered while Noë was still living. And Noë lived after the cataclysm 350 years. And all the days of Noë became 950 years. And he died. Then all those who had been divided and were inhabiting the earth later gathered together and lived as one, and departing from the East, they found a plain in the land of Babylon, and living there, they said each one to his neighbor: "Behold, it will happen that we will be scattered each from his brother, and in the last days we will be attacking one another. Now therefore come, and let us build for ourselves a tower whose head will be even unto heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name and glory upon the earth."

Gen. 11.

D

And they said each one to his neighbor: "Let us take bricks and let us write, each one of us, our names upon the bricks, and let us burn them with fire, and it will be that which has been burned in the mud and in the brick." And each one of them took their bricks, except for twelve men who did not want to take them. And these are their names: Abraham, Nachor, Loth, Ruge, Tenute, Zaba, Armodath, Iobab, Efar, Abimahel, Saba, Auphin.

Not in Genesis.

And the people of the earth seized them and brought them to their princes, and said: "These are the men who have transgressed our counsels and do not want to walk in our ways." And the leaders said to them: "Why did you not want to send, each one of you, bricks with the people of the earth?" And they answered, saying: "We do not send bricks with you, nor are we joined to your pleasure. We know one Lord, and Him we worship. And if you send us into the fire with your bricks, we will not consent to you." And the leaders, angry, said: "Just as they have spoken, so do to them. And unless they consent to send bricks with you, you shall consume them with fire along with your bricks."

And Iectam, who was the first prince of the leaders, answered: "Not so; but he shall give them a space of seven days, and it shall be that if they repent of their evil counsels and desire to send bricks with you, they shall live. If not, let it be done, and according to your sentence they shall then be burned." He himself, however, sought how he might save them from the hands of the people, because he was of their tribe and served God. And with these words he took them and enclosed them in the royal house, and as it became evening, the leader ordered 50 men, powerful in strength, to be called to him, and he said to them: "Set out, and take this night these men who are enclosed in my house, and place them..."