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Now the name of Abram is even still famous in the country of Damascus; and there is shown a village named from him, The Habitation of Abram." NOW THE NAME OF ABRAM IS EVEN STILL FAMOUS IN THE COUNTRY OF DAMASCUS AND THERE IS SHOWN A VILLAGE NAMED FROM HIM THE HABITATION OF ABRAM
d at the command and by the assistance of God, he came and lived in the land of Canaan. And when he was there settled, he built an altar, and performed a sacrifice to God. 2. Berosus mentions our father Abram without naming him, when he says thus: "In the tenth generation after the Flood, there was among the Chaldeans a man righteous and great, and skillful in the celestial science." But Hecatseus does more than barely mention him; for he composed, and left behind him, a book concerning him. And Nicolaus of Damascus, in the fourth book of his History, says thus: "Abram reigned at Damascus, being a foreigner, who came with an army out of the land above Babylon, called the land of the Chaldeans: but, after a long time, he got him up, and removed from that country also, with his people, and went into the land then called the land of Canaan, but now the land of Judea, and this when his posterity were become a multitude; as to which posterity of his, we relate their history in another work.  THOUGHT FIT TO LEAVE THAT COUNTRY AND AT THE COMMAND AND BY THE ASSISTANCE OF GOD HE CAME AND LIVED IN THE LAND OF CANAAN AND WHEN HE WAS THERE SETTLED HE BUILT AN ALTAR AND PERFORMED A SACRIFICE TO GOD BROSIS MENTIONS OUR FATHER ABRAHAM WITHOUT NAMING HIM WHEN HE SAYS THUS IN THE TENTH GENERATION AFTER THE FLOOD THERE WAS AMONG THE CHALDEANS A MAN RIGHTEOUS AND GREAT AND SKILFUL IN THE CELESTIAL SCIENCE BUT HECATSIUS DOES MORE THAN BARELY MENTION HIM FOR HE COMPOSED AND LEFT BEHIND HIM A BOOK CONCERNING HIM AND NICOLAUS OF DAMASCUS IN THE FOURTH BOOK OF HIS HISTORY SAYS THUS ABRAM REIGNED AT DAMASCUS BEING A FOREIGNER WHO CAME WITH AN ARMY OUT OF THE LAND ABOVE BABYLON CALLED THE LAND OF THE CHALDEANS BUT AFTER A LONG TIME HE GOT HIM UP AND REMOVED FROM THAT COUNTRY ALSO WITH HIS PEOPLE AND WENT INTO THE LAND THEN CALLED THE LAND OF CANAAN BUT NOW THE LAND OF JUDEA AND THIS WHEN HIS POSTERITY WILL BECOME A MULTITUDE AS TO WHICH POSTERITY OF HIS WE RELATE THEIR HISTORY IN ANOTHER WORK
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