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1 Clement 31.4

Clement of Rome · 1 Clement · ca. 95–97 (range ca. 70–100) · Rome · Read in context

Summary: Jacob's humility; the twelve tribes came from him.

Greek text · Lake, LCL 24:60

Ἰακὼβ μετὰ ταπεινοφροσύνης ἐξεχώρησεν τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ διʼ ἀδελφὸν καὶ ἐπορεύθη πρὸς Λαβὰν καὶ ἐδούλευσεν, καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ τὸ δωδεκάσκηπτρον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ.

English · Claude translation

Jacob in humility left his land because of his brother and went to Laban and served him; and the twelve tribes of Israel were given to him.

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Source
Lake, LCL 24:60 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 8–121 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 24, 1912); made independently of existing English translations.
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Notes

Translation notes

  • “The twelve tribes” (τὸ δωδεκάσκηπτρον): literally “the twelve scepters.”

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1 Clem. 31.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/4/).

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1 Clem. 31.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/1-clement/31/4/).

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