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Where the Fathers quote Exodus 1

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Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:225expounds v.7“οι δε υιοι Ισραηλ ηυξηθησαν και επληθυνθησαν και χυδαιοι εγενοντο. και κατισχυον σφοδρα σφοδρα επληθυνε δε η γη αυτους.”On the meaning of «They became common» Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:228expounds v.21“επει δε εφοβουντο αι μαιαι τον Θεον, εποιησαν εαυταις οικιας.”On the midwives’ fear of God: «Because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses»
5Exod 1:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:155…all their house to which it is added and all he says the souls that came out of the loins of jacob were seventy five here by naming souls the prophetic discourse had almost stripped bare… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:945DLatin…i pariter et mulieris poni. Ac de viri quidem, ut, cum aliquoties (nam infiniti prope loci sunt) posteritas Jacobi, femore ejus dicitur egressa, Gen. xlvi, 26; Exod. i, 5. Ubi modo, αἱ ἐξελθοῦσαι ἐξ Ἰακὼβ ψυχαί… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:399A…eart" (Heb. iv, 12). For the thigh is a symbol of activity pertaining to generation. For "these," he says, "are the souls that came out of the thigh of Jacob" (Exod. i, 5). As, therefore, the Lord our Jesus Chr…
7Exod 1:7
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:155…things which are added subsequently and his brothers and all that generation and the children of israel were fruitful and increased abundantly and multiplied and waxed exceeding mighty and the land multiplied them so long as… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:117…as their bodyguards for he accused them in the preceding passages saying and the land was filled with horses and there was no number of their chariots and the land was filled with silver and gold… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1275…VERSIONUM AQUILAE, SYMMACHI ET THEODOTIONIS (). I. Aquilae interpr. Tom. 1, p. 38, Gen. 2, 6 — 43 — 5, 1 — 56 — 4, 6 — 59, 60 — 4, 26 — 65 — 1, 29 — 120, Exod. 1, 7 — 139 — 12, 11 — 180, Levit. 1, 16 — 20…
9Exod 1:9
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:657B…en to become very fearful to those dwelling there—so that Pharaoh, who knew not Joseph, said: "Behold, the nation is now multiplying, and is stronger than we" (Exod. I, 9). And they would not have been increase… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:615B…for them, according to what is written in Exodus: Behold, the race of the children of Israel is multiplied over us; come, therefore, let us circumvent them (Exod. 1:9, 10). And in his time, perhaps, the Lor… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:735…if any servant he says shall reign or it is understood as the people of the children of israel who having previously been a servant in the land of egypt and afterwards reigning in their own… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:229…xxi xxii xxiii xxiv xxv xxvi xxvii after the death of joshua the people of the children of israel sinned against god and the lord god delivered them to chusarsathem king of mesopotamia and they served…
10Exod 1:10
Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:127D…to curtail the increase of the race: "Come," he says, "let us deal wisely with them; if it be a male, cast it into the river; if a female, preserve it alive" (Exod. I, 10, 16). As…
11Exod 1:11
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:1769C…ks and does earthly things. And then they built for him, from the bricks they had made, three fortified cities: Pithom and Rameses and On, which is Heliopolis (Exod. I, 11). These are love of pleasure, love of g…
12Exod 1:12
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:879…be able to prevail for it is written the more they humbled them the more they multiplied and grew very strong we trust however that not only will our visible enemies and adversaries not be able… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:697…. interpreted as par (mockery), Exod. 1:12. V. 45. S., Th., "from the sons of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:657B…story of the Exodus teaches this also. For the more the Egyptians afflicted them, he says, the more numerous they became, and the land caused them to multiply (Exod. I, 12). He shows, therefore, that it was not… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1243…49, 29. IV, 1242, on synecdoche, referring to the human person as body. 49, 29, 31. IV, 194. 50, 21, 25. I, 109. Exod. 1, 12. I, 1319. 2, 3 ff. IV, 698. 2, 15. IV,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1265B…rcome. For if He willed, He was able. TITLE III. On the help of God; and that when God favors, the snares of men are weak, and a few overcome many. Exod. i, 12. — "As much as they oppressed them, so…
13Exod 1:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:253…on. V. 46. So the Roman edition. Aquila usually translates the word quts as aixaino. Thus Num. xxi, 5, where Symmachus [has] enekathēsen (was vexed). And Exod. i, 13.… Anonymous (2nd century) 2nd centuryPG 5:1395A…in hard labors, in clay and in brick, and in all the works which they performed in the fields, through all the works by which they oppressed them with force (Exod. 1:13-14); and they built them fortified cities,…
17Exod 1:17
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:303…save it alive but to these things is added in the following but the midwives feared god and did not do as the king had ordered them… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:305…and only females be saved but what does the scripture say and the midwives feared god and did not do as the king of egypt had commanded them those who were before us said that these… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1773D…h praiseworthy craftiness the Hebrew midwives acted against the commands of the tyrant, bringing safety to the male infants of the Hebrews who were being born (Exod. I, 17). With praiseworthy craftiness Rachel,… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:307…it be a male kill it but if a female keep it but the midwives feared god and did not act as the king of egypt had commanded them and they kept the males alive but… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:429B…ace. Evagrii. — Do not approve a Christian man by his habit, but by the disposition of his soul. TIT. V. — That God is to be feared more than men. Exod. i, 17. — « The midwives feared God, and did n…
20Exod 1:20
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:393A…o show women to be braver than those who wear diadems, and to pay them rewards, and to increase them greatly in number. For, "He made houses for the midwives" (Exod. 1. 20) means that their lineage was extended;…
21Exod 1:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:339…before the midwife comes to them they bring forth and it happened because the midwives feared god that he built them houses for as much then as the midwives feared god they made themselves houses h… Otto Fridolin Fritzsche 1812-1896PG 66:39A…canticles, both in other libraries and in the Vatican codices. Few things are attributed under Theodore's name in the catenae of Nicephorus and Zephyrinus: on Exod. i, 21, in Nicephorus's Catena, p. 603; xx, 25…
22Exod 1:22
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:307B…y, Christ overcame and won, so that He might open the way to conquer by fasting, and so that you might know that this kind of demon is conquered by fasts. 84. Exod. 1, 22. 85. Prov. XXIII, 1. 86. Matth. IV, 1.… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:389…out anger and persuades the ways of impiety to become shameless for pharaoh charged all his people saying every male that is born to the hebrews cast into the river and every female save alive b… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:989A…adikon. hypopton, I, 1448: for bion. zōogonei oudeis anthrōpōn, V, 1099: Apollin. says; or zōopoiei. Certainly, in this sense, according to Hebraism, Exod. 1, 22, etc., it saves life, provides; indeed…