philo makes a most characteristic use of a verse in genesis where, at the promise of isaac's birth, abraham is said 'to fall upon his face and laugh. he fell not from god, but from himself. he stood near to the changeless god: he fell from his self-conceit. it was indeed natural that his mind should have been swollen and raised up by such a promise. but abraham, convicting us who are wont to boast at trifles, "fell on his face and laughed in his soul." his face was solemn, but he smiled in his mind, where great and unmixed joy had come to dwell. and every wise man who receives a good greater than he anticipated will, like abraham, fall down and laugh together."
the binding of laughter / like a ram for the slaughter
philo makes a most characteristic use of a verse in genesis where, at the promise of isaac's birth, abraham is said 'to fall upon his face and laugh. he fell not from god, but from himself. he stood near to the changeless god: he fell from his self-conceit. it was indeed natural that his mind should have been swollen and raised up by such a promise. but abraham, convicting us who are wont to boast at trifles, "fell on his face and laughed in his soul." his face was solemn, but he smiled in his mind, where great and unmixed joy had come to dwell. and every wise man who receives a good greater than he anticipated will, like abraham, fall down and laugh together."
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