Where the Fathers quote Genesis 24

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John ChrysostomPG 56:553expounds v.2“και ειπεν Αβρααμ τω παιδι αυτου τω πρεσβυτερω της οικιας αυτου τω αρχοντι παντων των αυτου· θες την χειρα σου υπο τον μηρον μου”On Abraham’s command: «Put your hand under my thigh» Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:953expounds v.2“και ειπεν Αβρααμ τω παιδι αυτου τω πρεσβυτερω της οικιας αυτου τω αρχοντι παντων των αυτου· θες την χειρα σου υπο τον μηρον μου,”On: «Put your hand under my thigh» Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1575…and abraham said to his servant the elder of his house who ruled over all that he had put your hand under my thigh diodorus some say that the syrian and the hebrew do not have… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:949C…ue dissensionum ac litium causa; et de Abrahamo. 541-554 MONITUM in Homiliam sequentem. 553-554 HOMILIA in illud Abrahæ dictum, Pone manum tuam sub femur meum (Gen. 24. 2); et in diversos martyres. 553-581 MONI… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1341…μην δευτέραν, ἣν ἔφης προτέραν ἐπιστολήν. Ampruchae diaconissae, Epist. 191. III, 718. — Montf. III, 707. Ἐθαύμασα μεθ’ ὑμῶν, ὦ φιλόχριστοι. In Abrahami dictum Gen. xxiv, 2, Pone manum tuam sub femur meum. Vertit… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:271C…sent his trusted servant into the middle of Mesopotamia to find a wife for his son Isaac, instructed him to swear, saying thus: "Put your hand under my thigh" (Gen. XXIV, 2), that is, swear by God, and by those w… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1647…the name of the thicket chapter xxiv vers and abraham said to his eldest servant of his house who was over all that he had put your hand under my thigh b abraham did this for… Constantine Meliteniotes d. 1307PG 141:1103A…tant for their argument the golden-mouthed one, who in one of his homilies—the one he gave on the saying of Abraham which says, "Put your hand under my thigh" (Gen. xxiv, 2)—uses these words: "For the Trinity is… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:539…hand under my thigh and i will adjure thee by the lord god of heaven and the god of the earth and he adds the lord god of heaven and the god of the earth who… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:435…hand in that place and immediately adding and i will adjure you by the lord the god of heaven and the god of the earth see how he teaches the servant to know the creator of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:437…prosper this for you do not therefore bring my son back there the lord the god of heaven and the god of the earth see how when binding the servant earlier he instructs him as to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:441…saying you shall not take a wife for my son isaac from the daughters of the canaanites among whom i dwell but you shall go to the house of my father and to my kin and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:553…he says put thy hand under my thigh and swear unto me by the lord the god of heaven and the earth for a question arises for if it is spoken of on account of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:661…says put thy hand under my thigh and i will adjure thee by the lord the god of heaven and the earth that thou take not a wife for my son isaac from the daughters of… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:325…servant put your hand under my thigh and i will make you swear by the lord the god of heaven and earth ccxliv to demarchus the illustrious d when the trouble beneath the belly is weak… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:147…had put your hand under my thigh and i will adjure you by the lord the god of heaven and the god of the earth that you shall not take a wife for my son isaac… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:461…said place your hand under my thigh and i will adjure you by the lord the god of heaven and of earth and the noble job having excelled in virtue before the law was given acknowledged… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:75…again put your hand under my thigh and i will adjure you by the lord the god of heaven and the god of earth for since the most faithful abraham wished to adjure his servant more… Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:469…to save her younger son and being annoyed in her soul with the daughters of the canaanites among whom they dwelt sent him to her brothers in mesopotamia to stay with them for a time and… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:515…heavenly kingdom do not fear the princes of this world but adore the lord the god of heaven and earth and his only begotten son jesus christ worship him flee to him who can deliver us… Epiphanius the Monk fl. c. 1015PG 120:245…put back the sword my son into its place and call upon the lord the god of heaven and earth believing in him and he rebuked the fever saying depart from her o fever and he… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:817…evil through the epistle he says uses the old law which says thou shalt not take a wife over her sister as a rival to uncover her nakedness while she is yet alive and from this… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:233…had put your hand under my thigh and i will make you swear by the lord the god of heaven and of the earth that you shall not take a wife for my son isaac from… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:177…servant of the lord he became his own accuser and i revere the lord the god of heaven who made the sea and the dry land d defending himself for his flight he became a herald… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:159…soon after and god appeared to abraham and said to him to thy seed will i give this land thus from the beginning of the age of abraham are completed years then from the th year… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:539…the lord god of heaven and the god of the earth who took me from my father's house and from the land in which i was born to all these things can also be joined that… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:381…man and the lord appeared to abraham and said to him to thy seed will i give this land and again abraham was ninety nine years old and the lord appeared to abraham and said to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:333…his readiness and to stretch forth his hand says to him to thy seed will i give this land gen that which he desired and longed for i mean the succession of children this he immediately… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:47…the promise which was made to them saying to thee and to thy seed will i give this land gen by this however he shows the local proximity that all are of one but since that… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:167…for