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Expounded by the Fathers
John ChrysostomPG 49:91expounds v.19“και εγενετο τα ορια των Χαναναιων απο Σιδωνος εως ελθειν εις Γεραρα και Γαζαν εως ελθειν εως Σοδομων και Γομορρας Αδαμα και Σεβωΐμ εως Δασα.”The hypothesis of the creation, including: «Adam, where are you?» and on not swearing
1Gen 10:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:163…h hebrew text version h heavens the seventh day and he rested these are the generations of the heavens and the earth and a fountain ascended from the earth and was irrigating the whole face of… Nicephorus the Philosopher fl. c. 890PG 106:29…h cap xxiv how many nations and peoples consist of the three sons of noah shem ham and japheth h a hebrews assyrians persians medes arabs midianites adiabenians taeni philistines saracens magi caspians albanians indians ethiopians… John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:36…for through such a span is the great year completed a now the sons of noah shem ham and japheth having moved their dwellings from the mountains into the plain noah having planted a vineyard drank… John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:63…the great year is completed in that many years b v now the sons of noah shem ham and japheth moved from the mountains to the plain noah having planted a vineyard drank of the wine… AnonymousPG 106:1413…cap xxiv how many and which nations were born from the three sons of noah shem ham and japheth cap xxv the books which constitute the testament cap xxvi the names and interpretation of the hebrew…
2Gen 10:2
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:307…subject to servitude h chapter x h vers the sons of japhet gomer and magog and madai and javan and thubal etc these held the region which begins from the taurus and ammianus mountains and extends… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:85…moses concerning these three in the division of the earth speaking thus the sons of japheth gomer and magog and madai and javan and elishah so as to indicate the hyperborean nations of the scythians and…
4Gen 10:4
Petrus Possinus 1609-1686PG 144:889A…sidered by all to be of Scythian origin. Now the Scythians are undoubtedly believed to have been propagated from Magog, the second son of Japheth, mentioned in Gen. x, 4. Furthermore, this same Magog was also…
6Gen 10:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:271D…rom the sons, and says: "Cham generated Chus; and again, Chus generated Nemrod, who began to be a giant upon the earth. He was a giant hunter before the Lord" (Gen. 10, 6. 9). Some say here that "before the Lor… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:85…kittians he calls those of cyprus and the rhodians those of rhodes and the sons of ham cush and mizraim so as to speak of the ethiopians and egyptians then put and canaan so as to… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:451…evilat is of the race of ham for it is written again the sons of ham cush and mizraim and phut and canaan and the sons of cush seba and evilat that is to say the…
7Gen 10:7
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:85…canaan so as to speak of the libyans and the nations nearby and the sons of cush seba and elishah so as to speak of the homerites and those nearby and likewise all the subsequent nations… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:451…again the sons of ham cush and mizraim and phut and canaan and the sons of cush seba and evilat that is to say the homeritae and the indians for seba lies in the homeritic land…
8Gen 10:8
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1301A…ey say is such that it signifies an idolatrous tyrant and giant. Pisida clearly, following the version, says of Chosroes yigas (giant). For where the Vulgate Gen. x, 8 has "Nimrod began to be mighty on the e…
9Gen 10:9
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:371B…e of his brother was Jubal. He was the one who revealed the psaltery and the harp. Sella also bore Thobel, and he was a hammerer, a worker in bronze and iron.” Gen. x, 9. — “Chus begot Nembroth; he began to be… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1139B…, sin, was struck down as well. For this is the land of that intelligible Nimrod, concerning whom it is said: He began to be a mighty hunter before the Lord (Gen. x, 9). For he is stiff-necked before God, an…
10Gen 10:10
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:721…they shall say as nemrod the giant hunter before the lord god and the beginning of his kingdom was babylon and arach and archad and chalanne and the divine scripture says that this is a persian… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1297…saying that he was a giant hunter before the lord he added and the beginning of his kingdom was babylon orech and chalane c also writers from outside call the babylonians assyrians and to this day… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:309…there is also in arabia a city of the jews called nineveh and the beginning of his kingdom was babylon from this it is discovered that the seed of cham who had received the curse of… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:53…and became one of the stars of heaven which they call orion the beginning of his kingdom was babylon and calneh in the land of shinar c from whence went forth philistim of the tribe of… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:379…god therefore they shall say as nimrod the giant hunter before god and the beginning of his kingdom was babylon since therefore the assyrians were proud on account of this man as if they were excelling…
11Gen 10:11
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:183D…elonged to the Assyrians." The land of Sennaar, and Babylon itself, he says, first pertained to the Assyrians. He has regard, however, to that which is read in Gen. x, 11: "Out of that land (Sennaar) went forth…
16Gen 10:16
OrigenesPG 16:239…facsimile alt version omitted and canaan begot sidon his firstborn and heth and the jebusite and the amorite and the gergesite and the hevite and the aracite and the sinite and the aradian and the samaraean… OrigenesPG 16:241…theodotion al and chanaan begat sidon his firstborn and the hethite al and the jebusite and the amorite and the gergesite al and the hivite and the arachite and the asennite al and the samarite and…
17Gen 10:17
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:163…sons the amorite and the girgashite and the perizzite and the jebusite and the hivite and the arkite and the hittite and the asenaite and the samaritan and the sidonian and the philistine for this reason…
25Gen 10:25
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:273…elder then having made the list of names he says and to eber were born two sons the name of one was peleg because in his days the earth was divided observe how in the name… OrigenesPG 16:239…mosech and arphaxad begot selah and selah begot heber and to heber were born two sons the name of the one was phaleg because in his days the earth was divided and the name of his… OrigenesPG 16:241…cainan and cainan begat sala and sala begat eber al and to eber were born two sons the name of the one was phaleg because in his days the earth was divided and the name of…
29Gen 10:29
OrigenesPG 16:239…and decla and ebal and abimael and saba and ophir and havila and jobab all these were the sons of jectan abram he is abraham…