Where the Fathers quote Genesis 15

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John ChrysostomPG 53:332expounds v.1“Μετα δε τα ρηματα ταυτα εγενηθη ρημα Κυριου προς Αβραμ εν οραματι, λεγων· μη φοβου Αβραμ, εγω υπερασπιζω σου· ο μισθος σου πολυς εσται σφοδρα.”On «After these things, the word of the Lord came to Abram»: Perseverance in Virtue John ChrysostomPG 53:341expounds v.7“ειπε δε προς αυτον· εγω ο Θεος ο εξαγαγων σε εκ χωρας Χαλδαιων, ωστε δουναι σοι την γην ταυτην κληρονομησαι.”On «The Lord said to Abram: I am the God who brought you out of the land of the Chaldeans» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:1069expounds v.8“ειπε δε, Δεσποτα Κυριε, κατα τι γνωσομαι οτι κληρονομησω αυτην;”258. How is Abraham called faithful after saying to God, «How shall I know that I will inherit it?» Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:73C…, saying in a vision: Fear not, Abraham; I shield thee, thy reward is very great. And Abraham replied: Master, what wilt thou give me? I go away childless (Gen. xv, 1-2). And a little later: And immediately… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1067D…n added from the English: ἐν δράματι λέγοντος· for which cause we must also add to the interpreter's words: "we find written by the Lord in a vision saying." Gen. XV, 1: Ἐν ὁράματι νυκτὸς λέγων, "in a visio… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:191…is necessary to tell the prophet's parable through which he signified all these things the word of the lord he says came to me saying son of man tell a story and speak a parable and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733B…words, however, the word of the Lord came to Abram through a vision by night, saying: Do not fear, Abram, I am your protector; your reward shall be very great (Gen. 15. 1). — Again God tests Abraham's obedience… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:319B…quested that he take the cavalry: "Lest thou say," he says, "I have made Abraham rich" (Gen. 14, 23). Then, when God Himself says, "Thy reward shall be great" (Gen. 15, 1), he laments the childlessness; and aga… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:91C…e reward of his labors and the victory he had gained over the captives. For then God said to him: Fear not, Abraham; thy reward shall be copious exceedingly (Gen. 15:1). According to the word it was said onc… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:115A…en, and number the stars, if thou canst count them. And he said: So shall thy seed be. And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness» (Gen. XV, 1-6). For the blessed Sarah (whose name… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:459C…en he was leaving no successor to his inheritance. For do not think, when you hear him complain and say to God, "What wilt Thou give me? I am going childless" (Gen. 15:2), that this was a recent and new vexati… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:543B…for the begetting of children? Or did he not use it for so many years, and at last utter this cry: Lord, what wilt thou give me, whereas I shall die childless (Gen. 15. 2)? Therefore, just as God gave the origi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:547D…them to be a game, and you cried out with boldness, fleeing the state of childlessness and saying, "What will You give me, Lord? I am dying without children" (Gen. XV, 2). Having uttered this voice, you receiv… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:515…years in vain and used these words before god even then 'lord what wilt thou give me seeing i am childless ' therefore just as god then produced so many thousands of men from the dead… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:73C…eat. And Abraham replied: Master, what wilt thou give me? I go away childless (Gen. xv, 1-2). And a little later: And immediately a voice was made to him (Gen. xv, 4). And again in Exodus he says: Be ye r… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:979…the father of many nations according to that which was said to him so shall thy seed be as the stars of heaven and the c sand of the sea and he was not weakened in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:501A…ould become a father, but of so many nations, he the old man and childless, who had a barren and aged wife, according to what was said: So shall thy seed be (Gen. 15:5). And not being weak in faith, he cons… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:501A…the declaration and the promise; for what was commanded was contrary to it. For what had been promised was, So shall thy seed be, as the stars of the heaven (Gen. 15:5); but what was commanded was for the on… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:353…look up now to heaven and number the stars if you shall be able to number them and he said so shall your seed be d see how prompt holy men are for daring and how… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:695ALatin…em fuisse testatus est, sed per fidem. Ante enim quam circumcisus esset, ita de eo dictum legimus: « Credidit Abraham Deo, et reputatum est ei ad justitiam. » (Gen. xv, 6). Et nos igitur, qui in præputio ca… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:79B…the testimony of Scripture that he was justified by faith before this, as it says: "And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned unto him for righteousness" (Gen. XV, 6). And since he had become such a person… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1077A…raham also had a wife and children. And it is written, Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called the friend of God (Gen. 15:6). Did his wealth, or his wife, or his c… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:319B…ld receive his inheritance, and his seed would be as the stars of heaven. Here lies that: "Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness" (Gen. 15, 6). He performs the divisions, and learns… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:235D…toward God and exhibited a perfect and entire will, what other