The last argument we shall adduce here in favour of the chronology of the Septuagint, and it applies both to the Ante and Post Diluvian ages, is derived from the deliberate opinion of Dr. Kennicott. In his valuable posthumous work, entitled “Remarks on Select Passages of the Old Testament,” p. 16, he says, “It has been proved from _Eusebius_, that some Hebrew copies” of the Old Testament, “having the _larger_ numbers, existed in the fourth century; and others, on the authority of _Jacob Edessenus_, as late as the year 700; whilst others much later, are mentioned in the chronicle of _Ecchellensis_. And though such manuscripts are all perhaps now lost, yet are these testimonies confirmed by the traditions still preserved among the _Jews_ themselves, as to _Seth being born a hundred and thirty years after Abel’s death_!” Moreover, it is acknowledged by biblical critics, that all the copies of the present Hebrew text were taken from manuscripts of date later than the ninth century; and, that the striking uniformity which all the printed editions exhibit, is to be attributed to the fact, that they were all copied from the same codex. Dr. Hales also gives citations from Eusebius, from the Jewish Targums, and from other works, in which decided reference is made to the _larger_ numbers as they anciently existed in the Hebrew.[7] In fine, Mr. Cuninghame, in his “Dissertation on the Apocalypse,” p. 535, fourth edition, proves, on the authority of ancient Jewish tradition, that Adam was _two hundred and thirty years_ old when he begat Seth; consequently, by the argument _ex uno disce omnes_, we conclude that the whole of the _Antepaidogonian_ ages are correctly given in the Septuagint, and that the true extent of the ANTEDILUVIAN AGE, is 2262 years. 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.