The first eleven books of the Antiquities of the Jews, with a table of the Jewish coins, weights and measuresFor Thomas and Andrews, Boston, and Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Worcester, 1809 |
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Page 13
... fons ; the elder of them was named Cain , which name , when it is interpreted , fignifies a poffeffion . The younger was Abel , which fignifies forrow . They had alfo daughters . Now the two brethren were pleafed with different couries ...
... fons ; the elder of them was named Cain , which name , when it is interpreted , fignifies a poffeffion . The younger was Abel , which fignifies forrow . They had alfo daughters . Now the two brethren were pleafed with different couries ...
Page 15
... fons , and twentythree daughters . + What is here laid of Seth and his pofterity , that they were very good and vir ous , and at the fame time very happy , without any confiderable misfortunes , for feven generations [ fee ch . ii . 1 ...
... fons , and twentythree daughters . + What is here laid of Seth and his pofterity , that they were very good and vir ous , and at the fame time very happy , without any confiderable misfortunes , for feven generations [ fee ch . ii . 1 ...
Page 16
... fons that proved unjuft , and despisers of all that was good , on account of the confidence they had in their own ftrength ; for the tradition is , that these men did what re- fembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call Giants ...
... fons that proved unjuft , and despisers of all that was good , on account of the confidence they had in their own ftrength ; for the tradition is , that these men did what re- fembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call Giants ...
Page 17
... fons , and their wives ; and put into it not only other provifions , to fupport their wants there , but also fent in with the reft , all forts of living creatures , the male and his female , for the prefervation of their kinds ; and ...
... fons , and their wives ; and put into it not only other provifions , to fupport their wants there , but also fent in with the reft , all forts of living creatures , the male and his female , for the prefervation of their kinds ; and ...
Page 19
... fons , from thence first made . Whether any re- matas of this ark be ftill preferved , as the people of the country fuppofe , I cannot certainly tell . Monf . Turnfort had not very long fince a mind to tee the place kimielf , but met ...
... fons , from thence first made . Whether any re- matas of this ark be ftill preferved , as the people of the country fuppofe , I cannot certainly tell . Monf . Turnfort had not very long fince a mind to tee the place kimielf , but met ...
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Abfalom Abimelech Accordingly affiftance againſt Ahab alfo alſo altar Amaziah Ammonites Antiq army Babylon becauſe befides Benhadad brought caft called Canaan Canaanites caufe CHAP commanded cubits David death defired deftroyed deftruction Egypt Egyptians enemies facrifices faid fame father feaft feems felf fend fent fervants feven fhall fhewed fhould fight filver fince firft flain flew fome foon foretold ftill ftones fuch fuffer fuppofe gave hath Hebrews himſelf honour houfe houſe hundred Ifrael Ifraelites Jeroboam Jerufalem Jews Joab Jofephus Jofephus's king king's kingdom land laws Mofes moft moſt multitude obferved occafion paffed perfon perfuaded Philiftines pleaſed pofterity prefent preferve priests promifed prophet punishment reafon refolved reft reign Samaria Saul Solomon Syria tabernacle temple thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoufand told took tribe tribe of Judah uſe whofe wicked wife worship
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Page 15 - 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 destroyed at one time by the force of fire, and at another time by the violence and quantity of water, they made two pillars...
Page 24 - For of the four sons of Ham, time has not at all hurt the name of Chus; for the Ethiopians, over whom he reigned, are even at this day, both by themselves and by all men in Asia, called Chusites.
Page 375 - ... the demon, as he went out of the man, to overturn it, and thereby to let the spectators know that he had left the man...
Page 16 - For many angels" of God accompanied with women, and begat sons that proved unjust, and despisers of all that was good, on account of the confidence they had in their own strength; for the tradition is, that these men did what resembled the acts of those whom the Grecians call giants.