# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 18

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sacrificiis-abelis-et-caini/18

γάρ φησι „τὰ πρωτοτόκια τῷ Ἰακώβ„ (Gen. 25,33), ὁμολογήσας ἄντικρυς, ὅτι τὰ δυνάμει πρῶτα καὶ κατ’ ἀρετὴν τίμια φαύλου μέν ἐστιν οὐδενός, μόνου δὲ τοῦ σοφίας ἐραστοῦ, καθάπερ καὶ αὐλὸς καὶ λύρα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα

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Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, 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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