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But God was much displeased at their impudent behavior, so that he
both smote those men with blindness, and condemned the Sodomites to universal
destruction. But Lot, upon God's informing him of the future destruction
of the Sodomites, went away, taking with him his wife and daughters, who
were two, and still virgins; for those that were betrothed note
to them were above the thoughts of going, and deemed that Lot's words were
trifling. God then cast a thunderbolt upon the city, and set it on fire,
with its inhabitants; and laid waste the country with the like burning,
as I formerly said when I wrote the Jewish War. note
But Lot's wife continually turning back to view the city as she went from
it, and being too nicely inquisitive what would become of it, although
God had forbidden her so to do, was changed into a pillar of salt; note
for I have seen it, and it remains at this day. Now he and his daughters
fled to a certain small place, encompassed with the fire, and settled in
it: it is to this day called
But his daughters, thinking that all mankind were destroyed, approached to their father, note though taking care not to be perceived. This they did, that human kind might not utterly fail: and they bare sons; the son of the elder was named Moab, Which denotes one derived from his father; the younger bare Ammon, which name denotes one derived from a kinsman. The former of whom was the father of the Moabites, which is even still a great nation; the latter was the father of the Ammonites; and both of them are inhabitants of Celesyria. And such was the departure of Lot from among the Sodomites.
ABRAHAM now removed to
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 note 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; so that this son was born to them both in the last year of each of those decimal numbers. And they circumcised him upon the eighth day and from that time the Jews continue the custom of circumcising their sons within that number of days. But as for the Arabians, they circumcise after the thirteenth year, because Ismael, the founder of their nation, who was born to Abraham of the concubine, was circumcised at that age; concerning whom I will presently give a particular account, with great exactness.
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