If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Certainement, si tu agis bien, tu relèveras ton visage, et si tu agis mal, le péché se couche à la porte, et ses désirs se portent vers toi: mais toi, domine sur lui.
KJV
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
Rufinus Aquileiensis
Provinciae Palestinae Liber De Fide [Incertus]
m dixisset ad eum, Peccasti, quiesce : ad te re- versio ejus, hoc est peccati, et tu dominaberis ei (Gen. 4. 7.), aperte Moyses ostendit per humanitatem seu misericordiam, quam Deus ipsis postea libenter indulsit. Quid enim dicit Moyses? Et fecit Dominus Deus Adam et uxoris ejus…
Philo Judaeus
De Agricultura
καὶ τελείοις βουθυτῆσαι· τὸ δὲ λόγιόν ἐστι τοιόνδε· „οὐκ ἐὰν ὀρθῶς προσενέγκῃς, ὀρθῶς δὲ μὴ διέλῃς“ (Gen. 4, 7). ὀρθὸν μὲν οὖν ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ τιμή, τὸ δὲ ἀδιαίρετον οὐκ ὀρθόν. ὃν δ’ ἔχει καὶ τοῦτο λόγον, ἴδωμεν· εἰσί τινες οἱ τὸ εὐσεβὲς ἐν τῷ πάντα φάσκειν ὑπὸ θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τά τε κα…
Philo Judaeus
De Sobrietate
ν χρησθεῖσι λογίοις περιέχεται σημειωδέστερον· λέγεται γὰρ πρὸς αὐτόν· ὦ οὗτος, „ἥμαρτες, ἡσύχασον“ (Gen. 4,7), τοῦ μὲν ἁμαρτάνειν, ὅτι κινεῖσθαι καὶ ἐνεργεῖν κατὰ τὴν κακίαν ἦν, ὄντος ἐνόχου, τοῦ δ’ ἡσυχάζειν, ὅτι ἴσχεσθαι καὶ ἠρεμεῖν, ἀνυπαιτίου καὶ σωτηρίου. Ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ἱκαν…
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