Philo Judaeus, De Sobrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 12

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[12] οὕτως μέντοι καὶ Ῥαχήλ, ἡ σώματος εὐμορφία, νεωτέρα Λείας, τοῦ κατὰ ψυχὴν κάλλους, ἀναγράφεται· ἡ μὲν γὰρ θνητή, τὸ δ’ ἐστὶν ἀθάνατον, καὶ ὅσα μέντοι τίμια πρὸς αἴσθησιν, ἑνὸς μόνου τοῦ κατὰ ψυχὴν κάλλους ἀτελέστερα. οἷς ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ
νέον τε καὶ νεώτατον αἰεὶ λέγεσθαι· καὶ γάρ, ὅταν ἐπιστατῇ τῆς ποίμνης μετὰ τῶν νόθων ἀδελφῶν, νέος προσαγορεύεται (Gen. 37, 2), καὶ ὅταν εὔχηται ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ, φησίν· „υἱὸς ηὐξημένος νεώτατος πρὸς μὲ ἀνάστρεψον“ (Gen. 49, 22).

De Sobrietate. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

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

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On Sobriety First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 12 focus

[12] Thus indeed, Rachel also, that is beauty of body, is represented as younger than Leah, who is beauty of soul. For the beauty of the body is mortal, but that of the soul is immortal; and all the things which are accounted honourable when judged of with reference to the outward senses, are all taken together inferior to the one single thing, the beauty of the soul. And it is in accordance with this principle that Joseph is always spoken of as young and as "the youngest." ¹ For when he manages the flock "with his illegitimate brethren," ² he is called young; and when his father prays for him, he says, "My youngest son whom I have prayed for, return to me."

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