thing did he need? Nothing, but "He believed God, and it was reckoned to him as righteousness" (Gen. 15:6). Faith is a matter of a pure and since… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:303B…justice. For indeed, having demonstrated his faith in the time of uncircumcision, he heard: Abraham believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice (Gen. XV, 6; Rom. IV, 3). Being, therefore, in just… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733…ou this land, so that you might possess it as an inheritance. And he said: Lord, Lord, whereby shall I know that I shall receive it as an inheritance (Gen. 15. v. 7, 8)? — The power of Scripture. How much divine dogmas excel… James of Kokkinobaphos fl. 12th c.PG 127:685C…s of the inheritance. How and in what manner? For it is necessary to bring the history forth into the middle. XXIV. God said, the Scripture reports, ⟦Gen. xv, 7-8⟧ to Abraham: I am thy God, who brought… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:113…this represents the divine blessing he said then master lord by what shall i know that i shall inherit it and so forth b was it not according to him who believed that faith was reckoned… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:639…was seeking a sign from god and saying o sovereign lord how shall i know that i shall inherit the land c god said take for me a three year old heifer and a three year… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:343…said how he seeks greater assurance for he says master lord how shall i know that i shall inherit it even if holy scripture has already testified on his behalf that he believed in things said… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733…you might possess it as an inheritance and he said lord lord whereby shall i know that i shall receive it as an inheritance gen v the power of scripture how much divine dogmas excel human… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1051…give you this land to inherit it and he said master lord whereby shall i know that i shall inherit it and he said to him take for me a heifer of three years old and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:171…possible to know the true form of the inquiry since he said whereby shall i know that i shall possess it he was taught how long those who were to be sojourners would remain and how… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:345…the wicked grow grey and attain to aged old age c vers whereby shall i know that i shall inherit it these words are not those of one who had such faith in the lord that… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:621…the manner of the inheritance saying to god master lord by what shall i know that i shall inherit it moses also having received the power of signs and wonders sought to be taught also the… James of Kokkinobaphos fl. 12th c.PG 127:685…to give thee this land to inherit it but he said d lord god whereby shall i know that i shall inherit it do you see the patriarch s doubt he was seeking for that which… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:203…but how is abraham called faithful having said to god by what shall i know that i shall inherit it namely palestine the expression by what is not that of one who is disbelieving but of… Bartholomew of Jano fl. 1453PG 158:1085…preserved by abraham the astronomer how he was faithful when he said whereby shall i know that i shall inherit this land how he was lesser than melchizedek abraham's constancy history et seq hospitality meekness obedience… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:97…of abraham a heifer of three years a goat of three years and a ram of three years signify every age must be consecrated to god a threefold watch and our age h for i must… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:453…bear a son and immediately the lord said take for me a heifer of three years old and a she goat and a ram and the rest and about the setting of the sun when he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:599B…ove, the Lord commanded Abraham, saying: "Take for me a three-year-old heifer, and a three-year-old ram, and a three-year-old goat, a dove, and a turtle-dove" (Gen. XV, 9). The Scripture remembers this turtle-d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:613…t—and Abraham possessed two sons and two dignities (for he was a prophet and a priest, as God says to him in Genesis: "Take thee an heifer of three years old" [Gen. 15. 9], etc.; and a prophet, as the Lord says… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1051…shall inherit it and he said to him take for me a heifer of three years old and a she goat of three years old and a ram of three years old and a turtledove and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1053…native laws this he commands him to do saying take me a heifer of three years old and a she goat of three years old and a ram of three years old and a turtle dove… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1309A…nd a pigeon," and the rest; and, "Take your beloved son, whom you loved, Isaac." (IV Reg. v, 19; Jerem. xxxi, 31; Ezech. iii, 22; I Thess. iv, 16; Dan. vii, 9; Gen. xv, 9; xxii, 1.) Since these things are… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1163…me a heifer of three years and a goat of three years and a ram of three years and a turtledove and a pigeon it says signifies this bring to me your soul free from the… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:415A…injured), as Pindar says, Nem. ode 7: "Having become enraged, the strong Aias drove his bright sword through his midriff." Vers. 8, "Take for me a heifer." Gen. XV, 9. Vers. 9, I. three-year-old, and a th… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:1051…old and a turtledove and a pigeon and he took for himself all these and divided them in the midst and set them one against another but the birds he divided not and the birds came… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:803…and a turtledove and a pigeon for he says and he took all these and divided them