Philo Judaeus, De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini, ed. Leopold Cohn, 42

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[42] οὕτως καὶ γενέσει νεώτερος ὢν πρεσβύτερος νομισθήσῃ καὶ τῶν πρεσβείων ἀξιωθήσῃ· ἐὰν
δὲ βελτιούμενος ἀεὶ πρὸς τέλος ἀφίκῃ, οὐ μόνον σοι τὰ πρεσβεῖα ὁ πατὴρ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ πατρῷα χαριεῖται πάντα, καθάπερ καὶ τῷ τὰς ἕδρας τοῦ πάθους καὶ βάσεις πτερνίζοντι Ἰακώβ, ὃς ὡμολόγησεν ὃ ἔπαθεν εἰπὼν „ὅτι ἠλέησέ με ὁ θεός, καὶ ἔστι μοι πάντα“ (Gen. 33,11), δογματικῶς ἅμα καὶ παιδευτικῶς· ἐν γὰρ τῷ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐλέῳ τὰ
πάντα ὁρμεῖ.

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.) — 42 focus

[42] For thus, though you may be younger by birth you shall be called the elder, and you shall be thought worthy of the pre-eminence in honour. But if, having gone through a constant course of improvement you shall at last arrive at the end, then not only shall the Father give thee the pre-eminence, but he shall also bestow on thee all the inheritance of the Father, as he did to Jacob, who overthrew all the foundations and seats of passion, and who confessed what he suffered, saying that "God has pitied me, and all things belong to me," ¹ uttering a doctrine full of instruction, for he makes everything to anchor in the mercy of God.

Philo Judaeus De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini 42

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