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Chapter 6.--Who Were Kings of Argos, and of Assyria, When Jacob Died in Egypt.
Apis, then, who died in Egypt, was not the king of Egypt, but of Argos. He was succeeded by his son Argus, from whose name the land was called Argos and the people Argives, for under the earlier kings neither the place nor the nation as yet had this name. While he then reigned over Argos, and Eratus over Sicyon, and Balaeus still remained king of Assyria, Jacob died in Egypt a hundred and forty-seven years old, after he had, when dying, blessed his sons and his grandsons by Joseph, and prophesied most plainly of Christ, saying in the blessing of Judah, "A prince shall not fail out of Judah, nor a leader from his thighs, until those things come which are laid up for him; and He is the expectation of the nations." 1 In the reign of Argus, Greece began to use fruits, and to have crops of corn in cultivated fields, the seed having been brought from other countries. Argus also began to be accounted a god after his death, and was honored with a temple and sacrifices. This honor was conferred in his reign, before being given to him, on a private individual for being the first to yoke oxen in the plough. This was one Homogyrus, who was struck by lightning.
Gen. xlix. 10. ↩
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CHAPITRE VI.
SOUS QUELS ROIS ARGIENS ET ASSYRIENS JACOB MOURUT EN ÉGYPTE.
Apis, roi des Argiens et non des Egyptiens, mourut donc en Egypte, et son fils Argus lui succéda. C’est de lui que les Argiens prirent leur nom, car on ne les appelait pas ainsi auparavant. Sous son règne, Eratus gouvernant les Sicyoniens, et Baléus, qui vivait encore, les Assyriens, Jacob mourut en Egypte, âgé de cent quarante-sept ans, après avoir béni ses enfants et les enfants de son fils Joseph, et annoncé clairement le Messie, lorsque, bénissant Juda, il dit : « Il ne manquera ni prince de la race de Juda, ni chef de son sang, jusqu’au jour où ce qui lui a été promis sera accompli; et il sera l’attente des nations1 ». Sous le règne d’Argus, la Grèce commença à cultiver son sol et à semer du blé. Argus, après sa mort, fut adoré comme un dieu, et on lui décerna des temples et des sacrifices: honneur suprême déjà rendu avant lui sous son propre règne à un particulier nommé Homogyrus, qui fut tué d’un coup de foudre, et qui le premier avait attelé des boeufs à la charrue,
Gen. XLIX, 10. ↩