in the midst and laid the two pieces of each one against the other but the birds he divided… Nemesius of Emesa fl. c. 400PG 40:831B…that influence comes upon the rational faculty, and from it is diffused into the imaginative faculty, etc." Immediately, however, he subjoins the passage from Gen. xv, 12, where it is said, a deep sleep fell u… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:159…god who had revealed himself to abraham appearing to him again says know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs and shall bring them into bondage… Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:139…that he truly foreknows he says to abraham 'knowing thou shalt know that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not their own and they will enslave them and they will afflict them and… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:215…been ordained for abraham and his seed to whom he says your seed shall be a stranger in a foreign land the thing ordained was being brought to completion god therefore in his own compassion divided… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:461A…he heard: Your seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them, and they shall afflict and humble them for four hundred years (Gen. 15:13)? And his wife, now ordering him to tak… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:889…he conversed with abraham he says something like this know that your seed shall be a stranger in a land not its own and they shall enslave it and afflict it four hundred years but the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:657A…all this be?" He added: "Know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land not their own, and they shall enslave them and afflict them for four hundred years" (Gen. XV, 13). And He increased His people excee… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:15…Thus, indeed, even Abraham sinned by lacking faith, and for this reason he received a penalty from God: And thy seed shall be in bondage… four hundred years (Gen. XV, 13). And again Moses, when he had not glor… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1251…for he says to abraham know you shall know that your seed shall be a stranger in a land not its own and they shall enslave them and they shall humble and afflict them for… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:171…reason once the sacrifice was finished the god of all said know that thy seed shall be a sojourner in a land that is not their own and they shall subject them to slavery and they… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:173A…s that were to happen to the race. Indeed, after the sacrifices, he added: “Knowing you shall know that your seed will be a sojourner in a land not its own” (Gen. xv, 13). And he added: “But in the fourth gen… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:815…by god to abraham when he said to him know and observe that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land not its own and they shall enslave them and they shall afflict and humble… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:149…which was in egypt god foretold to abraham know well that your seed shall be a stranger in a land not its own and they shall enslave them and shall afflict them for four hundred years… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:281D…four hundred years. But the nation to which they shall be enslaved, I will judge; and in the fourth generation they shall return hither with much baggage” (Gen. xv, 13, 14). You have now learned the number o… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:537…a to abraham thy seed shall be in a land that is not theirs but the nation whom they shall serve i will judge which indeed came to pass in the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:219…he drove them away and a sleep fell upon him you shall be buried in a good old age the hebrew hebrew script hebrew in greek letters vulgate latin i go childless and the son of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:221…i go and the kinsman of my house a deep sleep fell buried in a good old age lxx interpretes i am dissolved childless and the son is masec damascus a dove upon the bodies upon… Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:139…after these things they shall go out hence with much substance but thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace nourished in a good old age '… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:345…before abraham even if you examine all the holy books b but thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace etc as the present words show he incidentally foretold to abraham also the end of his… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:119A…ually attained such a thing. For shall we call Abraham “full of days,” to whom it was said: “But you shall depart to your fathers, nurtured in a good old age” (Gen. XV, 15), or his son Isaac, or anyone of this k… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:601B…s; yet, just as it was said to Abraham concerning the foreigners who dwelt of old in the land of promise: “For the sins of the Amorites are not yet filled up” (Gen. xv. 16), and as long as they were not yet fill… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:345…for having said the number of years he says four hundred years but in the fourth generation they shall return hither but here one might be perplexed as to how he said they would endure slavery… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:287…o introduce the Jews, but He cast them out with justice as well. And therefore Moses also said elsewhere: For not yet are the sins of the Amorites fulfilled (Gen. XV, 16). But these things can be said not only… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:659C…e dominion of that land, but allows them to wander in it for a long time: "For not yet," He says, "are the sins of the Amorites fulfilled until this very day" (Gen. 15:16); as if to say: They have not yet dared… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:235D…rely