From the Creation to the Death of Isaac - Flavius Josephus

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there was his place of habitation, he having named the place Roughness, from his own hairy roughness. Footnote: 1. Perhaps this may be the proper meaning of the word Israel, by the present and the old Jerusalem analogy of the Hebrew tongue. In the mean time, it is certain that the Hellenists of the first century, in Egypt and elsewhere, interpreted Israel to be a man seeing God, as is evident from the argument fore-cited. 73
Chapter 21 The Violation of Dina's Chastity 1. Hereupon Jacob came to the place, till this day called Tents (Succoth); from whence he went to Shechem, which is a city of the Canaanites. Now as the Shechemites were keeping a festival Dina, who was the only daughter of Jacob, went into the city to see the finery of the women of that country. But when Shechem, the son of Hamor the king, saw her, he defiled her by violence; and being greatly in love with her, desired of his father that he would procure the damsel to him for a wife. To which desire he condescended, and came to Jacob, desiring him to give leave that his son Shechem might, according to law, marry Dina. But Jacob, not knowing how to deny the desire of one of such great dignity, and yet not thinking it lawful to marry his daughter to a stranger, entreated him to give him leave to have a consultation about what he desired him to do. So the king went away, in hopes that Jacob would grant him this marriage. But Jacob informed his sons of the defilement of their sister, and of the address of Hamor; and desired them to give their advice what they should do. Upon fills, the greatest part said nothing, not knowing what advice to give. But Simeon and Levi, the brethren of the damsel by the same mother, agreed between themselves upon the action following: It being now the time of a festival, when the Shechemites were employed in ease and feasting, they fell upon the watch when they were asleep, and, coming into the city, slew all the males (1) as also the king, and his son, with them; but spared the women. And when they had done this without their father's consent, they brought away their sister. 2. Now while Jacob was astonished at the greatness of this act, and was severely blaming his sons for it, God stood by him, and bid him be of good courage; but to purify his tents, and to offer those sacrifices which he had vowed to offer when he went first into Mesopotamia, and saw his vision. As 74
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BOOK 1 FROM THE CREATION TO THE DEA
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and call it the Sabbath, which word
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entreated God not to be angry at hi
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of conjecture, but being only a con
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sacrifice, and thereby making suppl
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erected by them. Now this remains i
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Chapter 3 The Flood and After 1. No
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eight hundred and ninety-five years
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others, unless they be suffered to
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longer than 120 years, for many gen
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Chapter 4 The Tower of Babylon 1. N
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Page 39 and 40: Chapter 11 God Overthrew the Nation
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Page 43 and 44: Chapter 12 Abimelech and Ismael the
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