# Selecta in Genesim 25

Origen, Selecta in Genesim, ΩΡΙΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΓΕΝΕΣΙΝ ΕΚΛΟΓΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/selecta-in-genesim/25

Ἀπὸ δὲ πάντων τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν καθαρῶν εἰσάγαγε πρός σέ ἑπτὰ ἑπτὰ, ἄρσεν καὶ. θῆλυ· ἀεὸ δὲ τῶν κτηνῶν τῶν μὴ καθαρῶν δύο, καὶ τὰ ἐξῆς. Ζητήσειέ τις ἂν (54) πῶς, μηδέπω τοῦ νόμου διαστειλαμένου καθαρὰ καὶ ἀκάθαρτα, ὡς εἰδότι τῷ Νῶε διαφορὰν ἀκαθάρτων ταῦτα λέγεται. Ὅθεν ἄξιον ἐπιστῆσαι μὴ κατὰ τὸ, Ὅταν ἔθνη τὰ μὴ νόμον ἐχοντα φύσει τὰ τοῦ νόμου ποιῶσιν, ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ φύσει νόμου ταῦτα ἠπίστατο ὁ Νῶε.

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Origenes, Selecta in Genesim, ed. Charles de La Rue, Charles Vincent de La Rue. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2042.tlg048.local001/.