sinned, but after their sins were fulfilled. Is there, then, a certain measure of offenses? For the sins of the Amorites were not yet, he says, fulfilled (Gen. 15:16). And observe, not yet the burning, but… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:171…depart to thy fathers in peace nourished in a good old age but in the fourth generation they shall return hither for not yet are the iniquities of the amorites filled up until now from the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:173…the dominion of that land. He said, however, thus: “For the iniquities of the Amorites are not yet fulfilled even until now” (Gen. xv, 16). They have not yet, he says, committed… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1721B…dship over that land, but allowed him to dwell as a stranger for a long time. "For not yet," He says, "are the iniquities of the Amorites fulfilled until now" (Gen. xv, 16), meaning, they have not yet dared thin… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1215A…e Jews. Whence the Israelites had weapons against the Amalekites, I, 146. Israelites are said to have returned from Egypt in the fifth generation, 152. (But at Gen. xv, 16, it is named the fourth. And yet it say… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:543…beginning of the genealogy is sought from them therefore when god says in the fourth generation they shall come back hither etc the number of years should be calculated from the tribe of levi which at… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:901A…our righteousness" [Deuteronomy ix, 4]. He turns them away from pride through these things; and he shows that what was said before to Abraham has come to pass [Gen. xv, 16]. For the sins of the Amorites have fin… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:179…go to your fathers in peace buried in a good old age but in the fourth generation they shall return here moses also agrees b with this in exodus saying now the sojourning of the children… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:433…your fathers in peace having been buried in a good old age but in the fourth generation they shall return here for the iniquities of the amorites are not yet filled up until now b and… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:477…but the nation whom they serve i will judge said god and in the fourth generation they shall come back here with many possessions regarding the second jeremiah said thus says the lord when seventy years… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:439…land they shall be enslaved and afflicted for four hundred years and in the fourth generation they shall come here concerning the second jeremiah had prophesied thus thus says the lord when the seventy years to… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:203…not their own and they will afflict them for four hundred years but in the fourth generation they shall return hither for not yet have the sins of the amorites reached their fullness besides there were… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1211…him saying to him again thus to your seed i will give this land from the river of egypt even unto the great river euphrates if therefore god promised him the inheritance of the land yet… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:583…of beelphegor and there shall be for you the border towards liba from the river of egypt unto the river euphrates he promised to abraham why then did he not give it to them for the… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:979…rivers as when god says to israel i will set thy borders from the river of egypt unto the great river euphrates and euphrates indeed is interpreted in the greek tongue as their fruit bearing and… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:981…in the law of this book if therefore he set thy borders from the river of egypt unto the great river which thou thinkest to be the babylonian euphrates how is it possible that thou shouldst… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:347…with abram on that day saying to your seed i will give this land from the river of egypt unto the great river the river euphrates the kenites and the kenizzites and the kadmonites and the… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:807…smoking and it passed through the midst of the divisions on that day the lord made a covenant with abraham for when the celestial fire namely the spirit came into the oven of the womb of… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:1057C…away from the promises, yet they were not as strangers and aliens. But what are the covenants of the promise? "To thee will I give and to thy seed this land" (Gen. xv, 18), and whatever else He promised, which… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:347…from the river of egypt unto the great river the river euphrates the kenites and the kenizzites and the kadmonites and the hittites and the perizzites and the rephaim and the amorites and the canaanites and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:711…these in the land he says of the canaanites and the amorrhites and the hittites and the perizzites and the hivites and the girgashites and the jebusites if it had been possible to gather these seven… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:347…river the river euphrates the kenites and the kenizzites and the kadmonites and the hittites and the perizzites and the rephaim and the amorites and the canaanites and the girgashites and the jebusites see how he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:877…upon the sea coast and who were in antilibanus and the hittites and the amorites and the canaanites and the perizzites and the hivites and the girgashites and the jebusites and they gathered together as one… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:347…and the kadmonites and the hittites and the perizzites and the rephaim and the amorites and the canaanites and the girgashites and the jebusites see how he again confirms the promise made to him by this…