Preparation for the Gospel 9.16.1–9.26.1
Greek text: Dindorf, Eusebii Opera 1 (Greek text: W. Dindorf, Eusebii Caesariensis Opera 1–2 (Leipzig: Teubner, 1867), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0). Compare: E. H. Gifford, Eusebii Pamphili Evangelicae Praeparationis libri XV (Oxford, 1903), vol. 3 (English).
Preparation 9, chapter 16
9.16.1Dindorf 1:483
πάλιν Μώσεως τὴν κατὰ τὸν Ἑβραίων προπάτορα Ἀβραὰμ ἱστορίαν εἰς πλάτος ἐκθεμένου, μαρτυρεῖν αὐτῷ καὶ τοὺς ἔξωθεν ἱστορικοὺς ὁ Ἰώσηπος λέγει διὰ τούτων
palin Mōseōs tēn kata ton Hebraiōn propatora Abraam historian eis platos ekthemenou, martyrein autǭ kai tous exōthen historikous ho Iōsēpos legei dia toutōn
Again, since Moses set out at length the history of Abraham, the forefather of the Hebrews, Josephus says that outside historians also bear witness to him, in these words:
Notes and citation
Summary: Eusebius introduces Josephus on pagan witnesses to Abraham.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated syllables in the digital text; word split by a stray mark in the digital text): μαρτυρεῖν τυρεῖν → μαρτυρεῖν; λέγ· ει → λέγει.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.1 (Dindorf 1:483; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.16.2Dindorf 1:483
“ Μνημονεύει δὲ ἡμῶν τοῦ πατρὸς Ἀβραάμου Βηρωσσὸς, οὐκ ὀνομάζων, λέγων δὲ οὕτως μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν δεκάτῃ γενεᾷ παρὰ Χαλδαίοις τις ἦν δίκαιος ἀνὴρ καὶ μέγας καὶ τὰ οὐράνια ἔμπειρος.’’
“ Mnēmoneuei de hēmōn tou patros Abraamou Bērōssos, ouk onomazōn, legōn de houtōs meta ton kataklysmon dekatę̄ geneą para Chaldaiois tis ēn dikaios anēr kai megas kai ta ourania empeiros.’’
"Berossus mentions our father Abraham, not naming him, but saying thus: 'In the tenth generation after the flood there was among the Chaldeans a righteous man, great and skilled in heavenly things.'"
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Summary: Berossus alludes to Abraham as a righteous Chaldean astronomer.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.158, quoting Berossus.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters in the digital text): οὕτως οατρὸς μετὰ → οὕτως μετὰ.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.158 (Josephus (works); quotation); Berossus (Berossus, Babyloniaca; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.2 (Dindorf 1:483; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.16.3Dindorf 1:483
Ἑκαταῖος δὲ καὶ τοῦ μνησθῆναι πλεῖόν τι πεποίηκε· βιβλίον γὰρ περὶ αὐτοῦ συνταξάμενος κατέλιπε.
Hekataios de kai tou mnēsthēnai pleion ti pepoiēke; biblion gar peri autou syntaxamenos katelipe.
And Hecataeus did more than mention him; for he composed and left a book about him.
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Summary: Hecataeus wrote a book about Abraham.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.159.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (garbled word in the digital text; repeated syllables in the digital text): πεποίβιβῖος ἧκε· βιβλίον → πεποίηκε· βιβλίον; κατέλιπε. λιπε. → κατέλιπε..
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.159 (Josephus (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.3 (Dindorf 1:483; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.16.4Dindorf 1:483
Νικόλαος δὲ ὁ Δαμασκηνὸς ἐν τῇ τετάρτῃ τῶν ἱστοριῶν λέγει οὕτως “ Ἀβραάμης ἐβασίλευε Δαμάσκου, ἔπηλυς σὺν στρατῷ ἀφιγμένος ἐκ τῆς γῆς τῆς ὑπὲρ Βαβυλῶνος, Χαλδαίων λεγομένης. μετʼ οὐ πολὺν δὲ χρόνον ἐξαναστὰς καὶ ἀπὸ ταύτης τῆς χώρας σὺν τῷ σφετέρῳ λαῷ εἰς τὴν τότε μὲν Χαναναίαν λεγομένην, νῦν δὲ Ἰουδαίαν μετῴκησε, καὶ οἱ ἀπʼ ἐκείνου πληθύσαντες, περὶ ὧν ἐν ἑτέρῳ λόγῳ διέξειμι τὰ ἱστορούμενα.’’
Nikolaos de ho Damaskēnos en tę̄ tetartę̄ tōn historiōn legei houtōs “ Abraamēs ebasileue Damaskou, epēlys syn stratǭ aphigmenos ek tēs gēs tēs hyper Babylōnos, Chaldaiōn legomenēs. metʼ ou polyn de chronon exanastas kai apo tautēs tēs chōras syn tǭ spheterǭ laǭ eis tēn tote men Chananaian legomenēn, nyn de Ioudaian metǭkēse, kai hoi apʼ ekeinou plēthysantes, peri hōn en heterǭ logǭ diexeimi ta historoumena.’’
And Nicolaus of Damascus in the fourth book of his histories says thus: "Abraham reigned in Damascus, having come as an immigrant with an army from the land beyond Babylon called Chaldea. Not long after, he moved from this country too with his own people into the land then called Canaan, now Judea, and so did those who multiplied from him, about whom I shall relate the history in another book."
Gen 12:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Nicolaus: Abraham reigned in Damascus before moving to Canaan.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.159–160, quoting Nicolaus of Damascus.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (garbled word in the digital text): χώσυν ρας, σὺν → χώρας σὺν.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.159–160 (Josephus (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.4 (Dindorf 1:483; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.16.5Dindorf 1:483–484
τοῦ τε Ἀβραάμου ἔτι καὶ νῦν ἐν τῇ Δαμασκηνῇ τὸ ὄνομα δοξάζεται, καὶ κώμη ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ δείκνυται Ἀβραάμου οἴκησις λεγομένη. λιμοῦ δὲ χρόνοις ὕστερον τὴν Χαναναίαν καταλαβόντος, Ἅβραμος Αἰγυπτίους εὐδαιμονεῖν πυθόμενος διαίρειν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἦν πρόθυμος, τῆς τε ἀφθονίας τῆς ἐκείνων μεθέξων καὶ τῶν ἱερέων ἀκροατὴς ἐσόμενος, ὧν λέγοιεν περὶ θεῶν· ἢ γὰρ κρείσσοσιν εὑρεθεῖσι κατακολουθήσειν, ἢ μετακοσμήσειν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ βέλτιον, αὐτὸς ἄμεινον φρονῶν.’’
tou te Abraamou eti kai nyn en tę̄ Damaskēnę̄ to onoma doxazetai, kai kōmē apʼ autou deiknytai Abraamou oikēsis legomenē. limou de chronois hysteron tēn Chananaian katalabontos, Habramos Aigyptious eudaimonein pythomenos diairein pros autous ēn prothymos, tēs te aphthonias tēs ekeinōn methexōn kai tōn hiereōn akroatēs esomenos, hōn legoien peri theōn; ē gar kreissosin heuretheisi katakolouthēsein, ē metakosmēsein autous epi to beltion, autos ameinon phronōn.’’
"The name of Abraham is still honored in the territory of Damascus, and a village is shown named after him, called Abraham's Dwelling. Later, when a famine had seized Canaan, Abraham, learning that the Egyptians were prospering, was eager to go over to them, both to share their abundance and to hear what their priests said about the gods; for if they were found better, he would follow them, or else he would bring them over to the better view, if he himself thought better."
Gen 12:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Josephus: Abraham went to Egypt in a famine, to share its plenty and debate its priests.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.160–161.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letters in the digital text; repeated syllables in the digital text): λεγομένη. μένη. → λεγομένη.; μεταχοδμήσειν → μετακοσμήσειν.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.160–161 (Josephus (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.5 (Dindorf 1:483–484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.16.6Dindorf 1:484
Εἶθʼ ἑξῆς ἐπιλέγει “ Καὶ συνῆν Αἰγυπτίων τοῖς λογιωτάτοις, τήν τε ἀρετὴν αὐτῷ καὶ τὴν ἐπʼ αὐτῷ δόξαν ἐντεῦθεν ἐπιφανεστέραν συνέβη γενέσθαι.
Eithʼ hexēs epilegei “ Kai synēn Aigyptiōn tois logiōtatois, tēn te aretēn autǭ kai tēn epʼ autǭ doxan enteuthen epiphanesteran synebē genesthai.
Then he adds next: "And he associated with the most learned of the Egyptians, and from this it came about that his virtue and reputation became more conspicuous.
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Summary: Abraham's fame grew among Egyptian scholars.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.165.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letter in the digital text): ἐπιθανεστέραν → ἐπιφανεστέραν.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.165 (Josephus (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.6 (Dindorf 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.16.7Dindorf 1:484
τῶν γὰρ Αἰγυπτίων διαφόροις ἀρεσκομένων ἔθεσι, καὶ τὰ παρʼ ἀλλήλοις ἐκφαυλιζόντων νόμιμα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο δυσμενῶς ἐχόντων τῶν πρὸς ἀλλήλους, συμβαλὼν αὐτῶν ἑκάστοις, καὶ διαπτύων τοὺς λόγους οὓς ἐποιοῦντο περὶ τῶν ἰδίων, κενοὺς καὶ μηδὲν ἀληθὲς ἔχοντας ἀπέφαινε.
tōn gar Aigyptiōn diaphorois areskomenōn ethesi, kai ta parʼ allēlois ekphaulizontōn nomima, kai dia touto dysmenōs echontōn tōn pros allēlous, symbalōn autōn hekastois, kai diaptyōn tous logous hous epoiounto peri tōn idiōn, kenous kai mēden alēthes echontas apephaine.
For since the Egyptians favored different customs and disparaged one another's practices, and were therefore hostile to one another, he conversed with each of them, and, refuting the arguments they made for their own customs, showed them to be empty and to contain nothing true.
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Summary: Abraham refuted the Egyptians' rival religious claims.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.166.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark in the digital text): καὶ τ̣ὰ παρʼ → καὶ τὰ παρʼ.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.166 (Josephus (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.7 (Dindorf 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.16.8Dindorf 1:484
θαυμασθεὶς οὖν ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐν ταῖς συνουσίαις ὡς συνετώτατος, καὶ δεινὸς ἀνὴρ οὐ νοῆσαι μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πεῖσαι λέγων περὶ ὧν ἂν ἐπιχειρήσειε διδάσκειν, τήν τε ἀριθμητικὴν αὐτοῖς χαρίζεται καὶ τὰ περὶ ἀστρολογίαν παραδίδωσι. πρὸ γὰρ τῆς Ἀβραάμου παρουσίας Αἰγύπτιοι τούτων εἶχον ἀμαθῶς. ἐκ Χαλδαίων γὰρ ταῦτʼ ἐφοίτησεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ὅθεν ἦλθε καὶ εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας. ’ Ταῦτα ὁ Ἰώσηπος.
thaumastheis oun hypʼ autōn en tais synousiais hōs synetōtatos, kai deinos anēr ou noēsai monon, alla kai peisai legōn peri hōn an epicheirēseie didaskein, tēn te arithmētikēn autois charizetai kai ta peri astrologian paradidōsi. pro gar tēs Abraamou parousias Aigyptioi toutōn eichon amathōs. ek Chaldaiōn gar tautʼ ephoitēsen eis Aigypton, hothen ēlthe kai eis tous Hellēnas. ’ Tauta ho Iōsēpos.
Admired by them, then, in their meetings as most intelligent, and a man clever not only at understanding but at persuading by speech about whatever he undertook to teach, he gave them arithmetic and handed on astronomy. For before Abraham's coming the Egyptians were ignorant of these; for these came from the Chaldeans to Egypt, and from there to the Greeks also." So Josephus.
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Summary: Abraham taught the Egyptians arithmetic and astronomy, which passed to the Greeks.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.167–168.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread word in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): ἀνὴρ οἱ νοῆσαι → ἀνὴρ οὐ νοῆσαι; εἰς τοὺς Ἑλληνας → εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.167–168 (Josephus (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.16.8 (Dindorf 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-16-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 17
9.17.1Dindorf 1:484
Συνᾴδει δὲ τούτοις καὶ ὁ Πολυΐστωρ Ἀλέξανδρος, ὢν καὶ πολυμαθὴς ἀνὴρ, τοῖς τε μὴ πάρεργον τὸν ἀπὸ παιδείας καρπὸν πεποιημένοις Ἕλλησι γνωριμώτατος, ὃς ἐν τῇ Περὶ Ἰουδαίων συντάξει τὰ κατὰ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ τοῦτον ἱστορεῖ κατὰ λέξιν τὸν τρόπον
Synądei de toutois kai ho Polyïstōr Alexandros, ōn kai polymathēs anēr, tois te mē parergon ton apo paideias karpon pepoiēmenois Hellēsi gnōrimōtatos, hos en tę̄ Peri Ioudaiōn syntaxei ta kata ton Abraam touton historei kata lexin ton tropon
Alexander Polyhistor agrees with these too, a very learned man and well known to those Greeks who have not treated the fruit of education as a side matter, who in his work On the Jews relates the things about this Abraham, word for word, in this way:
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Summary: Eusebius introduces Alexander Polyhistor's work On the Jews.
- Alexander Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing accent in the digital text; wrong breathing in the digital text): Ἔλλησι γνωριμώτατος → Ἕλλησι γνωριμώτατος; κατὰ λέξιν τον τρόπον → κατὰ λέξιν τὸν τρόπον.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.1 (Dindorf 1:484; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.2Dindorf 1:484–485
“ Εὐπόλεμος δὲ ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἰουδαίων τῆς Ἀσσυρίας φησὶ πόλιν Βαβυλῶνα πρῶτον μὲν κτισθῆναι ὑπὸ τῶν διασωθέντων ἐκ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ· εἶναι δὲ αὐτοὺς γίγαντας, οἰκοδομεῖν δὲ τὸν ἱστορούμενον πύργον.
“ Eupolemos de en tǭ peri Ioudaiōn tēs Assyrias phēsi polin Babylōna prōton men ktisthēnai hypo tōn diasōthentōn ek tou kataklysmou; einai de autous gigantas, oikodomein de ton historoumenon pyrgon.
"Eupolemus, in his work On the Jews of Assyria, says that the city of Babylon was first founded by those saved from the flood; that they were giants, and built the tower of which history tells.
Gen 11:4 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Eupolemus (via Polyhistor): giants saved from the flood founded Babylon and built the tower.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus" (a passage usually ascribed to an anonymous Samaritan writer, "Pseudo-Eupolemus").
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letter and repeated syllables in the digital text; wrong breathing in the digital text): δὲ έν τῷ → δὲ ἐν τῷ; Ἀδσυρίας συρίας → Ἀσσυρίας.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.2 (Dindorf 1:484–485; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.3Dindorf 1:485
πεσόντος δὲ τούτου ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐνεργείας τοὺς γίγαντας διασπαρῆναι καθʼ ὅλην τὴν γῆν. δεκάτῃ δὲ γενεᾷ, φησὶν, ἐν πόλει τῆς Βαβυλωνίας Καμαρίνῃ, ἥν τινας λέγειν πόλιν Οὐρίην· εἶναι δὲ μεθερμηνευομένην Χαλδαίων πόλιν· ἐν τρισκαιδεκάτῃ γενέσθαι Ἀβραὰμ γενεᾷ, εὐγενείᾳ καὶ σοφίᾳ πάντας ὑπερβεβηκότα, ὃν δὴ καὶ τὴν ἀστρολογίαν καὶ Χαλδαικὴν εὑρεῖν, ἐπί τε τὴν εὐσέβειαν ὁρμήσαντα εὐαρεστῆσαι τῷ θεῷ.
pesontos de toutou hypo tēs tou theou energeias tous gigantas diasparēnai kathʼ holēn tēn gēn. dekatę̄ de geneą, phēsin, en polei tēs Babylōnias Kamarinę̄, hēn tinas legein polin Ouriēn; einai de methermēneuomenēn Chaldaiōn polin; en triskaidekatę̄ genesthai Abraam geneą, eugeneią kai sophią pantas hyperbebēkota, hon dē kai tēn astrologian kai Chaldaikēn heurein, epi te tēn eusebeian hormēsanta euarestēsai tǭ theǭ.
