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John ChrysostomPG 53:273expounds v.1“Και ην πασα η γη χειλος εν, και φωνη μια πασι.”On «And all the earth was of one lip and one speech» (Gen 11:1): The necessity of fasting and constant prayer Maximus the ConfessorPG 90:360expounds v.7“δευτε και καταβαντες συγχεωμεν αυτων εκει την γλωσσαν, ινα μη ακουσωσιν εκαστος την φωνην του πλησιον.”To whom did God say: «Come, let us go down and confound their language»? John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733A…ather's sin. Fathers desire to be punished for their children. Moral exhortation. 260-273 HOMILY XXX. And all the earth was of one lip, and one voice for all (Gen. 11. 1). — He turns listeners away from neglig… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:185D…ation of nature, but of desire. By this, restrain anger; thus, soften desire; thus, pull down arrogance. "And all the earth was one lip, and one voice to all" (Gen. 11. 1). Behold the matter still being sought.… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…distinct from one another as the divine scripture mentions c these saying and the whole earth was of one lip and one speech for all and it came to pass as they journeyed from the east… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1225…to pass as they moved from the east they found a plain in the land of sennaar and dwelt there a and a little after he says and the lord came down… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1439…was for those who once set out from the east and having found a plain in the land of sennaar undertook to bake bricks in fire and to seek bitumen for mortar for their tongues were… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:275…lip and it came to pass as they moved from the east they found a plain in the land of sennaar and dwelled there ' see how human nature does not endure to stand upon its… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:135…settled as it is written they moved from their former borders and found a plain in the land of shinar but since all were of one language they consulted together among themselves saying god destroyed the… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…earth was of one lip and one speech for all and it came to pass as they journeyed from the east they found a plain in the land of sennaar and they dwelt there and man… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1101…own accord and not according to the judgment of god to build a city and a tower whose top should reach to heaven so that they might make for themselves a name of glory since therefore… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1029A…mposition has constructed, not unlike the building of those who said: "Come, let us build for ourselves a city and a tower, whose top shall reach unto heaven" (Gen. xi, 4). But we also need the wisdom that "des… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1227…a and from these to build a city and a tower whose top as far as their assumption reached would be high lifting itself up against the knowledge of god… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:383…and man said to his neighbor come let us build for ourselves a city and a tower whose top shall reach to heaven god says concerning these things come and let us go down and there… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:567B…is thought to have been called Babylon, in which the language of those who said: Come, let us make us a city and a tower, whose head shall be even to heaven (Gen. XI, 4), was confounded. The Lord, therefore,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:275…to them and they said come and let us build for ourselves a city and a tower whose head shall be up to heaven and let us make for ourselves a name before we are scattered… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2015…bake them with fire and again come let us build for ourselves a city and a tower whose top shall be… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…to them mortar and they said come let us build for ourselves a city and a tower whose head shall be even unto heaven and let us make for ourselves a name before we be scattered… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1225…of sennaar and dwelt there a and a little after he says and the lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men built and the lord said behold there… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:211C…read in Scripture: 'God ascended to Abraham' (Gen. xvii, 22): or, 'The Lord spoke to Moses' (Exod. xiii, 1): or, 'God descended, that he might see the tower' (Gen. xi, 5): or, 'The Lord shut the ark from witho… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:277…ineffable philanthropy of god and the lord god came down it says to see the city and the tower which the sons of men were building observe how the scripture speaks in human terms and the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:27…written that certain men undertook to build a tower of heavenly height and the lord came down to see the city and the tower and the lord said come let us go down and there confuse… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:707…scattered upon the face of all the earth and the lord descended to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built and the lord said behold there is one race and… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…abroad upon the face of all the earth and the lord god came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men were building and the lord god said behold the race… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:343…end according to their cry which comes to me and again he came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built but here the lord looked down from heaven… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:249B…ht, separated them by means of [linguistic] disagreement. And observe, I pray, his kindness. "Behold," he says, "one voice for all, and this they began to do" (Gen. XI, 6). Why did he not come immediately… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:249B…ch as he preemptively corrects what is about to be, hear what he adds: "And now nothing shall be restrained from them, all that they may have attempted to do" (Gen. XI, 6). The sense of these words is such:… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1115B…e injured, and are more powerful, we should nevertheless use mutual apologies, and excuse ourselves before those who inflict injuries upon us. Behold, He says (Gen. 11, 6): "The people is one, and all have one… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:383…top shall reach to heaven god says concerning these things come and let us go down and there confound their tongue and everyone is confounded and he is scattered to some place on the earth and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:885B…it happened that they were allotted. To this he bids one to refer that passage of Gen. i, 26: "Let us make man in our image and likeness;" and that passage of Gen. xi, 7: "Come, let us descend, and let us conf… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1087C…"Who is the image of the invisible God" (Col 1:15). Again, in another place the Scripture says: "Come, and let us descend, and let us confound their tongues" (Gen 11:7); by saying "come," He calls those equa… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:467B…to build a tower that would reach even to heaven, and because of this, by means of the division of tongues, God dissipated their wicked communion and concord (Gen. XI, 7); for this reason now also the Holy Spi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:109…discipline, that I should know when I ought to speak a word" (Id. 50. 