Chapter I: Extent of the First Age of the World

1. Discrepancies of the Hebrew, Septuagint, and Samaritan
Texts—Solution of the difficulty by the chronographers of
the middle ages—Consistency of the Septuagint and the New
Testament—Numerical errors of the Hebrew text 9

2. Origin and effect of various readings—The immaculate purity
and miraculous preservation of the Hebrew text, a
figment—Consistency of the word of God 12

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 14

4. Reasons assigned for the alterations in the Hebrew and
Samaritan—Accuracy of the Septuagint demonstrated—An
objection to its chronology removed—Utility of the
publication of _fac simile_ editions of the codices—Late
origin of the _printed_ Hebrew text—Its original agreement
with the Septuagint proved 20