My LORD’s BibleThe Book of the Cave of Treasures 67
1Now the genealogy of the tribes (or, families) was lost by the scribes, and they were unable to show either whence the heads of families took [their] wives, or whence they came. I, however, possess the knowledge of the correct genealogy, and will show the truth to everyman. When the children of Israel went up from Babylon—
2Zerubbabel begot Abiud by Malkath, the daughter of Ezra the scribe.
4Eliakim took to wife Halabh, the daughter of Dérnibh, and begot by her ‘Azér.
5‘Azor took to wife Yalpath, the daughter of Flazor, and begot by her Zadok.
6Zadok took to wife Kaltin, the daughter of Dérnibh, and begot by her Akhin.
7Akhin took to wife Heskath, the daughter of Ta‘il, and begot by her Eliud.
8Eliud took to wife Beshtin, the daughter of Hasal, and begot by her Eleazar.
9Eleazar took to wife Dibath, the daughter of Tolah, and begot by her Matthan.
11Jacob took to wife Hadbhith, the daughter of Eleazur, and begot by her Joseph.
13And because none of the early writers could discover the order of succession of the generations of their fathers, the Jews urged the sons of the Church very strongly to show them [who were] the fathers of the blessed Mary in the order of the succession of their families. And they pressed the children of the Church to enquire into the genealogy of the families of their fathers, and to show them the truth. For the Jews call Mary an adulteress. And here the mouth of the Jews is stopped, and they believe that Mary was of the seed of the house of David and of Abraham. Now the Jews have no table of succession which showeth them the true order of the families of their fathers, because their books have been burned thrice—once in the days of Antiochus [IV. Epiphanes], who raised up a persecution against them, and polluted the Temple of the Lord, and forced them to offer up sacrifices unto idols; the second timein the daysof.......; and the third time in the days of Herod, when Jerusalem was destroyed. Because of this the Jews were greatly grieved, for they had no O02 trustworthy table of the succession of the generations of their fathers. And they toiled eagerly that they might obtain the truth, but they were unable to do so.
14Now the Jews had many writers, and each of them wrote what he pleased, and no two of them agreed in what they wrote, because they could not stand on a foundation of truth. And even our own writers, the children of the Church, cannot show us the certainty of the real truth. They cannot show how the ascent of the body of Adam to Golgotha took place, nor whence came the fathers (or, ancestors) of Melchisedek, and the fathers of the blessed woman Mary. And the children of Israel being urged by the Church, and being unable to ascertain the truth, waxed reckless, and wrote, as it were, in the madness of error. And as concerning the table of succession of the sixty-three families, which [reach] from Adam to Christ, the Greek writers, and the Hebrew writers, and the Syrian writers, can neither show whence each head of a family took his wife, nor whose daughter she was. Now each divine doctor (or, teacher) has laid down for the Church one true doctrine, and they have given unto believers the armour wherewith they can fight and overcome her enemies. Besides this, the grace of Christ hath granted unto us that which was lacking in them, and this we will cast into the rich treasury [of their knowledge]. And this, with great diligence, we have bestirred ourselves to do, even as our truly loving brother in Christ, the illustrious Namdésaya (Nemesius?) greatly desireth. And although I have been hindered through my dilatoriness, thou hast through thy love of learning, not been dilatory. And because of thy loving kindness towards me, and also because I myself am eager not to withhold from thee that which thou requirest of me, I will [here] write down the true table of succession. Hear, O my brother Nemesius (?) the following table of succession which I write for thee; none of the [other] doctors hath been able to light upon it. The following are the sixty-three generations from which the Incarnation of Christ is descended, and their order is thus:—
15Adam begot Seth.
18Cainan took to wife Peryath, the daughter of Kétin, the daughter of Yarbal, and begot by her Mahlalail.
19Mahlalail took ~-to wife Sehatpar, the daughter of Enos, and begot by. her Yaréd (Jared).
20Jared took to wife Zebhidha, the daughter of Kuhlén, the daughter of Kenan, and begot by her Enoch.
21Enoch took to wife Zadhkin, the daughter of Topih, the daughter of Mahlalail, and begot by her Methuselah.
22Methuselah took to wife Sakhtith, the daughter of Sékhin, and begot by her Lamech.
23Lamech took to wife Kipar, the daughter of Tathath, the daughter of Methuselah, and begot by her Noah.
25Shem begot Arpakhshar (Arphaxad).
26Arphaxad begot Shalah (Salah).
27Salah begot Abhar (Eber).
28Eber begot Palag (Peleg), Peleg begot Ar‘é (Reu).
29Reu begot Sarégh (Serug).
30Serug took to wife Kahal, the daughter of Peleg, who begot Nahér.
32Terah took two wives, Y6na and Salmith; by Yona he begot Abraham, and by Salmiith he begot Sara (Sarah).
33Abraham took to wife Sarah and begot Isaac.
34Isaac took to wife Rebecca and begot Jacob.
37Aram begot Amminadab.
38Amminadab begot Nahshén (Nahasson).. Nahasson begot Salmon.:
42Solomon begot Rehoboam.
43Rehoboam begot Abijah.
44Abijah begot Asa.
45Asa begot Jehoshaphat.
47Ahaziah begot Joash.
48Joash begot Amaziah.
50Ahaz begot Hezekiah.
51Hezekiah begot Manasseh.
52Manasseh begot Amon.
53Amon begot Josiah.
54Josiah begot Jehoiakim.
55Jehoiakim begot Jehoiachin.
56Jehoiachin begot Salathiel.
57Salathiel begot Nedabijah (sic).
58Nedabijah begot Zerubbabel.
59Zerubbabel begot Abiud.
60Abiud begot Eliakim.
61Eliakim begot Azor.
62Eliud begot Eleazar.
63Eleazar begot MAtthan.
64Matthan took to wife Sabhrath, the daughter of Phinehas, and begot Jacob and Y6onakhir.
65Jacob took to wife Hadhbhith, the daughter of Eleazar, and begot Joseph, the betrothed of Mary.
66Yonakhir took to wife Dina, that is to say, Hanna, the daughter of Pak6édh, and sixty years after he had taken her to wife she brought forth Mary, of whom was born Christ.