Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 110

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[110] ἑστιαθέντες δ’ οὐ τοῖς εὐτρεπισθεῖσι μᾶλλον ἢ τῇ τοῦ ξενοδόχου γνώμῃ καὶ πολλῇ τινι καὶ ἀπεράντῳ φιλοτιμίᾳ
παρέχουσιν ἆθλον ἐλπίδος μεῖζον αὐτῷ, υἱοῦ γνησίου γένεσιν εἰς νέωτα βεβαιωθησομένην ὑποσχόμενοι δι’ ἑνὸς τοῦ τῶν τριῶν ἀρίστου — λέγειν ¹² γὰρ ἐν ταὐτῷ πάντας ἀθρόους ἦν ἀφιλόσοφον, ἑνὶ δὲ λέγοντι τοὺς ἄλλους συνεπινεύειν ἐμπρεπές—.

De Abrahamo. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

Current edition First1KGreek

De Abrahamo (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 4. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1902.)

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On the Life of the Wise Man made perfect by Instruction or, on the Unwritten Law, that is to say, on Abraham First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 110 focus

[110] therefore, after having feasted, and being delighted, not so much with what was set before them, as with the good will of their entertainer, and with his excessive and unbounded zeal to please them, they bestow on him a reward beyond his expectation, the birth of a legitimate son in a short time, making him a promise which is to be confirmed to him by one the most ¹ excellent of the three; for it would have been inconsistent with philosophy for them all to speak together at the same moment, but it was desirous for all the rest to assent while one spoke.

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De Abrahamo

1.
1 ἶνα BEK ἰσχύει ΑΚ συνίστηται MFG, συνίσταται GA εἰ alt.] ἡ Α δὲ BE
2 χρῶντο Α μηδὲν P
3 θαρρήσει F, θαρσήσῃ K, θαρσῆσαι BE κακίαν ΒΚ: κακία ceteri (κακίᾳ v) ἦ] ἡ Α
4 ἀρετὴν BEK: ἀρετὴ ceteri (v) δ’ BEK ᾖ] ἢ Α εὔκλειαν Α πέφυκε νικᾶν BEK: πέφυκεν ἡ νικᾶν ceteri
5 αὐτὴν F: αὑτὴν αὐτὴν P, αὐτὴν αὑτὴν Η1, αὐτὴ αὑτὴν Η2(ν), αὐτὴν ceteri
7 θαυμάσασθαι L (Turn.) ante μεσημβρίας add. τῶ καιρῶ Α μεσημβρίαν BE S ὄντας E
9 ἐλελήθεσαν BEK: ἐλελήθεισαν CFGMP, ἐληλύθεισαν ΑΗ προσλαβὼν BE αὐτοῦ codd. (v)
10 εἰσεληλυθότας BEK: εἰσελθόντας ceteri οἲ BM
11 εἰδότες] ἰδόντες BE
12 πάντες C ἐσπούδαζεν BEK: ἔσπευδεν celeri
13 ὑπο δοχῆς BEK: ἀποδοχῆς ceteri
14 ἐγκρυφίων codd. (v) δ’ BEK
17 καὶ δοῦλοι καὶ ἐλεύθεροι BEKArtn: καὶ ἐλεύθεροι καὶ δοῦλοι transp. ceteri
18 δ’ om. Α οὐ τοῖς] οὕτως C
19 καὶ πολλῇ—φιλοτιμίᾳ om. Arm καὶ alt. om. Κ
20 ἐλπίδος om. BE υἱοῦ τοῦ γνησίου H(v) ἐς Κ
21 τὸ βεβαιωθησόμενον BE, βεβαιωθησομένην om. Arm. ὑποσχομένου (om. δι’) Arm τοῦ et ἀρίστου om. Arm τοῦ τῶν] τούτων Α

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7 sqq. Gen. 18,1 sqq.
16 Origenes Homil. in Genes. IV
1 (t. VIII p. 163 Lomm.) „Puer, inquit, festinavit facere eum." ipse currit, uxor festinat, puer accelerat: nullus piger est in domo sapientis.

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 110

ed. Leopold Cohn

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