# De confusione linguarum 72

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 72. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/72

γάρ φησι „βασιλεὺς ἕτερος ἐπ’ Αἴγυπτον„, ὃς οὐδὲ τὸ πανύστατον καὶ νεώτατον αἰσθητὸν ἀγαθὸν „ᾔδει τὸν Ἰωσήφ„ (Exod. 1,8), ὅστις οὐ μόνον τελειότητας ἀλλὰ καὶ προκοπάς, οὐδὲ ἐνάργειαν τὴν οἵαν δι’ ὁράσεως ἀλλὰ καὶ διδασκαλίαν τὴν δι’ ἀκοῆς ἐγγινομένην. ἀνῄρει λέγων· „δεῦρο ἄρασαί μοι τὸν Ἰακώβ, καὶ δεῦρο ἐπικατάρασαί μοι τὸν Ἰσραήλ„ (Num. 23,7), ἴσον τῷ ἐλθέ, ἀμφότερα κατάλυσον, ὅρασίν τε καὶ ἀκοὴν ψυχῆς, ἵνα μηδὲν ἀληθὲς καὶ γνήσιον καλὸν μήτε ἴδῃ μήτε ἀκούσῃ· ὁράσεως μὲν γὰρ Ἰσραήλ, Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἀκοῆς σύμβολον.

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Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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