Philo Judaeus, De Fuga Et Inventione, ed. Paul Wendland, 208

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[208] οὕτως γὰρ πραϋτόκοις ὠδῖσιν ἄρρενα γενεὰν ἀποκυήσεις, ὄνομα Ἰσμαήλ (ibid. 11), ἀκοαῖς θείαις σωφρονισθεῖσα· ἑρμηνεύεται γὰρ Ἰσμαὴλ ἀκοὴ θεοῦ. ἀκοὴ δ’ ὁράσεως τὰ δευτερεῖα φέρεται, ὅρασιν δὲ ὁ γνήσιος υἱὸς καὶ πρωτόγονος Ἰσραὴλ κεκλήρωται· μεταληφθεὶς
γάρ ἐστιν ὁρῶν θεόν. ἀκούειν μὲν γὰρ καὶ ψευδῶν ὡς ἀληθῶν ἔνεστιν, ὅτι ἀπατηλὸν ἀκοή, ἀψευδὲς δ’ ὅρασις, ᾗ τὰ ὄντα ὄντως κατανοεῖται.

De Fuga Et Inventione. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Fuga Et Inventione (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 3. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1898.)

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On Fugitives First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 208 focus

[208] For thus, after a gentle travail, thou wilt bring forth a male child, by name Ishmael, corrected by divine admonitions; for Ishmael, being interpreted, means "the hearing of God;" and hearing is considered as entitled to only the second prize after seeing; but seeing is the inheritance of the legitimate and first-born son, Israel; for the name Israel, being interpreted, means "seeing God." For it is possible for a man to hear false statements as though they were true, because hearing is a deceitful thing; but seeing is a sense which cannot be deceived, by which a man perceives existing things as they really are.

Philo Judaeus De Fuga Et Inventione 208

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