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Of the Posterity of Sem after the Flood.
Noah was an Husbandman, and Planted a Vineyard, Gen. c. 19. In the six hun∣dredth Year of his Age, Anno Mundi Conditi 1656. hapned the General De∣luge, wherein all the People of the old World were drowned, except Noah, and his three Sons, and their Wives, Gen. c. 7. And from those three Sons was the whole Earth again replenished.
Noah lived 950 Years, and died Anno Mundi 2006. Anno post Diluvium 350.
I. Sem, Son of Noah, had Issue five Sons; Elam, and Ashur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.
And the Children of Aram were Uz, and Hul; and Gether, and Mash, Gen. 10, ver. 22.
Sem was born 98 Years before the Flood, lived 600 Years, and died Anno Mundi 2158, & Anno post Diluvium 502.
Cham, or Ham, younger Son of Noah.
Japhet, Son of Noah: Some think he was the eldest Son.
II. Arphaxad, Son of Sem, was born the second Year after the Flood, lived 438 Years, and died Anno Mundi 2096. post Diluvium 440.
{fleur-de-lys} Sem and his five Sons inha∣bited the Countrey of Asia, begin∣ning at Euphrates, and extending to the Indian Ocean.
Of Elam came the Elamites, whence proceeded the Persians. Ashur made his abode in Nineveh, and called his People Assyrians. Of Arphaxad came the Chaldeans. Of Aram came the Aramaei, called by the Greeks, Sy∣rians: And of Lud came the Lydians.
And Uz, Son of Aram, dwelt in Trachonita, and in Damasco, (a Coun∣try situate between Palestine and Sy∣ria, named Coelen:) Otrus, called also Hul, (or else he was the Son of Hul) inhabited Armenia. Gether had Ba∣ctria. From Masus came the Masians, who dwelt in a Fort called Prasine. Josephus de Antiqu. Judaeorum, lib. 1. cap. 7.
III. Salah, Son of Arphaxad, born in the thirty fifth Year of his Father's age, post Diluvi∣um 37, lived 433 Years, and died Anno Mundi 2126, post Diluvium 470.
IV. Eber, or Heber, Son of Salah, born in the thirtieth Year of his Father's age, post Di∣luvium 67, lived 464 Years, and died Anno Mundi 2187, post Diluvium 531.
From him were his Posterity called He∣brews. He had two Sons, Peleg, and Joktan, Gen. 10.
And the Children of Joktan were, Al∣modad, and Sheleph, and Hazermaveth, and Jerah, and Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, and Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, and Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: And these inhabi∣ted from Mesha, to Sephar, a Mount in the East, Gen. 10. ver. 30.
V. Peleg, Son of Eber, born in the thirty fourth Year of his Father's age, post Diluvi∣um 101, lived 239 Years, and died Anno Mundi 1996, post Diluvium 340. He died before Noah; and in his days was the Earth divided, Gen. 10.25.
VI. Reu, or Regeu, Son of Peleg, born in the thirtieth Year of his Father's age, post Di∣luvium 131, lived 239 Years, and died Anno Mundi 2026, post Diluvium 370.
VII. Serug, Son of Regeu, born in the thirty second Year of his Father's age, post Di∣luvium 163, lived 230 Years, and died Anno Mundi 2050, post Diluvium 394.