Where the Fathers quote Genesis 3

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Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:129expounds v.7“και διηνοιχθησαν οι οφθαλμοι των δυο, και εγνωσαν οτι γυμνοι ησαν, και ερραψαν φυλλα συκης και εποιησαν εαυτοις περιζωματα.”On the Meaning of «The eyes of both were opened» John ChrysostomPG 49:91expounds v.8“Και ηκουσαν της φωνης Κυριου του Θεου περιπατουντος εν τω παραδεισω το δειλινον και εκρυβησαν ο τε Αδαμ και η γυνη αυτου απο προσωπου Κυριου του Θεου ”The hypothesis of the creation, including: «Adam, where are you?» and on not swearing John ChrysostomPG 49:97expounds v.8“Και ηκουσαν της φωνης Κυριου του Θεου περιπατουντος εν τω παραδεισω το δειλινον, και εκρυβησαν ο τε Αδαμ και η γυνη αυτου απο προσωπου Κυριου του Θεου”Discourse 8: Exhortation to virtue and on «God was walking in the garden in the cool of the day» John ChrysostomPG 53:134expounds v.8“Και ηκουσαν της φωνης Κυριου του Θεου περιπατουντος εν τω παραδεισω το δειλινον και εκρυβησαν ο τε Αδαμ και η γυνη αυτου απο προσωπου Κυριου του Θεου ”On Genesis 3:8: «And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day» Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:417expounds v.15“και εχθραν θησω ανα μεσον σου και ανα μεσον της γυναικος και ανα μεσον του σπερματος σου και ανα μεσον του σπερματος αυτης· αυτος σου τηρησει κεφαλην ”426. On the saying to the serpent: «I will put enmity between you» Epiphanius of SalamisPG 89:773expounds v.15“και εχθραν θησω ανα μεσον σου και ανα μεσον της γυναικος και ανα μεσον του σπερματος σου και ανα μεσον του σπερματος αυτης· αυτος σου τηρησει κεφαλην,”125. On God saying to the serpent: «The man shall watch your head», that is, the beginning of every thought; «But you», that is, the evil one, «shall Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:972expounds v.16“και τη γυναικι ειπε· πληθυνων πληθυνω τας λυπας σου και τον στεναγμον σου· εν λυπαις τεξῃ τεκνα και προς τον ανδρα σου η αποστροφη σου και αυτος σου κ”206. How to understand the promise to Abraham «Multiplying I will multiply» John ChrysostomPG 53:148expounds v.20“και εκαλεσεν Αδαμ το ονομα της γυναικος αυτου Ζωη, οτι αυτη μητηρ παντων των ζωντων.”On Genesis 3:20: «And Adam called his wife’s name Life» Theodoret of CyrrhusPG 80:141expounds v.22“και ειπεν ο Θεος· ιδου Αδαμ γεγονεν ως εις εξ ημων, του γινωσκειν καλον και πονηρον· και νυν μη ποτε εκτεινῃ την χειρα αυτου και λαβῃ απο του ξυλου τη”On the Meaning of «Behold, Adam has become like one of us» Maximus the ConfessorPG 90:413expounds v.22“και ειπεν ο Θεος· ιδου Αδαμ γεγονεν ως εις εξ ημων του γινωσκειν καλον και πονηρον· και νυν μη ποτε εκτεινῃ την χειρα αυτου και λαβῃ απο του ξυλου της”44. To whom did God say, «Behold, Adam has become as one of us»? Photius of ConstantinoplePG 101:168expounds v.22“και ειπεν ο Θεος· ιδου Αδαμ γεγονεν ως εις εξ ημων του γινωσκειν καλον και πονηρον· και νυν μη ποτε εκτεινῃ την χειρα αυτου και λαβῃ απο του ξυλου της”On the meaning of «Behold, Adam has become as one of us, to know good and evil» Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1083…but the serpent was craftier than all the beasts of the earth which the lord god had made and the serpent said to the woman why… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…a did god say you shall not eat of every tree of the garden and the woman said to the serpent of every tree of the garden we will… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1183…the serpent said to the woman why indeed did god say you shall not eat of every tree of paradise and when she had exposed the lie and had simply reported the precept in that she… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1235…and the serpent said to the woman why did god say you shall not eat of every tree of the paradise and the woman said to the serpent of every tree etc and you shall be… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1009…he said to the woman why did god say that you should not eat of every tree of the garden and again he sinned when god had said that in the day you eat of it… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:49B…t when signifies people, it is read aam. Psalm xc, 9, eliôn, עֶלְיוֹן. Isaiah lxiv, 5. Theodotion, odôim, עָדִים. And so elsewhere. But with a: Gen. iii, 1, aour, עָרוֹם, "naked". Josue vii, 24… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:171…text vulgate latin aquila and the serpent was more subtle than every beast of the field which the lord god had made but the serpent was more subtle than all the animals of the earth which… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:535B…be called “great” and “prudent” when it is taken to mean wily and versatile in character. Thus, “the serpent was more prudent than the beasts upon the earth” (Gen. III, 1)—and the “steward of iniquity acted pru… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:397D…ent things. The prudent man, of course, is named derivatively from prudence. How then is the serpent testified to have been the most prudent of all beasts (Gen. III, 1)? And again the Lord:… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1767B…efore, is named from the basic term of prudence. But perhaps someone might object to me: "How then was the serpent said to be the most prudent of all beasts?" (Gen. III, 1), and again the Lord commands us to be… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 45:1137C…der and inventor of wickedness, the God-inspired word does not say was lacking in mind, but testifies that he was more prudent than all other living creatures (Gen. iii, 1). VIII. Therefore, the words brou… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1013…serpent said to the woman why is it that god said you shall not eat of every tree that is in paradise and the woman said to the serpent we eat of every tree that is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:125D…beasts upon the earth which the Lord God made. And the serpent said unto the woman: Why is it that God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the paradise? (Gen. 3:1). See the envy of the wicked demon, and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:127…he converses with the woman and says why did god say 'you shall not eat of every tree of the garden' observe here the most subtle excess of malice he introduces what was not said by… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:485A…most prudent beyond all the beasts of the earth, as the Scripture said: Now the serpent was more prudent than all the beasts which the Lord God had made (Gen. 3. 1). 2. It was therefore more mimickin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:485A…d that it is the devil, and that he is a liar. And how did he lie? The serpent said to the woman: Did God command you that you should not eat of every tree? (Gen. 3. 1). Do you see the liar? God had said: O… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:127…has interpreted and the serpent was more wily than all the animals of the field which the lord god made d… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1101B…o the anagogical method. For here he signifies the serpent, of whom Moses the theologian says: But the serpent was craftier than all the beasts of the earth (Gen. III, 1); clearly indicating the man-killing de… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:517…thus and the serpent was more subtle than all the living creatures of the field which the lord god had made and the serpent said to the woman truly hath god said that you should not… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:549…a grave servitude through sin saying and the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the lord god had made whether divine moses is speaking here of a corporeal serpent or of… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…the mother of all the living and the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the lord god had made he calls the devil a serpent him who is rebellious against god… Prudentius Maranus 1683-1762PG 6:83B…to the woman: Τί ὅτι εἶπεν ὁ Θεός, οὐ μὴ φάγητε ἀπὸ παντὸς ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου; Why has God commanded you that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? Gen. III, 1, in this—that the serpent lied—Irenaeus… OrigenesPG 16:1365…ustomed to translate. V. 17. A., epithesis, responds to the word mtbth, which perhaps Aquila and Theodotion so translate, as they translate in Genesis III, 1. Another: panourgos (crafty).… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:95D…. We do not find in Scripture the serpent named among the creeping things, but among the beasts. For the serpent, he says, is "the most prudent of all beasts" (Gen. iii, 2). And in the Acts...… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:489C…may learn how the tree reminded them: when the serpent wished to deceive the woman, he said to her, "Why did God say that you should not eat from every tree?" (Gen. 3:2). The woman did not forget the law, but… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…not fall under the senses and the woman said to the serpent of the fruit of the trees of paradise we shall eat but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1083…the sight and good for food and the tree of life was in the midst of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and a river goes out from eden to… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…to the serpent of every tree of the garden we will eat but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden god said you shall not eat of it nor… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1183…she said from every tree of paradise we shall eat but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise god said you shall not eat of it nor shall you touch… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1681B…e Antichrist, the devil, sin, and hell, with man being saved. And thus they teach that that passage of Genesis is to be understood and explained, which follows Gen. III, 3, and XVIII, 18, and XXII, 4, as Paul al… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1811…with doubt lest by chance etc thirdly she lied by saying from the tree which is in the midst of paradise etc for the tree of life was also in the midst of paradise which the… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1013…to the serpent we eat of every tree that is in paradise but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise god said neither shall you eat of it nor touch… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1017…had said of every tree that is in the paradise we eat but of the fruit of the tree god said 'ye shall not eat neither shall ye touch it lest ye die ' just as… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:127…to the serpent we may eat of every tree of the garden but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden god said 'you shall not eat of it nor… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:527…is known because eve said to the serpent of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise you shall not eat saith god it was in fact the… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…serpent of the fruit of the trees of paradise we shall eat but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise god has said you shall not eat of it nor… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:1271…to the serpent 'we eat from every tree of paradise but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the paradise god said you shall not eat from it nor shall you… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:441…from every tree in paradise but that you should not eat from the tree which is in the midst of the paradise and in whatever day you eat from it you shall die the death you… Pantaleon the Deacon unknownPG 98:1269…a let us harvest the fruit of the tree which is planted by the streams of the waters that will yield its fruit in its season for the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:553A…ampled below by men, he no longer dared to say, There is no God, but by irony and hypocrisy he named God. "Why did God say, You shall not eat of the tree? (Gen. 3, 4). I know you who you are, the Holy One… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:487A…est you die.” He seemed to say what he did not know; by now there was no suspicion that he was laying a trap; and he says to her: You shall by no means die (Gen. III, 4). See another lie. For God having said,… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…all malice and craft but the devil is crafty and wholly wicked and the serpent said unto the woman has god said you shall not eat of every tree of paradise that is indeed god said… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1185…you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil a first in god s paradise he was disputing about god as if he were absent for… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1235…the woman said to the serpent of every tree etc and you shall be as gods knowing good and evil d that a sea of meanings therefore and an obscure abyss which exceeds the understanding of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1197…reasonings lead to evil for the serpent says to eve you will be as gods knowing good and evil my enemies shall be turned back if you wish to turn your enemies back pray without ceasing… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1363…of peace and in wrath they devised deceitful things etc for you shall be as gods knowing good and evil for this is a peaceful word let them not say we have swallowed him up etc… Archelaus of Carrhae fl. c. 262-280PG 10:1481C…e crops, which he distributed wickedly. From this it was called a murderer from the beginning; but a liar, because it deceived, saying: "You shall be as gods" (Gen. 3, 5); for