When it fell by the working of God, the giants were scattered over the whole earth. And in the tenth generation, he says, in the city of Babylonia Camarina, which some call the city Urie (meaning, when translated, a city of the Chaldeans), in the thirteenth generation Abraham was born, surpassing all in nobility and wisdom; he discovered astronomy and the Chaldean art, and, setting out on piety, pleased God.
Gen 11:28 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Abraham, born at Ur, discovered astronomy and pleased God.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus."
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark in the digital text): Χαλδαίων πόλιν) → Χαλδαίων πόλιν·.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.3 (Dindorf 1:485; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.4Dindorf 1:485
τοῦτον δὲ διὰ τὰ προστάγματα τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς Φοινίκην ἐλθόντα κατοικῆσαι, καὶ τροπὰς ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα διδάξαντα τοὺς Φοίνικας εὐαρεστῆσαι τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν. ὕστερον δὲ Ἀρμενίους ἐπιστρατεῦσαι τοῖς Φοίνιξι· νικησάντων δὲ καὶ αἰχμαλωτισαμένων τὸν ἀδελφιδοῦν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ μετὰ οἰκετῶν βοηθήσαντα ἐγκρατῆ γενέσθαι τῶν αἰχμαλωτισαμένων, καὶ τῶν πολεμίων αἰχμαλωτίσαι τέκνα καὶ γυναῖκας.
touton de dia ta prostagmata tou theou eis Phoinikēn elthonta katoikēsai, kai tropas hēliou kai selēnēs kai ta alla panta didaxanta tous Phoinikas euarestēsai tǭ basilei autōn. hysteron de Armenious epistrateusai tois Phoinixi; nikēsantōn de kai aichmalōtisamenōn ton adelphidoun autou ton Abraam meta oiketōn boēthēsanta enkratē genesthai tōn aichmalōtisamenōn, kai tōn polemiōn aichmalōtisai tekna kai gynaikas.
He, at God's commands, came to Phoenicia and settled there, and, teaching the Phoenicians the solstices of sun and moon and all the rest, pleased their king. Later the Armenians made war on the Phoenicians; and when they had won and taken his nephew captive, Abraham, coming to help with his servants, overpowered the captors and took captive the enemies' children and wives.
Gen 14:14 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Abraham taught the Phoenicians astronomy and rescued his nephew from the Armenians.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus."
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (capital letter in the digital text; line-end hyphen left in the digital text): τῷ Βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν → τῷ βασιλεῖ αὐτῶν; κα- τοικῆσαι → κατοικῆσαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.4 (Dindorf 1:485; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.5Dindorf 1:485
πρέσβεων δὲ παραγενομένων πρὸς αὐτὸν ὅπως χρήματα λαβὼν ἀπολυτρώσῃ ταῦτα, μὴ προελέσθαι τοῖς δυστυχοῦσιν ἐπεμβαίνειν, ἀλλὰ τὰς τροφὰς λαβόντα τῶν νεανίσκων ἀποδοῦναι τὰ αἰχμάλωτα, ξενισθῆναί τε αὐτὸν ὑπὸ πόλεως ἱερὸν Αρυαριξὶν, ὃ εἶναι μεθερμηνευόμενον ὄρος ὑψίστου·
presbeōn de paragenomenōn pros auton hopōs chrēmata labōn apolytrōsę̄ tauta, mē proelesthai tois dystychousin epembainein, alla tas trophas labonta tōn neaniskōn apodounai ta aichmalōta, xenisthēnai te auton hypo poleōs hieron Aryarixin, ho einai methermēneuomenon oros hypsistou;
When envoys came to him that he might take money and release these, he did not choose to trample on the unfortunate, but, taking the food for his young men, returned the captives; and he was received as a guest by the city at the temple Argarizin, which means, translated, 'mountain of the Most High';
Gen 14:24 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Abraham released the captives without ransom and was received at Argarizin.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus." Argarizin is Mount Gerizim; the name is garbled in the digital text (Αρυαριξὶν).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line-end hyphen left in the digital text; wrong breathing in the digital text): ὄπως χρήματα → ὅπως χρήματα; αἰχμά- λωτα → αἰχμάλωτα.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.5 (Dindorf 1:485; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.6Dindorf 1:485
παρὰ δὲ τοῦ Μελχισεδὲκ ἱερέως ὄντος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ βασιλεύοντος λαβεῖν δῶρα. λιμοῦ δὲ γενομένου τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀπαλλαγῆναι εἰς Αἴγυπτον πανοικίᾳ, κἀκεῖ κατοικεῖν, τήν τε γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων γῆμαι, φάντος αὐτοῦ ἀδελφὴν εἶναι.
para de tou Melchisedek hiereōs ontos tou theou kai basileuontos labein dōra. limou de genomenou ton Abraam apallagēnai eis Aigypton panoikią, kakei katoikein, tēn te gynaika autou ton basilea tōn Aigyptiōn gēmai, phantos autou adelphēn einai.
and from Melchizedek, who was priest of God and king, he received gifts. When a famine came, Abraham moved to Egypt with his whole household and lived there, and the king of the Egyptians married his wife, since he said she was his sister.
Gen 14:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 12:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 12:15 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Melchizedek gives Abraham gifts; in Egypt Pharaoh takes Sarah.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus."
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.6 (Dindorf 1:485; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.7Dindorf 1:485–486
περισσότερον δʼ ἱστόρησεν ὅτι οὐκ ἠδύνατο αὐτῇ συγγενέσθαι, καὶ ὅτι συνέβη φθείρεσθαι αὐτοῦ τὸν λαὸν καὶ τὸν οἶκον. μάντεις δὲ αὐτοῦ καλέσαντος τοῦτο φάναι, μὴ εἶναι χήραν τὴν γυναῖκα· τὸν δὲ βασιλέα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων οὕτως ἐπιγνῶναι ὅτι γυνὴ ἦν τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ, καὶ ἀποδοῦναι αὐτὴν τῷ ἀνδρί.
perissoteron dʼ historēsen hoti ouk ēdynato autę̄ syngenesthai, kai hoti synebē phtheiresthai autou ton laon kai ton oikon. manteis de autou kalesantos touto phanai, mē einai chēran tēn gynaika; ton de basilea tōn Aigyptiōn houtōs epignōnai hoti gynē ēn tou Abraam, kai apodounai autēn tǭ andri.
He related further that the king could not have intercourse with her, and that it happened that his people and his house were being destroyed. When he called his seers, they told him this, that the woman was not a widow; and so the king of the Egyptians recognized that she was Abraham's wife and gave her back to her husband.
Gen 12:17 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 12:19 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Plagued, Pharaoh learns Sarah is Abraham's wife and returns her.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus."
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.7 (Dindorf 1:485–486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.8Dindorf 1:486
συζήσαντα δὲ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἐν Ἡλιουπόλει τοῖς Αἰγυπτίων ἱερεῦσι πολλὰ μεταδιδάξαι αὐτοὺς, καὶ τὴν ἀστρολογίαν καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τοῦτον αὐτοῖς εἰσηγήσασθαι, φάμενον Βαβυλωνίους ταῦτα καὶ αὑτὸν εὑρηκέναι, τὴν δὲ εὕρεσιν αὐτῶν εἰς Ἑνὼχ ἀναπέμπειν, καὶ τοῦτον εὑρηκέναι πρῶτον τὴν ἀστρολογίαν, οὐκ Αἰγυπτίους.
syzēsanta de ton Abraam en Hēlioupolei tois Aigyptiōn hiereusi polla metadidaxai autous, kai tēn astrologian kai ta loipa touton autois eisēgēsasthai, phamenon Babylōnious tauta kai hauton heurēkenai, tēn de heuresin autōn eis Henōch anapempein, kai touton heurēkenai prōton tēn astrologian, ouk Aigyptious.
Abraham, living at Heliopolis with the Egyptian priests, taught them many things, and introduced astronomy and the rest to them, saying that the Babylonians and he himself had discovered these, but he traced their discovery back to Enoch, and that Enoch first discovered astronomy, not the Egyptians.
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Summary: Abraham taught astronomy in Egypt, crediting Enoch as its discoverer.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus."
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line-end hyphen left in the digital text): συζή- σαντα → συζήσαντα; Αἰ- γυπτίους → Αἰγυπτίους.
Extrabiblical texts: 1 En. (1 Enoch [in the ETH canon]; echo); Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.8 (Dindorf 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.17.9Dindorf 1:486
Βαβυλωνίους γὰρ λέγειν πρῶτον γενέσθαι Βῆλον, ὃν εἶναι Κρόνον· ἐκ τούτου δὲ γενέσθαι Βῆλον καὶ Χαναὰν, τοῦτον δὲ τὸν Χαναὰν γεννῆσαι τὸν πατέρα τῶν Φοινίκων, τούτου δὲ Χοὺμ υἱὸν γενέσθαι, ὃν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων λέγεσθαι Ἄσβολον, πατέρα δὲ Αἰθιόπων, ἀδελφὸν δὲ τοῦ Μεστραεὶμ, πατέρα Αἰγυπτίων· Ἕλληνας δὲ λέγειν τὸν Ἄτλαντα εὑρηκέναι ἀστρολογίαν· εἶναι δὲ τὸν Ἄτλαντα τὸν αὐτὸν καὶ Ἑνώχ· τοῦ δὲ Ἑνὼχ γενέσθαι υἱὸν Μαθουσάλαν, ὃν πάντα διʼ ἀγγέλων θεοῦ γνῶναι, καὶ ἡμὰς οὕτως ἐπιγνῶναι.’’
Babylōnious gar legein prōton genesthai Bēlon, hon einai Kronon; ek toutou de genesthai Bēlon kai Chanaan, touton de ton Chanaan gennēsai ton patera tōn Phoinikōn, toutou de Choum huion genesthai, hon hypo tōn Hellēnōn legesthai Asbolon, patera de Aithiopōn, adelphon de tou Mestraeim, patera Aigyptiōn; Hellēnas de legein ton Atlanta heurēkenai astrologian; einai de ton Atlanta ton auton kai Henōch; tou de Henōch genesthai huion Mathousalan, hon panta diʼ angelōn theou gnōnai, kai hēmas houtōs epignōnai.’’
For the Babylonians say that first there was Belus, who is Cronus; from him were born Belus and Canaan; this Canaan begot the father of the Phoenicians; and his son was Chum, whom the Greeks call Asbolus, father of the Ethiopians and brother of Mestraim, father of the Egyptians. The Greeks say that Atlas discovered astronomy; but Atlas is the same as Enoch; and Enoch's son was Methuselah, who knew all things through angels of God, and so we came to know them."
Gen 10:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 5:21 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: A genealogy identifying Enoch with Atlas as the inventor of astronomy.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting "Eupolemus."
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (garbled repeated syllables in the digital text; line-end hyphen left in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): Με-στάεὶμ, στραεὶμ, → Μεστραεὶμ,; Ἓλληνας δὲ λέγειν → Ἕλληνας δὲ λέγειν; γε- νέσθαι → γενέσθαι; γενέ- σθαι → γενέσθαι.
Extrabiblical texts: 1 En. (1 Enoch [in the ETH canon]; echo); Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.17.9 (Dindorf 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-17-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 18
9.18.1Dindorf 1:486
“ Ἀρτάπανος δέ φησιν ἐν τοῖς Ἰουδαϊκοῖς τοὺς μὲν Ἰουδαίους ὀνομάζεσθαι Ἑρμιοὺθ, ὃ εἶναι μεθερμηνευθὲν κατὰ τὴν Ἑλλάδα φωνὴν Ἰουδαῖοι· καλεῖσθαι δὲ αὐτοὺς Ἑβραίους ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμου. τοῦτον δέ φησι πανοικίᾳ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον πρὸς τὸν τῶν Αἰγυπτίων βασιλέα Φαρεθώνην, καὶ τὴν ἀστρολογίαν αὐτὸν διδάξαι· μείναντα δὲ ἔτη ἐκεῖ εἴκοσι πάλιν εἰς τοὺς κατὰ Συρίαν ἀπαλλαγῆναι τόπους· τῶν δὲ τούτῳ συνελθόντων πολλοὺς ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ καταμεῖναι διὰ τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν τῆς χώρας.
“ Artapanos de phēsin en tois Ioudaïkois tous men Ioudaious onomazesthai Hermiouth, ho einai methermēneuthen kata tēn Hellada phōnēn Ioudaioi; kaleisthai de autous Hebraious apo Abraamou. touton de phēsi panoikią elthein eis Aigypton pros ton tōn Aigyptiōn basilea Pharethōnēn, kai tēn astrologian auton didaxai; meinanta de etē ekei eikosi palin eis tous kata Syrian apallagēnai topous; tōn de toutǭ synelthontōn pollous en Aigyptǭ katameinai dia tēn eudaimonian tēs chōras.
"Artapanus says in his Judaica that the Jews are called Hermiouth, which, translated into the Greek language, means Jews; and that they are called Hebrews from Abraham. He says that Abraham came with his whole household into Egypt to Pharethothes, the king of the Egyptians, and taught him astronomy; and that having stayed there twenty years he returned to the regions of Syria, while many of those who came with him remained in Egypt because of the prosperity of the land.
Gen 12:10 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Artapanus (via Polyhistor): Abraham taught astronomy to the Egyptian king.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Artapanus.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letter and stray mark in the digital text; line-end hyphen left in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text; wrong breathing in the digital text): ’Eρμιοὺθ → Ἑρμιοὺθ; ὃ εἷναι → ὃ εἶναι; Ἐβραίους → Ἑβραίους; ἀστρο- λογίαν → ἀστρολογίαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Artapanus (Artapanus; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.18.1 (Dindorf 1:486; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.18.2Dindorf 1:486–487
ἐν δὲ ἀδεσπότοις εὕρομεν τὸν Ἀβραὰμ ἀναφέροντα εἰς τοὺς γίγαντας, τούτους δὲ οἰκοῦντας ἐν τῇ Βαβυλωνίᾳ διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν ἀναιρεθῆναι, ὧν ἕνα Βῆλον ἐκφεύγοντα τὸν θάνατον ἐν Βαβυλῶνι κατοικῆσαι, πύργον τε κατασκευάσαντα ἐν αὐτῷ διαιτᾶσθαι, ὃν δὴ ἀπὸ τοῦ κατασκευάσαντος Βήλου Βῆλον ὀνομασθῆναι. τὸν δὲ Ἄβραμον τὴν ἀστρολογικὴν ἐπιστήμην παιδευθέντα πρῶτον μὲν ἐλθεῖν εἰς Φοινίκην καὶ τοὺς Φοίνικας ἀστρολογίαν διδάξαι, ὕστερον δὲ εἰς Αἴγυπτον παραγενέσθαι.
en de adespotois heuromen ton Abraam anapheronta eis tous gigantas, toutous de oikountas en tę̄ Babylōnią dia tēn asebeian hypo tōn theōn anairethēnai, hōn hena Bēlon ekpheugonta ton thanaton en Babylōni katoikēsai, pyrgon te kataskeuasanta en autǭ diaitasthai, hon dē apo tou kataskeuasantos Bēlou Bēlon onomasthēnai. ton de Abramon tēn astrologikēn epistēmēn paideuthenta prōton men elthein eis Phoinikēn kai tous Phoinikas astrologian didaxai, hysteron de eis Aigypton paragenesthai.
In anonymous writings we found that Abraham traced his descent to the giants; that these, living in Babylonia, were destroyed by the gods for their impiety; that one of them, Belus, escaping death, settled in Babylon, built a tower and lived in it, which was called Belus after Belus who built it; and that Abraham, having been taught the science of astronomy, first came to Phoenicia and taught the Phoenicians astronomy, and later arrived in Egypt."
