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Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
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The Testament of Simeon Concerning Envy. — Translator and historical edition notes
Gen. xxix. 33 .
That Simeon was prominent in the hostility to Joseph, is perhaps implied by his detention in Egypt as a surety for the return of the others; and Jewish tradition generally accords with this view. Cf. the Targum of the Pseudo-Jonathan on Gen. xxxvii. 19 : “Simeon and Levi, who were brothers in counsel, said one to another, Let us kill him.” Also this same Targum on Gen. xlii. 24 : “And he took from them Simeon, who had counselled to kill him.” Cf. also Breshith Rabba , § 91.
[ Gen. xxxvii. 22, 29; xlii. 22 .]
[See Speaker’s Com ., N.T., vol. iv. p. 387, ed. Scribners.]
The Cam. ms. seems wrongly to omit the negative here. The reference is doubtless to Gen. xlix. 7 .
The reference seems to be to the Philistines. Cf. Deut. ii. 23; Amos ix. 7 , where the LXX. reads Καππαδοκία .
[For modern views of these, see Encyc. Brit. , s.v. “Hittites.”]
[Two of the many passages that leave no room for Lardner’s imaginary “Unitarianism” in this author.]
The construction here is awkward of the participles after ὅτι : possibly a clause may have dropped out after ᾽Αδάμ .
[See p. 10, note 5, supra .]
John the Baptist. His greatness is declared by Christ Himself.]
[Two of the many passages that leave no room for Lardner’s imaginary “Unitarianism” in this author.]
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