# De Cherubim 54

Philo Judaeus, De Cherubim, Section 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-cherubim/54

καὶ μὴν οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς τὴν οἰκείαν θέσιν τῶν ὀνομάτων· ἤδη γοῦν προελθὼν ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δηλώσεις προσώπου φάσκων, ὅτι „ἔγνω Ἀδὰμ Εὔαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ· καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκεν υἱὸν καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Σήθ“ (Gen. 4, 25). οὐκοῦν πολὺ μᾶλλον ἐχρῆν ἐπὶ τοῦ πρωτοτόκου, ὃς ἦν ἀρχὴ τῆς ἐξ ἀλλήλων γενέσεως ἀνθρώποις, τήν τε φύσιν τοῦ ἀποκυηθέντος δηλῶσαι πρῶτον ὅτι ἄρρεν, εἶτα τὸ οἰκεῖον ὄνομα θέσθαι, Κάιν εἰ τύχοι.

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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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