Where the Fathers quote Genesis 23
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Expounded by the Fathers
John ChrysostomPG 54:434expounds v.5“απεκριθησαν δε οι υιοι Χετ προς Αβρααμ λεγοντες· μη κυριε·”48. «The sons of Heth answered Abraham: You are a king from God among us; bury your dead in our choice sepulchers»: On burial
4Gen 23:4
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:149…joined with the hope of a better one wherefore david also says i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were for abraham was a sojourner owning not even a footstep of ground…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:351…comforted and he describes his own accomplishments afterward concluding his discourse for i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were indeed rare is the man who is able in imitation of the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:387…he not live in his own country why then did he say i am a stranger and a sojourner tell me holy david how are you a stranger as my fathers he says for they also…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:761…the earth thus the patriarch abraham said to the sons of heth i am a stranger and a sojourner with you give me a possession of a burying place with you that i may bury my…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:461…a world as david bears witness somewhere forgive me for i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were thus paul writes to the perfect we have no abiding city here…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1053…struggle is not against flesh and blood as it is also said i am a stranger and a sojourner and we have not here a lasting city but we seek one that is to come until…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1050…with strangers for i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were xiii so great was his eloquence and so great his care for…
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 114:1263…me for i have determined god willing to dwell with strangers for i am a stranger and a sojourner as all my fathers were xiii he had such great regard for kindness for the feeding of…
5Gen 23:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:735…tation. 422-434 HOMIL. XLVIII. But the children of Heth answered Abraham, and said: Thou art a king of God among us, bury thy dead in our choice sepulchres (Gen. 23. 5-6). — Riches are not to be spent on super…
6Gen 23:6
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1097…ative particle καὶ is placed before it 20. But these things which are cited shortly afterwards: "You are a king from God among us 21," are written in Genesis xxiii, 6. This passage of Exodus, however: "Καὶ σὺ λάλησον πᾶσι τοῖ…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:47…s that happened by His authorization; which indeed happened even in the case of Abraham. For they said to him, "We know that you are a king among us from God" (Gen. XXIII, 6). Whence do you know? From the victory,…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:173A…se men held the patriarch in great honor; and one can hear them crying out: “You are a king from God among us. In our choicest monuments bury your dead” (Gen. xxiii, 6). INTERR. LXVI. Why did God command a…
7Gen 23:7
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1243B…od, and as Joseph’s own brothers adored [him]. I know also that adoration is offered for the sake of mutual honor, such as Abraham showed to the sons of Emmor (Gen. XXIII, 7). Therefore, either abolish all adorati…
11Gen 23:11
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:271…those who fear thee thou hast wrought for those who hope in thee in the presence of the sons of men thou shalt hide them in the hiding place of thy face from the disturbance of…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:85…cave which abraham bought from ephron the hittite for four hundred drachmas in the presence of the sons of heth from whom the greeks also acknowledge having received written contract forms when isaac was forty years…
18Gen 23:18
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:451…to moses and aaron because you did not believe to sanctify me in the presence of the children of israel therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which i have given them is…
19Gen 23:19
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:435…and he counted out the silver and took the monument b and abraham buried sarah his wife in the double cave of the field which is opposite mambre and he who was so famous and conspicuous…