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Summary: Anonymous sources (via Polyhistor) trace Abraham to the giants and Belus.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting anonymous writings.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line-end hyphen left in the digital text): ἀστρολο- γικὴν → ἀστρολογικὴν.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.18.2 (Dindorf 1:486–487; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 19
9.19.1Dindorf 1:487
“ Ὁ δὲ τὴν συσκευὴν τὴν κατὰ Ἰουδαίων γράψας Μολὼν κατὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν φησιν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀρμενίας ἀπελθεῖν τὸν περιλειφθέντα ἄνθρωπον μετὰ τῶν υἱῶν, ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐξελαυνόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν ἐγχωρίων· διανύσαντα δὲ τὴν μεταξὺ χώραν ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὴν ὀρεινὴν τῆς Συρίας οὖσαν ἔρημον.
“ Ho de tēn syskeuēn tēn kata Ioudaiōn grapsas Molōn kata ton kataklysmon phēsin apo tēs Armenias apelthein ton perileiphthenta anthrōpon meta tōn huiōn, ek tōn idiōn exelaunomenon hypo tōn enchōriōn; dianysanta de tēn metaxy chōran elthein eis tēn oreinēn tēs Syrias ousan erēmon.
"Molon, who wrote the Attack on the Jews, says that at the time of the flood the man who survived went away from Armenia with his sons, driven from his own land by the inhabitants; and having crossed the country between, he came into the mountainous part of Syria, which was uninhabited.
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Summary: Molon (via Polyhistor): the flood survivor moved from Armenia to Syria.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Apollonius Molon.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word in the digital text): “ Ὁ Ὁ δὲ → “ Ὁ δὲ.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Apollonius Molon, Molon (Apollonius Molon; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.19.1 (Dindorf 1:487; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-19-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.19.2Dindorf 1:487
μετὰ δὲ τρεῖς γενεὰς Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι, ὃν δὴ μεθερμηνεύεσθαι πατρὸς φίλον· ὃν δὴ σοφὸν γενόμενον τὴν ἐρημίαν μεταδιώκειν· λαβόντα δὲ δύο γυναῖκας, τὴν μὲν ἐντοπίαν, συγγενῆ, τὴν δὲ Αἰγυπτίαν, θεράπαιναν, ἐκ μὲν τῆς Αἰγυπτίας γεννῆσαι υἱοὺς ιβʼ, οὓς δὴ εἰς Ἀραβίαν ἀπαλλαγέντας διελέσθαι τὴν χώραν καὶ πρώτους βασιλεῦσαι τῶν ἐγχωρίων· ὅθεν ἕως καθʼ ἡμὰς δώδεκα εἶναι βασιλεῖς Ἀράβων ὁμωνύμους ἐκείνοις.
meta de treis geneas Abraam genesthai, hon dē methermēneuesthai patros philon; hon dē sophon genomenon tēn erēmian metadiōkein; labonta de dyo gynaikas, tēn men entopian, syngenē, tēn de Aigyptian, therapainan, ek men tēs Aigyptias gennēsai huious ibʼ, hous dē eis Arabian apallagentas dielesthai tēn chōran kai prōtous basileusai tōn enchōriōn; hothen heōs kathʼ hēmas dōdeka einai basileis Arabōn homōnymous ekeinois.
After three generations Abraham was born, which name is translated 'father's friend'; who, becoming wise, sought out the desert; and taking two wives, one a native and kinswoman, the other an Egyptian handmaid, from the Egyptian he begot twelve sons, who went off to Arabia, divided the country, and were the first to rule over its inhabitants; hence to our time there are twelve kings of the Arabs with the same names as they.
Gen 25:13 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Molon: Abraham had twelve sons by an Egyptian handmaid, ancestors of Arab kings.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Molon. Molon's account differs from Genesis; translated as given.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word in the digital text): φίλον ὄν ὃν δὴ → φίλον· ὃν δὴ.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Apollonius Molon, Molon (Apollonius Molon; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.19.2 (Dindorf 1:487; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-19-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.19.3Dindorf 1:487
ἐκ δὲ τῆς γαμετῆς υἱὸν αὐτῷ γενέσθαι ἕνα, ὃν Ἑλληνιστὶ Γέλωτα ὀνομασθῆναι. καὶ τὸν μὲν Ἀβραὰμ γήρᾳ τελευτῆσαι, Γέλωτος δὲ καὶ γυναικός ἐγχωρίου υἱοὺς ἕνδεκα γενέσθαι, καὶ δωδέκατον Ἰωσὴφ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦδε τρίτον Μωσῆν.’’
ek de tēs gametēs huion autǭ genesthai hena, hon Hellēnisti Gelōta onomasthēnai. kai ton men Abraam gērą teleutēsai, Gelōtos de kai gynaikos enchōriou huious hendeka genesthai, kai dōdekaton Iōsēph, kai apo toude triton Mōsēn.’’
By his wedded wife one son was born to him, who in Greek was named Laughter (Gelos). Abraham died in old age, and Gelos and a native wife had eleven sons, and a twelfth, Joseph, and third from him Moses."
Gen 21:6 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: Molon: Isaac ('Laughter') fathered twelve sons; Moses came three generations later.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Molon. "Laughter" translates the name Isaac.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread word in the digital text; missing iota subscript in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): γενέσθαι ἴνα → γενέσθαι ἕνα; ὀνομασθἤναι → ὀνομασθῆναι; Ἀβραὰμ γήρα τελευτῆσαι → Ἀβραὰμ γήρᾳ τελευτῆσαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Apollonius Molon, Molon (Apollonius Molon; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.19.3 (Dindorf 1:487; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-19-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.19.4Dindorf 1:487–488
Τοσαῦτα ὁ Πολυΐστωρ ’ οἷς μεθʼ ἕτερα ἐπιφέρει λέγων Μετʼ οὐ πολὺν δὲ χρόνον τὸν θεὸν τῷ Ἀβραὰμ προστάξαι Ἰσαὰκ τὸν υἱὸν ὁλοκαρπῶσαι αὐτῷ. τὸν δὲ ἀναγαγόντα τὸν παῖδα ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος πυρὰν νῆσαι καὶ ἐπιθεῖναι τὸν Ἰσαάκ· σφάζειν δὲ μέλλοντα κωλυθῆναι ὑπὸ ἀγγέλου, κριὸν αὐτῷ πρὸς τὴν κάρπωσιν παραστήσαντος ’ τὸν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τὸν μὲν παῖδα καθελεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς πυρᾶς, τὸν δὲ κριὸν καρπῶσαι.’’
Tosauta ho Polyïstōr ’ hois methʼ hetera epipherei legōn Metʼ ou polyn de chronon ton theon tǭ Abraam prostaxai Isaak ton huion holokarpōsai autǭ. ton de anagagonta ton paida epi to oros pyran nēsai kai epitheinai ton Isaak; sphazein de mellonta kōlythēnai hypo angelou, krion autǭ pros tēn karpōsin parastēsantos ’ ton de Abraam ton men paida kathelein apo tēs pyras, ton de krion karpōsai.’’
So much from Polyhistor; to which after other things he adds: "Not long after, God commanded Abraham to offer Isaac his son as a whole burnt offering to him. He led the boy up to the mountain, heaped up a pyre, and laid Isaac on it; but when he was about to slay him, he was prevented by an angel, who set a ram beside him for the offering; and Abraham took the boy down from the pyre and offered the ram."
Gen 22:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 22:13 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Polyhistor recounts the binding of Isaac.
- Alexander Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing accent in the digital text): ἐπιφερει → ἐπιφέρει.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.19.4 (Dindorf 1:487–488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-19-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 20
9.20.1Dindorf 1:488
“ Φησὶ δὲ περὶ τούτου καὶ Φίλων ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν περὶ τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα, ἔκλυον ἀρχεγόνοισι τὸ μυρίον ὥς ποτε θεσμοῖς Ἀβραὰμ κλυτοηχὲς ὑπέρτερον ἅμματι δεσμῶν παμφαὲς πλήμμυρε, μεγαυχήτοισι λογισμοῖς, θειοφιλῆ θέλγητρα. λιπόντι γὰρ ἀγλαὸν ἕρκος αἰνοφύτων, ἔκκαυμα βριήπυος αἰνετὸς ἴσχων, ἀθάνατον ποίησεν ἑὴν φάτιν, ἐξ ὅτʼ ἐκείνου ἔκγονος αἰνογόνοιο πολύμνιον ἔλλαχε κῦδος, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· οἷς μετʼ ὀλίγα ἐπιφέρει ἄρτι χερὸς θηκτοῖο ξιφηφόρον ἐντύνοντος λήμματι, καὶ σφαράγοιο παρακλιδὸν ἀθροισθέντος, ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν ἐν χείρεσσι κερασφόρον ὤπασε κριόν, καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἑπόμενα.’’
“ Phēsi de peri toutou kai Philōn en tǭ prōtǭ tōn peri ta Hierosolyma, eklyon archegonoisi to myrion hōs pote thesmois Abraam klytoēches hyperteron hammati desmōn pamphaes plēmmyre, megauchētoisi logismois, theiophilē thelgētra. liponti gar aglaon herkos ainophytōn, ekkauma briēpyos ainetos ischōn, athanaton poiēsen heēn phatin, ex hotʼ ekeinou ekgonos ainogonoio polymnion ellache kydos, kai ta hexēs; hois metʼ oliga epipherei arti cheros thēktoio xiphēphoron entynontos lēmmati, kai spharagoio paraklidon athroisthentos, allʼ ho men en cheiressi kerasphoron ōpase krion, kai ta toutois hepomena.’’
"Philo too speaks of this in the first book of his work on Jerusalem: 'I heard that once, by the ancient ordinances, ten thousand times more famous, Abraham, exalted above the bond of chains, overflowed in splendor with proud reasonings, charms dear to God. For when he left the splendid fence of dread plants, the praiseworthy one, holding the blaze of the mighty-voiced, made his word immortal; since from that time his offspring, of dread descent, obtained much-hymned glory,' and so on. To which after a little he adds: 'Just as he was readying the sword-bearing sharp blade in his hand for the sacrifice, and the throat was gathered beside it, he put into his hands a horned ram,' and what follows."
Gen 22:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 22:13 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Philo the epic poet (via Polyhistor) celebrates the binding of Isaac in obscure verse.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Philo the Elder, On Jerusalem (an epic poet, not Philo of Alexandria). The verses are very obscure and the text uncertain; translated tentatively.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letter in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text; wrong breathing in the digital text): Ἰεροσόλυμα → Ἱεροσόλυμα; θειοφιλή θέλγητρα → θειοφιλῆ θέλγητρα; ἑπόμενa → ἑπόμενα.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Philo the Epic Poet, Philo Epic Poet (Philo the Epic Poet, On Jerusalem; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.20.1 (Dindorf 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-20-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.20.2Dindorf 1:488
Ταῦτα μὲν δὴ ἀπὸ τῆς προειρημένης τοῦ πολυΐστορος γραφῆς. καὶ ὁ Ἰώσηπος δὲ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ τῆς Ἀρχαιολογίας τοῦ αὐτοῦ μνημονεύει διὰ τούτων “ Λέγεται δὲ ὡς οὗτος ὁ Ἀφρὴν στρατεύσας ἐπὶ τὴν Λιβύην κατέσχεν αὐτὴν, καὶ οἱ υἱωνοὶ αὐτοῦ κατοικήσαντες ἐν αὐτῇ τὴν γῆν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐκείνου ὀνόματος Ἀφρικὰ προσηγόρευσαν.
Tauta men dē apo tēs proeirēmenēs tou polyïstoros graphēs. kai ho Iōsēpos de en tę̄ prōtę̄ tēs Archaiologias tou autou mnēmoneuei dia toutōn “ Legetai de hōs houtos ho Aphrēn strateusas epi tēn Libyēn kateschen autēn, kai hoi huiōnoi autou katoikēsantes en autę̄ tēn gēn apo tou ekeinou onomatos Aphrika prosēgoreusan.
These things, then, are from the aforesaid writing of Polyhistor. Josephus too, in the first book of his Antiquities, mentions the same man in these words: "It is said that this Apher made an expedition against Libya and took it, and his grandsons settled in it and called the land Africa after his name.
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Summary: Josephus: Apher, son of Abraham, gave his name to Africa.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.239–240.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing space in the digital text; repeated syllables in the digital text; truncated word in the digital text): τοῦ πολυΐστα γραφῆς → τοῦ πολυΐστορος γραφῆς; τῆςἈρχαιολογίας → τῆς Ἀρχαιολογίας; ὀνόματος μάτος → ὀνόματος.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.239–240 (Josephus (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.20.2 (Dindorf 1:488; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-20-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.20.3Dindorf 1:488–489
μαρτυρεῖ δέ μου τῷ λόγῳ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Πολυΐστωρ λέγων οὕτως· Κλεόδημος δέ φησιν ὁ προφήτης, ὁ καὶ Μάλχας, ἱστορῶν τὰ περὶ Ἰουδαίων, καθὼς καὶ Μώσης ἱστόρηκεν ὁ νομοθέτης αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐκ Χεττούρας Ἀβραάμῳ ἐγένοντο παῖδες ἱκανοί· λέγει δὲ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα, ὀνομάζων τρεῖς, Ἀφὲρ, Ἀσοὺρ, Ἄφραν.
martyrei de mou tǭ logǭ Alexandros ho Polyïstōr legōn houtōs; Kleodēmos de phēsin ho prophētēs, ho kai Malchas, historōn ta peri Ioudaiōn, kathōs kai Mōsēs historēken ho nomothetēs autōn, hoti ek Chettouras Abraamǭ egenonto paides hikanoi; legei de autōn kai ta onomata, onomazōn treis, Apher, Asour, Aphran.
Alexander Polyhistor bears witness to my account, saying thus: 'Cleodemus the prophet, also called Malchas, in his history of the Jews, as Moses their lawgiver too has related, says that from Keturah many sons were born to Abraham; and he gives their names, naming three: Apher, Assouri, and Aphran.
Gen 25:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 25:2 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Cleodemus Malchus (via Polyhistor): three of Abraham's sons by Keturah.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.240, quoting Alexander Polyhistor's citation of Cleodemus Malchus.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (margin word leaked into the digital text; misplaced space in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): Μαλχἀς → Μάλχας; ΧεττούραςἈ βραάμῳ → Χεττούρας Ἀβραάμῳ; ὀνόΛέγεται μάτα → ὀνόματα.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.240 (Josephus (works); quotation); Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Cleodemus Malchus, Cleodemus (Cleodemus Malchus; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.20.3 (Dindorf 1:488–489; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-20-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.20.4Dindorf 1:489
καὶ ἀπὸ Ἀσοὺρ μὲν τὴν Ἀσσυρίαν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν δύο, Ἄφρα τε καὶ Ἀφὲρ, πόλιν τε Ἀφρὰν καὶ τὴν χώραν Ἀφρικὰ ὀνομασθῆναι. τούτους δὲ Ἡρακλεῖ συστρατεῦσαι ἐπὶ Λιβύην καὶ Ἀνταῖον ’ γήμαντα δὲ τὴν Ἀφρὰ θυγατέρα Ἡρακλέα γεννῆσαι υἱὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς Διόδωρον. τούτου δὲ γενέσθαι Σοφωνᾶν, ἀφʼ οὗ τοὺς βαρβάρους Σοφὰς λέγεσθαι.’’ Τὰ μὲν οὖν περὶ τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ὡς ἐν ὀλίγοις τοσαῦτα παρακείσθω.
kai apo Asour men tēn Assyrian, apo de tōn dyo, Aphra te kai Apher, polin te Aphran kai tēn chōran Aphrika onomasthēnai. toutous de Hēraklei systrateusai epi Libyēn kai Antaion ’ gēmanta de tēn Aphra thygatera Hēraklea gennēsai huion ex autēs Diodōron. toutou de genesthai Sophōnan, aphʼ hou tous barbarous Sophas legesthai.’’ Ta men oun peri tou Abraam hōs en oligois tosauta parakeisthō.
