De Agricultura

Philo Judaeus

The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.

On this account he has attributed to Jacob, the man who was made perfect by practise, a skill in the science of a shepherd, saying: "For he is the shepherd of Laban’s sheep." [*](Genesis xxx. 36. ) That is, of the sheep of the foolish soul, which thinks only those things good which are the objects of the outward senses and apparent to them, being [*](Genesis xxx. 36. )

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deceived and enslaved by colours and shadows; for the name, Laban, being interpreted, means "whitening."