The second volume of the great Jesuit commentary on Genesis, in nine books on chapters 6–11: the cause for which the flood was sent, the praises of Noah, the ark and all that was in it, the rising and abating of the waters, the covenant with Noah, the peopling of the world from his three sons, and the tower of Babel with the confusion of tongues. Presented with the Latin text and English translation side by side.
Scripture commentary · 16th century
Commentaries and Disputations on Genesis, Volume II
Benito Pererius, S.J. (1536–1610) · translated from the Latin of the second tome, first printed at Rome in 1592
Companion volume: Commentaries and Disputations on Genesis, Volume I
Original Latin text — the Lyons printing of 1593 at Google Books
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Contents
Front matter
- Of BENEDICTUS PERERIUS of Valencia, of the Society of Jesus: The SECOND VOLUME of Commentaries and Disputations on Genesis. Containing nine books concerning the History … pp. 8–8
- To the most illustrious and most learned Lord LUPUS SOAREZ DE ALBERGARIA, Doctor of Sacred Theology, and Inquisitor against heretical depravity and apostasy in Lusitania … pp. 10–11
- To HENRY CAETANI [Enrico Gaetani], Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church and most ample Chamberlain. BENEDICT PERERIUS, of the Society of Jesus, sends greeting pp. 12–13
- THE AUTHOR TO THE READER. I indeed believed, most humane Reader, when I published the first Volume of my Commentaries on Genesis, that what remained of that book could … pp. 14–17
- WHAT MATTER, MOREOVER, IS CHIEFLY TREATED IN EACH OF THE NINE BOOKS OF THIS VOLUME, the Index which I shall here subjoin will show the Reader clearly and briefly. INDEX … pp. 18–19
Book Eight — the cause for which the flood was sent
- THE EIGHTH BOOK OF THE COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS OF BENEDICT PERERIUS, WHICH CONCERNS THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THE FLOOD WAS SENT BY GOD pp. 68–68
- THE NARRATIVE OF MOSES. From the sixth chapter of the book of Genesis pp. 68–68
- PREFACE pp. 69–71
- CHAPTER SIX. Verse 1. “And when men had begun to multiply upon the earth, and had brought forth daughters.” pp. 72–75
- Verse 2. The sons of God, seeing the daughters of men that they were fair, took to themselves wives of all whom they had chosen pp. 75–83
- FIRST DISPUTATION. Whether it is credible that the good angels were mingled with women pp. 84–88
- SECOND DISPUTATION. Whether it is probable that demons, in their own bodies, were mingled with women, and from them begot sons pp. 88–97
- THIRD DISPUTATION. Whether a demon, having coupled with a woman in a body assumed externally and for a time, can generate a man by seed not its own but male seed infused … pp. 98–106
- Verse 3. And God said: My spirit shall not remain in man for ever, because he is flesh pp. 106–112
- And his days shall be a hundred and twenty years pp. 112–116
- Verse 4. Now giants were upon the earth in those days. For after the sons of God went in to the daughters of men, and they brought forth [children], these are the mighty … pp. 116–120
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. Whether the Giants of whom Moses speaks were demons under a human appearance, or rather the sons of demons — that is, procreated from the intercourse … pp. 120–126
- Verse 5. And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth pp. 126–127
- And all the thought of the heart was bent upon evil at all times pp. 127–129
- FIFTH DISPUTATION. Against the heretics of our time, who argue from this passage of Moses that every work and every action of any man whatever — even of the justified … pp. 129–133
- Verse 6. It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart, and forewarning for the future, etc pp. 133–137
- “I will destroy,” he says, “man whom I have created, from the face of the earth, from man even to beasts, from the creeping thing even to the fowls of the air; for it … pp. 137–140
Book Nine — the praises of Noah and the destruction of the world
