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they were not found under heaven; the one before the temptations in wealth, the one in the very midst of the struggles, the one after the temptations. For having struggled most excellently in these three seasons, he is said to have had three beautiful daughters, while the history remains, and the account is also brought up to the three seasons, in which, having struggled most excellently, he brought forth beautiful fruits and renowned offspring, known to all. 42, 1517 And the father gave them an inheritance among their brothers. And Job lived after the affliction one hundred and seventy years, and all the years he lived were two hundred and forty-eight. And Job saw his sons and his sons' sons, to the fourth generation. And Job died, an old man and full of days. He received all the promises according to the law, the one carrying the written law in his mind before he heard of the law. For he was a fulfiller of the law, even if not a disciple. 42, 17α And it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises. Clearly, of the righteous. For the ungodly will not rise in judgment, nor sinners in the council of the righteous. 42, 17β This is interpreted from the Syriac book. And we accept these words, even if not being of the whole composition, but at least as of some one of the saints having woven them into the book. 396 But nevertheless we accept all, having thus received the book from the fathers. 42, 17β dwelling in the land of Ausitis on the borders of Idumea and Arabia. And Job's name was formerly Jobab, and having taken an Arabian wife he begets a son named Ennon. We find name changes among the saints, such as Abram being named Abraham and Peter, Cephas, so that this too is a sign of his being from the root of the holy Abraham, that Job was formerly called Jobab. And since he mentioned the old name of Job, he also rightly made mention of his wife, the Arabian. For he did not take another wife, as I think, but this was the first, from whom Ennon was born to him, whether one of the first children, or of the second. And if anyone says that the first one died and did not enjoy the good things, we say that she suffered this for having said to Job: 'Say some word against the Lord, and die.' But if this is the one who survived and enjoyed the good things, we say that because she became more prudent through the rebuke of the righteous man and did not speak against his counsel, the enjoyment of the good things was also given to her. However, it is not necessary to quibble over such things. 