Historia Dynastiarum.

when he was one hundred and thirty years old, and his total days were four hundred and thirty years. As for the Jewish account, when Arpachshad reached thirty-five years of age, he sired Salah. Likewise, the Samaritans make Salah the son of Arpachshad, not of Cainan the son of Arpachshad. It is said

Inventor of astronomy.

that this Cainan invented the science of the heavens astronomy after the Flood.

Worshipped as a god by his people.

His descendants took him as a god, fashioned an idol of him after his death, and worshipped him.

He builds the city of Harran.

He also built the city of Harran, named after his son Haran. ⁂

Salah.

Salah, son of Cainan, sired Eber when he was, according to the Septuagint account, one hundred and thirty years old, and according to the Jewish account, thirty years old. His total days were four hundred and thirty years. ⁂

Eber.

Eber, son of Salah, sired Peleg when he was, according to the Septuagint account, one hundred and thirty-three years old, and according to the Jewish account, thirty-four years old. His total days were three hundred and forty-three years.

Whence the name Hebrew originated.

From him, the name "Hebrew" is derived. It is also said that it comes from Abraham, because he crossed transliterated: "عابر" related to "عبور" meaning crossing the rivers while migrating from Iraq to Syria.

The opinion of Basil and Ephrem regarding the primeval language, namely that it was Syriac.

Our leaders, Basil and Ephrem, claim that from Adam until this Eber, the language of the people was one, and it was Syriac. God spoke to Adam in this language, and it is divided into three languages: the most eloquent is the Armenian referring here to the Aramaic of Edessa, which is the language of the people of Edessa, Harran, and Outer Syria.

Its three dialects.

After that is the Palestinian, which is the language of the people of Damascus and Mount