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A46286 The works of Josephus with great diligence revised and amended according to the excellent French translation of Monsieur Arnauld D'Andilly : also the Embassy of Philo Judæus to the Emperor Caius Caligula; Works. English. 1676 Josephus, Flavius.; Philo, of Alexandria. De legatione ad Gaium. English.; Lodge, Thomas, 1558?-1625.; Arnauld d'Andilly, Monsieur (Robert), 1588-1674. 1676 (1676) Wing J1078; ESTC R11907 1,698,071 934

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death_n of_o sara_n abraham_n wife_n gen._n 23._o per_fw-la totum_fw-la not_o long_o after_o sara_n die_v after_o she_o live_v one_o hundred_o twenty_o and_o seven_o year_n and_o be_v bury_v in_o hebron_n where_o the_o canaanite_n free_o offer_v a_o place_n for_o burial_n 2d_o hedio_fw-la &_o ruffinus_n chap._n 2d_o yet_o abraham_n choose_v rather_o to_o buy_v a_o place_n to_o bury_v in_o 127._o the_o age_n of_o sara_n 127._o of_o one_o ephrem_n a_o citizen_n of_o hebron_n for_o four_o hundred_o sicle_n and_o there_o the_o monument_n both_o of_o himself_o and_o his_o posterity_n be_v build_v chap._n xv._o g_o g_o how_o the_o nation_n of_o the_o troglodyte_n descend_v from_o chetura_n the_o wife_n of_o abraham_n after_o this_o abraham_n
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hospitality_n and_o the_o league_n of_o friendship_n which_o be_v betwixt_o abraham_n his_o father_n and_o he_o at_o first_o therefore_o he_o show_v he_o great_a sign_n of_o friendship_n 6._o v._o 6._o but_o afterward_o the_o envy_n he_o have_v conceive_v hinder_v he_o from_o persist_v in_o the_o same_o envy_n abimelech_n expel_v isaac_n be_v move_v thereunto_o by_o envy_n for_o perceive_v that_o god_n be_v favourable_a unto_o isaac_n and_o have_v a_o especial_a care_n over_o he_o he_o drive_v he_o out_o of_o his_o country_n he_o retire_v not_o far_o from_o gerar_n to_o a_o place_n call_v pharan_n that_o be_v to_o say_v the_o valley_n and_o as_o he_o there_o dig_v to_o find_v out_o spring_v of_o water_n fauces_fw-la fauces_fw-la abimelech_n shepherd_n come_v and_o set_v upon_o he_o 16._o 13_o 14_o 15_o 16._o and_o hinder_v he_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o he_o can_v not_o finish_v his_o purpose_n and_o for_o that_o he_o purposely_o retire_v from_o they_o they_o suppose_v they_o have_v 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but_o in_o some_o sort_n give_v occasion_n of_o suspicion_n by_o mean_n of_o some_o hear_v measure_n fear_v lest_o hereafter_o the_o injury_n fresh_a in_o memory_n shall_v more_o distract_v he_o than_o their_o old_a and_o ancient_a plight_a friendship_n 33._o abimelech_n renew_v friendship_n with_o isaac_n 30_o 31_o 32_o 33._o and_o misdoubt_v his_o revenge_n he_o repair_v unto_o he_o and_o contract_v a_o new_a league_n of_o amity_n with_o he_o have_v with_o he_o one_o of_o his_o chief_a captain_n as_o a_o arbiter_n between_o they_o by_o who_o mean_n he_o obtain_v whatsoever_o he_o require_v so_o courteous_a be_v isaac_n and_o so_o ready_a in_o memory_n of_o his_o father_n old_a covenant_n to_o forgive_v new_a injury_n so_o abimelech_n i_o i_o have_v obtain_v his_o purpose_n return_v to_o his_o house_n esau_n one_o of_o the_o two_o son_n of_o isaac_n have_v attain_v the_o age_n of_o forty_o year_n take_v two_o wife_n ada_n the_o daughtr_n of_o edom_n 35._o esa●_n his_o wife_n 34_o 35._o and_o alibama_n the_o daughter_n of_o esebion_n two_o prince_n of_o the_o canaanite_n and_o that_o of_o his_o own_o authority_n without_o his_o father_n advice_n or_o privity_n who_o will_v not_o have_v consent_v have_v the_o matter_n be_v remit_v unto_o he_o because_o he_o hold_v it_o inconvenient_a to_o mix_v and_o join_v he_o or_o he_o in_o affinity_n with_o any_o dweller_n or_o inhabitant_n of_o the_o country_n this_o notwithstanding_o he_o will_v not_o displease_v his_o son_n by_o command_v he_o to_o put_v away_o his_o wife_n but_o determine_v with_o himself_o to_o conceal_v and_o keep_v the_o matter_n silent_a when_o isaac_n be_v grow_v old_a and_o whole_o deprive_v of_o his_o sight_n 5._o gen._n 27._o 3_o 4_o 5._o he_o call_v esau_n his_o son_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o though_o through_o his_o blindness_n he_o can_v not_o see_v the_o daylight_n hunt_v isaac_n send_v esau_n on_o hunt_v nor_o k_o k_o serve_v god_n so_o exact_o as_o he_o have_v wont_a to_o do_v yet_o he_o 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kingdom_n antigonus_n promise_v the_o parthian_n a_o great_a sum_n of_o money_n to_o 〈◊〉_d he_o in_o the_o kingdom_n if_o so_o be_v they_o will_v deprive_v hircanus_n of_o the_o kingdom_n and_o restore_v it_o unto_o he_o and_o withal_o put_v herod_n and_o his_o friend_n to_o death_n the_o f_o f_o parthian_n undertake_v it_o and_o march_v towards_o judaea_n though_o they_o have_v not_o receive_v as_o yet_o any_o of_o antigonus_n money_n pachorus_n lead_v his_o troop_n along_o the_o sea-coast_n and_o barzapharne_v conduct_v his_o more_o within_o the_o land_n the_o tyrian_n shut_v their_o gate_n against_o pacorus_n judaea_n pacorus_n send_v horsem●n_v to_o antigonus_n in_o judaea_n but_o the_o sidonian_n and_o ptolomaidans_n receive_v he_o into_o their_o city_n he_o send_v a_o body_n of_o horse_n into_o jewry_n to_o discover_v the_o estate_n of_o the_o country_n and_o to_o give_v succour_n to_o antigonus_n the_o commander_n of_o these_o horse_n be_v
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