- THE NINTH BOOK OF THE COMMENTARIES OF BENEDICT PERERIUS ON GENESIS, WHICH IS ON THE PRAISES OF NOAH AND ON THE GENERAL DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD pp. 141–141
- THE NARRATIVE OF MOSES, from the sixth chapter of the book of Genesis. But Noah found grace before the Lord. These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just and … pp. 141–141
- PREFACE pp. 142–142
- Noah found grace before the Lord pp. 143–143
- FIRST DISPUTATION. On the interpretation of the name Noah pp. 143–147
- Verses 9 & 10. These are the generations of Noah. Noah was a just and perfect man in his generations; he walked with God pp. 147–151
- SECOND DISPUTATION. Whether Noah, or any other mortal living on earth, could truly be called perfect pp. 151–156
- Verse 10. And he begot three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth pp. 156–158
- Verse 11. And the earth was corrupted before God, and filled with iniquity pp. 158–160
- Verse 12. And when God had seen that the earth was corrupted (for all flesh had corrupted its way), etc pp. 160–161
- Verse 13. The Lord said to Noah: The end of all flesh is come before me; the earth is filled with iniquity from before their face, and I will destroy them with the earth pp. 161–164
- THIRD DISPUTATION. Whether all who perished in the Flood were also damned to the eternal punishments of hell pp. 164–184
Book Ten — the ark of Noah
- THE TENTH BOOK OF THE COMMENTARIES OF BENEDICT PERERIUS ON GENESIS, WHICH IS ON THE ARK OF NOAH pp. 184–184
- THE NARRATIVE OF MOSES, on the Ark of Noah; from the sixth chapter of the book of Genesis. Make thee an ark of planed timber; thou shalt make little rooms in the ark … pp. 184–184
- PREFACE pp. 185–185
- Verse 14. Make thee an ark of planed timber; thou shalt make little rooms in the Ark, and thou shalt pitch it within and without with bitumen pp. 186–186
- FIRST DISPUTATION. Why it was called an ark, and not a ship pp. 186–188
- SECOND DISPUTATION. Of what kind of wood the Ark was built pp. 188–190
- And thou shalt pitch it within and without with bitumen pp. 190–191
- THIRD DISPUTATION. On the magnitude and capacity of the Ark pp. 191–191
- Verse 15. The length of the Ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits pp. 191–193
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. In which a certain new opinion about the measure of the sacred cubit is examined pp. 194–198
- FIFTH DISPUTATION. Whether Moses spoke of geometric cubits, as Origen held, each of which contains the measure of six common cubits pp. 198–202
- SIXTH DISPUTATION. By whom and in how long a time the Ark was built pp. 202–205
- ON THE FIGURE OF THE ARK, AND THE DISPOSITION AND DISTINCTION OF ITS PARTS pp. 205–205
- Verse 16. Thou shalt make a window in the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish the top of it; and the door of the ark thou shalt set in the side; with lower, middle … pp. 205–206
- SEVENTH DISPUTATION. How many stories or floorings there were in the Ark pp. 206–210
- EIGHTH DISPUTATION. On the number and order of the little rooms which were in the Ark pp. 210–210
- Thou shalt make little rooms in it pp. 210–213
- NINTH DISPUTATION. On the door of the Ark and its window pp. 213–213
- And the door of the Ark thou shalt set in the side pp. 213–216
- TENTH DISPUTATION. What was the form of the structure of the Ark, according to various authors pp. 216–224
- THE SECOND PART OF THE TENTH BOOK: ON THE MYSTICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE ARK pp. 225–226
- ELEVENTH DISPUTATION. In what way the Ark of Noah, according to Physiology, was a figure of the human body pp. 226–229
- TWELFTH DISPUTATION. How the Ark of Noah, according to Allegory, was a figure of the Church of Christ pp. 230–234
- THIRTEENTH DISPUTATION. Of what thing the Ark of Noah was a figure according to the Tropological sense pp. 234–239
Book Eleven — the things that were in the ark
- THE ELEVENTH BOOK OF THE COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS OF BENEDICT PERERIUS, ON THOSE THINGS WHICH WERE IN THE ARK OF NOAH pp. 240–240