those whom it was deceiving into… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:519…again for god knew that on whatever day ye eat from it your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods knowing good and evil and while simulating with such words and pretending to… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1015…you eat from it your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil and for this reason he forbade it thus he persuades the… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1093A…r has the sophistical serpent gone for you, so that he might separate Eve from paradise, he who whispered: "On whatever day you eat, you shall be as gods" (Gen. iii, 5)? You have become an unwilling prophet… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:347…him like god b for if you eat he says you will be as gods knowing good and evil he was not therefore created as an enemy to us but became an enemy to us out… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:127…considered the lying voice that spoke in the serpent which said you shall be as gods knowing good and evil this is what is said by the savior in the gospel you are the sons of… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:741D…, to be carried away toward many and varied errors. The kind of seeds that the deceiver casts may be judged from his words: "You shall be," he says, "as gods" (Gen. III, 5). And the spirit of these people is car… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1011…were to become gods for the counsel tacitly signified this saying you shall be as gods knowing good and evil namely beyond the angelic mind if they were to become gods but god was setting all… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1013…you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil that this is here a sea of meanings and understandings and a dark depth above all things… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1055…because of the deception of the serpent which said to them you shall be as gods knowing good and evil that this was therefore brought against c adam and cast upon him by god we shall… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819D…with those who were corporeal. And he said to Eve: “This tree is good and beautiful to eat of,” and, “In whatever day you eat from it, you shall be like gods” (Gen. 3:5–6), knowing all things. Therefore, when h… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:129…death for god knew that in the day you eat of it your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods knowing good and evil behold the entire bait for having filled the cup… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:151…through the serpent that your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil and now lest he extend his hand and take of the tree of life and eat and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:609…eat from the tree your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil how then do you say he asks that he did not implant the knowledge of good and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:553…m the first fool, it passed to his disciples. The first fool is the devil, the first conveyor of folly, the first herald of polytheism: You shall be as gods (Gen. 3, 5). He who speaks of many denies the One.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:615…A. eat the fruit forbidden to you through envy: "For in the day that you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" (Gen. 3.5)? What have you done, woman? I have bec… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:731…f the serpent: For God knows that on whatever day you eat from it, namely the tree, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as gods, knowing good and evil (Gen. 3:5), he gave himself over to disobedience,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:117A…nsolation for their own punishment. What then did the devil counsel Adam? To conceive a thought greater than his own nature, and to hope for equality with God (Gen. 3:5). For if, he says, this (pride) cast me… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:421B…hings he utters, the things he proposes. You say, he says, that the serpent said to him: "In the day that you eat, you will be as gods, knowing good and evil" (Gen. 3.5). He believed the serpent, and by belie… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:487…god knew he says that in whatever day you eat you will be as gods knowing good and evil many say and especially those who follow porphyry who is opposed to god and wrote against the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:571B…; for this was his business from the beginning. He calumniates God to Adam, saying: "God knew that on whatever day you eat from the tree, you will be as gods" (Gen. 3:5). "Envious," he says, "God willed that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:867D…ttempted to obscure the knowledge of the one God, and to introduce the worship of many gods, saying to Eve: "And you will be like gods, knowing good and evil" (Gen. 3:5). For just as all evil does not begin f… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:299B…eing from God, he says this comes from that source. For the devil first brought forth a lie, when he said: "In whatever day you eat, your eyes will be opened" (Gen. 3. 5). He was the first who used a lie. For… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:689C…rding to virtue, but according to authority. For with this the serpent deceived him, saying: In the day you eat, you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil (Gen. 3: 5). But God praises the imitation when it… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:483…unsel; thus, speaking to Adam, he pretends to take upon himself his care and patronage, saying, "Your eyes will be opened in the day that you eat of the tree" (Gen. 3:5). Thus, feigning piety, he persuaded Je… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:401C…Deum (Job. 1. 9-16)? ac rursum Deum apud Jobum his verbis, Ignis descendit de caelo: atque item Deum apud Adamum, cum diceret fore, ut eorum oculi aperirentur (Gen. 3. 5): ac nunc etiam apud plerosque mortaliu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:505A…eing lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil (1 Tim. 3: 6). This cast Adam out of paradise; for when he heard, You shall be as gods (Gen. 3: 5), deceived by this hope, he laid his ha… Mark the Hermit fl. c. 400–430PG 65:1109…as being good for food and beautiful to behold vainglory added you shall be as gods knowing good and evil just as therefore the first formed adam and eve were ashamed b before one another so… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:639…for god knows that in the day you eat of it you shall be as gods knowing good and evil observe then how he became the inventor of deadly teachings b for he said that the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:141…become as one of us b since the devil said you will be as gods knowing good and evil and adam had received the sentence of death because he had transgressed the commandment god the god… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1639…as well as possible the deception of the serpent which said you shall be as gods knowing good and evil for what he says is still lacking to adam of those things for which he hoped… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:185…knowledge of good and evil from eve would he have interjected you shall be as gods knowing good and evil however the prophet in the section concerning the giving of the law did not mention that… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 90:415…eat of the tree your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil for this reason with irony or one might say with a sarcastic and reproachful tone to rebuke… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1409A…tree and promised that, if man were to eat thereof, he would make him like unto God. "For if you eat," he says, "you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil" (Gen. III, 5). Therefore, he was not created an enem… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:131…of the lie with the wick of truth and says you will be as gods knowing good and evil not as if they were blind while they were sinning due to the love of transgression but… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:505…as soon as he says the serpent had said to eve you shall be as gods knowing good and evil if you taste of that tree she immediately with the greatest greed took the fruit and… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:573…or because the devil had likewise spoken in the plural number you shall be as gods knowing good and evil these words can also be understood according to the custom by which masters are accustomed to… Leo VI the Wise 866–912PG 107:187D…the deception, strenuously treading upon his head—that head, I say, which gave birth to that train of evils. Now the lie devised by him: Ye shall be as gods (Gen. III, 5), having, beyond all expectation, resul… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1335…attacked him in the form of a serpent and had said you shall be as gods knowing good and evil if you eat he acquiesced to his own judgment and the acquisition of divinity and knowledge… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:851D…that Ananias had lied to both the Spirit and to God, demonstrated to those with understanding that they are one, not two. ¹ Ps. CXXXI, 17. ² I Cor. XII, 3. ³ Gen. III, 5. ⁴ Act. V, 3, 4.… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:131D…lent one and an enemy. The latter once kissed, while the former wounded? How did the latter kiss, and the former wound? The latter said: Ye shall be as gods (Gen. III, 5); the former said: Dust thou art, and… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:637…the devil had said to the woman was fulfilled by these words your eyes shall be opened and you shall be as gods knowing good and evil they taught this because the prophet immediately upon the… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:55…you eat from it your eyes will be opened and you will be as gods knowing good and evil he says that out of envy not out of love he forbade the tree he deprived you… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…opened and you will be like gods knowing good and evil and the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes to see and beautiful to behold… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1475…and not seeing seeing indeed where it is said concerning the woman the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes and beautiful to behold but not seeing truly not… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:705…yet opened to those whose eyes were made manifest by transgression and the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes to behold and fair to look upon and she… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:1015…he appeared persuasive to the woman and the woman saw he says that the tree was good for food yet if that eating became the mother of death that tree was thus named the knowledge of… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:289B…, do you legislate unequally ? And if you consider the worse things: the woman sinned, but so did Adam; the serpent deceived both and drove them into fraud (Gen. iii, 6). Not one was found weaker, and the oth… Amphilochius of Iconium c. 340 – after 394PG 39:71B…n a bone from Adam’s side ⟦Gen. 2:21⟧, and having fleshed it out, made Eve, whom, having named also "woman," He gave as a helper to Adam. But after the sin ⟦Gen. 3:6⟧, and the transgression of the law, an… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:199…to the woman as scripture says and the woman saw it says that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes to behold and fair to look upon and taking… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:765A…to run through the deeds of our first parents further than the subject requires)? "She saw," it says, "that it was pleasant to the eyes and fair to the taste" (Gen. III, 6). Then she exchanged the grace within t… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1019…fall away from god and to worship him therefore it says and the woman saw that the tree was good for food wherefore she had her eyes opened and loved the food or taste because the… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1023…they had their eyes open before the eating for to say that the woman saw that the tree was good for eating shows that she saw clearly nor this alone but also to say that it… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:435B…it says: And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and pleasant to the eyes to see, and beautiful to contemplate; and taking of its fruit, she ate (Gen. 3:6). Indeed, I do not say these things now… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:129…she had her concern for these things hear the scripture saying and the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and fair to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:717…and uninterrupted series ph sin that the wood was good for eating and that it was pleasant to the eyes to behold and fair to contemplate elaben apo tou karpou etc l i think either the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:479B…took away the excuse of the transgressor. For because he said about the woman, The woman saw the tree, that it was beautiful to the sight, and pleasant to eat (Gen. III, 6): lest anyone should think that among t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:491B…know that after eating their eyes are opened? Were they perhaps blind? The Scripture says, before they ate from the tree: The woman saw, it says, the tree (Gen. 3:6). Therefore, she was not blind. The wo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:531B…the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to behold, and fair to look upon. And taking of its fruit, she ate, and gave to her husband" (Gen. 3. 