VIII.
1090
Of Abraham.
From this rises the appellation of the
Hebrews
. For the word
Hebrews
is interpreted to
mean
those who migrate
across
, viz., who crossed the Euphrates with Abraham; and it is not
derived, as some think, from the fore-mentioned Heber. From the
flood and Noe, therefore, to Abraham’s entrance into the promised
land, there are in all 1015 years; and from Adam, in 20 generations
3277 years.
1090
In the
same, p. 99, al. 79. [
רבַעָ
is the verb.]