4). And in the beginning He also says: "Come, let us go down and confound their tongues" (Gen. 11. 7). Great, therefore, and strong is the d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:265D…as it said immediately in the prologue: "Let us make man in our image and likeness" (Gen. 1:26)? And again: "Come, let us descend and confuse their languages" (Gen. 11:7)? And again David: "Therefore God, your… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:413C…at character of the struggle; He did not learn it then, neither his fear, nor the magnitude of the fear. For even when He says, "Come, let us descend and see" (Gen. 11. 7), He does not speak as needing a descen… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:707…not fail from all things whatsoever they have attempted to do come let us go down and there confound their language that they may not hear each one the voice of his neighbor and the lord… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:723…confusion of tongues except for this and this alone come d and let us go down and there confound their languages how then does he himself divine as he pleases and that the gods who descended… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:101C…d the languages, He did not say in the singular, "I will descend and I will confound the languages," but, "Come, let us descend and confound their languages." (Gen. XI, 7) In this place, therefore, since God wa… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:311B…which could also be understood of two only. But after some time, He utters a more plural voice, saying: Come, let us go down and confuse their languages (Gen. 11, 7); this can no longer be understood as o… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…them of all that they may set themselves to do come and let us go down and there confound their language that they may not hear d every man the voice of his neighbor and the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1069C…ly one God over all. Gen. 1, 26. — "God said: Let us make man in our image and likeness." Gen. III, 22. — "God said: Behold, Adam is become as one of us." Gen. XI, 7. — "Come, and let us descend and confou… Nicephorus the Philosopher fl. c. 890PG 106:59…, the priestly and the lay order. CHAPTER LXVII. — What is accepted concerning the Trinity. "Come, let us go down, and there confuse their languages" (Gen. XI, 7). The Baptism which is celebrated in th… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:641…against peter because of cornelius xxvii to whom it was said come let us go down and there confound their languages xxviii what is the meaning of that in the acts who through the spirit said… Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:127A…. In the past, indeed, God, dividing and separating the human race from one another, what does He do? Come, He says, let us go down and confuse their tongues; ⟦Gen. XI, 7⟧ by the voice of the one descending, He… Leo Choerosphactes c. 845 - c. 917PG 106:1019A…ay that in most of Scripture God speaks in the singular person; but in this place, and in that [other]: Come, and let us go down and confound their language [Gen. XI, 7], he introduces a presentation of two p… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:735C…Himself alone, from the fact that He says: "Behold, Adam has become as one of us" (Gen. 3, 22). And again: "Come, descending, let us confuse their languages" (Gen. 11, 7), so that you may understand that they… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:807…for ever let us cast him out of paradise and again come let us go down and there confound their language d… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:135C…nd likeness (Gen. 1, 26). By the utterance of the word he hints at the hypostases. And again: Come, let us go down and let us confound there their language (Gen. xi, 7). And in many places of the divine Scri… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1225…each one the voice of his neighbor and the lord scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth and they ceased building the city and the tower for this reason its name was… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:49B…LXX translators not rarely express it with . A., gaê, עָא. Elsewhere they often render both the letter and the motion with e, sometimes with a. Thus Gen. xi, 8, taên. Gen. xxviii, 19, eip, עַיִן;… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:53…never read by an i, but more frequently by a u, Gen. XI, 8, מִקֶּדֶם, Massoretic mikkedem, they… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:155…said behold i have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:157…have given you every seed bearing herb that sows seed which is upon the face of all the earth symmachus and god said let us make man as our image according to our likeness and god… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:485…and behold a male goat of the goats came from the west upon the face of all the earth and there was a horn between the eyes of the goat and it came even to… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:165…who calls forth the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of all the earth and again bringing up the clouds from the end of the earth placing the abysses in storehouses… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:65…word the flowing nature c upon the clouds yet pours it out upon the face of all the earth sowing it seasonally and equally and neither leaving the entire liquid substance free and unrestrained for the… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:305…that calleth for the water of the sea and poureth it out upon the face of all the earth the lord god almighty is his name concerning which ascension david also sings god is gone up… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:277…upon the face of all the earth this alone god created on the second day a on the third day the seas the rivers… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:893…behold a goat of the goats was coming from the west over the face of all the earth and it did not touch the earth and there was a conspicuous horn for that goat between his… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:443…i will blot out he says the man whom i created from the face of all the earth and the brute animals and the cattle because it repenteth me that i have made man gen and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:235…her feet returned to him into the ark