And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Jacob, leur père, leur dit: Vous me privez de mes enfants! Joseph n'est plus, Siméon n'est plus, et vous prendriez Benjamin! C'est sur moi que tout cela retombe.
KJV
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
τε καὶ αἰσχροὺς δεχομένῳ· παρὸ καὶ ὁ πτερνιστὴς Ἰακὼβ ὁμολογεῖ φάσκων "Ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐγένετο πάντα ταῦτα“ (Gen. 42,36)· ἐπὶ γὰρ μίαν οὖσαν τὴν ψυχὴν αἱ ἀμύθητοι τυπώσεις ἁπάντων τῶν ἐν τῷ παντὶ ἀναφέρονται· ὅταν μὲν οὖν δέξηται τὸν τῆς τελείας ἀρετῆς χαρακτῆρα, γέγονε τὸ τῆς ζωῆς ξύλον…
Philo Judaeus
De Somniis (lib. i-ii)
να νοῦν, ἐπικεῖσθαι δὲ τούτῳ πάντα· καὶ γὰρ ἐξεφώνησέ ποτε ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ· „ἐπ’ ἐμὲ ἐγένετο ταῦτα πάντα“ (Gen. 42, 36). στειλάμενος οὖν πομπὴν ὧν ἐτεχνίτευσε κατὰ γαστρὸς τῆς ταλαίνης ἐπιδείκνυται, καὶ κανηφορῶν ὁ ἀνόητος οὐκ αἰδεῖται τοσούτῳ βαρυνόμενος τριττῷ κανῶν ἄχθει, τοῦτο δ’ ἐ…
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