The Antiquities of the Jews, 1.213

Flavius Josephus  translated by William Whiston

« J. AJ 1.212 | J. AJ 1.213 | J. AJ 1.214 | About This Work »

2132. Now in a little time Abraham had a son by Sarah, as God had foretold to him, whom he named Isaac, which signifies Laughter. And indeed they so called him, because Sarah laughed when God said that she should bear a son, she not expecting such a thing, as being past the age of child-bearing, for she was ninety years old, and Abraham a hundred;

« J. AJ 1.212 | J. AJ 1.213 | J. AJ 1.214 | About This Work »

Table of contents