because water was on the face of all the earth it is worth investigating here how although the holy scripture said above that the tops of the mountains… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:275…let us make for ourselves a name before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth see how they did not use their agreement for a necessary purpose and that the vain plan… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:279…in the same place and the lord god he says scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth and they ceased building the city and the tower behold the philanthropy of the master… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1063…who calls up the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of all the earth lord of hosts is his name the lord rebukes thee o devil he who is served and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:707…and let us make for ourselves a name before we be scattered upon the face of all the earth and the lord descended to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1097…again calling for the water of the sea and pouring it out upon the face of all the earth let all the earth fear the lord and let all who dwell in the inhabited world be… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:977…and we are taught that this is the curse which goes forth upon the face of all the earth for every thief shall from this place unto death be pu… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1069…it will be an emporium for all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of all the earth and its merchandise will be holy to the lord and what follows the phrase therefore you will… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1153…scattered and wandered on every mountain and upon every high hill and upon the face of all the earth c my sheep were scattered and there was no one seeking nor turning them back by mountains… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:273…in the clouds yet did not hold it fast but sowed it upon the face of all the earth in an orderly and equal manner therefore in saying extending the north upon nothing he hinted at… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…let us make for ourselves a name before we be scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth and the lord god came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:343…didst call forth the water of the sea and pour it out upon the face of all the earth who didst bless the waters in the jordan through thy holy baptism who didst say 'i am… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:191…the voice of his neighbor ' and the lord god scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth c at that time they were also called meropes from the division of the speech… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:49…again as a snare that day will come upon all who sit upon the face of all the earth that is to say upon those in debauchery drunkenness luxuries and worldly cares who are b nailed… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1371…his gospel how the other mary indicates the theotokos how those sitting upon the face of all the earth are to be interpreted he condemns those who do not give to the needy not as thieves… AnonymousPG 2:1109…forget the lord and act impiously and the lord will scatter them upon the face of all the earth until the mercy of the lord shall come a man performing righteousness and performing mercy to all… OrigenesPG 16:2797…the clouds thou o king art exalted above all men who are upon the face of all the earth thy heart is lifted up in pride and strength above matters pertaining to the holy one and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1225…the voice of his neighbor and the lord scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth and they ceased building the city and the tower for this reason its name was called confusion… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:155…said behold i have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:157…have given you every seed bearing herb that sows seed which is upon the face of all the earth symmachus and god said let us make man as our image according to our likeness and god… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:485…and behold a male goat of the goats came from the west upon the face of all the earth and there was a horn between the eyes of the goat and it came even to… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:165…who calls forth the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of all the earth and again bringing up the clouds from the end of the earth placing the abysses in storehouses… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:567B…to heaven (Gen. XI, 4), was confounded. The Lord, therefore, having descended thither, confounded the tongues; for this reason its name was called confusion (Gen. XI, 9). The place of Babylon, then, is a regi… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:65…word the flowing nature c upon the clouds yet pours it out upon the face of all the earth sowing it seasonally and equally and neither leaving the entire liquid substance free and unrestrained for the… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:305…that calleth for the water of the sea and poureth it out upon the face of all the earth the lord god almighty is his name concerning which ascension david also sings god is gone up… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:277…upon the face of all the earth this alone god created on the second day a on the third day the seas the rivers… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:235…her feet returned to him into the ark because water was on the face of all the earth it is worth investigating here how although the holy scripture said above that the tops of the mountains… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:275…and let us make for ourselves a name before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth see how they did not use their agreement for a necessary purpose and that the vain… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:279…same place and the lord god he says scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth and they ceased building the city and the tower behold the philanthropy of the master and into… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1063…who calls up the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of all the earth lord of hosts is his name the lord rebukes thee o devil he who is served and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:707…and let us make for ourselves a name before we be scattered upon the face of all the earth and the lord descended to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1097…again calling for the water of the sea and pouring it out upon the face of all the earth let all the earth fear the lord and let all who dwell in the inhabited world be… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:977…and we are taught that this is the curse which goes forth upon the face of all the earth for every thief