# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 42

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 42. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sacrificiis-abelis-et-caini/42

οὕτως καὶ γενέσει νεώτερος ὢν πρεσβύτερος νομισθήσῃ καὶ τῶν πρεσβείων ἀξιωθήσῃ· ἐὰν δὲ βελτιούμενος ἀεὶ πρὸς τέλος ἀφίκῃ, οὐ μόνον σοι τὰ πρεσβεῖα ὁ πατὴρ ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰ πατρῷα χαριεῖται πάντα, καθάπερ καὶ τῷ τὰς ἕδρας τοῦ πάθους καὶ βάσεις πτερνίζοντι Ἰακώβ, ὃς ὡμολόγησεν ὃ ἔπαθεν εἰπὼν „ὅτι ἠλέησέ με ὁ θεός, καὶ ἔστι μοι πάντα“ (Gen. 33,11), δογματικῶς ἅμα καὶ παιδευτικῶς· ἐν γὰρ τῷ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐλέῳ τὰ πάντα ὁρμεῖ.

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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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