6). Do you see the pleasure that casts on… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:631C…ould object that He indeed gave an abundance of things, but that the beauty of other trees was not as great. For it was "fair to look upon, and good to taste" (Gen. III, 6). Therefore, that God might cut off thi… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1637…they had not been closed before for the woman saw it says that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon thus therefore according to my own… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:189…testifies that he is liable to the fault b c vers and the woman saw that the tree was good for food if the woman now finally saw and recognized the tree then certainly something absurd… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1271B…sgression of the commandment. This is the first disobedience, and the attachment and necessity toward things subject to sense: "It was fair and good for food" (Gen. iii, 6), which fruit brought death upon me; an… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1331A…the first Eve? For you have looked wickedly, and have been bitterly wounded; and you extended your hand to the tree, and rashly tasted of the irrational food ⟦(Gen. iii, 6)⟧. Instead of the physical Eve, the int… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1005…that it was good for food but of the woman and she did eat and gave also unto her husband wherefore he did not violate the commandment by yielding to appetite but by obeying the woman… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:131…transgression itself but after the transgression for it says and the woman took of the fruit thereof and did eat and gave also unto her husband and they did eat and the eyes of them both… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:553…wherefore it is said consistently of her by the divine moses and the woman saw that the tree was beautiful to eat and desirable to the eyes and desired to look upon the woman had indeed… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:555…same time as she tasted the fruit and she gave also to her husband with her and he did eat are we to think that the woman simply held it out to her husband and the… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…dare to scrutinize the mysteries of god entirely secure from death and the woman saw that the tree was fair for eating and pleasant to the eyes and a tree to be desired to behold that… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:431…and eve were seeing is manifest for the woman saw it says that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes to behold and fair d to consider and she took of its… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:1271…you will be like gods knowing good and evil ' d therefore the woman saw that the tree was good for food and beautiful to the eyes and delightful to look upon and she took of… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:1273…they were seeing even before they ate since it is said and the woman saw that the tree was good for food and beautiful to the eyes to look upon rather it means that they had… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:155…subject d that therefore was deception but furthermore adam did not see that the tree was good for food but the woman did but the woman being deceived and he brings this forward so that the… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:321D…mpletely foolish? For no one in this life is endowed with such divine power that he can procure for himself the highest glory: nor can he... 1 Tim. iii, 15. Gen. iii, 6. Phil. ii, 7, 8.… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:37…even before the eating from the fact that it is said and the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasant to the eyes to behold but they are said… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:403…open is clear from this for the woman saw it is written that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes to behold and beautiful to consider and having taken of its fruit… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1351…into fraud not only through that first one for it is written that the tree was good for food and pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to understand b but also through that… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1421…may avoid those things which brought condemnation upon us b ibid she saw that the tree was good for food etc this sense instructs us through which the entrance to death was opened up for it… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:217…e woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes to look upon and beautiful to understand, and she took of its fruit and ate" (Gen. 3:6). Pay attention, beloved, to the great… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:861C…very indecency, but also, through plaster constructions, human-like images are described. ZONAR. “Pictures,” that is, images of an impudent— 4 Prov. iv, 25. 5 Gen. iii, 6.… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:677D…y to understand them as far as possible, so that we may know how one ought to labor. For the rewards measure the struggles for the athletes, and by looking Gen. III, 6.… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:57…to condemn the man to mortality he said what he wished for the woman saw that the tree was good for food in truth she was looking even before but at that time her gaze was… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…to her husband with her and they ate and the eyes of both were opened and they knew b that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves together and made for themselves loincloths and they… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:649…ave not put on the Lord Jesus Christ in power and in truth. II. The first man himself, seeing himself naked, was ashamed; such ignominy accompanies nakedness (Gen. iii, 7). If therefore, in bodily things, naked… Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1567…he ordered you alone not to eat vers and the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked diodore and the eyes of both were opened he says from this some of… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1021…the first formed for when they had eaten he says their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked from the thing which they thought they had attained they recognized however that they had… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1023…first let us see now those things which follow and they realized that they were naked and they sewed fig leaves and made themselves loincloths since in the previous account the writer said they were not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:129…she gave also to her husband and they ate and their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked what have you done o woman not only did you trample upon the law given… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:133…disobedience have you learned for what reason it said that their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked have you learned for what reason the tree is called knowledge of good and evil… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:491B…rather than he who came down into paradise? He hid; he felt it after he had eaten. For their eyes were opened, he says, and they knew that they were naked (Gen. 3:7). Since the devil said, In the day you… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1635…serpents and scorpions ibid and so forth vers and the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked and the eyes of both were opened he says it is asked whence the… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1637…was altered and they were stirred toward the procreation of children c and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons i believe that the lord god instilled shame in them after the transgression so… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1207…adam and eve and they were not ashamed but when they transgressed they knew that they were naked and becoming ashamed they sewed for themselves loincloths and after the transgression because he heard you are earth… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:131…QUESTION XIV What is that which is said: "Their eyes were opened" (Gen. III, 7), and how did the transgression have th… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1265…omines illos qui in peccatis vitam consumpturi erant, creavit, rem pejorem pro meliore eligens. 126 Quæstio XIV. — Quid est illud: « Aperti sunt eorum oculi » (Gen. iii, 7), et quomodo transgressio vim habuit oc… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:555…became conscious of their nudity that is they were affected by shame and they knew that they were naked that is they were ashamed of their nudity for since sin had stripped them of the garment… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…same and she persisted in these same thoughts and the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked immediately upon the law of god being violated their eyes were opened not that… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:1273…they ate and the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked a xv on that which is said the eyes of both were opened it… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:405…the mind toward the object a of sight for p their eyes were opened and they knew that they were naked denotes a revelation that had come to be in the intellect not a new power… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1335…is the bodily ones and the passions of the soul were stirred and they knew that they were naked and they were ashamed and they were torn away from god and like little children b they… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:883D…f evil which entered afterwards blunted the pre-existing simplicity, just as light loses the grace of its essence when darkness follows. Rom. I, 20. Gen. III, 7. Gen. II, 25.… Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:9…they knew that they were naked and knowing it were ashamed they knew themselves to be naked not so much by reason of garments… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:637…immediately upon the tasting of the food adds and the eyes of both were opened and they knew that they were naked but it is to be noted that these things differ from each other in… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:415A…es), Deut. XVI and XXXI, 10. Vers. 31, Judic. IX, 8; Suidas on Abimelech. Vers. 40, l. "until" I. S. Vers. 7, at the end, on the leaves. "With fig leaves," Gen. III, 7. Vers. 5, at the end, "mocked by wine."… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…naked and they sewed fig leaves together and made for themselves loincloths and they heard the voice of the lord god walking in the garden in the evening and adam and his wife hid themselves from… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:585…in the hebrew but do not exist among the septuagint interpreters b and they heard the voice of the lord god walking in the paradise at evening hippolytus they understood the presence of the lord rather… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:489…it is said in genesis adam and eve heard the voice of the lord god walking in paradise in the evening and adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1395…passages ascribe to him something like motion such as the one saying they heard the voice of the lord god walking in the garden in the cool of the day such things must be understood as… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1663…for origen clearly refers to the words cited above from gen iii adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of god and indeed in homily on jeremiah he says the wicked hide themselves from… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:133…ix homily ix on isaiah on that which is written and i heard the voice of the lord saying whom shall i send and who will go to this people and passing over a little he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:1119A…receives from the Holy Spirit the confidence of ascending to God. Finally, when Adam had sinned, he lost his confidence, and hid himself from the face of God (Gen. III, 8). But holy David says, "My groaning is… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:707C…e of the Lord God walking in paradise in the evening: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the tree of paradise" (Gen. III, 8). We ask, therefore, those who do not w… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1055…good and evil and if god is said to walk in paradise in the cool of the day and adam to hide himself under the tree i do not think any one will doubt that these… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1547B…book VI, chapter 64: "But if certain words ascribe movement to God, such as this: 'They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening' (Gen. 3:8), these things are to be taken as if th… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1115C…recting the discourse: "He was in the world." If, therefore, He was in the world, how did He come into the world? But when you hear that God walks in paradise (Gen 3:8), so hear also about the Son that He ca… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1183…deceived by the craftiness of the serpent and became rebellious against god and they heard the voice of the lord walking in the paradise in the evening and adam and eve hid themselves at the tree… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:287…nowhere did the son say my god and your god and adam heard the voice of the lord god walking in the garden and make for yourself an ark of incorruptible wood and the lord rained… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1023…looking towards him and they sewed fig leaves and made themselves loincloths and they heard the voice of the lord god walking in paradise in the afternoon it is a common and against which nothing can… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1027…and simultaneously uniting word with word for a defense and simultaneously hearing the voice of the lord god walking and fearing and fleeing and hiding and being called alone for examination and enduring harsh punishments for… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1029…b the voice of the lord saying my sheep hear my voice they heard the voice of the lord walking in the paradise of the church of the wild olive trees namely of the gentiles and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:843…customary exhortation to avoid oaths. 