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Gen_37:13 And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed [the flock] in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here [am I].
Ver. 13. And he said to him, Here am I.] "Children obey your parents," - quorum divina est dignitas, saith Chrysostom: our parents are Yåïé åöåóôéïé , saith another; and Philo, for this maketh the fifth commandment a part of the first table, "for this is right." {Eph_6:1} Blind nature saw it to be so. For it is not fit, saith the philosopher, to cross the gods, a man’s own father, and his tutor or teacher. {a}
{a} Mç êáëïí êñéíåéí åíáíôéá ôïéò Yåïéò, ðáôñé, êáé Dáäáóêáëù . - Aristot., Rhetor.