42, 17ξ And he was the son of Zarah, one of the sons of Esau, his mother being Bosorra, so that he was the fifth from Abraham. And the genealogy is found in Chronicles. For from Abraham, Isaac, and from him, Esau, from whom, Reuel, and from him, Zarah 397 the father of Job. Therefore Job is the fifth from Abraham, not counting Abraham, of course, for which reason we also say he was before the law. For Moses is found to be the sixth from Abraham, thus: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses. Therefore he is found to be before Moses, preceding him by one generation, or even if we grant that he was contemporary with Moses, he was not yet a disciple of the law. We, then, say this, since it also seemed so to many who were distinguished in the church and to older exegetes. But if someone contentiously says that he had heard the law, even so Job will appear more admirable than the Israelites who did not keep the law, but even sacrificed to idols, while Job lived in Idumea both according to the law and according to the gospel. 42, 17δ And these are the kings who reigned in Edom, the land which he himself also ruled: first, Balak the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah; after Balak, Jobab, who is called Job; after him, Husham, who was ruler from the land of Ausitis; and after him, Hadad son of Barad, who struck down Midian in the plain of Moab, and the name of his city was Gethaim. Thus also you will find in Chronicles, so that when he says about himself: 'I was in their midst as a king among his troops,' either that even before his kingship he was honored as a king because of his virtue, or that the 'as' is not used as a comparison,

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οὐχ εὑρέθησαν ἐν τῇ ὑπ' οὐρανόν· ἡ πρὸ τῶν πειρασμῶν ἐν τῷ πλούτῳ, ἡ ἐν αὐτοῖς μέσοις τοῖς ἀγωνίσμασιν, ἡ μετὰ τοὺς πειρασμούς. ἐν γὰρ τοῖς τρισὶ τούτοις καιροῖς ἄριστα ἀγωνισάμενος τρεῖς ὡραίας ἐσχηκέναι λέγεται θυγατέρας μενούσης μὲν καὶ τῆς ἱστορίας, ἀναγομένου δὲ καὶ τοῦ λόγου ἐπὶ τοὺς τρεῖς καιρούς, καθ' οὓς ἄριστα ἀγωνισάμενος καρποὺς ὡραίους καὶ γεννήματα περιφανῆ καὶ πᾶσι γνώριμα προηνέγκατο. 42, 1517 ἔδωκε δὲ αὐταῖς ὁ πατὴρ κληρονομίαν ἐν τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς. ἔζησε δὲ Ἰὼβ μετὰ τὴν πληγὴν ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἑβδομήκοντα, τὰ δὲ πάντα ἔτη ἔζησε διακόσια τεσσαράκοντα ὀκτώ. καὶ εἶδεν Ἰὼβ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ τετάρτην γενεάν. καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν Ἰὼβ πρεσβύτερος καὶ πλήρης ἡμερῶν. πάσας εἴληφε τὰς κατὰ νόμον ἐπαγγελίας ὁ τὸν νόμον γραπτὸν ἐν τῇ διανοίᾳ περιφέρων πρὶν ἀκοῦσαι νόμου. ἦν γὰρ νόμου πληρωτής, εἰ καὶ μὴ μαθητής. 42, 17α γέγραπται δὲ αὐτὸν πάλιν ἀναστήσεσθαι μεθ' ὧν ὁ κύριος ἀνίστησιν. τῶν δικαίων δηλονότι. οἱ γὰρ ἀσεβεῖς οὐκ ἀναστήσονται ἐν κρίσει οὐδὲ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐν βουλῇ δικαίων. 42, 17β οὗτος ἑρμηνεύεται ἐκ τῆς Συριακῆς βίβλου. καὶ ταῦτα τὰ ῥήματα δεχόμεθα, εἰ καὶ μὴ ὡς τοῦ παντὸς ὕφους ὄντα, ἀλλά γε ὥς τινος τῶν ἁγίων αὐτὰ συνυφάναντος τῇ βίβλῳ. 396 πλὴν ὅμως πάντα δεχόμεθα οὕτως ἐκ τῶν πατέρων τὸ βιβλίον παρειληφότες. 