91-98 HOMIL. VIII, Exhortation to virtue, and on the Genesis text, "God was walking in the cool of the day in paradise" (Gen. 3:8), and about avoiding oaths. — The utili… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:731A…ge of good and evil from the tree. Moral exhortation. 125-134 HOMILY XVII. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise in the cool of the day (Gen. 3. 8). A corrupt judge. A useless conscience… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:489D…ness of which not even all time can dissolve. Pay attention, then. "He heard," he says, "Adam, the voice of the Lord walking in the afternoon in the paradise" (Gen. 3:8). By the sound he perceived it, and by… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:531C…n they heard," it says, "the voice of the Lord walking in Paradise in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God" (Gen. 3. 8). The cause of boldness was cut off: tr… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:717…moses entered into the tabernacle of witness to speak with him he heard the voice of the lord god speaking to him from above the mercy seat which is upon the ark of witness between the… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1275A…the command you have decreed," and, "Wait for me until the day of my resurrection," and, "And Adam heard God walking" (Ps. LXVII, 2; Ps. VII, 7; Soph. III, 8; Gen. III, 8). 5. From psychic passions: as it is w… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1279B…swiftness to help the needy "feet" and "walking"; as, "And he bowed the heavens and came down" (Psal. xvii, 10), and, "Adam heard God walking in the paradise" (Gen. iii, 8). 9. However, he often keeps the c… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:149…accustomed to say many things economically for such is that and adam heard the voice of the lord god walking and that i will go down and see whether they have performed according to the cry… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:607…parts exod xxxiii thou shalt see my back parts feet gen iii and they heard the voice of the lord walking in paradise crowns ps lxiv thou shalt bless the crown of the year of thy… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:633…the hinder parts of the lord of which moses was deemed worthy and they heard the voice of the lord walking in paradise again they place crowns around him as bless the crown of thy kindness… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1115A…ng in good or evil may lie hidden (Ps. XXXIII, 16): "The eyes of the Lord are upon the just." Feet, which have the power of walking, to bring aid or to punish (Gen. III, 8): "And when they heard the voice of the… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:561…day but we shall explain these things more clearly below god willing and adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the lord god among the trees of paradise therefore they fled then from… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…but aprons that is things that would only cover the genital members and they heard the voice of the lord god walking in paradise in the cool of the day the cool of the day signifies… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:1273…pain to him who committed it what then does scripture say again and they heard the voice of the lord god walking in the paradise in the evening and adam and his wife hid themselves in… Nicephorus the Presbyter fl. c. 950PG 111:755…your affairs your humble servant as i was passing by here i heard the voice of the lord god rejecting you and saying the merciful shall obtain my kingdom but him and those like him my… Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:621…the septuagint in the book of genesis they heard the voice of god walking in the garden in the deilinon in our vulgate cum audisses vocem dei deambulantem ad auram post meridiem saint jerome and in… John Kyparissiotes d. after 1378PG 152:747…of walking to bring aid or to punish gen iii and when they heard the voice of the lord god walking in paradise similarly in the names of other parts of the body properties in the… Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:447…me and fashioned me and i heard your voice as you were walking in the garden in the cool of the day and i hid myself nor eyes and eyelids and sight and a mouth and… Symeon of Thessalonica d. 1429PG 155:899…tree and the savior died at the ninth hour when he appeared in the garden in the cool of the day and delivered against adam the sentence of death earth thou art and unto earth shalt… OrigenesPG 16:1647…and i heard the voice of the lord saying whom shall i send or who behold i am here send me and a holy seed shall… OrigenesPG 16:1649…another as a symmachus and i heard the voice of the lord saying whom shall i send or who behold send me this people has hardened their ears and closed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:779A…ence? "Adam, where are you?" And what did he say? "I heard Your voice in paradise as You were walking, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself" (Gen. 3:9-10). If you call this ignorance, O Jew, ca… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:95B…good cheer, by being the first to call him: nay, not only by calling him first, but by even addressing him by his own name, and saying: "Adam, where are you?" (Gen. 3:9); He showed His affection and the much… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819D…ceived her; then she persuaded her husband, and they ate from the tree. And when they had eaten, they appeared naked: then God said to Adam, “Where art thou?” (Gen. 3:9). When you hear “Where art thou?”, do n… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:159C…father; for nothing prevents the same thing from being stated again. For as he questioned him, when he was covering himself for shame of his nakedness: "Where (Gen. 3:9)?"—not out of ignorance, but providing… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:491B…d? You wanted to snatch my things, not being able to; I take yours, being able to. Pay attention. The afternoon came, and he says: Adam, where art thou? (Gen. 3:9). These things are akin to those; for b… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:531C…had no handle for defense or boldness towards the Knower of hidden things, He Himself, the searcher of heart and reins, says to Adam: "Adam, where art thou?" (Gen. 3. 9), providing them an opening for a defen… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:355A…does the very same thing? For He too suffered many humble things to be said of Himself for the salvation of the hearers. For that: Adam, where art thou? (Gen. iii, 9); and that: That I may know whether th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:543C…n them. Which is better? Which is preferable? Paradise, or a dung-heap? Nevertheless, for Adam, on account of his transgression, the paradise was of no profit (Gen. 3:9); but for Job, the dung-heap did no har… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545A…radise after the transgression, Adam hides from God, being struck [by his own] conscience; He who seeks all things calls him and says, "Adam, where art thou?" (Gen. 3:9). Did He not know where he was? "Adam,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:215D…r sin? But not so his father, who, when he had heard, "Adam, where are you?" said, "I heard your voice, and I was afraid because I am naked, and I hid myself" (Gen. III, 9, 10). It is a great good to remember si… Hadrian the Monk fl. c. 425-450PG 98:1275A…alem with a lamp," and, "Adam, where are you?" and, "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit," and the like (Gen. VI, 7; XXII, 1; Ose. IV, 6; Gen. XXII, 12; Soph. I, 12; Gen. III, 9; Eph. IV, 30). 6. From bodily passions… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421A…is not offered by necessity: otherwise, it is not a present at all. TIT. II. — Concerning the commandments of God, and those who do not keep them. Gen. iii, 9-11. — "And God called Adam, and said to hi… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:59B…their own exile. Having struck fear with the sound of his walking, God uses his call to show his love for humanity, saying: "Adam, Adam, where art thou?" (Gen. III, 9). O the philanthropy of the Master! As… Germanus I of ConstantinoplePG 98:257C…e poor from the dunghill" (Ps. CXII, 9). For we had become like the dung of the earth, condemned to rot and to exhale a foul odor. "Adam, where art thou?" (Gen. III, 9), He asks him again; for I, seeking the… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:409D…45, anthrōpinēs phōnēs. Thus the ms. i. anthrōpinēs physeōs. It seems written (says I. S.) phōs ex hou conflatum phōnēs. Verse 9, near the end, sou ei. Gen. iii, 9. Verse 8, near the end, tou estin Abel… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…him where are you and he said to him i heard your voice in the garden and i was afraid because i am naked and i hid myself and he said to him who told you… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:379…written that Adam, after he had sinned, fled from the presence of God, and when questioned answered: "I heard thy voice, and I hid myself because I was naked" (Gen. 3:10). And Cain also, after being condemned… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:131…wisdom of god for when adam had said i heard your voice and i was afraid because i was naked and i hid myself ibid v god did not immediately refute the deed nor say why… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819D…hou?” means. And they were covered with fig leaves, veiling the face of sin. And what does Adam say? “I heard thy voice walking in paradise, and I was hidden” (Gen. 3:10). And he said, “Why have you done this?… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:137…fear been scattered upon you i heard your voice he says walking in the garden and i was afraid because i am naked and i hid whence came the knowledge of nakedness to you tell me… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:493B…do not know. Then, with God feigning ignorance, the grateful and free soul did not hide: I heard Thy voice, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid (Gen. 3. 10). Why were you afraid? Why did you hide… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545A…art thou?" Did the deceit of the serpent bring you equality with God? See how you have been stripped? "Where art thou?" "I heard thy voice, and I hid myself" (Gen. 3:10). He hides in paradise; the apostles sa… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:433…father do likewise for hearing even he himself adam where art thou he said i heard thy voice o lord and i was afraid because i am naked and i hid myself it is a great… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:199…ignorance so as not to cause him grief b i heard your voice in the garden and i was afraid because i am naked and i hid myself why did you hide i was afraid on… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421…art thou who said i heard thy voice walking in the paradise and i was afraid because i was naked and i hid myself and he said to him who hath told thee that thou wast… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:563…responded saying i heard your voice in paradise and i saw that i was naked and i hid myself adam renders two reasons for his hiding himself the other because he feared for this is what… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…forbade it i heard thy voice in paradise and i saw that i was naked and i hid myself and because he says i heard thy voice walking through paradise and because i perceived that i… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:497…he answer i heard thy voice walking in paradise and i feared because i was naked and i hid myself what then does god say and who told thee that thou wast naked unless thou hast… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:59B…l I not therefore heed the one calling, when I did not heed the one legislating?" "I heard thy voice, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself" (Gen. III, 10). There is no need for an accusation st… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:411A…S. Verse 15, "that flesh and blood," I Cor. XV, 50, I. S. Verse 43, "as we have worn," I Cor. XV, 49. Verse 45, "Earth you are, and to earth you shall return." Gen. III, 10. Verse 50, "it is read also 'to live'."… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1029…not the consequences of history for when god had said to adam who told thee that thou wast naked unless thou hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat see… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1037…does god say because thou hast hearkened to thy wife and hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat cursed is the earth in thy works with labor shalt thou… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:531…adam accusing him that he had alienated himself from god and god said who told thee that thou wast naked unless thou hast eaten of the tree of which alone i commanded thee not to eat… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:619C…lignant demon," but what does He say? Who told you that you were naked, except that of the tree, of which alone I had commanded you not to eat, you have eaten (Gen. 3:11)? Just as a father, when he had command… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1187…because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat cursed is the earth in thy work in sorrow shalt thou… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1421…naked and i hid myself and he said to him who hath told thee that thou wast naked unless thou hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat b levit… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…the deed itself in my mind and the lord said unto him who told thee that thou wast naked hast thou eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat as if… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:497…was naked and i hid myself what then does god say and who told thee that thou wast naked unless thou hast eaten of the tree of which i had commanded b thee that thou shouldst… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:59B…ed one. What, then, does God do? "Who told thee that thou wast naked, unless thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?" (Gen. III, 11). He came as a Judge, and he asks as a… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:487…because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat thereof thou hast eaten cursed is the earth in thy works… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…not to eat and adam said the woman whom you gave to me she gave me of the tree and i ate and god said to the woman why have you done this and the woman… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1111…in place of an excuse proposed this the wife whom you gave to be with me she gave me and i ate god answered because you have listened to the voice of your wife and… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1029…see what adam answers god saying the woman whom thou gavest me with me she gave me of the tree and i did eat have you heard how adam did not sin as one who was… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:311A…ere led astray by others? But nothing profited Adam in his defense, that he accused his wife, saying, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she deceived me" (Gen. 3:12); just as it did not profit the woman t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:131B…es he hide himself, but, accused, he attempts to transfer the cause to another, saying: "The woman whom you gave to me, she gave to me of the tree, and I ate" (Gen. 3:12). And she again transfers the crime to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819D…as hidden” (Gen. 3:10). And he said, “Why have you done this?” (Gen. 3:13). Then Adam said to God: “The woman, whom thou gavest to be with me, she seduced me” (Gen. 3:12). Then to Eve, “Who has done this?” Wha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:449…nt with them. 3. Such a thing, then, the first-formed also sinned; therefore he said: "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me, and I did eat" (Gen. 3. 12). And the Jews also committed many such… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:493B…that thou art naked? He said nothing shameless, he did not say, I did not know; but what? The woman, whom Thou gavest to me, she gave to me, and I did eat (Gen. 3. 12); instead of, The one given to me for a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:531C…eat from that one tree, and you entered into a counsel with the devil? Adam answered: "The woman whom Thou gavest with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate" (Gen. 3. 12). O excuse empty of reason! O defense u… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:561…people for so also did he say the woman whom thou gavest with me she gave me of the tree and i ate b and since he said that he had brought the herds and the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:801…beguiled me and i ate but adam did not say so rather the woman whom thou gavest to be with me she gave me of the tree and i ate and she indeed met with no… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1097…excuse of adam to the prophet for it is similar to this the woman whom thou gavest to be with me she gave me vers behold the lord does not desire burnt offerings because saul had… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:565…man because the man is the head of the woman and adam said the woman whom thou gavest to be with me she gave me of the tree and i did eat wholly vain and empty… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:589…in my considerations from which i ordered you to abstain and adam said the woman whom thou gavest to be with me she gave me and i did eat the woman he says whom thou madest… Oecumenius of Tricca fl. 10th c.PG 119:155…defense he does not even assert that he was deceived but says the woman whom thou gavest to be with me she gave me and i did eat silently implying that he had not fallen by… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:225…cannot be defended the woman whom you gave me as a companion she gave me of the tree and i ate he had a merciful judge and he found a cause worthy of pity he takes… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1029…moses says and to her god said why hast thou done this and the woman said the serpent beguiled me and i did eat how is it however that though accused by god concerning adam she… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819D…veiling the face of sin. And what does Adam say? “I heard thy voice walking in paradise, and I was hidden” (Gen. 3:10). And he said, “Why have you done this?” (Gen. 3:13). Then Adam said to God: “The woman, wh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:493C…es on from Adam, so that He might dissolve his fear, and says to the woman: What is this that thou hast done? She says: The serpent deceived me, and I ate (Gen. 3. 13). Since she spoke altogether truly, He… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:455…ld have overcome this." Bring forward the examples of those who overcame it, bring forward the example of the first woman, who said, "The serpent beguiled me" (Gen. 3. 13), and yet was not free from the charge.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:661…to him from god on his account for he said to him what is this that thou hast done to us what have we sinned against thee that thou hast brought upon me and upon my… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:399C…Philonis. — Nothing is swifter than fame. TITLE V. — Concerning the industrious and the diligent: and that one must labor; for it brings profit. Gen. iii, 13. — "In the sweat of your face you shall… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:961…escends upon the serpent, who had seduced them. "And God said," it says, "to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed among all cattle (Gen. iii, 14), and among all the beasts of the earth." This same thing,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819D…ly shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life, and man shall rule over thee, and he shall watch thy head, and thou shalt watch his heel” (Gen. 3:14 ff.). But why did he curse the serpent… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:485B…o man than those that fawn. Who then made it an enemy? The sentence of God: Cursed are you above all the beasts. I will put enmity between you and the woman (Gen. 3. 14, 15). That enmity broke the friendship.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:495A…thou shalt go (Gen. 3. 14). Because thou hast done this—because t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:501A…says, has this to do with the matter at hand? But it is very appropriate. Or have you not heard God saying, "Cursed are you above all the beasts of the earth" (Gen. 3:14)? How then did the image of the cursed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:889…upon thy belly and upon thy breast shalt thou crawl and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life gen because of this sentence of the lord peace cannot exist between heretics and christians… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:795A…ents. For because from the beginning God had said to the serpent, "Upon thy breast and belly shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life" (Gen. 3:14), He sent this beast against those who… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1435…the serpent upon thy breast and belly shalt thou go and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life now the enemies of god and of our savior are the most wicked demons against… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1187B…he most truthful of all. TITLE XVI. — Concerning the curse uttered by the Lord, and by the prophets, and also by the apostles, when it has occurred. Gen. iii, 14-19. — The Lord said to the serpent: Becaus… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:565…from whom all the imposture had proceeded and the lord said to the serpent because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and above all beasts of the earth b c cur deus… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:591…might vindicate themselves from guilt and punishment and the lord said to the serpent because thou hast done this thou art cursed among all animals and the beasts of the earth the lord says this to… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:59…from their error punishes the seducer for the lord god said to the serpent because thou hast done this thou art cursed among all c d… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1179…exactly as you have in genesis where god said to the serpent and i will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed he shall watch thy head and thou… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1781…which jonathan the chaldean paraphrast expressed thus as interpreted by paul fagius i will put enmity between thee and the woman and also between thy seed and her seed he will be mindful of that specifically… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:1085C…the head. This is a paraphrase, and this is from what was said in the curses against the serpent: He shall keep your head, and you shall keep his heel (Gen. iii, 15). For the Gentiles, just like creeping… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:729…incarnate presence and eternal life for there it says to the serpent and i will put enmity between thee and between her and between thy seed and between her seed but nowhere is any seed of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:141…go and earth you shall eat all the days of your life and i will put enmity between you and between the woman and between your seed and between her seed he will watch your head… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:495A…cording to the law of the sentence he is again prostrated. And earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. I will put enmities between thee and the woman (Gen. 3. 15). What does it mean, Earth shalt thou… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:495A…y gives warning: Thou hast not struck the head of the serpent; strike the head, because God says: He shall watch thy head, and thou shalt watch his heel (Gen. 3. 15). What does this mean? It does not say,… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:889C…thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. Upon thy belly and upon thy breast shalt thou crawl, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life (Gen. 3. 15, 14). Because of this sentence of the L… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:631B…him also sandals." Why? Because the serpent fights against those who sin, according to that: "It shall watch my head, and thou shalt lie in wait for his heel" (Gen. III, 15). Lest the pernicious serpent approach… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:795A…hildren of Israel in the desert receive a blessing from the serpent, when God from the beginning had said, 'Cursed art thou among all the beasts of the earth' (Gen. 3:15)?"… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1103A…d sobriety of the mind, according to that which was said from the beginning by God through Moses: "He shall observe your head, and you shall observe his heel" (Gen. III, 15). He bids us watch out for the beginnin… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:591…because of thy supreme hatred against them and i will put enmities between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed this hatred he says in which thou rejoicest i will place between… Eustathius of Thessalonica c. 1115–1195PG 135:1043B…, and who behaves insolently even toward the devil, not be shunned? "Thou," he says, "shalt crush his head"—that is, the serpent's—"and he," O man, "thy heel" (Gen. III, 15). But the wicked man, while I allow him… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:211C…he not only punishes the murderer of his son, but he also breaks and cuts into many pieces the very instrument of the murder. "He shall watch over your head" (Gen. III, 15). No longer, He says, O serpent, will y… Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:337…c transgression of adam along with every curse he also said this i will put enmity between thee and between their seed thou shalt watch his heel and he shall watch thy head but the serpent… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:85B…ephas, "and a bubbling source or spring"; Onkelos, ‘ūbā, "and a mist." V. 7, Aquila, kai eplasen, "and he fashioned"; Onkelos, u-bərā, "and he created." Gen. III, 16, Aquila, hē synapheia sou, "your asso… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:777C…dy enjoys delights in paradise with Him, incorrupt, fleeing that malediction which was spoken outside of paradise: In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children (Gen. III, 16), and the rest; and she is not even abl… Amphilochius of Iconium c. 340 – after 394PG 39:43D…ly multiply your sorrows and your groanings; in sorrows you shall bring forth children, and your turning shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you" (Gen. 3, 16). Virginity is therefore admirable, as… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1193…misfortunes as well. Ibid. C. Non matrum. Galesinius writes: "not the anxieties and perturbations of mothers are increased." He alludes to that passage, Gen. iii, 16, and Isa. xxv, 8: Ἀφεῖλεν ὁ Θεὸς πᾶν δά… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1219A…inations of vices. In two mss. and in the printed text, it was read as we have published. For the interpreter was in vain here when he annotated the passage of Gen. iii, 16, with the Augustan printer: certainly t… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1037…said multiplying i will multiply thy sorrows and thy groanings in sorrows thou shalt bring forth children and thy conversion shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee but that we may contemplate… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:523D…s, the law of God can close their mouths, saying thus: To your husband shall be your turning, and he shall rule over you. For the head of the woman is the man (Gen. III, 16; I Cor. XI, 3). And one might find this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:529B…man and to be anxious for his affairs? God has delivered you from this weight; the words, Your turning shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you (Gen. 3:16), have been loosed for you through virg… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:563A…ances, but also because it compels the spouses to be subject to one another more grievously than any slave. "The husband," He says, "shall rule over the wife" (Gen. 3:16). But what use is that rule? For, in tu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:583…urse, inflicted this upon woman—I do not say giving birth, but suffering as she does, with toil and pain: "In pain," He says, "you shall bring forth children" (Gen. 3:16). But the virgin is above these dire su… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:75A…death. "For in the day that thou eatest thereof," He says, "thou shalt surely die" (Gen. 2.17); and to the woman: "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children" (Gen. 3.16). And through both of these, He took aw… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:331B…d. Attend carefully: God, rebuking the woman and introducing punishment on account of the transgression, said to her: "In pain you shall bring forth children" (Gen. 3.16). But, O wonderful thing! What He gave… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:747A…iful. The virgin has even escaped the penalty with which Eve was punished: for that saying, "Thy turning shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee" (Gen. 3:16), is invalid for those who are not pres… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819…children i will multiply thy sorrows and thy conversion shall be toward thy husband and he shall rule over thee then to the serpent upon thy breast and thy belly shalt thou go and earth shalt… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:573C…e to stretch [the burden] more heavily than toil. For multiplying, I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy groaning. In sorrows shalt thou bring forth children (Gen. 3: 16). Nowhere is labor, nowhere is sweat, a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:73…:7). The man commands, but the woman is subject: just as God said from the beginning to her: "Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee" (Gen. 3:16). For indeed, according to the principl… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:75…just as god also says from the beginning to her thy turning shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee a since therefore he has taken the argument of the image according to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:269D…ot use well the honor given, for this reason she was stripped of the authority, and heard: To your husband shall be your turning, and he shall rule over you (Gen. 3. 16). Since you do not know, he says, how t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:593…ing to him, He says. These things, however, happened after sin: After sin, however, thy conversion shall be toward thy husband, and he shall rule over thee (Gen. 3. 16). He created thee with equal honor, He… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:599C…ng he entrusted the salvation of the woman to the husband, because he was not deceived, saying: "Unto thy husband is thy turning, and he shall rule over thee" (Gen. 3:16)—so also in this place, when there was… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:495C…d and threatened. The first voice was spoken to the serpent: Cursed. And God said to the woman: Multiplying I will multiply thy sorrows and thy thy groans (Gen. 3. 16). He does not curse, so that she might… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:497…: "He is a human being; he knows how to look after himself," and he is not anxious. Why? Because he did not hear: In sorrows shalt thou bring forth children (Gen. 3. 16). A strange kind of punishment; experie… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:373D…r indeed, things are proceeding toward the worse, and from the beginning you were allotted no small condemnation. In sorrows thou shalt bring forth children (Gen. 3. 16), it says; and, In the sweat of thy fa… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:151B…he gives the husband great prerogative both in the New and in the Old Testament, saying, Thy conversion shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee (Gen. 3. 16); Paul, however, so dividing and writin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:215C…er power, and she who had been made a helper was found to be a plotter, and lost everything; then she justly heard: "Your conversion shall be to your husband" (Gen. 3:16). For because this sin was likely to br… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:315D…but to be subject," he subjoined: "As the law also says." And where does the law say this? "Your turning shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you" (Gen. 3:16). Do you see Paul's wisdom, and how muc… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:543D…le to disobedience. Therefore God subjected her, because she used the command, or rather equality, badly: To thy husband, He says, shall be thy conversion (Gen. 3:16). Adam was not deceived? Therefore he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:883C…weat of the brow, nor are there thorns and thistles, nor are children born in pain, nor shall your conversion be to your husband, and he shall rule over you (Gen. 3:16); but all is peace, joy, gladness, plea… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 72:941…a reversal of the curse for he who formerly said to them in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children has now provided them a solace for the evil meeting them in the garden as another evangelist… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 73:225…this third explanation it was said somewhere to the woman by god in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children how then was it fitting that this curse should be warded off from us or in what… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:697A…ounced her subject to the insults of sorrow that she must cease from weeping. For it was said by God to the woman: "In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children" (Gen. iii, 16). But just as he previously subject… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:21C…nor would the power of the curse, which we say occurred upon the first woman, have ceased; for it was said to her: "In sorrow shall you bring forth children" (Gen. III, 16). But human nature, which had suffered… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:347…also saith the law for to eve the lord said thy turning shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee vers and if they will learn anything let them ask their husbands at… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:571…from our earth and bodies might now cease and that which is in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children might be truly shown to be destroyed through him which was said by the voice of the… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1271A…nd nothing besides? For, "Man is born to labor" (Job v, 7). And to labor, sadness is openly a companion: "In sadness, he says, you shall bring forth children" (Gen. iii, 16). This is the first sentence pronounced… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1187…earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life and to the woman he said i will multiply thy sorrows and thy lamentations in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children and thy subjection shall be… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1279D…our rain upon the earth by the command of God. TITLE VI. — On life and this world: and that we, and our life, are involved in distraction and labor. Gen. iii, 16: ‹And He said to the woman: I will mult… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1311B…be ashamed to confess your sins." TITLE VIII. — Concerning women: that they ought to be subject to their own husbands, and to do nothing without them. Gen. III, 16. — "God said to the woman: Your turning… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:661…joy for she indeed heard by the decree of the divine sentence in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children but she hears hail full of grace she heard thy turning shall be toward thy husband she… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:685B…he first mother: "I will multiplying multiply thy sorrows and thy groanings. In pain thou shalt bring forth children, and thy turning shall be to thy husband" (Gen. III, 16). What did they cry? Asking for the fru… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:701C…law that both parties should be from the same family and the same line of descent. And since the Lord said to Eve, In sorrow thou shalt bring forth children (Gen. III, 16), He dissolves this sorrow into the joy… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:749…ar, as is the case with bondwomen. He calls the book of Genesis a law, for it is written: “Unto thy husband shall be thy turning, and he shall rule over thee” (Gen. III, 16). If, therefore, it was ordained that t… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1123…disobey god c and obey the serpent for this reason it heard in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children and from that time it had pangs and having been cast out from the city on high… Theodore Balsamon d. c. 1205PG 137:753B…tted to them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law says; but if they wish to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home." I Cor. xiv, 35. Gen. iii, 16. BALS. Writing to the Corinthians, the… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:97…o the light? For this reason: before sin, God said, “Increase and multiply” (Gen. 1. 28), which was a blessing; but “In sorrow you shall bring forth children” (Gen. 3. 16) came after the sin, which was a punish… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:213C…he woman ought to be subject to the man" (Ibid. v. 22-23). And again in the Old Testament: "Your turning shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you" (Gen. 3: 16). How then did he here introduce an equ… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:487…to eve i will multiply thy pains and thy groans in pains thou shalt bring forth children and thy turning shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee and to adam because thou… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:1085…said because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate of the tree of which i commanded you alone not to eat and you ate of it cursed is the ground in your d… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1461…text cursed is the earth in your works in sorrows you shall eat of it all the days of your life has been spoken concerning the whole earth a which every man who has died in… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1769…he speaks thus because you have listened to your wife and have eaten of the tree of which alone i commanded you not to eat you have eaten of it cursed is the ground in your… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:43A…for either letter; but I must hasten to a greater source of varieties. The substitution of ם for ם and, conversely, for ם, is found throughout Scripture. Thus Gen. iii, 17, םםם is read in the Bibles today, and s… Theonas of Alexandria d. 300 (bishop 282-300)PG 10:1599…says 'cursed is the ground in your works in sorrow you shall eat of it all the days of your life ' or 'dust you are and to dust you shall return ' because of which… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:675…was said c cursed is the earth in thy works in sorrows shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee but this was not… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:213…saying cursed is the earth in your works in sorrows you shall eat of it all the days of your life and absolutely everything was full of blood and thorns grew up everywhere because of the… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1113…you have eaten of the tree of which i commanded you not to eat cursed is the earth in your works and the rest a h… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1037…for to him also does god say because thou hast hearkened to thy wife and hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat cursed is the earth in thy works… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1041…eat cursed is the ground in your works in labor you shall eat of it all the days of your life thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you and you shall eat your bread… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1043…"In sorrow shalt thou eat of it" (Gen. 3:17): that is to say, you shall live withou… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:115…you might learn what cursed means he added in sorrows you shall eat of it all the days of your life observe how each punishment is extended to the age so that not only they themselves… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:145…because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which i commanded you not to eat of this one alone and yet you have eaten of it cursed… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:161…eater than the transgression of the first man, so by the variety of the curse it is permitted to know. For there it says: "Cursed is the ground in your works" (Gen. 3. 