- FROM THE NARRATIVE OF MOSES. Which is in the sixth chapter of the book of Genesis pp. 240–240
- “I will establish my covenant with thee: and thou shalt enter into the ark, thou and thy sons, thy wife and the wives of thy sons with thee. And of every living creature … pp. 240–240
- PREFACE pp. 241–241
- FIRST DISPUTATION. On the men who were in the Ark pp. 241–243
- SECOND DISPUTATION. On the clean and unclean animals that entered the Ark at God's command pp. 243–245
- THIRD DISPUTATION. On the number of clean and unclean animals that entered the Ark pp. 245–247
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. Why God willed that of the clean animals neither more nor fewer than seven be received into the ark pp. 248–251
- FIFTH DISPUTATION. In what way all the animals, gathered from every quarter, came together to the Ark pp. 252–254
- SIXTH DISPUTATION. Which kinds of animals did not enter the Ark pp. 254–256
- SEVENTH DISPUTATION. Which kinds of animals entered the Ark; and first concerning Reptiles (creeping things) pp. 256–260
- EIGHTH DISPUTATION. On the carnivorous animals that entered the ark pp. 260–264
- NINTH DISPUTATION. On the non-carnivorous animals of great body that entered the Ark pp. 265–269
- TENTH DISPUTATION. On the non-carnivorous and smaller animals pp. 269–274
- ELEVENTH DISPUTATION. Whether in the ark of Noah there was that bird which is called the Phoenix pp. 274–278
- TWELFTH DISPUTATION. Whether there could have been sufficient room in the Ark for taking in all the aforesaid animals and preserving them for one year pp. 278–280
- On the provisions brought into the Ark for the year's sustenance of the animals pp. 280–281
- THIRTEENTH DISPUTATION. On the food of the carnivorous animals while they were in the Ark pp. 281–283
- FOURTEENTH DISPUTATION. Whether the Ark was capacious of all the provisions and foods that would be enough for the year's sustenance of the animals pp. 284–285
Book Twelve — the generation, increase, and state of the flood
- THE TWELFTH BOOK OF THE COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS OF BENEDICT PERERIUS, WHICH CONCERNS THE GENERATION, INCREASE, AND STATE OF THE FLOOD pp. 286–286
- From the seventh chapter of the book of Genesis pp. 286–286
- “In the six hundredth year of the life of Noah, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the … pp. 286–286
- …upon the earth; and the waters increased, and lifted up the ark on high from the earth. For they overflowed exceedingly, and filled all things on the face of the earth … pp. 287–287
- PREFACE pp. 287–288
- FIRST DISPUTATION. On the year in which the Flood occurred, upon those words (verse 11): “In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the … pp. 289–291
- SECOND DISPUTATION. When it is said that the flood occurred in the second month, of what year one ought to understand that second month to have been pp. 291–293
- THIRD DISPUTATION. From what things and natural causes Noah's flood was made pp. 294–297
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. What that great abyss was, whose fountains Moses said were broken up to bring about the flood pp. 298–301
- FIFTH DISPUTATION. What those cataracts of heaven were, which Moses says were opened to bring about the flood pp. 301–305
- SIXTH DISPUTATION. On the rain of forty days, from which the flood was chiefly made pp. 305–307
- SEVENTH DISPUTATION. What that means which Moses said: “In the joint (articulus) of that day Noah entered the Ark”? pp. 308–310
- EIGHTH DISPUTATION. What that is which Moses says, “And the Lord shut him in from outside.” pp. 310–312
- NINTH DISPUTATION. On the magnitude of the flood: whether, when Moses said that in the time of the flood all the mountains which are under the whole heaven were covered … pp. 312–316
- TENTH DISPUTATION. Whether the flood reached the middle region of the air pp. 316–318
- ELEVENTH DISPUTATION. How long the flood lasted, holding the earth pp. 318–320
- TWELFTH DISPUTATION. Whether Noah's flood proceeded from natural causes alone, or whether, to bring it about, the supernatural power of God was also needed pp. 320–326