shall from this place unto death be pu… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1069…it will be an emporium for all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of all the earth and its merchandise will be holy to the lord and what follows the phrase therefore you will… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1153…scattered and wandered on every mountain and upon every high hill and upon the face of all the earth c my sheep were scattered and there was no one seeking nor turning them back by mountains… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:273…in the clouds yet did not hold it fast but sowed it upon the face of all the earth in an orderly and equal manner therefore in saying extending the north upon nothing he hinted at… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…and let us make for ourselves a name before we be scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth and the lord god came down to see the city and the tower which the sons… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:343…didst call forth the water of the sea and pour it out upon the face of all the earth who didst bless the waters in the jordan through thy holy baptism who didst say 'i am… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:191…of his neighbor ' and the lord god scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth c at that time they were also called meropes from the division of the speech and of… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:49…again as a snare that day will come upon all who sit upon the face of all the earth that is to say upon those in debauchery drunkenness luxuries and worldly cares who are b nailed… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1371…his gospel how the other mary indicates the theotokos how those sitting upon the face of all the earth are to be interpreted he condemns those who do not give to the needy not as thieves… AnonymousPG 2:1109…forget the lord and act impiously and the lord will scatter them upon the face of all the earth until the mercy of the lord shall come a man performing righteousness and performing mercy to all… OrigenesPG 16:2797…the clouds thou o king art exalted above all men who are upon the face of all the earth thy heart is lifted up in pride and strength above matters pertaining to the holy one and… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:413D…ver [writes] andris, by which the Hebraism is better expressed. Vers. 47, "they call [them] organs." I. S. Vers. 25, "For Babylon, disturbance or confusion." Gen. XI, 9, "that there the Lord confounded the li… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1155…cainan begat sala and sala begat heber and in the eleventh chapter and shem lived after he begat arphaxad five hundred years and he begat sons and daughters and he died and arphaxad lived one hundred… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:735…ectly: unlike the Roman edition, where it is wrongly applied to the word 'bdellium,' as Drusius noted. Thus the other interpreters translate the word [Hebrew], Gen. 11:12, where the LXX translate 'men.' See the… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:327…e divine Scripture also agrees with our account, saying: "Phison itself is that which encompasses the whole land of Evilat... there is found the green stone." ⟦1 Gen. 11, 12, according to the LXX.⟧ And it bear… Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1571…the least of the land of the persians h cap xi vers and eber lived after he begat peleg two hundred and seventy years and begat sons and daughters and he died and peleg lived one… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1043…adam he made them in the image of god adam lived two hundred and thirty years and begat seth seth lived two hundred and five years and begat enos and enos lived one hundred and sixty… Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:2041B…standing in no need of clothing. For shame had not yet been poured over his face, such that man would have need of a covering; but, as Scripture testifies (Gen. 11, 25), he made man and set him in paradise,… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:189B…oked by the loss of his own son. Wherefore the divine Scripture, having remarked this, says: And Aran died before his father Tharra in the land of his birth (Gen. xi, 28). VII. Up to this point a certain Scyt… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:317B…Wherefore the Scripture holds, so that it might clearly signify the divine retribution: "And Arran died before Tharah his father in the land of his nativity" (Gen. XI, 28). And the name of the wife of Nahor was… Christopher Patriarch of Alexandria Patriarch of Alexandria, fl. 805-836PG 100:1221B…ech, the son of Methuselah. And the divine Scripture, marveling at this, noted it saying: And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity (Gen. xi, 28). VIII. Let us again continue the disc… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1105…away by an untimely death as sacred scripture testifies in these words and haran died before his father terah moreover the pigments of colors were devised by serug by which the d apotheosis of certain wicked… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:143…also narrates this committing it to writing in these words and thara took abram his son and lot the son of aran his grandson and sara his daughter in law the wife of abram his son… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:281D…of Abram his son; and he brought them out of the land of the Chaldeans, to go into the land of the Canaanites; and he came as far as Charran, and dwelt there (Gen. 11:31). 1. I have many thanks for you, becau… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:285…son and he brought them out of the land of the chaldeans to go into the land of the canaanites and he came as far as haran and dwelt there and all the days of terah… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:289…excess of god s providence concerning him and he departed he says to go into the land of canaan how did he know that his journey would end in the land of the canaanites even though… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733A…and he brought them out of the land of the Chaldeans, that they might journey into the land of the Chananæans; and he came as far as Charran, and dwelt there (Gen. 11. 31). — From good works vain glory is to be… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:167…the souls that they had gotten in haran and they went forth to go into the land of canaan and abraham passed through the land unto the place of sichem to the oak that is high… Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1571…tower building h vers and all the days of terah in haran were two hundred and five years and terah died in haran h diodorus if the father of abram setting out for palestine died in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:285…haran and dwelt there and all the days of terah in haran were two hundred and five years and he died in haran let us pay attention to what has been read with precision i beseech…