From Assouri Assyria was named, and from the two, Aphran and Apher, the city Aphra and the country Africa. These joined Heracles in his campaign against Libya and Antaeus; and Heracles, marrying Aphran's daughter, begot by her a son, Diodorus; and from him came Sophonas, from whom the barbarians are called Sophaces.'" Let so much, briefly, be set down about Abraham.
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Summary: Cleodemus: Abraham's sons named Assyria and Africa and fought with Heracles.
- Josephus, Antiquities 1.241, quoting Cleodemus via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing accent in the digital text; stray letters in the digital text; stray mark for breathing in the digital text; wrong breathing and repeated syllables in the digital text): πόλιν τε ‘Αφρὰν → πόλιν τε Ἀφρὰν; Ἠρακλεῖ συστρατεῦσαι τεῦσαι → Ἡρακλεῖ συστρατεῦσαι; τὴν ‘Αφρά θυγατέρα → τὴν Ἀφρὰ θυγατέρα; ἐξ αὐτῆς ἴʼ Διόδωρον → ἐξ αὐτῆς Διόδωρον; τοσαυτα → τοσαῦτα.
Extrabiblical texts: Josephus, Ant. 1.241 (Josephus (works); quotation); Cleodemus Malchus, Cleodemus (Cleodemus Malchus; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.20.4 (Dindorf 1:489; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-20-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 21
9.21.1Dindorf 1:489
Ἀπίωμεν δὲ πάλιν ἐπὶ τὸν Πολυίστορα “ Δημήτριός φησι τὸν Ἰακὼβ γενόμενον ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα πέντε φυγεῖν εἰς Χαρρὰν τῆς Μεσοποταμίας, ἀποσταλέντα ὑπὸ τῶν γονέων διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν κρυφίαν ἔχθραν Ἠσαῦ, διὰ τὸ εὐλογῆσαι αὐτὸν πατέρα δοκοῦντα εἶναι τὸν Ἠσαῦ, καὶ ὅπως λάβῃ ἐκεῖθεν γυναῖκα.
Apiōmen de palin epi ton Poluistora “ Dēmētrios phēsi ton Iakōb genomenon etōn hebdomēkonta pente phygein eis Charran tēs Mesopotamias, apostalenta hypo tōn goneōn dia tēn pros ton adelphon kryphian echthran Ēsau, dia to eulogēsai auton patera dokounta einai ton Ēsau, kai hopōs labę̄ ekeithen gynaika.
Let us return again to Polyhistor: "Demetrius says that Jacob, at the age of seventy-five, fled to Haran in Mesopotamia, sent by his parents because of the secret enmity of his brother Esau, since his father had blessed him thinking he was Esau, and so that he might take a wife from there.
Gen 27:41 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 28:2 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Demetrius (via Polyhistor): Jacob fled to Haran at seventy-five.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Demetrius the chronographer.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letters in the digital text; missing space in the digital text): ἐβσομήκοντα → ἑβδομήκοντα; ἔχθρανἨσαῦ → ἔχθραν Ἠσαῦ.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Demetrius (Demetrius the Chronographer; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.1 (Dindorf 1:489; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.2Dindorf 1:489
ἀφορμῆσαι οὖν τὸν Ἰακὼβ εἰς Χαρρὰν τῆς Μεσοποταμίας, τὸν μὲν πατέρα καταλιπόντα Ἰσαὰκ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα ἑπτὰ, αὐτὸν δὲ ὄντα ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ἑπτά
aphormēsai oun ton Iakōb eis Charran tēs Mesopotamias, ton men patera kataliponta Isaak etōn hekaton triakonta hepta, auton de onta etōn hebdomēkonta hepta
So Jacob set out for Haran in Mesopotamia, leaving his father Isaac aged one hundred and thirty-seven, he himself being seventy-seven.
Gen 28:10 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Demetrius dates Jacob's departure.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor. The ages differ from those in 9.21.1 as printed.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.2 (Dindorf 1:489; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.3Dindorf 1:489–490
διατρίψαντα οὖν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ ἑπτὰ ἔτη λαβὰν τοῦ μητρῴου δύο θυγατέρας γῆμαι, Λείαν καὶ Ῥαχὴλ, ὄντα ἐτῶν ὀγδοήκοντα τεσσάρων· καὶ γενέσθαι ἐν ἑπτὰ ἔτεσιν ἄλλοις αὐτῷ παιδία ιβʼ· ὀγδόῳ μὲν ἔτει μηνὶ δεκάτῳ Ῥουβίν· καὶ τῷ ἔτει δὲ τῷ ἐνάτῳ μηνὶ ὀγδόῳ Συμεών· καὶ τῷ ἔτει δὲ τῷ δεκάτῳ μηνὶ ἕκτῳ Λευίν· τῷ δὲ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ τετάρτῳ Ἰούδαν. Ῥαχὴλ τε μὴ τίκτουσαν ζηλῶσαι τὴν ἀδελφὴν, καὶ παρακοιμίσαι τῷ Ἰακὼβ τὴν ἑαυτῆς παιδίσκην Ζελφὰν, τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ ᾧ καὶ Βάλλαν συλλαβεῖν τὸν Νεφθαλείμ, τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ πέμπτῳ καὶ τεκεῖν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ δευτέρῳ υἱὸν, ὃν ὑπὸ Λείας Γὰδ ὀνομασθῆναι· καὶ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους καὶ μηνὸς δωδεκάτου ἕτερον τεκεῖν, ὃν καὶ αὐτὸν προσαγορευθῆναι ὑπὸ Λείας Ἀσήρ.
diatripsanta oun auton ekei hepta etē laban tou mētrǭou dyo thygateras gēmai, Leian kai Rhachēl, onta etōn ogdoēkonta tessarōn; kai genesthai en hepta etesin allois autǭ paidia ibʼ; ogdoǭ men etei mēni dekatǭ Rhoubin; kai tǭ etei de tǭ enatǭ mēni ogdoǭ Symeōn; kai tǭ etei de tǭ dekatǭ mēni hektǭ Leuin; tǭ de hendekatǭ etei mēni tetartǭ Ioudan. Rhachēl te mē tiktousan zēlōsai tēn adelphēn, kai parakoimisai tǭ Iakōb tēn heautēs paidiskēn Zelphan, tǭ autǭ chronǭ hǭ kai Ballan syllabein ton Nephthaleim, tǭ hendekatǭ etei mēni pemptǭ kai tekein tǭ dōdekatǭ etei mēni deuterǭ huion, hon hypo Leias Gad onomasthēnai; kai ek tēs autēs tou autou etous kai mēnos dōdekatou heteron tekein, hon kai auton prosagoreuthēnai hypo Leias Asēr.
Having stayed there seven years, he married two daughters of Laban his mother's brother, Leah and Rachel, being eighty-four years old; and in seven more years twelve children were born to him: in the eighth year, tenth month, Reuben; in the ninth year, eighth month, Simeon; in the tenth year, sixth month, Levi; in the eleventh year, fourth month, Judah. And Rachel, not bearing, was jealous of her sister, and gave Jacob her handmaid Zilpah to lie with, at the same time that Bilhah conceived Naphtali, in the eleventh year, fifth month; and she bore in the twelfth year, second month, a son, who was named Gad by Leah; and from the same woman, in the same year and the twelfth month, she bore another, who was also called Asher by Leah.
Gen 29:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 29:32 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 30:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 30:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 30:13 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Demetrius dates the births of Jacob's first sons.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor. The handmaids' names are confused in the text as printed (in Genesis Bilhah is Rachel's maid and Zilpah Leah's); translated as given. The verb "gave ... to lie with" is garbled in the digital text and is corrected by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (garbled word in the digital text; missing iota subscript in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): μηνὶ δεκάτω Ῥουβίν → μηνὶ δεκάτῳ Ῥουβίν; παρακοιαὐτῷ → παρακοιμίσαι; Ζελφἀν → Ζελφὰν.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.3 (Dindorf 1:489–490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.4Dindorf 1:490
καὶ Λείαν πάλιν ἀντὶ τῶν μήλων τῶν μανδραγόρου, ἃ Ῥουβὶν εἰσενεγκεῖν παρὰ Ῥαχὴλ, συλλαβεῖν ἐν γαστρὶ, καὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ τὴν παιδίσκην αὐτῆς Ζελφὰν, τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ τρίτῳ, καὶ τεκεῖν τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτους μηνὸς δωδεκάτου υἱὸν, καὶ ὄνομα αὐτῷ θέσθαι Ἰσσαχάρ.
kai Leian palin anti tōn mēlōn tōn mandragorou, ha Rhoubin eisenenkein para Rhachēl, syllabein en gastri, kai tǭ autǭ chronǭ tēn paidiskēn autēs Zelphan, tǭ dōdekatǭ etei mēni tritǭ, kai tekein tou autou etous mēnos dōdekatou huion, kai onoma autǭ thesthai Issachar.
And Leah again, in exchange for the mandrake apples that Reuben brought to Rachel, conceived, and at the same time her handmaid Zilpah, in the twelfth year, third month, and bore in the twelfth month of the same year a son and named him Issachar.
Gen 30:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 30:18 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The mandrakes and Issachar's birth.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing space in the digital text): εἰσενεγκεῖν παρὰῬαχὴλ → εἰσενεγκεῖν παρὰ Ῥαχὴλ.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.4 (Dindorf 1:490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.5Dindorf 1:490
καὶ πάλιν Λείαν τῷ τρισκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ δεκάτῳ υἱὸν ἄλλον τεκεῖν, ᾧ ὄνομα Ζαβουλὼν, καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ ὀγδόῳ τεκεῖν υἱὸν ὄνομα Δάν. ἐν ᾧ καὶ Ῥαχὴλ λαβεῖν ἐν γαστρὶ τῷ αὐτῷ χρόνῳ, ᾧ καὶ Λείαν τεκεῖν θυγατέρα Δεῖναν, καὶ τεκεῖν τῷ τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ ἔτει μηνὶ ὀγδόῳ υἱὸν, ὃν ὀνομασθῆναι Ἰωσὴφ, ὥστε γεγονέναι ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ ἔτεσι τοῖς παρὰ λαβὰν δώδεκα παιδία.
kai palin Leian tǭ triskaidekatǭ etei mēni dekatǭ huion allon tekein, hǭ onoma Zaboulōn, kai tēn autēn tǭ tessareskaidekatǭ etei mēni ogdoǭ tekein huion onoma Dan. en hǭ kai Rhachēl labein en gastri tǭ autǭ chronǭ, hǭ kai Leian tekein thygatera Deinan, kai tekein tǭ tessareskaidekatǭ etei mēni ogdoǭ huion, hon onomasthēnai Iōsēph, hōste gegonenai en tois hepta etesi tois para laban dōdeka paidia.
And again Leah in the thirteenth year, tenth month, bore another son, named Zebulun; and the same woman in the fourteenth year, eighth month, bore a son named Dan. At the same time Rachel conceived, when Leah bore a daughter, Dinah; and she bore in the fourteenth year, eighth month, a son who was named Joseph; so that in the seven years with Laban twelve children were born.
Gen 30:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 30:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 30:24 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The births of Zebulun, Dinah, and Joseph.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor. In Genesis Dan is Bilhah's son; translated as given.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letter in the digital text): τεσσαρεσκαιδεγάτῳ → τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῳ.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.5 (Dindorf 1:490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.6Dindorf 1:490
θέλοντα δὲ τὸν Ἰακὼβ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα εἰς Χαναὰν ἀπιέναι, ἀξιωθέντα ὑπὸ λαβὰν ἄλλα ἔτη ἓξ μεῖναι, ὥστε τὰ πάντα αὐτὸν μεῖναι ἐν Χαρρὰν παρὰ λαβὰν ἔτη εἴκοσι.
thelonta de ton Iakōb pros ton patera eis Chanaan apienai, axiōthenta hypo laban alla etē hex meinai, hōste ta panta auton meinai en Charran para laban etē eikosi.
When Jacob wished to go away to his father in Canaan, he was asked by Laban to stay another six years, so that in all he stayed in Haran with Laban twenty years.
Gen 31:41 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Jacob stayed twenty years with Laban.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letter in the digital text; missing space in the digital text): τὸνἸακὼβ πρὸς → τὸν Ἰακὼβ πρὸς; ἄλλα ἴτη → ἄλλα ἔτη.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.6 (Dindorf 1:490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.7Dindorf 1:490
πορευομένῳ δὲ αὐτῷ εἰς Χαναὰν ἄγγελον τοῦ θεοῦ παλαῖσαι, καὶ ἅψασθαι τοῦ πλάτους τοῦ μηροῦ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ, τὸν δὲ ναρκήσαντα ἐπισκάζειν· ὅθεν οὐκ ἐσθίεσθαι τῶν κτηνῶν τὸ ἐν τοῖς μηροῖς νεῦρον. καὶ φάναι αὐτῷ τὸν ἄγγελον ἀπὸ τοῦδε μηκέτι Ἰακὼβ, ἀλλʼ Ἰσραὴλ ὀνομασθήσεσθαι.
poreuomenǭ de autǭ eis Chanaan angelon tou theou palaisai, kai hapsasthai tou platous tou mērou tou Iakōb, ton de narkēsanta episkazein; hothen ouk esthiesthai tōn ktēnōn to en tois mērois neuron. kai phanai autǭ ton angelon apo toude mēketi Iakōb, allʼ Israēl onomasthēsesthai.
As he was going to Canaan, an angel of God wrestled with him and touched the flat of Jacob's thigh, and it became numb and he limped; hence the sinew in the thigh of cattle is not eaten. And the angel said to him that from now on he would be called no longer Jacob but Israel.
Gen 32:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 32:28 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 32:32 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Jacob wrestles with an angel and is renamed Israel.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.7 (Dindorf 1:490; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.8Dindorf 1:490–491
καὶ ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸν τῆς Χαναὰν γῆς εἰς ἑτέραν πόλιν Σικίμων, ἔχοντα παιδία Ῥουβὶν ἐτῶν ιβʼ μηνῶν δυοῖν, Συμεῶνα ἐτῶν ία μηνῶν τεσσάρων, Λευὶν ἐτῶν δέκα μηνῶν ἔξ, Ἰούδαν ἐτῶν θʼ μηνῶν ὀκτὼ, Νεφθαλείμ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ μηνῶν δέκα, Γὰδ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ μηνῶν δέκα, Ἀσὴρ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ, Ἰσσαχὰρ ἐτῶν ὀκτὼ, Ζαβουλὼν ἐτῶν ἑπτὰ μηνῶν δυοῖν, Δεῖναν ἐτῶν ἓξ μηνῶν τεσσάρων, Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν ἔξ μηνῶν τεσσάρων.
kai elthein auton tēs Chanaan gēs eis heteran polin Sikimōn, echonta paidia Rhoubin etōn ibʼ mēnōn dyoin, Symeōna etōn ia mēnōn tessarōn, Leuin etōn deka mēnōn ex, Ioudan etōn thʼ mēnōn oktō, Nephthaleim etōn oktō mēnōn deka, Gad etōn oktō mēnōn deka, Asēr etōn oktō, Issachar etōn oktō, Zaboulōn etōn hepta mēnōn dyoin, Deinan etōn hex mēnōn tessarōn, Iōsēph etōn ex mēnōn tessarōn.
And he came, in the land of Canaan, to another city, Shechem, with his children: Reuben aged twelve years and two months, Simeon eleven years and four months, Levi ten years and six months, Judah nine years and eight months, Naphtali eight years and ten months, Gad eight years and ten months, Asher eight years, Issachar eight years, Zebulun seven years and two months, Dinah six years and four months, Joseph six years and four months.
