Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 17

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[17] πιστὸς δὲ τούτου μάρτυς ὁ νομοθέτης αὐτός· τὸν γὰρ ἀφροσύνης ἐπώνυμον Ἠσαῦ εἰσαγαγὼν χρόνῳ πρεσβύτερον
τῷ γενέσει μὲν νεωτέρῳ ἐπωνύμῳ δὲ ἀσκήσεως τῶν καλῶν Ἰακὼβ χαρίζεται τὰ πρεσβεῖα· ὁ δὲ οὐ πρότερον αὐτὰ φέρεσθαι p. 167 M. διαγνώσεται, ἢ καθάπερ ἐν ἀγῶνι τὸν ἀντίπαλον ἀπειπεῖν χεῖρας ὑπ’ ἀσθενείας καθέντα καὶ τὰ βραβεῖα καὶ τὸν στέφανον παραχωρῆσαι τῷ πόλεμον ἄσπονδον καὶ ἀκήρυκτον πρὸς τὰ πάθη πεποιημένῳ· „ἀπέδοτο“

De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Sacrifice of Abel and Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 17 focus

[17] for having introduced Esau, who bears the name of folly, as the elder in point of time, he gives the birthright and chief honour to the younger, who, from his practise of virtue, was called Jacob. And he is not seen to obtain this pre-eminence before (as is the case in athletic contests) his adversary renounces the combat, putting down his hands from weakness, and yielding up the decision and the crown to him who has carried on a truceless and irreconcileable war against the passions; for, says Moses, "He sold his birthright to Jacob," ¹

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