Philo Judaeus De Posteritate Caini 40

ed. Paul Wendland

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[40] 12 ἐπεὶ δὲ ὁ Κάιν τὸν Ἐνὼχ γεγέννηκε καὶ αὖθις ἔκγονος τοῦ Σὴθ πάλιν Ἐνὼχ ὀνομάζεται (Gen. 4, 17. 5, 18), σκεπτέον ἂν εἴη πότερον ἑτέρους ἢ τοὺς αὐτοὺς εἶναι συμβέβηκεν. ἐρευνήσωμεν δ’ ἅμα τούτοις
καὶ τὰς τῶν ἄλλων ὁμωνύμων διαφοράς. ὥσπερ γὰρ Ἐνώχ, οὕτω καὶ Μαθουσάλα καὶ Λάμεχ ἀπόγονοι μὲν Κάιν, ἀπόγονοι δ’ οὐδὲν ἧττον καὶ τοῦ Σήθ εἰσι (Gen. 4, 18. 5, 21. 25).

De Posteritate Caini. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Posteritate Caini (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Posterity of Cain First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 40 focus

But as after Cain had begotten Enoch, one of the posterity of Seth is also subsequently called Enoch, it may be well to consider, whether the two namesakes were men of different or of similar dispositions and characters. And at the same time that we examine this question let us also investigate the differences between other persons bearing the same name. For as Enoch was, so also Methusaleh and Lamech were both descendants of Cain, and they were no less the descendants of Seth also.

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