Gen 33:18 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Demetrius lists the children's ages on arrival at Shechem.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letters in the digital text; missing capital in the digital text): παιδία ῥουβὶν → παιδία Ῥουβὶν; Ἱοὐσαν → Ἰούδαν.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.8 (Dindorf 1:490–491; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.9Dindorf 1:491
παροικῆσαι δὲ Ἰσραὴλ παρὰ Ἑμμὼρ ἔτη δέκα, καὶ φθαρῆναι τὴν Ἰσραὴλ θυγατέρα Δεῖναν ὑπὸ Συχὲμ τοῦ Ἐμμὼρ υἱοῦ, ἐτῶν οὖσαν δεκαὲξ μηνῶν τεσσάρων. ἐξαλλομένους δὲ τοὺς Ἰσραὴλ υἱοὺς, Συμεῶνα μὲν ὄντα ἐτῶν εἴκοσι ἑνὸς μηνῶν τεσσάρων, Λευὶν δὲ ἐτῶν εἴκοσι μηνῶν ἕξ, ἀποκτεῖναι τόν τε Ἑμμὼρ καὶ Συχὲμ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄρσενας διὰ τὴν Δεῖνας φθοράν· Ἰακὼβ δὲ τότε εἶναι ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν ἑπτά.
paroikēsai de Israēl para Hemmōr etē deka, kai phtharēnai tēn Israēl thygatera Deinan hypo Sychem tou Emmōr huiou, etōn ousan dekaex mēnōn tessarōn. exallomenous de tous Israēl huious, Symeōna men onta etōn eikosi henos mēnōn tessarōn, Leuin de etōn eikosi mēnōn hex, apokteinai ton te Hemmōr kai Sychem ton huion autou kai pantas tous arsenas dia tēn Deinas phthoran; Iakōb de tote einai etōn hekaton hepta.
Israel sojourned with Hamor ten years, and Israel's daughter Dinah was violated by Shechem the son of Hamor, being sixteen years and four months old. The sons of Israel leapt out, Simeon aged twenty-one years and four months and Levi twenty years and six months, and killed Hamor and his son Shechem and all the males because of the violation of Dinah; Jacob was then one hundred and seven years old.
Gen 34:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 34:25 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Dinah is violated and Simeon and Levi kill the Shechemites.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.9 (Dindorf 1:491; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.10Dindorf 1:491
ἐλθόντα δʼ οὖν αὐτὸν εἰς Λουζὰ τῆς Βαιθὴλ, φάναι τὸν θεὸν μηκέτι Ἰακὼβ, ἀλλʼ Ἰσραὴλ ὀνομάζεσθαι. ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Χαφραθὰ, ἔνθεν παραγενέσθαι εἰς Ἐφραθὰ, ἣν εἶναι Βηθλεὲμ, καὶ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ Βενιαμὶν, καὶ τελευτῆσαι Ῥαχὴλ, τεκοῦσαν τὸν Βενιαμὶν, συμβιῶσαι δʼ αὐτῇ τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἔτη εἴκοσι τρία.
elthonta dʼ oun auton eis Louza tēs Baithēl, phanai ton theon mēketi Iakōb, allʼ Israēl onomazesthai. ekeithen de elthein eis Chaphratha, enthen paragenesthai eis Ephratha, hēn einai Bēthleem, kai gennēsai auton ekei Beniamin, kai teleutēsai Rhachēl, tekousan ton Beniamin, symbiōsai dʼ autę̄ ton Iakōb etē eikosi tria.
When he came to Luz in Bethel, God said that he should be called no longer Jacob but Israel. From there he came to Chaphratha, and from there arrived at Ephrath, which is Bethlehem, and there begot Benjamin; and Rachel died giving birth to Benjamin, Jacob having lived with her twenty-three years.
Gen 35:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 35:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 35:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 35:19 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: At Bethel Jacob is renamed; Benjamin is born and Rachel dies.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing space in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): εἰςἘφραθὰ → εἰς Ἐφραθὰ; τελευτήσαι Ῥαχὴλ → τελευτῆσαι Ῥαχὴλ; δʼ αὐτῇ τὸνἸακὼβ → δʼ αὐτῇ τὸν Ἰακὼβ.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.10 (Dindorf 1:491; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.11Dindorf 1:491
αὐτόθεν δὲ ἐλθεῖν τὸν Ἰακὼβ εἰς Μαμβρὶ τῆς Χεβρὼν πρὸς Ἰσαὰκ τὸν πατέρα. εἶναι δὲ τότε Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν δεκαεπτὰ, καὶ πραθῆναι αὐτὸν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, καὶ ἐν τῷ δεσμωτηρίῳ μεῖναι ἔτη δεκατρία, ὥστʼ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐτῶν τριάκοντα, Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα, ἐν ᾧ καὶ τελευτῆσαι τὸν Ἰσαὰκ ἔτει ἑνὶ ἔμπροσθεν, ἐτῶν ὄντα ἑκατὸν ὀγδοήκοντα.
autothen de elthein ton Iakōb eis Mambri tēs Chebrōn pros Isaak ton patera. einai de tote Iōsēph etōn dekaepta, kai prathēnai auton eis Aigypton, kai en tǭ desmōtēriǭ meinai etē dekatria, hōstʼ einai auton etōn triakonta, Iakōb de etōn hekaton deka, en hǭ kai teleutēsai ton Isaak etei heni emprosthen, etōn onta hekaton ogdoēkonta.
From there Jacob came to Mamre of Hebron to Isaac his father. Joseph was then seventeen years old, and was sold into Egypt, and stayed in prison thirteen years, so that he was thirty years old, and Jacob one hundred and ten, in which year Isaac too had died a year before, aged one hundred and eighty.
Gen 35:27 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 35:28 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 37:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 41:46 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Joseph is sold into Egypt; Isaac dies at 180.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.11 (Dindorf 1:491; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.12Dindorf 1:491
κρίναντα δὲ τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὰ ἐνύπνια ἄρξαι Αἰγύπτου ἔτη ἑπτὰ, ἐν οἷς καὶ συνοικῆσαι Ἀσενὲθ, Πεντεφρὴ τοῦ Ἡλιουπόλεως ἱερέως θυγατρὶ, καὶ γεννῆσαι Μανασσῆν καὶ Ἐφραΐμ· καὶ τοῦ λιμοῦ ἐπιγενέσθαι ἔτη βʼ.
krinanta de tǭ basilei ton Iōsēph ta enypnia arxai Aigyptou etē hepta, en hois kai synoikēsai Aseneth, Pentephrē tou Hēlioupoleōs hiereōs thygatri, kai gennēsai Manassēn kai Ephraïm; kai tou limou epigenesthai etē bʼ.
Joseph, having interpreted the king's dreams, ruled Egypt seven years, during which he married Asenath, daughter of Pentephres the priest of Heliopolis, and begot Manasseh and Ephraim; and two years of the famine followed.
Gen 41:45 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 41:50 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Joseph rules Egypt, marries Asenath, and has two sons.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.12 (Dindorf 1:491; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.13Dindorf 1:491–492
τὸν δὲ Ἰωσὴφ ἔτη ἐννέα εὐτυχήσαντα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μὴ πέμψαι, διὰ τὸ ποιμένα αὐτόν τε καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς εἶναι· ἐπονείσιστον δὲ Αἰγυπτίοις εἶναι τὸ ποιμαίνειν· ὅτι δὲ διὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἔπεμψεν αὐτὸν δεδηλωκέναι. ἐλθόντων γὰρ αὐτοῦ τῶν συγγενῶν φάναι αὐτοῖς, ἐὰν κληθῶσιν ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ ἐρωτῶνται τί διαπράσσονται, λέγειν κτηνοτρόφους αὐτοὺς εἶναι.
ton de Iōsēph etē ennea eutychēsanta pros ton patera mē pempsai, dia to poimena auton te kai tous adelphous einai; eponeisiston de Aigyptiois einai to poimainein; hoti de dia touto ouk epempsen auton dedēlōkenai. elthontōn gar autou tōn syngenōn phanai autois, ean klēthōsin hypo tou basileōs kai erōtōntai ti diaprassontai, legein ktēnotrophous autous einai.
Joseph, though prosperous for nine years, did not send for his father, because he and his brothers were shepherds, and shepherding was a disgrace to the Egyptians; and that he did not send for him for this reason he has shown. For when his kinsmen came, he told them that if they were summoned by the king and asked what they did, they should say they were keepers of cattle.
Gen 46:33 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 46:34 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Joseph did not send for his family because Egyptians despised shepherds.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.13 (Dindorf 1:491–492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.14Dindorf 1:492
διαπορεῖσθαι δὲ διὰ τί ποτε ὁ Ἰωσὴφ Βενιαμὶν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀρίστου πενταπλασίονα μερίδα ἔδωκε, μὴ δυναμένου αὐτοῦ τοσαῦτα καταναλῶσαι κρέα. τοῦτο οὖν αὐτὸν πεποιηκέναι διὰ τὸ ἐκ τῆς Λείας τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ γεγονέναι υἱοὺς ἑπτὰ, ἐκ Ῥαχὴλ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ δύο· διὰ τοῦτο τῷ Βενιαμὶν πέντε μερίδας παραθεῖναι, καὶ αὐτὸν λαβεῖν δύο· γενέσθαι οὖν ἑπτὰ, ὅσας καὶ τοὺς ἐκ τῆς Λείας υἱοὺς λαβεῖν.
diaporeisthai de dia ti pote ho Iōsēph Beniamin epi tou aristou pentaplasiona merida edōke, mē dynamenou autou tosauta katanalōsai krea. touto oun auton pepoiēkenai dia to ek tēs Leias tǭ patri autou gegonenai huious hepta, ek Rhachēl tēs mētros autou dyo; dia touto tǭ Beniamin pente meridas paratheinai, kai auton labein dyo; genesthai oun hepta, hosas kai tous ek tēs Leias huious labein.
It is asked why Joseph gave Benjamin a fivefold portion at the meal, since he could not consume so much meat. He did this, then, because seven sons had been born to his father from Leah, and two from Rachel his mother; therefore he set five portions before Benjamin and took two himself; so they had seven, as many as the sons of Leah received.
Gen 43:34 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Demetrius explains Benjamin's fivefold portion.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (wrong accent in the digital text): τῴ πατρὶ → τῷ πατρὶ.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.14 (Dindorf 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.15Dindorf 1:492
ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ τὰς στολὰς δοῦναι ἑκάστῳ διπλᾶς, τῷ δὲ Βενιαμὶν πέντε καὶ τριακοσίους χρυσοῦς καὶ τῷ πατρὶ δὲ ἀποστεῖλαι κατὰ ταὐτὰ, ὥστε τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ τῆς μητρὸς εἶναι ἴσον.
hōsautōs de kai epi tou tas stolas dounai hekastǭ diplas, tǭ de Beniamin pente kai triakosious chrysous kai tǭ patri de aposteilai kata tauta, hōste ton oikon autou tēs mētros einai ison.
In the same way also, when he gave each of them two robes, he gave Benjamin five and three hundred gold pieces, and sent to his father on the same scale, so that his mother's house should be equal.
Gen 45:22 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 45:23 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Benjamin's fivefold gifts keep Rachel's house equal to Leah's.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.15 (Dindorf 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.16Dindorf 1:492
οἰκῆσαι δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν, ἀφʼ οὗ ἐκλεγῆναι Ἀβραὰμ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ μετελθεῖν εἰς Χαναὰν, Ἀβραὰμ ἐτῶν εἴκοσι πέντε, Ἰσαὰκ ἐτῶν ἑξήκοντα, Ἰακὼβ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα, γίνεσθαι τὰ πάντα ἔτη ἐν γῇ Χαναὰν σιέ.
oikēsai de autous en gę̄ Chanaan, aphʼ hou eklegēnai Abraam ek tōn ethnōn kai metelthein eis Chanaan, Abraam etōn eikosi pente, Isaak etōn hexēkonta, Iakōb etōn hekaton triakonta, ginesthai ta panta etē en gę̄ Chanaan sie.
They lived in the land of Canaan, from the time Abraham was chosen out of the nations and moved to Canaan, Abraham twenty-five years, Isaac sixty years, Jacob one hundred and thirty years; so that the whole time in the land of Canaan comes to 215 years.
Gen 12:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 47:9 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Demetrius totals the years in Canaan: 215.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.16 (Dindorf 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.17Dindorf 1:492
καὶ τῷ τρίτῳ ἔτει λιμοῦ οὔσης ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐλθεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον τὸν Ἰακὼβ, ὄντα ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν τριάκοντα, Ῥουβὶν ἐτῶν μέ, Συμεῶνα ἐτῶν μδʼ, Λευὶν ἐτῶν μγʼ, Ἰούδαν ἐτῶν μβʼ μηνῶν τριῶν, Ἀσὴρ ἐτῶν μʼ μηνῶν ὀκτὼ, Νεφθαλεὶμ ἐτῶν μὰ μηνῶν ’ς, Γὰδ ἐτῶν μὰ μηνῶν γʼ, Ζαβουλὼν ἐτῶν μʼ, Δεῖναν ἐτῶν ’λθʼ, Βενιαμὶν ἐτῶν κη.
kai tǭ tritǭ etei limou ousēs en Aigyptǭ elthein eis Aigypton ton Iakōb, onta etōn hekaton triakonta, Rhoubin etōn me, Symeōna etōn mdʼ, Leuin etōn mgʼ, Ioudan etōn mbʼ mēnōn triōn, Asēr etōn mʼ mēnōn oktō, Nephthaleim etōn ma mēnōn ’s, Gad etōn ma mēnōn gʼ, Zaboulōn etōn mʼ, Deinan etōn ’lthʼ, Beniamin etōn kē.
And in the third year of the famine in Egypt Jacob came into Egypt, being one hundred and thirty years old, Reuben forty-five, Simeon forty-four, Levi forty-three, Judah forty-two years and three months, Asher forty years and eight months, Naphtali forty-one years and six months, Gad forty-one years and three months, Zebulun forty, Dinah thirty-nine, Benjamin twenty-eight.
Gen 45:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 47:9 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The ages of Jacob's family on entering Egypt.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor. The numerals are given as printed; some editors read Naphtali's months as seven.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.17 (Dindorf 1:492; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.18Dindorf 1:492–493
τὸν δὲ Ἰωσήφ φησι γενέσθαι ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἔτη ’λθʼ. εἶναι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ ἕως τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον τοὺς τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ συγγενεῖς ἔτη ιγχκδ. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ ἕως τῆς Ἰακὼβ παρουσίας εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἴτη ἔτη ’ ἀφʼ οὗ δὲ ἐκλεγῆναι Ἀβραὰμ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ ἐλθεῖν ἐκ Χαρρὰν εἰς Χαναὰν ἕως εἰς Αἴγυπτον τοὺς περὶ Ἰακὼβ ἐλθεῖν ἔτη σιέ.
ton de Iōsēph phēsi genesthai en Aigyptǭ etē ’lthʼ. einai de apo tou Adam heōs tou eiselthein eis Aigypton tous tou Iōsēph syngeneis etē inchkd. apo de tou kataklysmou heōs tēs Iakōb parousias eis Aigypton itē etē ’ aphʼ hou de eklegēnai Abraam ek tōn ethnōn kai elthein ek Charran eis Chanaan heōs eis Aigypton tous peri Iakōb elthein etē sie.
He says that Joseph was in Egypt thirty-nine years; that from Adam until Joseph's kinsmen entered Egypt there were 3,624 years; from the flood until Jacob's arrival in Egypt … years; and from the time Abraham was chosen out of the nations and came from Haran to Canaan until Jacob and his household came into Egypt, 215 years.