- THIRTEENTH DISPUTATION. Whether among the pagans there was any knowledge and record of this flood of Noah pp. 326–328
- FOURTEENTH DISPUTATION. On the flood of Ogyges and of Deucalion pp. 328–330
Book Thirteen — the diminution and cessation of the flood
- THE THIRTEENTH BOOK OF THE COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS OF BENEDICT PERERIUS, ON THE DIMINUTION AND CESSATION OF THE FLOOD pp. 331–331
- The eighth chapter of the book of Genesis pp. 331–331
- “And God remembered Noah, and all the living creatures, and all the cattle that were with him in the Ark, and brought a wind upon the earth, and the waters were … pp. 331–331
- “And when she found not where her foot might rest, she returned to him into the ark: for the waters were upon the whole earth. And he put forth his hand, and caught her … pp. 332–332
- “And God spoke to Noah, saying: Go out of the ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons and the wives of thy sons with thee. All living things that are with thee of all flesh — … pp. 332–332
- PREFACE pp. 333–337
- FIRST DISPUTATION. What that spirit was which the Lord brought upon the earth to dry the waters of the flood pp. 337–340
- SECOND DISPUTATION. When the closing of the fountains of the deep was made pp. 340–341
- THIRD DISPUTATION. In what month and on what day of the month the decrease of the flood began pp. 342–343
- A BRIEF MORAL DIGRESSION. On the words of the eighth chapter thus far explained pp. 343–347
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. Whence that seventh month is to be counted, in which month Moses said the Ark rested upon the mountains of Armenia pp. 347–349
- FIFTH DISPUTATION. On the discrepancy of the Latin reading from the Hebrew, which is in this place concerning the day on which the Ark is said to have rested on the … pp. 349–351
- SIXTH DISPUTATION. On those words: “And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains appeared.” pp. 352–355
- SEVENTH DISPUTATION. How great a part of the Ark was submerged in the waters, when the waters were at their highest increase — that is, when they exceeded the highest … pp. 356–360
- EIGHTH DISPUTATION. On the raven. Upon those words of Moses: “He sent out the raven, which went out and did not return, until the waters were dried up upon the earth.” pp. 360–361
- NINTH DISPUTATION. On the Dove sent out after the raven: Upon those words: “He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the … pp. 362–365
- “Therefore in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the waters were diminished upon the earth: And Noah, opening the … pp. 365–366
- TENTH DISPUTATION. How long the flood lasted, and how long Noah remained in the Ark: Upon those words: “In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the … pp. 366–368
- ELEVENTH DISPUTATION. On Noah's going out of the Ark: Upon those words: “And God spoke to Noah, saying, Go out of the Ark, thou and thy wife, thy sons and the wives of … pp. 369–371
- TWELFTH DISPUTATION. On the Altar and the sacrifice which Noah made to God, and the divine approbation of his sacrifice: Upon those words: “And Noah built an altar to … pp. 371–373
- THIRTEENTH DISPUTATION. On the divine approbation of Noah's Sacrifice: Upon those words: “The Lord smelled a sweet savor.” pp. 373–375
- FOURTEENTH DISPUTATION. On the Promise of God Given to Noah. Upon those words: “Neither will I any more curse the earth for the sake of men: for the sense and thought of … pp. 375–380
Book Fourteen — Genesis 9
- BENEDICT PERERIUS, COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS, BOOK FOURTEEN. On the ninth chapter of the book of Genesis. On the eating of flesh granted to men; on the precept of not … pp. 381–381
- The ninth chapter of Genesis pp. 381–381
- …was man made pp. 382–382
- And the sons of Noah who came out of the Ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These three are the sons of Noah: and from these was all … pp. 382–382
