Chapter II: Extent of the Second Age of the World

1. Discrepancies of the three texts—Unfounded hypothesis of
Usher—Agreement of Josephus with the Septuagint—Authority of
this Version in the Church—Its chronology confirmed by the
most authentic Chinese annals—Reasons why the Jews altered
the Hebrew text 28

2. Tables of the Discrepancies of the three texts with regard
to the Postdiluvian Patriarchs: Table IV. In their
Antepaidogonian ages—Table V. In their Postpaidogonian
ages—Table VI. In their whole lives 31

3. Authenticity of the _Second Cainan_—Dilemma of the
Venerable Bede—Mistake of Mr. Clinton and Mr. Horne—Usher’s
Dissertation—Inconsistency of authorized translations of the
Bible—Rashness of Beza—The Second Cainan in the most ancient
Codices—Mistake of Bede, Hales, and other chronographers 34

4. Internal evidence afforded by the Tables in favour of the
computation of the Septuagint—Omissions in the Hebrew and
Septuagint retained in the Samaritan—Accordance of the
Septuagint with nature and providence—Mr. Cuninghame’s
argument from analogy—The alterations of Origen in the text
of the Septuagint 41

5. Mistake of Usher, adopted by Hales and Clinton, as to the
Antepaidogonian age of Terah—Mr. Cuninghame’s arguments
unanswerable—His proof of the chronology of the Seventy from
the discovery of its Cyclical character—Testimony of
Eusebius to the true date of Abraham’s birth—Table VII.
Extent of the _first two ages_ of the world 45