# De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini 94

Philo Judaeus, De sacrificiis Abelis et Caini, Section 94. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philo-judaeus/de-sacrificiis-abelis-et-caini/94

τί οὖν ἔδοξε τῷ ἱεροφάντῃ παρεισαγαγεῖν αὐτὸν ὀμνύντα; ἵνα τὴν ἀσθένειαν διελέγξῃ τοῦ γενητοῦ καὶ διελέγξας ἅμα παρηγορήσῃ· οὐ γὰρ δυνάμεθα διηνεκῶς τὸ ἄξιον τοῦ αἰτίου κεφάλαιον ἐν ψυχῇ ταμιεύεσθαι τῇ ἑαυτῶν, τὸ „οὐχ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ὁ θεός“ (Num. 23, 19), ἵνα πάντα τὰ ἀνθρωπολογούμενα ὑπερκύψωμεν·

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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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