And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Abraham reprit, et dit: Voici, j'ai osé parler au Seigneur, moi qui ne suis que poudre et cendre.
KJV
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which [am but] dust and ashes:
Philo Judaeus
Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis
αν γνωρίζουσιν οἱ προσελθόντες· καὶ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ ἐγγίσας τῷ θεῷ ἑαυτὸν εὐθὺς ἔγνω γῆν καὶ τέφραν ὄντα (Gen. 18,27). μήτε δὲ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ μήτε ἐπὶ θάτερα τῆς βασιλικῆς ἀποκλινέτωσαν ὁδοῦ, ἀλλ’ αὐτῇ τῇ μέσῃ προΐτωσαν. αἱ γὰρ ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα ἐκτροπαὶ τῇ μὲν ὑπερβολὰς εἰς ἐπίτασιν τῇ δὲ ἐλλεί…
Philo Judaeus
Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit
. "ἐγγίσας" γάρ φησιν "Ἀβραὰμ εἶπε· νῦν ἠρξάμην λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν κύριον, ἐγὼ δέ εἰμι γῆ καὶ σποδός" (Gen. 18, 27), ἐπειδὴ τότε καιρὸς ἐντυγχάνειν γένεσιν τῷ πεποιηκότι, ὅτε τὴν ἑαυτῆς οὐδένειαν ἔγνωκεν. τὸ δὲ "τί μοι δώσεις;" οὐκ ἀποροῦντός ἐστι φωνὴ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐπὶ τῷ πλήθει καὶ με…
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
ὑπόμνησιν ἑαυτοῦ — καὶ γὰρ ὁ σοφὸς Ἀβραάμ, ὅτε ἐντευξόμενος ᾔει τῷ θεῷ, γῆν καὶ σποδὸν εἶπεν ἑαυτόν (Gen. 18, 27) —, ἔπειτ’ ἐνδύεσθαι τὸν ποδήρη χιτῶνα καὶ τὸ ποικίλον ὃ κέκληκεν ἐπ’ αὐτῷ περιστήθιον (Exod. 29, 5), τῶν κατ’ οὐρανὸν φωσφόρων ἄστρων ἀπεικόνισμα καὶ μίμημα. δύο γάρ,…
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