- …and their faces were turned away, and they saw not their father's nakedness pp. 383–384
- And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth. And let the fear and dread of you be upon all the animals of the earth, etc pp. 385–387
- Everything that moves and lives shall be food for you: even as the green herbs have I delivered them all to you pp. 387–388
- FIRST DISPUTATION. Whether the eating of flesh was lawful for man before the flood pp. 388–394
- Save that flesh with the blood you shall not eat. For I will require the blood of your lives at the hand of all beasts, and at the hand of man, at the hand of every man … pp. 395–401
- SECOND DISPUTATION. On the eating of blood forbidden to men pp. 401–409
- And God said, I will set my bow in the clouds, and it shall be the sign of a covenant between me and the earth: And when I shall cover the sky with clouds, my bow shall … pp. 409–413
- THIRD DISPUTATION. On the heavenly bow which God established as a sign of a flood never to come; containing Eight questions pp. 413–426
- And the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. These three are the sons of Noah, and from these was all … pp. 426–430
- And Noah, a husbandman, began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard pp. 430–431
- And drinking of the wine, he was made drunk, and lay uncovered in his tent pp. 431–435
- Which when Ham the father of Canaan had seen, namely that his father's nakedness was uncovered, he told it to his two brethren without pp. 435–440
- But Shem and Japheth put a cloak upon their shoulders, and going backward, covered the nakedness of their father: and their faces were turned away, and they saw not … pp. 440–441
- And Noah awaking from the wine, when he had learned what his younger son had done to him pp. 442–443
- Cursed be Canaan pp. 444–445
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. How it is not unjust for some to be punished by God for the sins of others pp. 445–453
- A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers pp. 453–454
- And he said: Blessed be the Lord God of Shem: be Canaan his servant pp. 454–455
- May God enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem: and let Canaan be his servant pp. 455–459
- And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. And all his days were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died pp. 459–460
- FIFTH DISPUTATION. On the Chronology of Noah's life: also on a certain son of his whom they call Ionithus, and on his dwelling after the flood pp. 460–464
Book Fifteen — the multiplication of mankind after the flood
- BENEDICT PERERIUS, COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS, BOOK FIFTEEN. On the tenth chapter. ON THE MULTIPLICATION OF THE HUMAN RACE MADE AFTER THE FLOOD FROM THE THREE SONS OF NOAH … pp. 465–465
- These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Cham, and Iaphet: and sons were born to them after the flood. The sons of Iaphet: Gomer and Magog and Madai, Iavan … pp. 465–465
- …he began to be mighty in the earth. And he was a stout hunter before the Lord. From him came forth the proverb, “Even as Nemrod the stout hunter before the Lord.” And … pp. 466–467
- These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Cham, and Iaphet pp. 468–469
- The sons of Iaphet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Iavan, Thubal, Mosoch, and Thiras pp. 469–473
- And the sons of Gomer: Ascenez and Riphath and Thogorma pp. 473–474
- And the sons of Iavan: Elisa and Tharsis, Cethim and Dodanim pp. 474–477
- And the sons of Cham: Chus and Mesraim and Phut and Chanaan pp. 477–478
- FIRST DISPUTATION. What region or nation is denoted by the word Chus — whether Ethiopia or Arabia pp. 478–482
- SECOND DISPUTATION. On the Antiquity of the Egyptians pp. 482–486
- And the sons of Chus: Saba, and Heuila, and Sabatha, and Regma, and Sabathacha pp. 487–489
- The sons of Regma: Saba and Dadan pp. 489–491
- Now Chus begot Nemrod: he began to be mighty in the earth, and he was a robust hunter before the Lord. From him went forth the proverb: As Nemrod a robust hunter before the Lord pp. 491–494