the lord appeared it says unto abraham and said unto him unto thy seed will i give this land and builded abraham there an altar unto the lord who appeared unto him for while he… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 125:215…partly to recall to their memory the promise unto thee and to thy seed will i give this land vers wherefore it behoved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren because he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…of nahor brother of abraham and gave rest to the camels outside the city by a well of water and said o lord god of my lord abraham make my way prosperous before thee today and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:441…his prayers when i arrived at the spring uttered these words and said o lord god of my master abraham if you prosper the way which i now go behold i stand at the spring of… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:401…the steward of the affairs and the house of abraham rightly says o lord god of my master abraham grant success to my way before me this day likewise the following prayer befits that servant behold… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1661…dden and obscured from men, as the etymology itself indicates. 2. Then, with three letters, haalmah, with the letter or article he, it is found: Genesis xxiv, 13, when it is said of Rebecca: "Behold, I stand by the spring… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:441…the way which i now go behold i stand at the spring of water and the daughters of the men of the city will come out to draw water and it shall be the virgin to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…mercy unto my lord abraham and behold i stand by the spring of water and the daughters of the inhabitants are coming out to draw water and it shall be that the maiden to whom i… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:689…says god of my master abraham behold i stand by the fountain of water and the daughters of the inhabitants of the city are coming out to draw water and it shall be that the virgin… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:233…then is his wish behold i stand he says by the fountain of water and the daughters of the inhabitants of the city are coming out to draw water and it shall be that the maiden… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:437…shall be the maiden to whom i may say incline your pitcher that i may drink and she shall say to me even your camels i will water until they shall all cease drinking this one… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:211D…would most appease them. Nothing is equal to this nobility. For hear God saying: "Moses My servant is dead" (Jos. 1, 2). And, "Isaac," He says, "your servant" (Gen. 24, 14). The angels, and the Cherubim, and the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…be that the maiden to whom i shall say incline thy pitcher that i may drink and she shall say to me drink and i will give thy camels to drink until they all cease whom… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:147…he says the virgin to whom i shall say incline your jar that i may drink and she shall say drink and i will water your camels until they have finished drinking her you have prepared… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:237A…s, not only to give what was requested but to offer more of her own accord. And it happened, the text says, that before he finished speaking, Rebecca went out (Gen. 24:15). That prophetic word was fulfilled her… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:237B…speaking, Rebecca came out with a water jar on her shoulder, the daughter of Bethuel, born of Milcah, a virgin very beautiful, a virgin and unknown to any man (Gen. 24:15–16). Why do you tell me of the beauty of h… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1125B…ve his wife" (Gen. 4:1), in place of saying, "he had intercourse with his wife." And again it says of Rebecca: "She was a virgin, a man had not known her" (Gen. 24:16). But it is also said of the children o… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:237C…w for your camels also, until they all have drunk. And, hastening, she poured the water into the trough, and ran to the well to draw water for all the camels (Gen. 24:17–20). The hospitality and modesty of Re… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1499…to the servant of the blessed abraham drink she says lord and i will draw water for thy camels therefore also in this place the term lord does not signify god the creator of all things… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1089C…more accurately, we judge that it should be corrected to, "hosti- lity" is defined as follows; for instance, Rebecca receiving Abraham's stranger servant, Gen. XXIV, 20: Kai tas kamēlous sou potiō, kai hudre… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…maiden whom he desired and saw her immense hospitality for she hastened and emptied her pitcher into the trough and ran still to the well to draw and gave drink to all his camels nor did… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1045…ghtly mark as a-kyron (invalid) in a Greek speaker. But he expressed the to erah, which is to gymnoun (to strip). Thus it is said of Rebecca in Genesis xxiv, 20: And she emptied her pitcher; that is, poured it out: for… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:439…of god he was observing her it says in silence to know whether the lord had made his way prosperous or not what is meant by he was observing her he was carefully considering the girl… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:239B…ry gravity. For this very thing Moses hinted at, saying: "And the man was watching her, and stayed silent to know if the Lord had made his journey prosperous" (Gen. 24. 