17): and the curse was poured out upon the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:187C…m with praises. For the first Adam was filled with a myriad of curses; this one, on the contrary, with much blessing. He heard: Cursed art thou in thy works (Gen. III, 17); and another after him: Cursed is he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:667…thy works it shall bring forth to b thee thorns and thistles in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:489D…e woman, not knowing whence she brought the fruit. But he has no excuse; for God examines him, saying to him: "Because you listened to the voice of your wife" (Gen. 3:17). And he did not say, "Because you acce… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:493…in his exhortation who told thee that thou art naked unless thou hast eaten of the tree of which i commanded thee not to eat instead of if you had not by all means done that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:497B…hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy works (Gen. 3. 17). Again, the blessed [earth] does n… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:531…and god said who told thee that thou wast naked unless thou hast eaten of the tree of which alone i commanded thee not to eat ibid v you dismissed me the creator and slipped away… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:533A…ld. In the sweat of your face you shall eat your bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken; for earth you are, and to earth you shall go" (Gen. 3. 17-19). O that curse, which made the visible… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:723C…ich, because that was not in our power, but whether we did well or ill, which lies in our own free will. It was said to man: Cursed be the earth in your works (Gen. 3. 17). Do you see that because of the sins o… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:721D…ed, he was cast out of paradise. This command he received from the Master: Cursed is the earth in thy works: thorns and thistles shall it bring forth for thee (Gen. III, 17-18). Knowing this, the prophet preached: B… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:755C…the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread; and: Thorns and thistles shall the earth bring forth to thee; and: In sorrows thou shalt bring forth children" (Gen. 3:17, 18, 16). These are the stripes of the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1739…and thistles it shall bring forth for you in sorrows you shall eat of it all the days of your life in the sweat of your face you shall eat your bread until you return to… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:91…for thus the scripture speaks cursed is the earth in thy works in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and thou… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1271A…e second sentence against us: "Thorns and thistles shall the earth bring forth to you" (Gen. iii, 18). The third sentence: "Cursed is the earth in your works" (Gen. iii, 17). This is the fourth sentence: "In sadn… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1187…be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee and to adam he said because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:193D…ough sin; let us be healed through repentance. But repentance without fasting is idle. "Cursed is the earth: it shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you" (Gen. iii, 17, 18). You have been commanded to groan… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:569…a head and he said to adam because thou hast listened to the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree of which i commanded thee and said thou shouldst not eat cursed is… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:497…god say and who told thee that thou wast naked unless thou hast eaten of the tree of which i had commanded b thee that thou shouldst not eat of it alone dost thou see beloved… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:765A…: "Cursed," he says, "is the earth in your works. It shall bring forth thorns and thistles for you. In sorrow you shall eat from it all the days of your life" (Gen. III, 17, 18). For the curse upon it caused the… Constantine Harmenopoulos c. 1320 – c. 1385PG 150:1047D…d in the sweat of your face you shall eat your bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return" (Gen. 3:17-19). In the future restoration, at the re… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:1005…through transgression, to receive the sentence of death. 3. But observe the divine judgment which he seems to bring upon Adam after the sin. For thus he says (Gen. III, 17-19): Because you have listened to the voi… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:487…shall rule over thee and to adam because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife and hast eaten of the tree whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat thereof thou hast eaten… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1769…thou shalt eat of it all the days of thy life thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the field in the sweat of thy face shalt… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1025…according to the saying cursed is the ground in thy works thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee now however when such goods have come upon it it is consistently said to yield its… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1037…shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the earth in the sweat of thy face shalt… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819…god said to adam cursed be the earth in thy works thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread then to the woman in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:243C…e the earth because of the works of men. And to the man who was first formed, He said, when He cursed him: Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth for you (Gen. 3:18, etc.); and to Cain likewise. But becau… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:497…he did not bless the fruits for the gift was irrevocable thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee you scorned he says the great things be struck by the small ones look how the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1467…sin that man heard cursed is the ground in thy works thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee by the gall however he took upon himself the bitterness and painfulness of the mortal and… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:923…god says to adam cursed is the earth in thy works thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee therefore even now the legislator said according to the days of the separation of the menstruation… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:91…shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the field in the sweat of thy face shalt… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1271A…at of your face," he says, "you shall eat your bread" (Gen. iii, 19). The second sentence against us: "Thorns and thistles shall the earth bring forth to you" (Gen. iii, 18). The third sentence: "Cursed is the ea… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1271A…s is the fourth sentence: "In sadness you shall eat of it all the days of your life." The fifth sentence against us: "And you shall eat the herb of the field" (Gen. iii, 18). This is the sixth sentence: "Until yo… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1187…shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and thou shalt eat thy bread till thou return to the earth out of which thou… Germanus II of Constantinople d. c. 1240PG 140:607D…d one surpassing nature, and produced; by which we, who were being put to death by the tillage of thorns and the harvest of famine, have escaped from danger. Gen. III, 18.… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:487…the days of thy life thorns and thistles shall it sprout for thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the field in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread till thou return… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:1167…Adam, Scripture says that God spoke to him: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread, till thou return unto the earth, from whence thou wast taken (Gen. iii, 19). Therefore, if our bodies return after… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:337A…hich was first flesh from the earthly earth, then dissolved by death, and again made ash and earth—"For dust you are," it says, "and to dust you shall return" (Gen. iii, 19)—is again resurrected from the earth, a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1769…forth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the field in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until i turn thee into the ground out of which thou wast taken… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:387…hands a with justice according to the command of god who says in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread these of course were the great works of job on earth and therefore… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:985D…rst flesh from earthly earth, then afterwards dissolved after death, and again made ash and earth; for earth you are, he says, and into earth you shall go (Gen. iii, 19), it may again be raised from the earth… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:203C…ride to the Word by practicing virginity; others, because through it they were freed from the condemnation, "You are earth, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. III, 19). This, O Arete, is the discourse conc… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:311…life, as I was saying, affected and sustained, as it were, by human hands. For it says, "In the sweat of your face you shall eat your bread" (Gen. iii, 19). When this is dissolved, we possess th… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:1117B…he disobedience and brought about the judgment, gave a double verdict of punishment; saying to the earthly one: "Earth you are, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. III, 19), and thus corruption receives the body… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:875D…e, who may direct their manual labors to the necessary uses, so that both that command may be fulfilled which enjoins that food be provided in sweat and labor [Gen. III, 19], and that honorable conduct may remain… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1043D…edical assistance for our relief. But just as after we were cast out into this place, and heard the words, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread (Gen. III, 19), then, having been perfected by long e… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1739C…y the obsequies of followers? Then especially take heed to yourself, and remember that you are mortal, and that earth you are, and into the earth you shall go (Gen. 3:19), and that it is possible for it to be… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:57B…h does not rise again, but another in its place, and that this one dissolves into the earth, for it is written, "You are earth, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. iii, 19). He also said again that infants do no… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:715…respond that this holy father understood by this term that definitive sentence dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return b h question lxxxix h all people thirsting most eagerly and as if with a… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1037…forth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the earth in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread till thou return to the earth from which thou wast taken for earth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:307A…e of desires brought upon us by the demons. If Adam had heard this voice, he would never have heard the second: You are earth, and to earth you shall return (Gen. iii, 19). But because he transgressed the forme… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:445D…aid: Sit at my right hand (Ps. 109:1). To what nature did God say, Sit at my right hand? To that one which heard, You are earth, and to earth you shall return (Gen. 3:19). Was it not enough to pass beyond the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:455C…s by their intention. And so that you may learn that the former penalty was not even a penalty—when he said, "Earth you are, and to the earth you will return" (Gen. 3:19)—he allowed you to remain on the earth… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:819…in thy works thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread then to the woman in sorrows thou shalt bring forth children i will… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:79B…m which many conveniences are supplied to us. For because, in punishing man for disobedience, He had said, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread (Gen. III, 19); so that our labor and toil might not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:171D…, and bereft of sensation. For although Adam had received the sentence, "Earth you are, and to earth you shall go," and, "Whatever day you eat, you shall die" (Gen. III, 19 and II, 17): the sentence up to this po… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:207D…transgressed the law and lost the glory with which he was encircled, and became subject to the penalty of death: You are earth, and into earth you shall go (Gen. 3:19): so here too, because vices had prevai… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:231…e expulsion from paradise, the magnitude of that unspeakable fall, and the weight of that curse which says, "Earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou depart" (Gen. 3. 