The Works of Philo Judaeus, the Contemporary of Josephus, Volume 2H. G. Bohn, 1854 - Philosophy, Ancient |
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Page 477 - Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 327 - And behold the Lord stood above it and said, I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac ; the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Page 220 - And the man said, They are departed hence, for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan.
Page 388 - To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates...
Page 1 - And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the children of men builded.
Page 147 - As long therefore as our mind still shines around and hovers around, pouring as it were a noontide light into the whole soul, we, being masters of ourselves, are not possessed by any extraneous influence ; but when it approaches its setting, then, as is natural, a trance, which proceeds from inspiration, takes violent hold of us, and madness seizes upon us, for when the divine light shines the human light sets, and when the divine light sets this other rises and shines, and this very frequently happens...
Page 1 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered...
Page 82 - Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him.
Page 221 - And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
Page 364 - And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?