21). What is, "And was watching her"? He w… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:795…be the child canaan he shall be a servant to his brothers and he said blessed be the lord god of shem and canaan shall be his servant may the lord enlarge japheth and let him… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:439…and because he had rendered all things plain and easy for him and he said blessed be the lord god of my master abraham who has not taken away his justice and his truth from my… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…he had thus made all things easy and prosperous for him and said blessed be the lord god of my lord abraham who has not taken away his justice and his truth from my lord abraham… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:185…his master being grateful the man he says worshipped the lord and said blessed be the lord god of my lord abraham who has not abandoned his righteousness and his mercy from my lord and the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:691…fodder sufficient for the camels hastening he says the servant worshipped and said blessed be the lord god of my master abraham who has not forsaken his mercy and his truth from my master and has… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:387D…the morning, rising up, you shall go on your way. And they said: No, but we shall lodge in the street. And he compelled them, and they turned in to him." Gen. xxiv, 30. — "Laban, having heard the words of hi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…had entered he untied the camels and gave them straw and hay and water to wash his feet and of the men who were with him and set before them bread to eat but here observe… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…with me the servant s great prudence for what does he say i will not eat until i have taught you the cause for which i have been sent about to measure so great a way… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:239C…he entered, look from this point at his understanding even more. For when they set bread before him to eat, he says: "I will not eat, until I speak my words" (Gen. 24. 33). Do you see how he was vigilant and so… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:239C…ng: "I am the servant of Abraham. The Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he has been exalted, and He has given him sheep, and oxen, and gold, and silver" (Gen. 24. 34, 35). Not to show him to be wealthy, bu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:301…clearly and there were given to him sheep and calves and donkeys and menservants and maidservants and camels and mules but these things which were given for the sake of luxury b and care how much… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:243…was enriched exceedingly and there were to him many cattle and oxen and menservants and maidservants and camels and donkeys and mules and jacob heard the words of the sons of laban saying jacob has taken… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:239C…ving received these things from God. Then, discoursing about the bridegroom: "And Sara, the wife of my master, bore a son to my master after he had grown old" (Gen. 24. 36). Here he hinted to me also the manner… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:473…their wickedness called jacob he says and blessed him and commanded him saying thou shalt not take a wife from the daughters of the canaanites but arise go into mesopotamia to the house of the father… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…he gave him all that was his and my lord adjured me saying thou shalt not take a wife for my son isaac from the daughters of the canaanites with whom i dwell but thou shalt… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:811…is more powerful than argumentation it is written he says in leviticus thou shalt not take a wife to her sister to vex her to uncover her nakedness beside the other while she is yet alive… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 138:817…evil through the epistle he says uses the old law which says thou shalt not take a wife over her sister as a rival to uncover her nakedness while she is yet alive and from this… OrigenesPG 16:2327…thy hand a cap xvi the lord god of israel saith and thou shalt not take a wife to thyself and there shall not be born to thee son nor daughter in this place for thus… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:241…"Non accipies uxorem filio meo ex filiabus Chananæorum, sed ad domum patris mei proficisceris, et de tribu mea accipies uxorem filio meo (Gen. 24. 37. 38). Sed ne istam historiam in medium… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:457…is greater than the argument it is written he says in leviticus thou shalt not take a wife to her sister to be an adversary to uncover her shame upon her while she is yet living… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:167…admirable servant the lord god will send his angel before thy face and thou shalt take a wife for my son isaac from thence thus also the blessed zacharias says the angel that spoke in me… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:401…to his servant said god will send his angel before thy face and thou shalt take a wife for my son isaac from thence from every side therefore we learn that the god of all things… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:441…haran a and he adjured me he says saying you shall not take a wife for my son isaac from the daughters of the canaanites among whom i dwell but you shall go to the house… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…a in my own land and will go unto my kindred and take a wife for my son from thence b observe the command of the patriarch to the servant who was born in his house… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:147…of heaven and the god of the earth that you shall not take a wife for my son isaac from the daughters of the canaanites among whom i dwell but you shall go to my land… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1103…wonderful servant the lord god will send his angel before thy face and thou shalt take a wife for my son isaac from thence thus also the blessed zechariah d says the angel that spoke in… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:233…the god of heaven and of the earth that you shall not take a wife for my son isaac from the daughters of the canaanites among whom i dwell but you shall go to my land… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:241…take a wife for my son from the daughters of the canaanites but you shall go to the house of my father and from… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:441…his prayers when i arrived at the spring uttered these words and said o lord god of my master abraham if you prosper the way which i now go behold i stand at the spring of… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:401…the steward of the affairs and the house of abraham rightly says o lord god of my master abraham grant success to my way before me this day likewise the following prayer befits that servant behold… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1103…sober and fasting provided this for he says to the widow fetch me i pray thee a little water in a vessel that i may drink and as she was going to fetch it he called… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:347…heard the divine sentence but he cried after her and said fetch me i pray thee a little water in a vessel that i may drink kings truly a generous and wise woman and unless this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:663…thy pitcher that i may drink and she shall say to me drink and i will give thy camels to drink until they all cease whom thou hast prepared for thy servant isaac and by this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:439…all things plain and easy for him and he said blessed be the lord god of my master abraham who has not taken away his justice and his truth from my master after he saw the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:691…the camels hastening he says the servant worshipped and said blessed be the lord god of my master abraham who has not forsaken his mercy and his truth from my master and has led me by… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:403…are taken with a certain harshness and are understood crudely the words that i may turn to the right or to the left etc are instead of i shall seek for him a wife from wherever… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:241…hoc egressum est a Deo: Ideo non possumus tuæ postulationi contradicere. En Rebecca, tolle eam et propera, et sit uxor domini tui, sicut loquutus est Dominus (Gen. 24. 