De Sacrificiis Abelis Et Caini

And this will be more evidently shown by the oracle which was given to Perseverance, that is to Rebecca; [*](Genesis xxv. 24. ) for she also, having conceived the two inconsistent natures of good and evil, and having considered each of them very deeply [*](Genesis iv. 2. ) [*](Genesis xxv. 24. )

according to the injunctions of prudence, beholding them both exulting, and making a sort of skirmish as a prelude to the war which was to exist between them; she, I say, besought God to explain to her what this calamity meant, and what was the remedy for it. And he answered her inquiry, and told her, "Two nations are in thy womb." This calamity is the birth of good and evil. "But two peoples shall be divided in thy bowels." And the remedy is, for these two to be parted and separated from one another, and no longer to abide in the same place.