# De confusione linguarum 79

Philo Judaeus, De confusione linguarum, Section 79. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-confusione-linguarum/79

τοιγαροῦν εἰκότως Ἀβραὰμ ἐρεῖ τοῖς νεκροφύλαξι καὶ ταμίαις τῶν θνητῶν, ἀναστὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ νεκροῦ βίου καὶ τύφου· „πάροικος καὶ παρεπίδημός εἰμι ἐγὼ μεθ’ ὑμῶν„ (Gen. 23, 4), αὐτόχθονες δὲ ὑμεῖς, κόνιν καὶ χοῦν ψυχῆς προτιμήσαντες, προεδρίας ἀξιώσαντες ὄνομα Ἐφρών, ὃς ἑρμηνεύεται χοῦς.

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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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