Philo Judaeus De Migratione Abrahami 27

ed. Paul Wendland

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[27] διὸ λόγιον ἐχρήσθη
τοιόνδε· „ἀποστρέφου εἰς τὴν γῆν τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ εἰς τὴν γενεάν σου, καὶ ἔσομαι μετὰ σοῦ“ (Gen. 31, 3), ἴσον τῷ γέγονας μὲν ἀθλητὴς τέλειος καὶ βραβείων καὶ στεφάνων ἠξιώθης ἀγωνοθετούσης ἀρετῆς καὶ προτεινούσης ἆθλά σοι τὰ νικητήρια· κατάλυσον δὲ ἤδη τὸ φιλόνεικον, ἵνα μὴ πάντοτε πονῇς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πονηθέντων ἀπόνασθαι δυνηθῇς.

De Migratione Abrahami. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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

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On the Migration of Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 27 focus

[27] And for this reason the following scripture has been given to men, "Return to the land of thy father and to thy family, and I will be with thee;" ¹ which is equivalent to saying, you have been a perfect wrestler for me, and you have been thought worthy of the prize and crown of victory, virtue having been the establisher of the contest and proposing to give prizes of victory; and now get rid of your fondness for contention, that you may not be always labouring but that you may be able to enjoy the fruit of your labours,

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