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Summary: Demetrius's world chronology to the descent into Egypt.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor. The number of years from the flood is lost in the digital text (marked …); other printings give 1,360.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letters in the digital text; repeated syllables in the digital text): ἴως τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν → ἕως τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν; ἴως τῆς Ἰακὼβ → ἕως τῆς Ἰακὼβ; ἐκλεγῆναι γῆναι → ἐκλεγῆναι.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.18 (Dindorf 1:492–493; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.21.19Dindorf 1:493
Ἰακὼβ δὲ ἐκ Χαρρὰν πρὸς Λάβαν ἐλθεῖν, ἐτῶν ὄντα πʼ, καὶ γεννῆσαι Λευίν· Λευὶν δὲ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἐπιγενέσθαι ἔτη ιζ΄, ἀφʼ οὗ ἐκ Χαναὰν αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, ὥστε εἶναι αὐτὸν ἐτῶν ξ΄, καὶ γεννῆσαι Κλάθ· τῷ αὐτῷ δὲ ἔτει ᾧ γενέσθαι Κλὰθ, τελευτῆσαι Ἰακὼβ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ, εὐλογήσαντα τοὺς Ἰωσὴφ υἱοὺς, ὄντα ἐτῶν ρμζ΄, καταλιπόντα Ἰωσὴφ ἐτῶν νϛ΄. Λευὶν δὲ γενόμενον ἐτῶν ρλζ΄ τελευτῆσαι, Κλὰθ δὲ ὄντα ἐτῶν μ΄ γεννῆσαι Ἀμρὰμ, ὃν ἐτῶν εἶναι ιδ΄ ἐν ᾧ τελευτῆσαι Ἰωσὴφ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ὄντα ρι΄ ἐτῶν· Κλὰθ δὲ γενόμενον ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν λγ΄ τελευτῆσαι. Ἀμρὰμ λαβεῖν γυναῖκα τὴν τοῦ θείου θυγατέρα Ἰωχαβὲτ, καὶ ὄντα ἐνιαυτῶν οε΄ γεννῆσαι Ἀαρὼν καὶ Μωσῆν· γεννῆσαι δὲ Μωσῆν τὸν Ἀμρὰμ ὄντα ἐτῶν οή, καὶ γενόμενον Ἀμρὰμ ἐτῶν ρλϛ΄ τελευτῆσαι.” Ταῦτά μοι κείσθω ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου τοῦ Πολυΐστορος γραφῆς. ἐξῆς δʼ ἐπισυνήφθω καὶ τάδε
Iakōb de ek Charran pros Laban elthein, etōn onta pʼ, kai gennēsai Leuin; Leuin de en Aigyptǭ epigenesthai etē iz΄, aphʼ hou ek Chanaan auton elthein eis Aigypton, hōste einai auton etōn x΄, kai gennēsai Klath; tǭ autǭ de etei hǭ genesthai Klath, teleutēsai Iakōb en Aigyptǭ, eulogēsanta tous Iōsēph huious, onta etōn rmz΄, kataliponta Iōsēph etōn nϛ΄. Leuin de genomenon etōn rlz΄ teleutēsai, Klath de onta etōn m΄ gennēsai Amram, hon etōn einai id΄ en hǭ teleutēsai Iōsēph en Aigyptǭ onta ri΄ etōn; Klath de genomenon etōn hekaton lg΄ teleutēsai. Amram labein gynaika tēn tou theiou thygatera Iōchabet, kai onta eniautōn oe΄ gennēsai Aarōn kai Mōsēn; gennēsai de Mōsēn ton Amram onta etōn oē, kai genomenon Amram etōn rlϛ΄ teleutēsai.” Tauta moi keisthō apo tēs Alexandrou tou Polyïstoros graphēs. exēs dʼ episynēphthō kai tade
Jacob came from Haran to Laban at eighty years of age and begot Levi; and Levi lived in Egypt seventeen years from the time he came from Canaan into Egypt, so that he was sixty when he begot Kohath; and in the same year in which Kohath was born Jacob died in Egypt, having blessed the sons of Joseph, aged one hundred and forty-seven, leaving Joseph fifty-six years old. Levi died aged one hundred and thirty-seven; Kohath at forty begot Amram, who was fourteen when Joseph died in Egypt, aged one hundred and ten; Kohath died aged one hundred and thirty-three. Amram took as wife his uncle's daughter Jochebed, and at seventy-five begot Aaron and Moses; Amram was seventy-eight when he begot Moses, and died aged one hundred and thirty-six." Let this stand from the writing of Alexander Polyhistor; and next let the following also be added.
Gen 47:28 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 48:20 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 50:26 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 6:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 6:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 6:20 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Demetrius's chronology from Levi to Moses.
- Demetrius, via Polyhistor. The two ages given for Amram at the births of Aaron and Moses are as printed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (wrong accent in the digital text): Πολυΐστορος γραφής → Πολυΐστορος γραφῆς.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.21.19 (Dindorf 1:493; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-21-19). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 22
9.22.1Dindorf 1:493
“Τὰ δὲ Σίκιμά φησι Θεόδοτος ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἰουδαίων ἀπὸ Σικιμίου τοῦ Ἑρμοῦ λαβεῖν τὴν ὀνομασίαν· τοῦτον γὰρ καὶ κτίσαι τὴν πόλιν· κεῖσθαι δʼ αὐτήν φησιν ἐν τῇ περὶ Ἰουδαίων οὕτως, ἡ δʼ ἄρʼ ἔην ἀγαθή τε καὶ αἰγινόμος καὶ ὑδρηλὴ, οὐδὲ μὲν ἔσκεν ὁδὸς δολιχὴ πόλιν εἰσαφικέσθαι ἀγρόθεν· οὐδέ ποτε δρία λαχνήεντα πονεῦσιν. ἐξ αὐτῆς δὲ μάλʼ ἄγχι δύʼ οὔρεα φαίνετʼ ἐρυμνὰ, ποίης τε πλήθοντα καὶ ὕλης· τῶν δὲ μεσηγὺ ἀτραπιτὸς τέτμηται, ἀραιὴ, [αὐλῶπις·] ἐν δʼ ἑτέρωθι ἡδʼ ἱερὴ Σικίμων καταφαίνεται, ἱερὸν ἄστυ, νέρθεν ὑπὸ ῥίζῃ δεδμημένον, ἀμφὶ δὲ τεῖχος λισσὸν ὑπώρειαν, ὑπὸ δʼ ἔδραμεν αἰπύθεν ἕρκος.
“Ta de Sikima phēsi Theodotos en tǭ peri Ioudaiōn apo Sikimiou tou Hermou labein tēn onomasian; touton gar kai ktisai tēn polin; keisthai dʼ autēn phēsin en tę̄ peri Ioudaiōn houtōs, hē dʼ arʼ eēn agathē te kai aiginomos kai hydrēlē, oude men esken hodos dolichē polin eisaphikesthai agrothen; oude pote dria lachnēenta poneusin. ex autēs de malʼ anchi dyʼ ourea phainetʼ erymna, poiēs te plēthonta kai hylēs; tōn de mesēgy atrapitos tetmētai, araiē, [aulōpis;] en dʼ heterōthi hēdʼ hierē Sikimōn kataphainetai, hieron asty, nerthen hypo rhizę̄ dedmēmenon, amphi de teichos lisson hypōreian, hypo dʼ edramen aipythen herkos.
"Theodotus in his work On the Jews says that Shechem took its name from Shechemius son of Hermes, for he also founded the city; and he describes its situation in his On the Jews thus: 'The land was good, a pasture for goats, and well watered; nor was the road long to reach the city from the fields; nor were the leafy thickets ever a toil to the workers. Close beside it two steep mountains appear, full of grass and woodland; between them a path is cut, narrow, [a hollow glen;] and on the other side holy Shechem comes into view, a sacred town, built below at the root, and around it a smooth wall along the foot of the hill, and above, a rampart runs down from the height.'
Gen 33:18 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Theodotus (via Polyhistor) describes Shechem's setting in verse.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting the epic poet Theodotus, On the Jews. "Son of Hermes" is as printed; other editions read "son of Hamor". The bracketed word is the edition's; the verses are obscure in places and translated tentatively.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Theodotus (Theodotus, On the Jews; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.1 (Dindorf 1:493; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.2Dindorf 1:493–494
ὕστερον δέ φησιν αὐτὴν ὑπὸ Ἑβραίων κατασχεθῆναι, δυναστεύοντος Ἑμμὼρ· τὸν γὰρ Ἑμμὼρ υἱὸν γεννῆσαι Συχέμ. φησὶ δὲ ἐνθένδε, ξένε, ποιμενόθι πόλιν ἤλυθʼ Ἰακὼβ εὐρεῖαν Σικίμων· ἐπὶ δʼ ἀνδράσι τοῖσιν ἔτῃσιν ἀρχὸς Ἐμὼρ σὺν παιδὶ Συχὲμ, μάλʼ ἀτειρέε φῶτε.
hysteron de phēsin autēn hypo Hebraiōn kataschethēnai, dynasteuontos Hemmōr; ton gar Hemmōr huion gennēsai Sychem. phēsi de enthende, xene, poimenothi polin ēlythʼ Iakōb eureian Sikimōn; epi dʼ andrasi toisin etę̄sin archos Emōr syn paidi Sychem, malʼ ateiree phōte.
Later, he says, it was taken by the Hebrews, when Hamor was ruler; for Hamor begot a son Shechem. He says: 'From there, stranger, Jacob came from the shepherds' place to the broad city of Shechem; and over its men ruled Hamor with his son Shechem, two very stubborn men.'
Gen 33:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 33:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodotus: Jacob comes to Shechem, ruled by Hamor and Shechem.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (line-end hyphen left in the digital text): κατασχε- θῆναι → κατασχεθῆναι.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.2 (Dindorf 1:493–494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.3Dindorf 1:494
εἶτα περὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ τὴν εἰς Μεσοποταμίαν αὐτοῦ παρουσίαν, καὶ τὸν τῶν δύο γυναικῶν γάμον, καὶ τὴν τῶν τέκνων γένεσιν, καὶ τὴν παρουσίαν τὴν ἐκ Μεσοποταμίας ἐπὶ τὰ Σίκιμα, εἰς δʼ Ἰακὼβ Συρίην κτηνοτρόφον ἷκτο, καὶ εὐρὺ ῥεῖθρον Εὐφρήταο λίπεν ποταμοῦ κελάδοντος· ἤλυθε γὰρ κἀκεῖθι λιπὼν δριμεῖαν ἐνιπὴν αὐτοκασιγνήτοιο ’ πρόφρων ὑπέδεκτο δόμονδε Λαβὰν, ὅς οἱ ἔην μὲν ἀνεψιὸς, ἀλλὰ τότʼ οἶος ἤνασσεν Συρίης, νειηγενὲς αἷμα λελογχώς. τῷ δὲ γάμον κούρης μὲν ὑπέσχετο καὶ κατένευσεν ὁπλοτάτης· οὐ μὴν τελέθειν ἐπεμαίετο πάμπαν, ἀλλὰ δόλον τολύπευσε, καὶ εἰς λέχος ἀνέρι πέμπε Λείαν, ἥ οἱ ἔην προγενεστέρη. οὐδέ μιν ἔμπης ἔλλαθεν, ἀλλʼ ἐνόησε κακορραφίην, καὶ ἔδεκτο παῖδʼ ἑτέρην, ἀμφοῖν δʼ ἐμίγη σὺν ὁμαίμοσιν ᾗσι. τῷ δʼ υἱεῖς ἐγένοντο νόῳ πεπνυμένοι αἰνῶς ἕνδεκα, καὶ κούρη Δεῖνα περικαλλὲς ἔχουσα εἶδος, ἐπίτρεπτον δὲ δέμας καὶ ἀμύμονα θυμόν.
eita peri Iakōb kai tēn eis Mesopotamian autou parousian, kai ton tōn dyo gynaikōn gamon, kai tēn tōn teknōn genesin, kai tēn parousian tēn ek Mesopotamias epi ta Sikima, eis dʼ Iakōb Syriēn ktēnotrophon hikto, kai eury rheithron Euphrētao lipen potamou keladontos; ēlythe gar kakeithi lipōn drimeian enipēn autokasignētoio ’ prophrōn hypedekto domonde Laban, hos hoi eēn men anepsios, alla totʼ oios ēnassen Syriēs, neiēgenes haima lelonchōs. tǭ de gamon kourēs men hypescheto kai kateneusen hoplotatēs; ou mēn telethein epemaieto pampan, alla dolon tolypeuse, kai eis lechos aneri pempe Leian, hē hoi eēn progenesterē. oude min empēs ellathen, allʼ enoēse kakorraphiēn, kai edekto paidʼ heterēn, amphoin dʼ emigē syn homaimosin hę̄si. tǭ dʼ huieis egenonto noǭ pepnymenoi ainōs hendeka, kai kourē Deina perikalles echousa eidos, epitrepton de demas kai amymona thymon.
Then, about Jacob and his arrival in Mesopotamia, his marriage to the two wives, the birth of his children, and his coming from Mesopotamia to Shechem: 'Jacob came to Syria, rich in cattle, and left the broad stream of the loud-sounding river Euphrates; for he had come there leaving the bitter threats of his own brother … Laban received him gladly into his house, who was his kinsman, and then alone ruled Syria, having lately come to power. To him he promised marriage with his youngest daughter and nodded assent; yet he did not mean to fulfil it at all, but wove a trick, and sent to the man's bed Leah, who was the elder. Yet it did not escape him; he perceived the wicked contrivance, and received the other girl too, and lay with both, his own kinswomen. And to him were born eleven sons, exceedingly wise in mind, and a daughter, Dinah, of very beautiful appearance, of comely form and blameless spirit.'
Gen 27:43 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 29:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 29:23 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 29:28 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 30:21 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Theodotus versifies Jacob's flight, marriages, and children.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor. A line is evidently missing after "his own brother" (marked …).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing capital in the digital text): δόμονδε λαβὰν → δόμονδε Λαβὰν.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.3 (Dindorf 1:494; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.4Dindorf 1:494–495
ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Εὐφράτου φησὶ τὸν Ἰακὼβ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὰ Σίκιμα πρὸς Ἑμμὼρ· τὸν δʼ ὑποδέξασθαι αὐτὸν, καὶ μέρος τι τῆς χώρας δοῦναι. καὶ αὐτὸν μὲν τὸν Ἰαχώβ γεωμορεῖν, τοὺς δὲ υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ ἕνδεκα τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὄντας ποιμαίνειν, τὴν δὲ θυγατέρα Δείναν καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας ἐριουργεῖν· καὶ τὴν Δεῖναν παρθένον οὖσαν εἰς τὰ Σίκιμα ἐλθεῖν πανηγύρεως οὔσης βουλομένην θεάσασθαι τὴν πόλιν· Συχὲμ δὲ τὸν τοῦ Ἑμμὼρ υἱὸν ἰδόντα ἐρασθῆναι αὐτῆς, καὶ ἁρπάσαντα ὡς ἑαυτὸν διακομίσαι καὶ φθεῖραι αὐτήν.
apo de tou Euphratou phēsi ton Iakōb elthein eis ta Sikima pros Hemmōr; ton dʼ hypodexasthai auton, kai meros ti tēs chōras dounai. kai auton men ton Iachōb geōmorein, tous de huious autou hendeka ton arithmon ontas poimainein, tēn de thygatera Deinan kai tas gynaikas eriourgein; kai tēn Deinan parthenon ousan eis ta Sikima elthein panēgyreōs ousēs boulomenēn theasasthai tēn polin; Sychem de ton tou Hemmōr huion idonta erasthēnai autēs, kai harpasanta hōs heauton diakomisai kai phtheirai autēn.
He says that Jacob came from the Euphrates to Shechem to Hamor; that Hamor received him and gave him a part of the land; that Jacob himself farmed, while his sons, eleven in number, kept the flocks, and his daughter Dinah and the women worked wool; and that Dinah, being a virgin, came into Shechem when a festival was being held, wishing to see the city; and Shechem the son of Hamor saw her and fell in love with her, seized her, carried her off to his house, and violated her.
