That the charges that I have made concerning the corruptions of the text of the Bible are true, one fact alone amply proves--its many discordant versions and translations. Hundreds have perished, all of them differing from the original and differing from each other. A hundred still exist; no two of them alike. Excepting the English versions, which are mostly revisions of the same version, scarcely two of the principal versions contain the same books. The received Hebrew contains 39 books (22 as divided), the Samaritan 6 (some copies but 5); the Septuagint about 50. Of the Christian versions of the Old Testament, some contain the Apocryphal books, others do not. The Gothic and Ethiopic versions exclude a part of the canonical books. The Syriac New Testament contains but 22 books; the Italic 24 (some copies 25); the Egyptian 26; the Vulgate 27. The Ethiopic omits a canonical book and includes an apocryphal book. The Sinaitic and Alexandrian manuscripts each contain 29 books. Each contains two apocryphal books, but the books are not the same. The Roman Catholic and the Greek Catholic Bibles do not contain the same number of books. The Roman Catholic and the Protestant Bibles do not contain the same number; the Roman Catholic contains 75, the Protestant 66. Different Versions of the Same Book Differ. No two versions of the same book are alike. The Samaritan Pentateuch does not agree with the Hebrew Pentateuch; the Septuagint Pentateuch agrees with neither. The Hebrew and the Septuagint have both been accepted by Christians as authoritative. In a single chapter may be found a dozen important variations: Hebrew.--"And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years and begat Salah" (Gen. xi, 12). Septuagint.--"And Arphaxad lived a hundred and thirty-five years and begat Cainan." Hebrew.--"And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years" (13). Septuagint.--"And Cainan lived a hundred and thirty years and he begat Salah, and he lived after the birth of Salah three hundred and thirty years." Hebrew.--"And Salah lived thirty years and begat Eber" (14). Septuagint.--"And Salah lived a hundred and thirty years and begat Eber." Hebrew.--"And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years" (15). Septuagint.--"And Salah lived after he begat Eber three hundred and thirty years." Hebrew.--"And Eber lived four and thirty years and begat Peleg" (16). Septuagint.--"And Eber lived a hundred and thirty-four years and begat Peleg." Hebrew.--"And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years" (17). Septuagint.--"And Eber lived after he begat Peleg two hundred and seventy years." Hebrew.--"And Peleg lived thirty years and begat Reu" (18). Septuagint.--"And Peleg lived a hundred and thirty years and begat Ragad." Hebrew.--"And Reu lived two and thirty years and begat Serug" (20). Septuagint.--"And Ragad lived a hundred and thirty-two years and begat Serug."