- THIRD DISPUTATION. Who among men that Nemrod was pp. 494–497
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. Whether Nemrod was the first founder and builder of Babylon pp. 497–499
- Out of that land went forth Assur, and built Niniue, and the streets of the city, and Chale: Resen also between Niniue and Chale: this is the great city pp. 499–501
- FIFTH DISPUTATION. Who Assur the founder of the city Niniue was, and concerning the kingdom of the Assyrians pp. 501–503
- SIXTH DISPUTATION. On the Kings of the Assyrians pp. 504–505
- SEVENTH DISPUTATION. How long the Monarchy of the Assyrians stood pp. 506–507
- EIGHTH DISPUTATION. How long the city of Niniue stood pp. 507–511
- But Mesraim begot Ludim, and Anamim, and Laabim, Nephtuim, and Phetrusim, and Chasluim: of whom came forth the Philistines and the Caphtorim pp. 511–514
- And Chanaan begot Sidon his firstborn, the Hethite, the Jebusite, the Amorrhite, the Gergesite, the Hevite, the Aracite, the Sinite, the Aradian, the Samarite, and the … pp. 514–518
- NINTH DISPUTATION. On Emath pp. 518–521
- And the borders of Chanaan were, as one comes from Sidon to Gerara, even to Gaza, until you enter Sodom, Gomorrah, Adama, and Seboim, as far as Lasa pp. 521–522
- Of Sem also, the father of all the children of Heber, the elder brother of Japheth, there were born children pp. 522–523
- TENTH DISPUTATION. Whether Sem was the eldest-born of the sons of Noah pp. 523–526
- The sons of Sem: Aelam, and Assur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram pp. 526–528
- The sons of Aram: Hus, and Hul, and Gether, and Mes pp. 528–529
- To Heber were born two sons: the name of one was Phaleg, because in his days the earth was divided pp. 529–529
- ELEVENTH DISPUTATION. Whether that name Phaleg was imposed from the division of the earth already made, or one to come long after pp. 529–532
- Jectan begot Elmodad, and Saleph, and Asamoth, Iare, Adoran, Uzal, Decla, Hebal, Abimael, Saba, Ophir, Heuila, and Iobab: all these are the sons of Jectan pp. 532–537
- And their habitation was from Messa, as one goes on, even to Sephar, the Eastern mountain pp. 537–538
- These are the sons of Sem according to their kindreds and tongues and regions in their nations pp. 538–539
- These are the families of the sons of Noah according to their peoples and nations. By these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood pp. 539–540
Book Sixteen — the tower of Babel and the division of tongues
- BENEDICT PERERIUS'S COMMENTARIES ON GENESIS, BOOK SIXTEEN. On the eleventh chapter of the book of Genesis — that is, ON THE BUILDING OF THE TOWER OF BABEL and on the … pp. 541–541
- Chapter eleven of Genesis. And the earth was of one language and of the same speech. And when they removed from the East, they found a plain in the land of Sennaar, and … pp. 541–541
- Come ye, therefore, let us go down and there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech. And so the Lord scattered them from that place … pp. 542–542
- And Abram and Nachor took wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nachor's wife, Melcha, the daughter of Aran, the father of Melcha and the father of … pp. 545–548
- FIRST DISPUTATION. Whether it was all the men who then were on the earth, or only some part of them, who came together to build the city and tower of Babel pp. 548–548
- Upon those words of Moses, chapter 11: And the earth was of one language and of the same speech. And when they removed from the East, they found a plain in the land of … pp. 548–554
- SECOND DISPUTATION. On the material out of which the city and tower of Babel were built pp. 554–554
- Upon those words, Genesis ch. 11: Come, let us make bricks and bake them with fire. And they had brick instead of stones, and bitumen instead of mortar pp. 554–557
- THIRD DISPUTATION. Of how great a size those men willed to construct the building, or even did construct it pp. 558–558
- Upon those words, Genesis ch. 11: Come, let us make us a city and a tower, the top whereof may reach to heaven pp. 558–563
