# De Cherubim 46

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 46. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/46

γνωριμώτερον δ’ ἐπὶ τῆς Λείας ἐκδιδάσκει λέγων, ὅτι τὴν μὲν μήτραν ἀνέῳξεν αὐτῆς ὁ θεός (Gen. 29, 31) — ἀνοιγνύναι δὲ μήτραν ἀνδρὸς ἴδιον —, ἡ δὲ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν οὐ θεῷ — ἱκανὸς γὰρ μόνος καὶ αὐταρκέστατος ἑαυτῷ —, ἀλλὰ τῷ κάματον ἀναδεχομένῳ ὑπὲρ τοῦ καλοῦ Ἰακώβ, ὥστε τὴν ἀρετὴν δέχεσθαι μὲν παρὰ τοῦ αἰτίου τὰ θεῖα σπέρματα, τίκτειν δέ τινι τῶν ἑαυτῆς ἐραστῶν, ὃς ἂν τῶν μνηστήρων ἁπάντων προκριθῇ.

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Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, ed. Leopold Cohn. 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.
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