ABSTRACT
And after the death of SHEM ARPHAXAD reigned, and after the death of ARPHAXAD ~AYNANI (CAlNAN) reigned, and after the death of ~AYN.AN SALA (SALAH) reigned, and after him EBER reigned, and after him PALE~ (PELEG) reigned, and after him RAGAW (REV) reigned, and after him SEROJ:l (SERUG) reigned, and after him NAKHOR (NAHOR) reigned, and after him TARA (TERAH) reigned. And these are they who made magical images, and they went to the tombs of their fathers and made an image (or, picture) of gold, and silver, and brass, and a devil used to hold converse with them out of each of the images of their fathers, and say unto them, "0 my son So-and-so, offer up unto me as a sacrifice the san whom thou Iovest." And they slaughtered their sons and their daughters to the devils, and they poured out innocent blood to filthy devils.
