De mutatione nominum

[252] [cap.44] ταύταις καὶ ταῖς παραπλησίαις τομαῖς καὶ διαστολαῖς τῶν πραγμάτων ἐντραφεὶς καὶ ἐνασκηθεὶς ὁ ἀστεῖος ἆρ’ οὐκ εἰκότως εὔχεσθαι ἂν δόξαι τὸν Ἰσμαὴλ ζῆν, εἰ μὴ δύναται κυοφορῆσαί πω [M.617] τὸν Ἰσαάκ;