---
title: "Antiquities of the Jews"
author: "Josephus"
translator: "William Whiston"
languages: [en]
shelf: "Second Temple"
section: 3 of 122
url: https://scriptura.si/works/josephus-antiquities-whiston-pg2848/3/
cite: "Josephus, tr. William Whiston, Antiquities of the Jews, section 3. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/josephus-antiquities-whiston-pg2848/3/"
---

# Antiquities of the Jews

*Josephus, tr. William Whiston*

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

## 3. BOOK II · CHAPTER 4. Concerning The Signal Chastity Of Joseph.

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[¶0] CHAPTER 4. Concerning The Signal Chastity Of Joseph.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 5. What Things Befell Joseph In Prison.

[¶2] CHAPTER 5. What Things Befell Joseph In Prison.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 6. How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His Brethren In Subjection.

[¶4] CHAPTER 6. How Joseph When He Was Become Famous In Egypt, Had His Brethren In Subjection.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 7. The Removal Of Joseph's Father With All His Family, To Him, On Account Of The Famine.

[¶6] CHAPTER 7. The Removal Of Joseph's Father With All His Family, To Him, On Account Of The Famine.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 8. Of The Death Of Jacob And Joseph.

[¶8] CHAPTER 8. Of The Death Of Jacob And Joseph.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Afflictions That Befell The Hebrews In Egypt, During Four Hundred Years. [16]

[¶10] CHAPTER 9. Concerning The Afflictions That Befell The Hebrews In Egypt, During Four Hundred Years. 

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 10. How Moses Made War With The Ethiopians.

[¶12] CHAPTER 10. How Moses Made War With The Ethiopians.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 11. How Moses Fled Out Of Egypt Into Midian.

[¶14] CHAPTER 11. How Moses Fled Out Of Egypt Into Midian.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 12. Concerning The Burning Bush And The Rod Of Moses.

[¶16] CHAPTER 12. Concerning The Burning Bush And The Rod Of Moses.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 13. How Moses And Aaron Returned Into Egypt To Pharaoh.

[¶18] CHAPTER 13. How Moses And Aaron Returned Into Egypt To Pharaoh.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 14. Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians.

[¶20] CHAPTER 14. Concerning The Ten Plagues Which Came Upon The Egyptians.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 15. How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt.

[¶22] CHAPTER 15. How The Hebrews Under The Conduct Of Moses Left Egypt.

### BOOK II · CHAPTER 16. How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them.

[¶24] CHAPTER 16. How The Sea Was Divided Asunder For The Hebrews, When They Were Pursued By The Egyptians, And So Gave Them An Opportunity Of Escaping From Them.