Historia Dynastiarum.

for he knew by revelation what would emerge from him, such as the adoption of amusements, the playing of flutes, the spread of adultery, and the rest of the atrocities that the sons of Cain had committed. After the Flood, Noah divided the inhabited world among his sons, stretching from south to north. He gave the lands of the Sudan to Ham, the lands of the brown-skinned people to Shem, and the lands of the fair-skinned people to Japheth. Then he died at the age of nine hundred and fifty years. From the creation of the world to the arrival of the Flood, according to the Septuagint account, there were two thousand two hundred and forty-two years; according to the Jewish account, one thousand six hundred and fifty-six years; and according to the Samaritan account, one thousand three hundred and seven years. This is up to the time of the corruption, because Noah lived to see Adam alive for two hundred and twenty-three years, but no report about God or His prophets came from him. Anianus the Alexandrian monk said that between the beginning of the creation of Adam and the Friday night of the Flood, there were two thousand two hundred and twenty-six years, one month, twenty-three days, and four hours. ⁜

Shem, son of Noah, sired Arpachshad when he was one hundred and one years old, and his total days were six hundred years. It is said that Noah gave a testament to his son Shem and said to him, "When I die, take the coffin of our father Adam out

Noah distributes the earth to his sons.

He dies.

In what year the Deluge occurred.

The Samaritan calculation is shown to be erroneous.

The opinion of Anianus of Alexandria (perhaps Anianus).

Shem.

Which mandates he received from Noah.