על צאצאי קין כ״בOn the Posterity of Cain and his Exile 22
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1[75] “And Lamech took to himself two wives, the name of the one was Ada, the name of the second Sella” (Gen. 4:19). All that a worthless man takes to himself is in every case reprehensible, polluted as it is by an intent wellnigh past cleansing, while on the other hand the voluntary actions of good men are all praiseworthy. So in this instance Lamech in choosing wives for himself, chooses very great evils, while Abraham on the other hand and Jacob and Aaron in taking wives for themselves become associated with good things appropriate to them.
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2[76] For we read in the case of Abraham as follows: “and Abram and Nahor took to themselves wives; and the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai” (Gen. 11:29) and in the case of Jacob “arise and escape to Mesopotamia, to the family of Bethuel thy mother’s father, and take to thyself from thence a wife from the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother (Gen. 28:2). and in the case of Aaron, “and Aaron took to himself Elizabeth, daughter of Aminadab, sister of Naasson, as his wife” (Exod. 6:23).
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3[77] Isaac and Moses take wives indeed, but they do not take them purely of themselves, but Isaac is said to have taken one when he entered into his mother’s dwelling (Gen. 24:67), and to Moses the man with whom he abode gives in marriage his daughter Zipporah (Exod. 2:21).