Philo Judaeus, De Abrahamo, ed. Leopold Cohn, 215

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[215] εἰδὼς γὰρ ὅτι συνοικοῦντες μὲν καὶ ἐν ταὐτῷ διαιτώμενοι γνωσιμαχοῦντες φιλονεικήσουσι στάσεις ἀεὶ καὶ πολέμους κατ’ ἀλλήλων
ἐγείροντες, ἵνα μὴ τοῦτο γένοιτο, συμφέρον ὑπέλαβεν εἶναι παραιτήσασθαι τὸ ὁμοδίαιτον καὶ τὴν οἴκησιν διαζεῦξαι· καὶ μεταπεμψάμενος τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν αἵρεσιν αὐτῷ δίδωσι τῆς ἀμείνονος χώρας, ἄσμενος ὁμολογῶν ἣν ἂν ἐπιλέξηται μερίδα λήψεσθαι· κερδανεῖν γὰρ κέρδος μέγιστον, τὴν ¹² εἰρήνην.

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.) — 215 focus

[215] for he knew that if they continued to dwell together, and to abide in the same place, they would be always differing in opinion and quarrelling with one another, and continually raising up quarrels and wars with one another. In order that this might not be the case, he thought it desirable to abandon the custom of dwelling together, and to separate his habitation from that of his nephew. So, sending for his nephew, he gave him the choice of the better country, cheerfully agreeing himself to abandon whatever portion the other selected, as he should thus acquire the greatest of all gains, namely, peace;

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De Abrahamo

1.
1 ἀλλοτριουμένους ΒΕ post ἐρήμους add. δὲ HP(v)
2 πολλῶν KP ἐκμετριάζειν FG 2.
3 ἐν οἷς] ἐνίοις οἷς F, ἐνίοις εἰς G
3 ἠδύνατο Ε ὅτε BEK Arm: ὁπότε ceteri
4 ἀντιρέπων ΜG ὧδε BEK: τῆδε ceteri
5 τοτέ BEK: καὶ τοτὲ ceteii προσαίνων BEK, προσηνῶν A, πρός τινων FG, προσπίπτων C
6 ἀνομαλίαν CFG (Mang.) αὐτοῦ BE
7 φροντιστὴν CFG
8 ante μακρὰν add. καὶ C ὑπὸ BE
10 εἴκουσι] οἰκοῦσι Α πραότητα BEK (foit. lecte) ἀφ’ οὗ conicio ἐπιδιδόντες CFG(v)
11 ὤργουν G μηνιόντες G 11.
12 αὐτοῖς codd.
12 ἐπηνάγκασαν couicio lo δ’ BEK ἐμβριθεστάτης BEK: ἐμβριθεστέρας ceteri
14 ἐπικυδεστέραν οὖσαν BKK Arm: om. et eorum loco post δυνάμει add. ὑπερέχουσαν ceteri (v) αὑτοῦ H: αὐτοῦ ceteri
15 διαφορὰν] φθορὰν G μὴ om. Α
16 ἰδίων] δούλων Arm ἀλλ’ ὡς Arm συμβατηρίοις λόγοις BEK Arm: λόγοις συμβατηρίοις ceteri 17.
18 τὸν χρόνον τὸν μέλλοντα H
18 διαιτῶνται F
20 ἵν᾿ οὑν C γένηται ΒΚ
21 οἴκησιν] συνοίκησιν Arm; οἰκείωσιν coni. Mang.
22 χώρας] χαρᾶς P
23 τὴν ΒΕΚ: om. ceteri

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3 sqq. Gen. 13511

Philo Judaeus De Abrahamo 215

ed. Leopold Cohn

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