42, 17β ἐν μὲν γῇ κατοικῶν τῇ Αὐσίτιδι ἐπὶ τοῖς ὁρίοις τῆς Ἰδουμαίας καὶ Ἀραβίας. προυπῆρχε δὲ ὄνομα τῷ Ἰὼβ Ἰωβάβ, λαβὼν δὲγυναῖκα Ἀράβισσαν γεννᾷ υἱὸν ὄνομα Ἐννών. τὰς μετονομασίας ἐπὶ τῶν ἁγίων εὑρίσκομεν, ὡς τὸν Ἀβρὰμ Ἀβραὰμ ὀνομαζόμενον καὶ τὸν Πέτρον Κηφᾶν, ὥστε καὶ τοῦτο σημεῖον τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀβραὰμ ῥίζης τὸ πρότερον καλεῖσθαι τὸν Ἰὼβ Ἰωβάβ. ἐπειδὴ δὲ τῆς παλαιᾶς τοῦ Ἰὼβ ὀνομασίας ἐμνήσθη, καλῶς καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ γυναικὸς ἐμνημόνευσε τῆς Ἀραβίσσης. οὐ γὰρ ἑτέραν ἠγάγετο γυναῖκα, ὥς γε νομίζω, ἀλλ' αὕτη ἦν ἡ πρώτη, ἐξ ἧς γέγονεν αὐτῷ ὁ Ἐννών, εἴτε εἷς τῶν πρώτων παίδων, εἴτε καὶ τῶν δευτέρων. καὶ εἰ μέν τις λέγει τὴν πρώτην τεθνηκέναι καὶ μὴ ἀπολαῦσαι τῶν ἀγαθῶν, φαμέν, ὅτι τοῦτο ὑπέστη διὰ τὸ εἰρηκέναι τῷ Ἰώβ· εἰπόν τι ῥῆμα πρὸς κύριον καὶ τελεύτα. εἰ δὲ αὕτη ἐστιν ἡ περιοῦσα καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύσασα, λέγομεν, ὅτι διὰ τὸ σωφρονεστέραν αὐτὴν γενέσθαι διὰ τῆς ἐπιτιμήσεως τοῦ δικαίου καὶ μὴ ἀντειπεῖν πρὸς τὴν συμβουλὴν δέδοται αὐτῇ καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἡ ἀπόλαυσις. πλὴν οὐκ ἀνάγκη τὰ τοιαῦτα λεπτολογεῖν. 42, 17ξ ἦν δὲ αὐτὸς πατρὸς μὲν Ζαρὰ τῶν Ἠσαῦ υἱῶν υἱός, μητρὸς Βοσώρας, ὥστε εἶναι αὐτὸν πέμπτον ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ. κεῖται δὲ ἡ γενεαλογία ἐν Παραλειπομέναις. ἀπὸ γὰρ Ἀβραὰμ Ἰσαάκ, ἐκ δὲ τούτου Ἠσαύ, ἐξ οὗ Ῥαγουήλ, ἀπὸ δὲ τούτου Ζάρα ὁ 397 τοῦ Ἰὼβ πατήρ. πέμπτος οὖν ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ ὁ Ἰὼβ μὴ συναριθμουμένου,δηλονότι, τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, ὅθεν καὶ λέγομεν αὐτὸν πρὸ νόμου τυγχάνειν. ὁ γὰρ Μωυσῆς ἕκτος ἀπὸ Ἀβραὰμ εὑρίσκεται οὕτως· Ἀβραὰμ ἸσαὰκἸακὼβ Λευὶ Καὰθ Ἀμβρὰμ Μωυσῆς. ἢ οὖν πρὸ Μωυσέως εὑρίσκεται προλαμβάνων γενεὰν μίαν, ἢ κἂν δῶμεν αὐτὸν συγχρονίσαι τῷ Μωυσεῖ, οὔπω δὲ νόμου γέγονε μαθητής. ἡμεῖς μὲν οὖν οὕτω φαμέν, ἐπεὶ καὶ πολλοῖς τῶν ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ διαπρεψάντων καὶ παλαιοτέροις ἐξηγηταῖς οὕτως ἐδόκει. εἰ δέ τις φιλονεικῶν λέγει αὐτὸν ἀκηκοέναι τοῦ νόμου, καὶ οὕτως ὁ Ἰὼβ θαυμασιώτερος ἀναφανήσεται τῶν μὲν Ἰσραηλιτῶν μὴ φυλαξάντων τὸν νόμον, ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰδώλοις θυσάντων, τοῦ δὲ Ἰὼβ νομικῶς ὁμοῦ καὶ εὐαγγελικῶς ἐν Ἰδουμαίᾳ πολιτευσαμένου. 42, 17δ καὶ οὗτοι οἱ βασιλεῖς οἱ βασιλεύσαντες ἐν Ἐδώμ, ἧς καὶ αὐτὸς ἦρξε χώρας· πρῶτος Βαλὰκ ὁ τοῦ Βεώρ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ πόλει αὐτοῦ ∆εναβά· μετὰ Βαλὰκ Ἰωβὰβ ὁ καλούμενος Ἰώβ· μετὰ τοῦτον Ἀσὼμ ὁ ὑπάρχων ἡγεμὼν ἐκ τῆς Αὐσίτιδος χώρας· μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ἀδὰδ υἱὸς Βαράδης ὁ ἐκκόψας Μαδιὰμ ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ Μωάβ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ πόλει αὐτοῦ Γεθθαίμ. οὕτω καὶ ἐν Παραλειπομέναις εὑρήσεις, ὥστε, ὅταν λέγῃ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ ὅτι· ἤμην ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῶν ὡς βασιλεὺς ἐν μονοζώνοις, ἢ ὅτι καὶ πρὸ τῆς βασιλείας διὰ τὴν ἀρετὴν ὡς βασιλεὺς ἐτιμᾶτο, ἢ τὸ ὡς οὐχ ὁμοιωματικῶς εἴρηται,