Gen 33:19 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 34:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 34:2 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Theodotus: Jacob settles at Shechem and Dinah is seized.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread ending in the digital text; repeated syllables in the digital text): τῆς χώραις → τῆς χώρας; παρθένον θένον → παρθένον.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.4 (Dindorf 1:494–495; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.5Dindorf 1:495
αὖθις δὲ σὺν τῷ πατρὶ ἐλθόντα πρὸς τὸν Ἰακὼβ αἰτεῖν αὐτὴν πρὸς γάμου κοινωνίαν· τὸν δὲ οὐ φάναι δώσειν, πρὶν ἂν ἢ πάντας τοὺς οἰκοῦντας τὰ Σίκιμα περιτεμνομένους Ἰουδαίσαι· τὸν δὲ Ἑμμὼρ φάναι πείσειν αὐτούς. φησὶ δὲ περὶ τοῦ δεῖν περιτέμνεσθαι αὐτοὺς ὁ Ἰακὼβ
authis de syn tǭ patri elthonta pros ton Iakōb aitein autēn pros gamou koinōnian; ton de ou phanai dōsein, prin an ē pantas tous oikountas ta Sikima peritemnomenous Ioudaisai; ton de Hemmōr phanai peisein autous. phēsi de peri tou dein peritemnesthai autous ho Iakōb
Later he came with his father to Jacob and asked for her in the partnership of marriage; but Jacob said he would not give her until all who lived in Shechem were circumcised and adopted the Jewish way of life; and Hamor said he would persuade them. About the need for them to be circumcised, Jacob says:
Gen 34:6 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 34:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 34:15 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Jacob requires the Shechemites to be circumcised.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated syllables in the digital text): περιτέμνεσθαι τέμνεσθαι → περιτέμνεσθαι.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.5 (Dindorf 1:495; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.6Dindorf 1:495
οὐ γὰρ δὴ θεμιτόν γε τόδʼ Ἑβραίοισι τέτυκται, γαμβροὺς ἄλλοθεν εἴς γε νυοὺς ἀγέμεν ποτὶ δῶμα, ἀλλʼ ὅστις γενεῆς ἐξεύχεται εἶναι ὁμοίης.
ou gar dē themiton ge todʼ Hebraioisi tetyktai, gambrous allothen eis ge nyous agemen poti dōma, allʼ hostis geneēs exeuchetai einai homoiēs.
'For this is not lawful for the Hebrews, to bring sons-in-law from elsewhere into the house for their daughters, but only one who boasts to be of the same race.'
Gen 34:14 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Theodotus: Hebrews may not take foreign sons-in-law.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.6 (Dindorf 1:495; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.7Dindorf 1:495
εἶτα ὑποβὰς περὶ τῆς περιτομῆς, ὅς ποθʼ ἑῆς πάτρης ἐξήγαγε δῖον Ἀβραὰμ, αὐτὸς ἀπʼ οὐρανόθεν κέλετʼ ἀνέρα παντὶ σὺν οἴκῳ σάρκʼ ἀποσυλῆσαι πόσθης ἄπο, καί ῥʼ ἐτέλεσσεν· ἀστεμφὲς δὲ τέτυκται, ἐπεὶ θεὸς αὐτὸς ἔειπε.
eita hypobas peri tēs peritomēs, hos pothʼ heēs patrēs exēgage dion Abraam, autos apʼ ouranothen keletʼ anera panti syn oikǭ sarkʼ aposylēsai posthēs apo, kai rhʼ etelessen; astemphes de tetyktai, epei theos autos eeipe.
Then, a little further on, about circumcision: 'He who once led godlike Abraham out of his homeland, himself from heaven bade the man with all his household strip the flesh from the foreskin; and he performed it. It stands unshaken, since God himself spoke it.'
Gen 12:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 17:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 17:23 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Theodotus: circumcision as God's command to Abraham.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.7 (Dindorf 1:495; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.8Dindorf 1:495
πορευθέντος οὖν εἰς τὴν πόλιν τοῦ Ἑμμὼρ καὶ τοὺς ὑποτασσομένους παρακαλοῦντος περιτέμνεσθαι, ἕνα τῶν Ἰακὼβ υἱῶν τὸ ὄνομα Συμεῶνα διαγνῶναι τόν τε Ἑμμὼρ καὶ τὸν Συχὲμ ἀνελεῖν, τὴν ὕβριν τῆς ἀδελφῆς μὴ βουληθέντα πολιτικῶς ἐνεγκεῖν· ταῦτα δὲ διαγνόντα Λευὶν τῷ ἀδελφῷ κοινώσασθαι· λαβόντα δʼ αὐτὸν συγκάταινον ἐπὶ τὴν πρᾶξιν παρορμῆσαι, λόγιον προφερόμενον τὸν θεὸν ἀνελεῖν φάμενον τοῖς Ἀβραὰμ ἀπογόνοις δέκα ἔθνη δώσειν.
poreuthentos oun eis tēn polin tou Hemmōr kai tous hypotassomenous parakalountos peritemnesthai, hena tōn Iakōb huiōn to onoma Symeōna diagnōnai ton te Hemmōr kai ton Sychem anelein, tēn hybrin tēs adelphēs mē boulēthenta politikōs enenkein; tauta de diagnonta Leuin tǭ adelphǭ koinōsasthai; labonta dʼ auton synkatainon epi tēn praxin parormēsai, logion propheromenon ton theon anelein phamenon tois Abraam apogonois deka ethnē dōsein.
So when Hamor had gone into the city and was urging his subjects to be circumcised, one of Jacob's sons, Simeon by name, resolved to kill Hamor and Shechem, being unwilling to bear his sister's outrage like a peaceable citizen; and having resolved this he shared it with his brother Levi, and having taken him as partner he urged him on to the deed, bringing forward an oracle in which God had said he would give ten nations to the descendants of Abraham.
Gen 34:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 15:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Simeon and Levi plot against Hamor and Shechem, citing God's promise.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor. The ten nations allude to Gen 15:19–21.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread punctuation in the digital text; repeated, misread word in the digital text; wrong breathing and accent in the digital text): ποσευθέτος πορευθέντος → πορευθέντος; ἔνα τῶν Ἰακὼβ → ἕνα τῶν Ἰακὼβ; παρορμῆσαιμ λόγιον → παρορμῆσαι, λόγιον.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.8 (Dindorf 1:495; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.9Dindorf 1:495
φησὶ δὲ οὕτως ὁ Συμεὼν πρὸς τὸν Λευὶν εὖ γὰρ ἐγὼ μῦθόν γε πεπυσμένος εἰμὶ θεοῖο· δώσειν γάρ ποτʼ ἔφησε δέκʼ ἔθνεα παισὶν Ἀβραάμ. τὸν δὲ θεὸν αὐτοῖς τοῦτον τὸν νοῦν ἐμβαλεῖν, διὰ τὸ τοὺς ἐν Σικίμοις ἀσεβεῖς εἶναι. φησὶ δέ βλάπτε θεὸς Σικίμων οἰκήτορας, οὐ γὰρ ἔτιον εἰς αὐτοὺς ὅστις κε μόλῃ κακὸς, οὐδὲ μὲν ἐσθλός· οὐδὲ δίκας ἐδίκαζον ἀνὰ πτόλιν οὐδὲ θέμιστας· λοίγια δʼ ὠρώρει τοῖσιν μεμελημένα ἔργα.
phēsi de houtōs ho Symeōn pros ton Leuin eu gar egō mython ge pepysmenos eimi theoio; dōsein gar potʼ ephēse dekʼ ethnea paisin Abraam. ton de theon autois touton ton noun embalein, dia to tous en Sikimois asebeis einai. phēsi de blapte theos Sikimōn oikētoras, ou gar etion eis autous hostis ke molę̄ kakos, oude men esthlos; oude dikas edikazon ana ptolin oude themistas; loigia dʼ ōrōrei toisin memelēmena erga.
Simeon speaks to Levi thus: 'For I have well learned the word of God: for he once said he would give ten nations to the children of Abraham.' And God put this purpose into them because the people in Shechem were impious. He says: 'God smote the inhabitants of Shechem; for they did not honor anyone who came among them, whether bad or good; nor did they give judgments or laws throughout the city; but deadly deeds were their concern.'
Gen 15:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Theodotus: God moved the brothers because Shechem was impious.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (wrong breathing and accent in the digital text): εὑ γὰρ ἐγὼ → εὖ γὰρ ἐγὼ.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.9 (Dindorf 1:495; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.10Dindorf 1:495–496
τὸν οὖν Λευὶν καὶ τὸν Συμεῶνα εἰς τὴν πόλιν καθωπλισμένους ἐλθεῖν, καὶ πρῶτα μὲν τοὺς ἐντυγχάνοντας ἀναιρεῖν, ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τὸν Ἐμμὼρ καὶ τὸν Συχὲμ φονεῦσαι.
ton oun Leuin kai ton Symeōna eis tēn polin kathōplismenous elthein, kai prōta men tous entynchanontas anairein, epeita de kai ton Emmōr kai ton Sychem phoneusai.
So Levi and Simeon came armed into the city, and first killed those they met, and then slew Hamor and Shechem as well.
Gen 34:25 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 34:26 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Simeon and Levi attack the city.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (garbled word in the digital text): ἐντʼ χάνοντας → ἐντυγχάνοντας.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.10 (Dindorf 1:495–496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.22.11Dindorf 1:496
λέγει δὲ περὶ τῆς ἀναιρέσεως αὐτῶν οὕτως ὡς τότε δὴ Συμεὼν μὲν μὼρ ὤρουσεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν, πλῆξέ τέ οἱ κεφαλὴν, δειρὴν δʼ ἕλεν ἐν χερὶ λαιῇ, λεῖψε δʼ ἔτι σπαίρουσαν, ἐπεὶ πόνος ἄλλος ὀρώρει. τόφρα δὲ καὶ Λευὶν μένος ἄσχετος ἔλλαβε χαίτης γούνων ἁπτόμενον Συχὲμ, ἄσπετα μαργήναντα. ἤλασε δὲ κληῖδα μέσην· δῦ δὲ ξίφος ὀξὺ σπλάγχνα διὰ στέρνων, λίπε δὲ ψυχὴ δέμας εὐθύς. πυθομένους δὲ καὶ τοὺς ἑτέρους ἀδελφοὺς τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτῶν ἐπιβοηθῆσαι, καὶ τὴν πόλιν ἐκπορθῆσαι, καὶ τὴν ἀδελφὴν ἀναρρυσαμένους μετὰ τῶν αἰχμαλώτων εἰς τὴν πατρῴαν ἔπαυλιν διακομίσαι.·’
legei de peri tēs anaireseōs autōn houtōs hōs tote dē Symeōn men mōr ōrousen epʼ auton, plēxe te hoi kephalēn, deirēn dʼ helen en cheri laię̄, leipse dʼ eti spairousan, epei ponos allos orōrei. tophra de kai Leuin menos aschetos ellabe chaitēs gounōn haptomenon Sychem, aspeta margēnanta. ēlase de klēida mesēn; dy de xiphos oxy splanchna dia sternōn, lipe de psychē demas euthys. pythomenous de kai tous heterous adelphous tēn praxin autōn epiboēthēsai, kai tēn polin ekporthēsai, kai tēn adelphēn anarrysamenous meta tōn aichmalōtōn eis tēn patrǭan epaulin diakomisai.;’
He speaks of their slaying thus: 'Then Simeon rushed upon Hamor and struck his head, seized his throat in his left hand, and left him still gasping, since another task had arisen. Meanwhile an irresistible fury seized Levi, and he took Shechem by the hair, as he clasped his knees, raging beyond words; he drove at the middle of the collarbone, and the sharp sword sank through the breast into the vitals, and the soul at once left the body.' And the other brothers, learning what they had done, came to their help, sacked the city, rescued their sister, and brought her with the captives to their father's dwelling."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gen 34:26 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 34:27 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Theodotus describes the killing of Hamor and Shechem and the sack of the city.
- Theodotus, via Polyhistor. Hamor's name is damaged in the digital text; the verses are corrupt in places and translated by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misplaced breathing in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): ἀναιρέσεως ἀυτῶν → ἀναιρέσεως αὐτῶν; Λευἰν μένος → Λευὶν μένος.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.22.11 (Dindorf 1:496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-22-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 23
9.23.1Dindorf 1:496
Τούτοις καὶ τὰ ἐξῆς περὶ τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς τοῦ Πολυίστορος γραφῆς ἐπισυνήφθω “ Ἀρτάπανος δέ φησιν ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἰουδαίων τῷ Ἀβραὰμ Ἰωσὴφ ἀπόγονον γενέσθαι, υἱὸν δὲ Ἰακώβου· συνέσει δὲ καὶ φρονήσει παρὰ τοὺς ἄλλους διενεγκόντα ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐπιβουλευθῆναι· προϊδόμενον δὲ τὴν ἐπισύστασιν δεηθῆναι τῶν ἀστυγειτόνων Ἀράβων εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον αὐτὸν διακομίσαι· τοὺς δὲ τὸ ἐντυγχανόμενον ποιῆσαι· εἶναι γὰρ τοὺς τῶν Ἀράβων βασιλεῖς ἀπογόνους Ἰσραὴλ, υἱοὺς τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ, Ἰσαὰκ δὲ ἀδελφούς.
Toutois kai ta exēs peri tou Iōsēph ek tēs autēs tou Poluistoros graphēs episynēphthō “ Artapanos de phēsin en tǭ peri Ioudaiōn tǭ Abraam Iōsēph apogonon genesthai, huion de Iakōbou; synesei de kai phronēsei para tous allous dienenkonta hypo tōn adelphōn epibouleuthēnai; proïdomenon de tēn episystasin deēthēnai tōn astygeitonōn Arabōn eis tēn Aigypton auton diakomisai; tous de to entynchanomenon poiēsai; einai gar tous tōn Arabōn basileis apogonous Israēl, huious tou Abraam, Isaak de adelphous.
To these let us add what follows about Joseph from the same writing of Polyhistor: "Artapanus says in his On the Jews that Joseph was a descendant of Abraham and a son of Jacob; that, excelling the others in understanding and wisdom, he was plotted against by his brothers; that, foreseeing the conspiracy, he asked the neighboring Arabs to take him to Egypt; and they did what was asked, for the kings of the Arabs are descendants of Israel, sons of Abraham, brothers of Isaac.
Gen 37:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 37:28 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Artapanus (via Polyhistor): Joseph escapes his brothers through the Arabs.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Artapanus. Artapanus's account differs from Genesis; translated as given. "Descendants of Israel" is as printed (one would expect "of Ishmael").
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letter in the digital text; missing space in the digital text): τῷ ἈβραὰμἸωσὴφ → τῷ Ἀβραὰμ Ἰωσὴφ; πσοϊδόμενον → προϊδόμενον.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Artapanus (Artapanus; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.23.1 (Dindorf 1:496; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-23-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.23.2Dindorf 1:496–497
ἐλθόντα δὲ αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον καὶ συσταθέντα τῷ βασιλεῖ διοικητὴν τῆς ὅλης γενέσθαι χώρας. καὶ πρότερον ἀτάκτως τῶν Αἰγυπτίων γεωμορούντων, διὰ τὸ τὴν χώραν ἀδιαίρετον εἶναι καὶ τῶν ἐλασσόνων ὑπὸ τῶν κρεισσόνων ἀδικουμένων, τοῦτον πρῶτον τήν τε γῆν διελεῖν καὶ ὄροις διασημήνασθαι, καὶ πολλὴν χερσευομένην γεωργήσιμον ἀποτελέσαι, καί τινας τῶν ἀρουρῶν τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἀποκληρῶσαι.
elthonta de auton eis tēn Aigypton kai systathenta tǭ basilei dioikētēn tēs holēs genesthai chōras. kai proteron ataktōs tōn Aigyptiōn geōmorountōn, dia to tēn chōran adiaireton einai kai tōn elassonōn hypo tōn kreissonōn adikoumenōn, touton prōton tēn te gēn dielein kai orois diasēmēnasthai, kai pollēn cherseuomenēn geōrgēsimon apotelesai, kai tinas tōn arourōn tois hiereusin apoklērōsai.
When he came to Egypt and was introduced to the king, he became administrator of the whole country. And whereas formerly the Egyptians farmed without order, because the land was undivided and the weaker were wronged by the stronger, he was the first to divide the land and mark it with boundaries, made much waste land cultivable, and allotted some of the arable plots to the priests.