50. 51). Quis non obstupesceret? quis non… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:477C…crifices and offerings—Deut. xxiii, 24; Levit. v, 20; Num. xviii, 6; Eccle. xi, 13, and elsewhere passim—as opposed to doron in the profane and human sphere: Gen. xxiv, 53; Job xxxi, 7; Dan. xi, 39; 1 Par. xvi,… OrigenesPG 16:2369…in masphia and ismael the son of nathania arose and the ten men that were with him and they struck godoliah the son of ahicam the son of saphan with the sword and slew him b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:441…with him and slept and having risen in the morning he said send me away that i may go to my master since to me it was thus prospered he says and there is nothing remaining… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:493…came to pass when rachel had borne joseph jacob said to laban send me away that i may go to my place and to my land gen it is necessary to render the remainder of what… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:691…foreign land he said do not detain me because the lord has prospered my way send me away that i may go to my master and everywhere he accompanies his words with the divine appellation… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:441…they called her and said to her will you go with the man and she said i will go and they sent away rebecca their sister and her possessions and the servant of abraham and those… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:665…ask her and they called her and said to her will you go with this man and she said i will go and they sent forth rebecca and her possessions and the servant of abraham and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:119…the vision because of his contemplation of things pertaining to god b and isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening he who intends to converse about divine things must go out from earthly… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:1259…night he came from his work from the field in the evening and he lifted up his eyes and saw the man the traveler passing through going i have and for your maidservant and for the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:1261…up with his eyes he saw the man the wayfarer another reading and he lifted up his eyes and saw the wayfaring man we are passing by another reading we are crossing i am going another… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1473…abundance of my meditation i have extended it until now but also isaac went out to meditate in the field but it is used in a blameworthy sense in the lawless have told me meditations d… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:363…at the door of his tent in the heat of the day and he lifted up his eyes and saw and behold three men stood by him and seeing them he ran to meet them from… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:401…well of vision because isaac and rebecca first saw one another there and isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening the syrian says the phrase he went out to meditate toward evening means… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:185…have not spared your beloved son for my sake and abraham lifted up his eyes and saw and behold one ram caught in a sabek thicket by its horns and abraham went and took the ram… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:573…also taken for that more sublime and divine contemplation according to that isaac went out to meditate in the field when the day was now declining in the greek we see the prophet used the same… Evagrius PonticusPG 40:1289…field in the evening a his eyes saw the traveler man another and he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveling man his eyes saw the traveling man we pass through we pass and to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:665…the camel and said to the servant who is that man walking in the field to meet us and learning that he is the one who is about to take her she covered herself he says… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:241D…ererat. Et ait ad servum: Quis est ille homo qui progressus est in campum? Respondit servus: Ipse est dominus meus. Tum illa æstivo palliolo sumpto se obnuxit (Gen. 24. 65). Observa omnis nostræ modestiam, quam… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:37…for example as when it said of isaac and he took rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her agapan is correctly translated as to cherish diligere and agape was rendered in ancient times… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:61…for example as when it said concerning isaac and he took rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her is rightly translated as diligere and was anciently rendered no less as dilectio than charitas… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:67…for example as when it said of isaac and he took rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her and again likewise the scripture says of jacob and rachel now rachel was fair to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:443…it says into the house of his mother and he took rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her and isaac received consolation concerning sara his mother let women imitate this let men emulate… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:665…he says isaac into the house of his mother and took rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her let women imitate this let men emulate this and let them be eager thus to… John Pearson 1613-1686PG 5:175…dilectio for example when he spoke of isaac and he took rebecca and she became his wife and he loved her a is rightly translated as to love and was rendered in ancient times not less… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:241D…ostræ modestiam, quam pudens erat ac verecunda. Et accepit eam uxorem Isaac, dilexitque in tantum ut leniret dolorem, qui illi ex morte Sarræ matris acciderat (Gen. 24. 67). Hæc non temere dicuntur, quod dilexer…