 | Flavius Josephus - 1794 - 398 pages
...thefe proved to be of good difpoiitions. They alfo inhabited the fame country without diffenfions, and in a happy condition, without any misfortunes falling upon them, till they died. They alfo were the inventors of that peculiar fort of wifdom. which is concerned with the heavenly bodies,... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...he was himself an excellent character, so did he leave children behind him who imitated his virtues. All these proved to be of good dispositions. They...peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order ; and that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1806 - 520 pages
...proved to be of good dispositions ; they alsoInhabited the same country without dissensions, and' in happy condition, without any misfortunes falling upon...peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently... | |
 | 1855 - 814 pages
...circumstances that they had a regular system of chronology. Josephus says that " the children of Shem were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order." Tradition generally attributes the rise of astronomy to the years... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1815 - 322 pages
...proved to be of i;ood dispositions. They also inhabited the same country without dissensions, and in an happy condition, without any misfortunes falling upon...peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1822 - 474 pages
...himself of an excellent character, so did he leave children*}- behind him who imitated his virtues. All these proved to be of good dispositions. They...peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies and their order. And, that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1823 - 608 pages
...himself of an excellent character, so did he leavef children behind him who imitated his virtues. AH these proved to be of good dispositions ; they also inhabited the same country without dissentions, and in happy condition, without any niisfortues falling upon them, till they died. They... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1825 - 350 pages
...was himself of an excellent character, so did he leave children behind him who imitated his virtues.^ All these proved to be of good dispositions. They also inhabited the same country without dissentions, and in a happy condition, without any misfortunes * From this Jubal, not improbably, came... | |
 | 1834 - 438 pages
...Seth as very different characters. " All these," says he, " proved to be of good dispositions. They inhabited the same country without dissensions, and...misfortunes falling upon them, till they died. They were also the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies... | |
 | Flavius Josephus - 1835 - 682 pages
...himself of an excellent character, so did he leave children); behind him, who imitated hu virtues. All these proved to be of good dispositions. — They...inhabited the same country without dissensions, and iu a happy condition, without any misfortunes falling upon them, till they died. They also were the... | |
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They also were the inventors of that peculiar sort of wisdom which is concerned with the heavenly bodies, and their order. And that their inventions might not be lost before they were sufficiently known, upon Adam's prediction that the world was to be... 
