sincere enquirer may be satisfied. 3. Tables of the Discrepancies of the three texts with regard to the Antediluvian Patriarchs: Table I., In their Antepaidogonian ages—Table II., In their Postpaidogonian ages—Table III., In their whole lives—Internal evidence afforded by the Tables in favour of the computation of the Septuagint—The Discrepancies of the Hebrew and Samaritan the work of design—Proof of this fact from the Scriptures. We now proceed to state our arguments in favour of the computation of the Septuagint, which we consider as that of the original and genuine chronology of the Sacred Scriptures. As we shall have frequent occasion to refer to the ages at which the Patriarchs began to beget their children, and to the residues or remaining portions of their lives, we shall adopt a phraseology sanctioned by the example of Usher,[2] and call the former their _Antepaidogonian_ ages, and the latter, their _Postpaidogonian_ ages. The following Table, relating to the _first age_, exhibits the discrepancies of the three texts, with regard to the _Antepaidogonian ages_ of the Antediluvian Patriarchs, and the _Anni Mundi_, or _years of the world_, in which they were born:— TABLE I. ANTEDILUVIAN HEBREW. SEPTUAGINT. SAMARITAN. PATRIARCHS. A.P. Born A.P. Born A.P. Born ages. A.M. ages. A.M. ages. A.M. From Creation 0 0 0 Adam 130 1 230 1 130 1 Seth 105 130 205 230 105 130 Enos 90 235 190 435 90 235 Cainan 70 325 170 625 70 325 Mahalaleel 65 395 165 795 65 395 Jared *162 460 162 960 *62 460 Enoch 65 622 165 1122 65 522 Methuselah *187 687 187 1287 *67 587 Lamech *182 874 188 1474 *53 654 Noah 500 1056 500 1662 500 707 To the Flood 100 100 100 ———— ———— ———— FIRST AGE 1656 years. 2262 years. 1307 years. The numbers marked with a star in this and subsequent Tables, are those in which the discrepancies are the most striking, and produce the most anomalous or absurd results in Chronology. The following auxiliary Table exhibits the discrepancies of the three texts with regard to the _Postpaidogonian ages_ of the same Patriarchs, and the A.M., or _years of the world_ in which they died:—