# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 88

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 88. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sacrificiis-abelis-et-caini/88

Τὰ μὲν δὴ τοῦ Κάιν μεθ’ ἡμέρας φέροντος θυσίαν ἐγκλήματα τοιαῦτα ἦν. Ἄβελ δὲ ἤνεγκεν οὐ τὰ αὐτὰ οὐδὲ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον, ἀλλ’ ἀντὶ μὲν ἀψύχων ἔμψυχα, ἀντὶ δὲ νεωτέρων καὶ δευτερείων πρεσβύτερα καὶ πρῶτα, ἀντὶ δὲ ἠσθενηκότων ἐρρωμένα καὶ πιότερα· „ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν πρωτοτόκων τῶν προβάτων αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν στεάτων αὐτῶν“ φησι τὴν θυσίαν ποιήσασθαι (Gen. 4, 4), κατὰ τὸ ἱερώτατον διάταγμα· ἔστι δὲ τοιόνδε· „καὶ ἔσται“

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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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