Philo Judaeus, Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat, Charles Duke Yonge (Translator), 150

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This, then, may be enough to say about the expression, "My crime is too great to be forgiven." ¹ Let us now consider what follows that verse—Cain says, "But if thou castest me out this day from off the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be hidden." ² What sayest thou, my good man? If thou art utterly cast out from the whole earth, shall you still be hidden? In what manner? ³⁴⁵

Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat. Philo Judaeus. Charles Duke Yonge (Translator). Germany. 2023-08-01.

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On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better (English) (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.)

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Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat First1KGreek (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.) — 150 focus

[150] 41 Περὶ μὲν οὖν τοῦ „μείζων ἡ αἰτία μου τοῦ ἀφεθῆναι“ τοσαῦτα εἰρήσθω· τὰ δ’ ἀκόλουθα σκεψώμεθα. „εἰ ἐκβάλλεις με“
φησί „σήμερον ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου σου κρυβήσομαι“ (Gen. 4, 14). τί λέγεις, ὦ γενναῖε; ἐὰν ἐκβληθῇς ἐξ ἁπάσης τῆς γῆς, ἔτι κρυβήσῃ; τίνα τρόπον; ζῆν γὰρ δύναιο ἄν;

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On the Principle that the Worse is accustomed to be always plotting against the Better

1. This is not the translation given in the text of the bible, though it is inserted in the margin. In the text of the bible we read, "And Cain said unto the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear."— Genesis iv. 13.

2. Genesis iv. 14.

3. Numbers xxx. 10.

4. This is not the translation given in the text of the bible, though it is inserted in the margin. In the text of the bible we read, "And Cain said unto the Lord, my punishment is greater than I can bear."— Genesis iv. 13.

5. Genesis iv. 14.

Philo Judaeus Quod Deterius Potiori Insidiari Soleat 150

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