Philo Judaeus, De Sobrietate, ed. Paul Wendland, 22

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[22] p. 396 M. παρατετήρηκας ἤδη, ὅτι τὸν μὲν τῆς στεργομένης υἱὸν οὐδέποτε πρωτότοκον ἢ πρεσβύτερον καλεῖ, τὸν δὲ τῆς μισουμένης πολλάκις· καίτοι τοῦ μὲν τὴν γένεσιν προτέρου, τοῦ δὲ ἐκ τῆς στυγουμένης ὑστέρου δεδήλωκεν εὐθὺς ἀρχόμενος τῆς προστάξεως· „ἐὰν γὰρ τέκωσι„ φησίν „ἡ ἠγαπημένη καὶ ἡ μισουμένη.“
ἀλλ’ ὅμως τὸ μὲν τῆς προτέρας γέννημα, κἂν πολυχρονιώτερον ᾖ, νεώτερον παρ’ ὀρθῷ λόγῳ δικάζοντι νενόμισται, τὸ δὲ τῆς ὑστέρας, κἂν ἐν τοῖς κατὰ τὴν γένεσιν χρόνοις ὑστερίζῃ, τῆς μείζονος καὶ πρεσβυτέρας μοίρας ἠξίωται. διὰ τί;

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.) — 22 focus

[22] You observe here now that he never calls the son of the wife that is beloved the first born or the elder, but he often gives this title to the son of her who is hated; and yet he has already pointed out that the son of her who is beloved was in point of time the first, and the son of her who is hated the last, at the very beginning of this injunction; for he says, "If the beloved wife and she who is hated both bear children." But nevertheless the offspring of the first mentioned, even though it may be considerably earlier in point of time is looked upon as younger by right reason when it comes to decide between them. But the offspring of her who is spoken of in the second place, even though it may come after as to the time of its birth, is thought worthy of the more important and elder share. ¹²

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