My LORD’s Bible1 Clement 12
1On account of her faith and hospitality, Rahab the harlot was saved. For when spies were sent by Joshua, the son of Nun, to Jericho, the king of the country ascertained that they were come to spy out their land, and sent men to seize them, in order that, when taken, they might be put to death. But the hospitable Rahab receiving them, concealed them on the roof of her house under some stalks of flax. And when the men sent by the king arrived and said, “There came men unto thee who are to spy out our land; bring them forth, for so the king commands,” she answered them, “The two men whom ye seek came unto me, but quickly departed again and are gone,” thus not discovering the spies to them. Then she said to the men, “I know assuredly that the Lord your God hath given you this city, for the fear and dread of you have fallen on its inhabitants. When therefore ye shall have taken it, keep ye me and the house of my father in safety.” And they said to her, “It shall be as thou hast spoken to us. As soon, therefore, as thou knowest that we are at hand, thou shalt gather all thy family under thy roof, and they shall be preserved, but all that are found outside of thy dwelling shall perish.” Moreover, they gave her a sign to this effect, that she should hang forth from her house a scarlet thread. And thus they made it manifest that redemption should flow through the blood of the Lord to all them that believe and hope in God. Ye see, beloved, that there was not only faith, but prophecy, in this woman.
Διὰ πίστιν καὶ φιλοξενίαν ἐσώθη ᾿Ῥαὰβ ἡ πόρνη; ἐκπεμφθέντων γὰρ ὑπὸ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ τοῦ Ναυὴ κατασκόπων εἰς τὴν ᾿Ἰερειχώ, ἔγνω ὁ βασιλεὺς τῆς γῆς ὅτι ἥκασιν κατα- σκοπεῦσαι τὴν ydpay αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐξέπεμψεν ἄνδρας τοὺς συλλημψομένους αὐτούς, Sree συλλημφθέντες θανατωθῶσιν. ἡ οὖν φιλόξενος Ῥαὰβ εἰσδεξαμένη αὐτοὺς ἔκρυψεν εἷς τὸ ὑπερῷον ὑπὸ τὴν λινοκαλάμην. ἐπισταθέντων δὲ τῶν «αρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ λεγόντων" Πρὸς cé εἰςῆλθον οἱ κατά- J: εκοποι τῆς γᾶς ἡμῶν. ἐξάγλγε δὐτούής, ὁ γὰρ δδοιλεὴς οἤτως * κελεύες ἡ δὲ ἀπεκρίθη: Εἰοῆλθον μὲν οἱ ἄνδρες, ofc Ζητεῖτε, πρός μια, ἀλλὰ εὐθέως ἀπῆλθον καὶ πορεύονται TH ὁλῷ᾽ ὑποδεικ- νύουσα αὐτοῖς ἐναλλάξ. Καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς τοὺς ἄνδρας" Γινώοκογοδ πινώοκω ἐγὼ ὅτι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν πδρδδλίδωςιν Pin τὴν πόλιν τδύτην, ὁ γὰρ φόβος Kal ὁ τρόμος ὑμῶν ἐπέπεςεν τοῖς KATOIKOFCIN δὐτήν. ὡς ἐὰν OYN γΊένητδι λδβεὶν δύτην ὑμᾶς, λιδσώζατέ me Kal τὸν οἶκον τοῦ πατρός Moy. καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῇ" “Ectai οἥτως ὡς ἐλάληςδς ἡμῖν. ὡς ἐὰν οἷν Γνῷς πδρᾶ- rinoménoyc ἡλιᾶς, cyndzeic πάντὰς τοὺς coyc ὑπὸ τὸ τέγος coy, kal διλεοωθήςοντδι dcot γὰρ ἐὰν εὐρεθῶςοιν ἔξω τῆς oiKiac, ἀπο- Aofnra. καὶ προσέθεντο αὐτῇ δοῦναι σημεῖον, ὅπως κρεμάσῃ ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου αὐτῆς κόκκινον, πρόδηλον ποιοῦντες ὅτι διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Κυρίου λύτρωσις ἔσται πᾶσιν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν καὶ ἔλπίζουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν Θεόν. ‘Opare, aya- πητοί, οὐ μόνον πίστις ἀλλὰ προφητεία ἐν τῇ γυναικὶ γέγονεν.