Antiquities of the Jews, Book I
c. 93–94
Book I of the Antiquities: from creation through the patriarchs, including Nimrod and the tower. English by William Whiston.
Translated by William Whiston
English translation by William Whiston (1737). Public domain. Digital text via Project Gutenberg.
Contents
- Book I, 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.
- 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.
- Book I, 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.
- Book I, 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.
- 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.
- Book I, 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.
- Book I, 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.
- Book I, Chapter 13: Concerning Isaac The Legitimate Son Of Abraham.
- Book I, Chapter 14: Concerning Sarah Abraham's Wife; And How She Ended Her Days.
- Book I, Chapter 15: How The Nation Of The Troglodytes Were Derived From Abraham By Keturah.
- Book I, Chapter 16: How Isaac Took Rebeka To Wife.
- Book I, Chapter 17: Concerning The Death Of Abraham.
- Book I, Chapter 18: Concerning The Sons Of Isaac, Esau And Jacob; Of Their Nativity And Education.
- Book I, Chapter 19: Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The Fear He Was In Of His Brother.
- Book I, Chapter 20: Concerning The Meeting Of Jacob And Esau.
- Book I, Chapter 21: Concerning The Violation Of Dina's Chastity.
- Book I, Chapter 22: How Isaac Died, And Was Buried In Hebron.