Where the Fathers quote Genesis 13
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John ChrysostomPG 53:312expounds v.14“Ο δε Θεος ειπε τω Αβραμ μετα το διαχωρισθηναι τον Λωτ απ᾿ αυτου· αναβλεψον τοις οφθαλμοις σου και ιδε απο του τοπου, ου νυν συ ει, προς βορραν και λιβ”On «The Lord said to Abram after Lot had separated from him»: God’s Promises
1Gen 13:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:239…it is said even of abraham himself in this way and abraham went up out of egypt he and his wife and all that he had and lot with him into the desert then afterwards it…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:303…teaching us the magnitude of his power and abram went up from egypt he and his wife and all his things and lot with him into the desert one might aptly apply to this just man…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:305…gave orders to men concerning abram to send him on his way and his wife and all that he had and lot with him and abram went up from egypt he and his wife and all…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:183…for so it is written and abraham went up out of d egypt he and his wife and all that he had and lot with him into the desert abraham was very rich with cattle…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1177…the tyrant's hand and were in danger and abraham went up from egypt he and his wife and all that he had and lot with him into the desert for it is necessary for one who…
2Gen 13:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:305A…even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, unto the place of the altar, which he made there at the first (Gen. 13:2-4). 1. Seeing your gathering here today…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733A…far as Bethel, as far as the place where his tent had been before between Bethel and Agga, to the place of the altar which he had made there in the beginning (Gen. 13. 2-4). — Quarrels and contentions are to be…
Otto Fridolin Fritzsche 1812-1896PG 66:37A…ll of Theodore’s fragments on Genesis preserved in other books and indeed some new things are also read (b). But that which is cited on p. 318 as Theodore’s on Gen. XIII, 2, is Theodoret’s; cf. Quæst. 77, I, p. 8…
3Gen 13:3
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:305…and he journeyed whence he came into the desert as far as bethel unto the place where his tent was previously between bethel and between gai unto the place of the altar where he had made…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733…had come into the wilderness as far as bethel as far as the place where his tent had been before between bethel and agga to the place of the altar which he had made there in…
4Gen 13:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:295…the east and he built an altar there to the lord and called on the name of the lord see how through all things he shows his own god loving mind for there indeed he built…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:305…the place where his tent was previously between bethel and between gai unto the place of the altar where he had made the beginning b a' seeing your ready gathering here today and your yearning for…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733…place where his tent had been before between bethel and agga to the place of the altar which he had made there in the beginning gen quarrels and contentions are to be avoided he warns against…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:185…place where his tabernacle had been before between bethel and ai into the place of the altar which he had made there before and abraham called there upon the name of the lord you understand then…
6Gen 13:6
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:335A…ssed much substance (and not he alone, but the brother’s son also followed him), "The land," it says, "did not contain them so that they might dwell together" (Gen. XIII, 6), because they had many resources; when…
8Gen 13:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:177…given this name he immediately subjoins and i will place my covenant between me and thee and between thy seed after thee and this is the covenant which thou shalt keep between me and thee and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:15B…n Abraham? And yet he was the one who said, "But I am earth and ashes" (Gen. XVIII, 27): he was the one who said, "Let there be no strife between me and thee" (Gen. XIII, 8). But this humble man despised Persian…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1561B…the paradise of God, and like the land of Egypt. And Lot chose for himself the region of the Jordan, and Lot departed from the east, and they were separated." (Gen. XIII, 8 sqq.). "It is better to dwell in a cor…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:403…in the name of the lord saying the lord shall be witness between me and thee and between my seed and thy seed forever and david rose and departed and jonathan went into the city ii…
9Gen 13:9
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:183…would he have said to him if you go to the right i will go to the left if you go to the left i will go to the right and if he had not been…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:189…would never have said to him if you go to the right i will go to the left or if you go to the left i will go to the right nor would sodomite dwellings have…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:309…before you separate yourself from me if you go to the left i will go to the right if you go to the right i will go to the left observe the philosophy of the righteous…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:315…through which the patriarch made the waiver for just as he said is not the whole land before you separate yourself from me if you go to the right i will go to the left or…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:209…sought their own things were harmed for his nephew when he heard if thou wilt take the left hand then i will go to the right and having taken the choice sought his own interest he…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1561…you and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen for we are brothers is not the whole land before you separate yourself from me if you go to the left i will go to the right if…
10Gen 13:10
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:311…desire seized for himself the primary parts and made the choice a and lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the plain of the jordan that it was all well watered before the lord destroyed…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:287B…st fertile, which could contend with the paradise of God: for Lot, he says, saw all the region around the Jordan, that it was irrigated as the paradise of God (Gen. 13:10). But now it is the most desolate of al…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:459…We see this happened in the case of Abraham: "For he saw," it says, "that the region around the Jordan was watered like the paradise of God," and he chose it (Gen. XIII, 10, 11). Yet he [Lot] did not contradict h…
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1561…saw the region of the jordan that it was all well watered before the lord destroyed sodom and gomorrah like the paradise of god and like the land of egypt and lot chose for himself the…
Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:487…clearly enough by the words of moses when he writes in genesis and lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the plain of jordan that it was well watered everywhere before the lord destroyed sodom…
12Gen 13:12
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1075…ttained in any way. And therefore our author interpolated it. It is certain that to skenoun for the Hellenists is elsewhere what shakan is, as in Genesis XIII, 12, which the greatest man, Ephraem Syrus, warns should not be…
13Gen 13:13
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:971…as the mountains of God." Our Brother Ribera, however, prefers that "beautiful to God" signifies nothing else than "beautiful before God," just as in Genesis 13:13 the Sodomites are called "sinners before the Lord" (in Hebr…
14Gen 13:14
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:229…he was separated from lot god said to him lift up your eyes and look from the place where you now are toward the north and south and east and sea for all the land which…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:113…said to abram after lot had separated from him lift up your eyes and look from the place where you now are toward the north and the south and the east and the sea for all…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733B…eyes lifted up, see from the place in which you now are, to the north and south, and east and sea: because all the land which you see, I will give to you (Gen. 13. 14, 15). — He commends modesty and gentlen…
15Gen 13:15
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:329…and the god of isaac fear not the land whereon thou sleepest to thee will i give it and to thy seed and i will be with thee and will keep thee in all the way…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:37B…ut as slothful; and they fell from the covenants, but not as strangers. And who were the covenants of promise? "To you and to your seed will I give this land" (Gen. 13:15), and whatever other things He promised…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:47C…at it is to be the seed of Abraham. For he recalls to their memory the promise which was made to them, saying: "To thee and to thy seed will I give this land" (Gen. 13. 15). By this, however, he shows the local…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:185…and the god of isaac fear not the land whereon thou sleepest to thee will i give it and to thy seed and thy seed shall be as the sand of the sea and it shall…
16Gen 13:16
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:1025…knowledge came faith and after faith followed the covenant for thou saidst i will make thy seed as the stars of heaven and as the sand which is on the seashore but also having given isaac…
18Gen 13:18
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:327…for the great feast is the perfection of virtue vers and he built there an altar unto the lord and called upon the name of the lord etc either he inscribed that altar to the lord…