c. AD 77

J. BJ 5.382

The Wars of the Jews 5.382

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

5.382

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

382Shall I say nothing, or shall I mention the removal of our fathers into Egypt, who, when they were used tyrannically, and were fallen under the power of foreign kings for four hundred years together, and might have defended themselves by war and by fighting, did yet do nothing but commit themselves to God?