Gen 41:41 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 47:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Artapanus: Joseph divides Egypt's land and gives fields to priests.
- Artapanus, via Polyhistor.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letter and repeated syllables in the digital text; missing space in the digital text): κσεισσόνων σόνων → κρεισσόνων; καίτινας → καί τινας.
Extrabiblical texts: Artapanus (Artapanus; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.23.2 (Dindorf 1:496–497; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-23-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.23.3Dindorf 1:497
τοῦτον δὲ καὶ μέτρα εὑρεῖν, καὶ μεγάλως αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων διὰ ταῦτα ἀγαπηθῆναι. γῆμαι δʼ αὐτὸν Ἡλιουπολίτου ἱερέως Ἀσενὲθ θυγατέρα, ἐξ ἧς γεννῆσαι παῖδας. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα παραγενέσθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν τόν τε πατέρα καὶ τοὺς ἀδελφοὺς κομίζοντας πολλὴν ὕπαρξιν, καὶ κατοικισθῆναι ἐν τῇ πόλει Καισὰν, καὶ τοὺς Σύρους πλεονάσαι ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ.
touton de kai metra heurein, kai megalōs auton hypo tōn Aigyptiōn dia tauta agapēthēnai. gēmai dʼ auton Hēlioupolitou hiereōs Aseneth thygatera, ex hēs gennēsai paidas. meta de tauta paragenesthai pros auton ton te patera kai tous adelphous komizontas pollēn hyparxin, kai katoikisthēnai en tę̄ polei Kaisan, kai tous Syrous pleonasai en tę̄ Aigyptǭ.
He also invented measures, and for these things was greatly loved by the Egyptians. He married Asenath, daughter of a priest of Heliopolis, and had children by her. After this his father and brothers came to him bringing much property, and were settled in the city of Kaisan, and the Syrians multiplied in Egypt.
Gen 41:45 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 46:6 (allusion, medium confidence) · Exod 1:7 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Artapanus: Joseph marries Asenath; his family settles in Egypt.
- Artapanus, via Polyhistor. "The city of Kaisan" is as printed; other editions read "in Heliopolis and Sais".
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark for breathing in the digital text): ‘Ηλιουπολίτου → Ἡλιουπολίτου.
Extrabiblical texts: Artapanus (Artapanus; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.23.3 (Dindorf 1:497; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-23-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.23.4Dindorf 1:497
τούτους δέ φησι καὶ τὸ ἐν Ἄθως καὶ τὸ ἐν Ἡλιουπόλει ἱερὸν κατασκευάσαι τοὺς Ἑρμιοὺθ ὀνομαζομένους. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τελευτῆσαι τόν τε Ἰωσὴφ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τῶν Αἰγυπτίων. τὸν οὖν Ἰωσὴφ κρατοῦντα τῆς Αἰγύπτου τὸν ἐτῶν ἑπτὰ σῖτον, γενόμενον κατὰ τὴν φορὰν ἄπλετον, παραθέσθαι, καὶ τῆς Αἰγύπτου δεσπότην γενέσθαι.’
toutous de phēsi kai to en Athōs kai to en Hēlioupolei hieron kataskeuasai tous Hermiouth onomazomenous. meta de tauta teleutēsai ton te Iōsēph kai ton basilea tōn Aigyptiōn. ton oun Iōsēph kratounta tēs Aigyptou ton etōn hepta siton, genomenon kata tēn phoran apleton, parathesthai, kai tēs Aigyptou despotēn genesthai.’
These, he says, called Hermiouth, built both the temple at Athos and the one at Heliopolis. After this both Joseph and the king of the Egyptians died. Joseph, while ruling Egypt, stored the grain of the seven years, which had been produced in immense abundance, and became master of Egypt."
Gen 41:48 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 47:20 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Artapanus: Joseph's people build temples; Joseph stores grain.
- Artapanus, via Polyhistor. "Athos" is as printed; the place is uncertain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misread letters in the digital text (cf. 9.18.1); wrong breathing and accent in the digital text): ‘Εσμιούθ ὀνομαζοạένους → Ἑρμιοὺθ ὀνομαζομένους; τὸν οὑν Ἰωσὴφ → τὸν οὖν Ἰωσὴφ.
Extrabiblical texts: Artapanus (Artapanus; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.23.4 (Dindorf 1:497; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-23-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 24
9.24.1Dindorf 1:497
“ Μαρτυρεῖ δὲ ταῖς ἱεραῖς βίβλοις καὶ Φίλων ἐν τῇ ἰδʼ τῶν περὶ Ἱεροσόλυμα, λέγων οὕτως τοῖσιν ἕδος μακαριστὸν ὅλης μέγας ἔκτισεν ἄκτωρ ὕψιστος, καὶ πρόσθεν ἀφʼ Ἀβραάμοιο καὶ Ἰσὰκ, Ἰακὼβ εὐτέκνοιο τόκος Ἰωσὴφ, ὃς ὀνείρων θεσπιστὴς, σκηπτοῦχος ἐν Αἰγύπτοιο θρόνοισι, δινεύσας λαθραῖα χρόνου πλημμυρίδι μοίρης, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. ταῦτα καὶ περὶ τοῦ Ἰωσήφ. ”
“ Martyrei de tais hierais biblois kai Philōn en tę̄ idʼ tōn peri Hierosolyma, legōn houtōs toisin hedos makariston holēs megas ektisen aktōr hypsistos, kai prosthen aphʼ Abraamoio kai Isak, Iakōb euteknoio tokos Iōsēph, hos oneirōn thespistēs, skēptouchos en Aigyptoio thronoisi, dineusas lathraia chronou plēmmyridi moirēs, kai ta hexēs. tauta kai peri tou Iōsēph. ”
"Philo too, in the fourteenth book of his On Jerusalem, bears witness to the sacred books, speaking thus: 'For them the great founder, the Most High, built a most blessed seat of the whole …, and before that, from Abraham and Isaac, the offspring of Jacob rich in children, Joseph, who as prophet of dreams, sceptre-bearer on Egypt's thrones, turned the hidden things of time in the flood of fate,' and so on. This much about Joseph also."
Gen 41:40 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Philo the epic poet celebrates Joseph.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Philo the Elder, On Jerusalem (an epic poet, not Philo of Alexandria). The verses are obscure and translated tentatively.
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Philo the Epic Poet, Philo Epic Poet (Philo the Epic Poet, On Jerusalem; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.24.1 (Dindorf 1:497; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-24-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Preparation 9, chapter 25
9.25.1Dindorf 1:497
“Ἄκουε δὲ οἷα καὶ περὶ τοῦ Ἰὼβ ὁ αὐτὸς ἱστορεῖ· Ἀριστέας δέ φησιν ἐν τῷ περὶ Ἰουδαίων τὸν Ἠσαῦ γήμαντα Βασσάραν ἐν Ἐδὼμ γεννῆσαι Ἰὼβ· κατοικεῖν δὲ τοῦτον ἐν τῇ Αὐσίτιδι χώρᾳ, ἐπὶ τοῖς ὅροις τῆς Ἰδουμαίας καὶ Ἀραβίας.
“Akoue de hoia kai peri tou Iōb ho autos historei; Aristeas de phēsin en tǭ peri Ioudaiōn ton Ēsau gēmanta Bassaran en Edōm gennēsai Iōb; katoikein de touton en tę̄ Ausitidi chōrą, epi tois horois tēs Idoumaias kai Arabias.
"Hear also what the same writer relates about Job: 'Aristeas says in his On the Jews that Esau married Bassara and begot Job in Edom; and that Job lived in the land of Ausitis, on the borders of Idumaea and Arabia.
Job 1:1 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Aristeas (via Polyhistor): Job was Esau's son and lived in Ausitis.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Aristeas the Exegete, On the Jews (not the Letter of Aristeas). The tradition resembles the appendix to Job in the Greek Bible (LXX Job 42:17b–e).
Extrabiblical texts: Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Aristeas the Exegete, Aristeas Exeg. (Aristeas the Exegete, On the Jews; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.25.1 (Dindorf 1:497; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-25-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.25.2Dindorf 1:497–498
γενέσθαι δʼ αὐτὸν δίκαιον καὶ πολύκτηνον· κτήσασθαι γὰρ αὐτὸν πρόβατα μὲν ἑπτακισχίλια, καμήλους δὲ τρισχιλίας, ζεύγη βοῶν πεντακόσια, ὄνους θηλείας νομάδας πεντακοσίας· εἶχε δὲ καὶ γεωργίας ἱκανάς.
genesthai dʼ auton dikaion kai polyktēnon; ktēsasthai gar auton probata men heptakischilia, kamēlous de trischilias, zeugē boōn pentakosia, onous thēleias nomadas pentakosias; eiche de kai geōrgias hikanas.
He was righteous and rich in cattle: he possessed seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred grazing she-asses; and he also had a good deal of farmland.
Job 1:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 1:3 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Job's wealth.
- Aristeas, via Polyhistor.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.25.2 (Dindorf 1:497–498; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-25-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.25.3Dindorf 1:498
τοῦτον δὲ τὸν Ἰὼβ πρότερον Ἰωβὰβ ὀνομάζεσθαι. πειράξοντα δʼ αὐτὸν τὸν θεὸν ἐμμεῖναι, μεγάλαις δὲ περιβαλεῖν αὐτὸν ἀτυχίαις. πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῦ τούς τε ὄνους καὶ τοὺς βοῦς ὑπὸ λῃστῶν ἀπελαθῆναι, εἶτα τὰ πρόβατα ὑπὸ πυρὸς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πεσόντος κατακαῆναι σὺν τοῖς ποιμέσι· μετʼ οὐ πολὺ δὲ καὶ τὰς καμήλους ὑπὸ λῃστῶν ἀπελαθῆναι· εἶτα τὰ τέκνα αὐτοῦ ἀποθανεῖν, πεσούσης τῆς οἰκίας· αὐθημερὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἑλκῶσαι.
touton de ton Iōb proteron Iōbab onomazesthai. peiraxonta dʼ auton ton theon emmeinai, megalais de peribalein auton atychiais. prōton men gar autou tous te onous kai tous bous hypo lę̄stōn apelathēnai, eita ta probata hypo pyros ek tou ouranou pesontos katakaēnai syn tois poimesi; metʼ ou poly de kai tas kamēlous hypo lę̄stōn apelathēnai; eita ta tekna autou apothanein, pesousēs tēs oikias; authēmeron de autou kai to sōma helkōsai.
This Job was formerly named Jobab. God, to test him, had him remain steadfast, and surrounded him with great misfortunes. First his asses and oxen were driven off by robbers; then his sheep with their shepherds were burned up by fire falling from heaven; not long after, his camels too were driven off by robbers; then his children died when the house fell; and on the same day his body was covered with sores.
Gen 36:33 (allusion, medium confidence) · Job 1:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 1:16 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 1:17 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 1:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 2:7 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Job's trials.
- Aristeas, via Polyhistor. The clause about God testing him is compressed in the Greek and translated by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing breathing in the digital text): πρότερον Ιωβὰβ → πρότερον Ἰωβὰβ.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.25.3 (Dindorf 1:498; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-25-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.25.4Dindorf 1:498
φαύλως δὲ αὐτοῦ διακειμένου ἐλθεῖν εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν Ἐλίφαν τὸν Θαιμανιτῶν βασιλέα καὶ Βαλδὰδ τὸν Σαυχαίων τύραννον καὶ Σωφὰρ τὸν Μινναίων βασιλέα, ἐλθεῖν δὲ καὶ Ἐλιοῦν τὸν Βαραχιὴλ τὸν Ζωβίτην. παρακαλούμενον δὲ φάναι καὶ χωρὶς παρακλήσεως ἐμμενεῖν αὑτὸν ἔν τε τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ τοῖς δεινοῖς. τὸν δὲ θεὸν ἀγασθέντα τὴν εὐψυχίαν αὐτοῦ τῆς τε νόσου αὐτὸν ἀπολῦσαι καὶ πολλῶν κύριον ὑπάρξεων ποιῆσαι.’’ Τοσαῦτα καὶ περὶ τούτων ὁ Πολυΐστωρ.
phaulōs de autou diakeimenou elthein eis episkepsin Eliphan ton Thaimanitōn basilea kai Baldad ton Sauchaiōn tyrannon kai Sōphar ton Minnaiōn basilea, elthein de kai Elioun ton Barachiēl ton Zōbitēn. parakaloumenon de phanai kai chōris paraklēseōs emmenein hauton en te tę̄ eusebeią kai tois deinois. ton de theon agasthenta tēn eupsychian autou tēs te nosou auton apolysai kai pollōn kyrion hyparxeōn poiēsai.’’ Tosauta kai peri toutōn ho Polyïstōr.
While he was in this bad state there came to visit him Eliphaz, king of the Temanites, Bildad, ruler of the Shuhites, and Zophar, king of the Minaeans; and Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite came too. When they comforted him, he said that even without comfort he would remain steadfast both in his piety and in his sufferings; and God, admiring his courage, freed him from his disease and made him master of many possessions.'" So much about these also from Polyhistor.
Job 2:11 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 32:2 (allusion, high confidence) · Job 42:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Job's friends visit; God restores him.
- Aristeas, via Polyhistor. "The Buzite" renders the printed Ζωβίτην.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Latin letter and stray mark in the digital text; line-end hyphen left in the digital text; words from the line above leaked into the digital text): Θαιδιακειμένου μανιτῶν → Θαιμανιτῶν; ’Eλιοῦν → Ἐλιοῦν; τύραν- νον → τύραννον.
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.25.4 (Dindorf 1:498; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-25-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Dindorf's Teubner text (1867; digital text First1KGreek, CC BY-SA 4.0), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of E. H. Gifford (1903); differences checked against the Greek.
Preparation 9, chapter 26
9.26.1Dindorf 1:498
Καὶ περὶ Μώσεως δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς πάλιν πλεῖστα παρατίθεται, ὧν καὶ αὐτῶν ἐπακοῦσαι ἄξιον Εὐπόλεμος δέ φησι τὸν Μωσῆν πρῶτον σοφὸν γενέσθαι, καὶ γράμματα παραδοῦναι τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις πρῶτον, παρὰ δὲ Ἰουδαίων Φοίνικας παραλαβεῖν, Ἕλληνας δὲ παρὰ Φοινίκων, νόμους τε πρῶτον γράψαι Μωσῆν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις.’’
Kai peri Mōseōs de ho autos palin pleista paratithetai, hōn kai autōn epakousai axion Eupolemos de phēsi ton Mōsēn prōton sophon genesthai, kai grammata paradounai tois Ioudaiois prōton, para de Ioudaiōn Phoinikas paralabein, Hellēnas de para Phoinikōn, nomous te prōton grapsai Mōsēn tois Ioudaiois.’’
About Moses too the same writer again sets out a great deal, which also deserves a hearing: "Eupolemus says that Moses was the first wise man, and was the first to hand down letters to the Jews; that the Phoenicians received them from the Jews, and the Greeks from the Phoenicians; and that Moses was the first to write laws for the Jews."
Notes and citation
Summary: Eupolemus (via Polyhistor): Moses first gave letters and written laws.
- Alexander Polyhistor, quoting Eupolemus. The same fragment is in Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies 1.23.153.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing space in the digital text; wrong accent in the digital text): τοῖςἸουδαίοις → τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις; Ἓλληνας → Ἕλληνας.
Extrabiblical texts: Clement of Alexandria, Strom. 1.23.153 (Miscellanies; echo); Alexander Polyhistor, Alex. Polyh. (Alexander Polyhistor, On the Jews; quotation); Eupolemus (Eupolemus, On the Kings of Judea; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Eusebius, Praep. ev. 9.26.1 (Dindorf 1:498; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/eusebius-praeparatio/9-16-1/#p-9-26-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek of Dindorf's Teubner text (1867; digital text First1KGreek, CC BY-SA 4.0), then compared section by section with the public-domain English of E. H. Gifford (1903); differences checked against the Greek.