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title: "Antiquities of the Jews"
author: "Josephus"
translator: "William Whiston"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Second Temple"
section: 1 of 122
url: https://scriptura.si/works/josephus-antiquities-whiston-pg2848/1/
cite: "Josephus, tr. William Whiston, Antiquities of the Jews, section 1. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/josephus-antiquities-whiston-pg2848/1/"
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# Antiquities of the Jews

*Josephus, tr. William Whiston*

The history of his people from Creation to the war with Rome.

## 1. BOOK I · CHAPTER 1. The Constitution Of The World And The Disposition Of The Elements.

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[¶0] CHAPTER 1. The Constitution Of The World And The Disposition Of The Elements.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 2. Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations From Him To The Deluge.

[¶2] CHAPTER 2. Concerning The Posterity Of Adam, And The Ten Generations From Him To The Deluge.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In An Ark, With His Kindred, And Afterwards Dwelt In The Plain Of Shinar.

[¶4] CHAPTER 3. Concerning The Flood; And After What Manner Noah Was Saved In An Ark, With His Kindred, And Afterwards Dwelt In The Plain Of Shinar.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 4. Concerning The Tower Of Babylon, And The Confusion Of Tongues.

[¶6] CHAPTER 4. Concerning The Tower Of Babylon, And The Confusion Of Tongues.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 5. After What Manner The Posterity Of Noah Sent Out Colonies, And Inhabited The Whole Earth.

[¶8] CHAPTER 5. After What Manner The Posterity Of Noah Sent Out Colonies, And Inhabited The Whole Earth.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 6. How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First Inhabitants.

[¶10] CHAPTER 6. How Every Nation Was Denominated From Their First Inhabitants.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 7. How Abram Our Forefather Went Out Of The Land Of The Chaldeans, And Lived In The Land Then Called Canaan But Now Judea.

[¶12] CHAPTER 7. How Abram Our Forefather Went Out Of The Land Of The Chaldeans, And Lived In The Land Then Called Canaan But Now Judea.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 8. That When There Was A Famine In Canaan, Abram Went Thence Into Egypt; And After He Had Continued There A While He Returned Back Again.

[¶14] CHAPTER 8. That When There Was A Famine In Canaan, Abram Went Thence Into Egypt; And After He Had Continued There A While He Returned Back Again.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 9. The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian War.

[¶16] CHAPTER 9. The Destruction Of The Sodomites By The Assyrian War.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 10. How Abram Fought With The Assyrians, And Overcame Them, And Saved The Sodomite Prisoners, And Took From The Assyrians The Prey They Had Gotten.

[¶18] CHAPTER 10. How Abram Fought With The Assyrians, And Overcame Them, And Saved The Sodomite Prisoners, And Took From The Assyrians The Prey They Had Gotten.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 11. How God Overthrew The Nation Of The Sodomites, Out Of His Wrath Against Them For Their Sins.

[¶20] CHAPTER 11. How God Overthrew The Nation Of The Sodomites, Out Of His Wrath Against Them For Their Sins.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 12. Concerning Abimelech; And Concerning Ismael The Son Of Abraham; And Concerning The Arabians, Who Were His Posterity.

[¶22] CHAPTER 12. Concerning Abimelech; And Concerning Ismael The Son Of Abraham; And Concerning The Arabians, Who Were His Posterity.

### BOOK I · CHAPTER 13. Concerning Isaac The Legitimate Son Of Abraham.

[¶24] CHAPTER 13. Concerning Isaac The Legitimate Son Of Abraham.