Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Abraham tomba sur sa face; il rit, et dit en son coeur: Naîtrait-il un fils à un homme de cent ans? et Sara, âgée de quatre-vingt-dix ans, enfanterait-elle?
KJV
Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall [a child] be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear?
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
ἐπὶ τῇ ὑποσχέσει καὶ εἰπόντι „Εἰ τῷ ἑκατονταετεῖ γενήσεται, καὶ Σάρρα ἐνενήκοντα ἐτῶν οὖσα τέξεται“ (Gen. 17, 17) ; καταφάσκει καὶ ἐπινεύει λέγων „Ναί, ἰδοὺ Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου τέξεταί σοι υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰσαάκ, καὶ 1 φησὶν Α Μώσης codd. εἰς ἐκκλησίαν om. codd. 2 ἡμ…
Philo Judaeus
De Mutatione Nominum
σχημένος Mang.: κατισχημένος codd. 30 ταῖς Α μικροτάτοις εἰώθαμεν ὑψαυχενεῖν, πίπτει καὶ εὐθὺς γελᾷ (Gen. 17, 17) τὸν ψυχῆς γέλωτα, σκυθρωπάζων μὲν τῷ προσώπῳ, μειδιῶν δὲ τῇ διανοίᾳ, πολλῆς καὶ ἀκράτου χαρᾶς εἰσοικισαμένης. ἀμφότερα δὲ κατὰ τὸν αὐτὸν χρόνον συμβαίνει τῷ μείζονα ἐ…
Philo Judaeus
De Mutatione Nominum
ς χαρὰ τῶν ἀφρόνων, ἡ δὲ ἀληθὴς πρότερον εἴρηται, μόνοις ἀστείοις ἐφαρμόζουσα. „πεσὼν οὖν ἐγέλασεν“ (Gen. 17,17), οὐκ ἀπὸ θεοῦ πεσών, ἀλλ’ ἀφ’ ἑαυτοῦ· ἔστη μὲν γὰρ περὶ τὸν ἄτρεπτον, ἔπεσε δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς ἰδίας οἰήσεως. διὸ καὶ τοῦ μὲν δοκησισόφου καταβληθέντος φρονήματος, ἀνεγερθέντο…
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