- FOURTH DISPUTATION. With what design, to what end, those men willed to build a city of so great a mass and a tower of so great a height pp. 563–563
- Upon those words of Moses, Genesis ch. 11: Come, let us make us a city and a tower, and let us make our name famous before we be scattered into all lands pp. 563–570
- FIFTH DISPUTATION pp. 571–571
- Upon those words, Genesis ch. 11: The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of Adam were building pp. 571–574
- SIXTH DISPUTATION. Who those were to whom Moses narrates that God spoke these words, whom God willed to be His associates in hindering the building of that tower and in … pp. 574–574
- Upon those words, Genesis ch. 11: Come, let us go down and there confound their tongue pp. 574–579
- SEVENTH DISPUTATION. On the confusion of the tongue of those men and its division into various tongues pp. 579–579
- Upon those words, Genesis ch. 11: Let us there confound their tongue, that they may not understand one another's speech. And so the Lord scattered them from that place … pp. 579–585
- And they ceased to build the city pp. 585–586
- And so the Lord scattered them from that place into all lands pp. 586–587
- And therefore the name thereof was called Babel, because there the language of the whole earth was confounded; and from thence the Lord scattered them abroad upon the … pp. 587–588
- EIGHTH DISPUTATION. Whether the Hebrew tongue, before the confusion of tongues, was in use among all men pp. 588–594
- NINTH DISPUTATION. Of what kind that confusion of tongues was, and how it was made pp. 594–598
- TENTH DISPUTATION. On the number of tongues, into which that first and common tongue of all is said to have been divided or multiplied pp. 598–601
- THE AUTHOR'S OPINION. On the number of tongues, into which the first tongue that was common to all is said to have been multiplied pp. 601–607
- THE SECOND PART OF THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF GENESIS. On the progeny of Sem down to Abram pp. 608–608
- These are the generations of Sem. Sem was a hundred years old when he begot Arphaxad, two years after the flood. And Sem lived after he begot Arphaxad five hundred … pp. 608–608
- And Sarug lived after he begot Nachor two hundred years, and begot sons and daughters. And Nachor lived twenty-nine years, and begot Thare. And Nachor lived after he … pp. 609–609
- ELEVENTH DISPUTATION. Upon those words, Genesis 11: Arphaxad lived thirty-five years and begot Sale. Whether between Arphaxad and Sale the generation of Cainan is to be interposed pp. 610–615
- TWELFTH DISPUTATION. On the discrepancy of reading which exists between the Hebrew and Latin books, and among the Codices of the Seventy Translators, concerning the … pp. 615–617
- THIRTEENTH DISPUTATION. Upon these words: 'Thare lived seventy years, and begot Abraham, Nachor, and Aram.' In what year of Thare's age Abraham was born pp. 618–625
- THE THIRD PART OF THE ELEVENTH CHAPTER OF GENESIS. On Abraham's birth, marriage, and migration from Chaldea into Mesopotamia pp. 626–626
- These are the generations of Thare: Thare begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran. And Aran begot Lot. And Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of … pp. 626–627
- FOURTEENTH DISPUTATION. Upon those same words: ‘Thare, when he was seventy years old, begot Abram, Nachor, and Aran.’ Whether Abraham was the firstborn of Thare, and … pp. 627–667
- FIFTEENTH DISPUTATION. Upon these words: ‘Aran died before Thare his father, in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.’ Whether Abraham was cast into the fire … pp. 667–672
- SIXTEENTH DISPUTATION. Whether Thare, the father of Abraham, was at any time a worshipper of false gods pp. 672–676
- SEVENTEENTH DISPUTATION. Whether Abraham was always a worshipper of the true God, or whether he was at some time polluted with the superstition of Idolatry pp. 676–680
- This second Volume on Genesis first came forth, printed at Rome, in the year after the Birth of Christ the Lord 1592, in the month of August, but in the 56th year of the … pp. 680–680