19), he was not made wise—nay, rather, he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:593…als, from which many conveniences are derived for our use. For since He had said that He would punish man: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread (Gen. 3. 19), so that the sweat and the labor might… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:223A…urself on who your mother is, and restrain your pride; tread down and crush your haughty spirits; consider that You are earth, and to earth you shall return (Gen. 3:19), and expel all arrogance. For such is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:555C…heavenly orders—the intelligent, incorporeal, and immortal ones—he visited humanity. And since it is said, For you are earth, and to earth you shall return (Gen. 3. 19), and I am earth and ashes (Gen. 18.… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:625D…eous. Thou hast an ancient sequence through the histories of the ancients. God declares against Adam, saying: Earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return (Gen. 3:19). And the one who received the decision… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:667…sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread until thou return to the earth from which thou wast taken for dust thou… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:757…thou shalt go for god wishing to soften the preceding punishments namely in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread and the earth shall bring forth thorns and thistles to thee devises this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:183…that you may learn that he calls us this way when we sin, he called Adam in this way after the sin, saying, "You are earth, and into earth you shall go away" (Gen. 3:19): even though he was not only earth, bu… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:295A…of God and the immutable sentence which, after the failing, the prince of the human race received, God saying: "Earth thou art, and into earth thou shalt go" (Gen. 3:19). What new thing has therefore happened… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:497C…ler, the great man, if it is possible to find his life without sorrow, or without anxiety. Why? Because of In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread (Gen. 3. 19). You did not wish to live with ease; e… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:207A…coheirs of the Only-Begotten—if we run to the serpent, having abandoned the dove? For we shall no longer hear, "Earth you are, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. III, 19), nor "You shall not till the earth" (G… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 57:373D…e allotted no small condemnation. In sorrows thou shalt bring forth children (Gen. 3. 16), it says; and, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread (Gen. 3. 19); and, In the world ye shall have trib… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:271B…anger is a beast, a beast fierce and burning. Let us therefore sing to ourselves the canticles of divine Scripture, and let us say: You are earth and ashes (Gen. iii, 19), Why are earth and ashes proud (Eccl… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:695A…he King Himself; for "As many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ" (Gal. 3:27). There, "Earth you are, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. 3:19); here, the renewed earth makes man hea… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:131C…ywhere, O beloved, a remission of spirit is a bad thing. Therefore from the beginning He said to Adam, "In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread" (Gen. iii, 19). Therefore, lest they should become in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:739A…Death. What root? The life of man. Who cuts it down? The sentence of the Lord, which in cutting down cries out, You are dust, and into dust you shall return (Gen. III, 19). Therefore, departing from that, let u… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:363B…the beginning we were made earthly, but because we sinned. For sin was first, and then death, and that saying, "Earth you are, and to the earth you shall go" (Gen. III, 19): then also entered the swarm of the mi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:755…and having laid on stripes that is the sorrows of this life in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread and thorns and thistles shall the earth bring forth to thee and in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 61:797…the Savior was about to take upon himself the curse that was stored up for the world—and the first curse was, 'Earth thou art, and to earth thou shalt return' (Gen. 3:19)—he accepted this sentence into himself… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:721…d a likeness to the blood of the Master in this manner: Adam, having sinned, fell under the curse of death: "Earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return" (Gen. 3. 19). He accepted the sentence; Abel, havin… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:281…only the fear of god full of pleasure there is not there in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread nor thorns nor thistles there is not there in sorrows shalt thou bring… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:597A…it produce in you when it has arrived? If Adam had heard this voice, he would not have heard the second saying: You are earth, and to earth you shall return (Gen. 3:19); but because he disobeyed this, for th… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:865D…d, nor thorns and thistles; it is not there, In pains you shall bring forth children, and your turning shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you (Gen. 3:19, 16). Everything is joy, peace, gladnes… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:957A…duce in you when it has arrived? If Adam had obeyed this voice, he would not have heard that second voice saying, Earth you are, and to earth you shall return (Gen. 3:19): but because he would not obey it, fro… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:985C…ing the choice of what is profitable by reason. For what sort of life was commanded to the first-formed man? "You shall eat," He says, "the grass of the field (Gen. III, 19)." And let no one now stir up plausible… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:319A…concerning all [earth]. For He cursed the whole earth, that is to say, human nature, when He said in Adam: "Earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return" (Gen. III, 19). For He cursed no less the world of th… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:589B…while, until the wrath of the Lord passes by. For it was said to the beginning of the race, that is, to Adam: "You are earth, and into earth you shall return" (Gen. III, 19); and the nature of man was cursed on a… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 74:941D…n evil from his youth 70." And besides these, the things in the Law are "old"; truly— 66 Malach. IV, 2. 67 Osee XIII, 14. 68 John 1, 14. 68 Rom. VI, 9, 10. 69 Gen. III, 19. 70 Gen. VIII, 21.… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:21D…nners, so by the obedience of the one man, many shall be made righteous" (Rom. V, 19). It suffered in Adam: "You are earth, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. III, 19); but it has become rich in Christ, so… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:1175…dangers in the rational irascible and concupiscible parts b and the phrase in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread can be understood of action and contemplation for by the labor of the… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1401C…in the minds of many because they have been deemed worthy of leadership; soften your arrogance; cast down your eyebrows; consider that you are earth and ashes (Gen. iii, 19). Consider what you were a little while… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:873B…earthly being neglected. When Adam fell by disobedience, he doubtlessly became earthly, and therefore he heard: Earth thou art, and into earth thou shalt go [Gen. iii, 19]; that is, you have loved the corruptio… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1187B…rtal, and to have received from its very origin the decree of death. For God, the creator of all, said to Adam: “You are earth, and to earth you shall return” (Gen. III, 19). And truthful is He who passed the sen… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:147B…sgression, a destination consistent with our beginning. For we return to the earth. Since it has been said: "Earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return" (Gen. III, 19). End. This is death. Life which… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3203…in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children but that other of adam dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return and regarding both to lead a life of misery and sorrow forever but in truth… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:3327A…ere indeed acting wretchedly, and were going off into earth and corruption, as we, who have all once heard: “Earth you are, and to the earth you shall return” (Gen. III, 19), were persuaded; for this happened to… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:91…forth to thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the field in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread d… Thalassius of Libya fl. c. 630-650PG 91:1459D…peace; and love God, and you shall attain knowledge. 22. By labor and toil, and the sweat of your brow, you were condemned to eat the bread of knowledge. b Gen. iii, 19.… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1271A…is reared, he is brought up, he grows. Henceforth, there follow labors, sweats, and sadness. "In the sweat of your face," he says, "you shall eat your bread" (Gen. iii, 19). The second sentence against us: "Thor… Andrew of Crete c. 660–740PG 97:1271A…field" (Gen. iii, 18). This is the sixth sentence: "Until you return to the earth from which you were taken; for earth you are, and to the earth you shall go" (Gen. iii, 19). This is the seventh sentence against… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1491C…and the beauty of your body, and the honors heaped upon you by all? Attend to yourself, for you are mortal; that you are earth, and to earth you shall return (Gen. III, 19). Look around at those who, before you,… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:467B…— What is there that hinders the flesh, etc. Philo, from the Questions on Genesis. — What is this: Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken? (Gen. III, 19.) For not from the earth alone… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:581…found a life that is harsh full of care and sorrowful for in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread cursed is the earth in thy works it shall bring forth thorns and… Theodore Abu Qurrah c. 755-830PG 97:1461A…mind to hold such a view? A. Since, then, when God pronounced against the man who had transgressed His commandment, "Earth you are, and to earth you shall go" (Gen. III, 19), He acted in accordance with the prior… Peter of Sicily 9th–10th c.PG 104:1351A…now beholds the first fruits of its restoration and rejoices. Today our first parents, as the decree that had been issued, that man should return to the earth ⟦Gen. III, 19⟧ was about to be undone, hearing this r… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:1123D…made by hand"? It is, as I have said, this brief life, supported or built up by human labors: In the sweat of thy face, he says, shalt thou eat thy bread [Gen. iii, 19]. When this is dissolved, we possess th… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:569…for the reason that thou hast acted against my law and with the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread thou who didst wish to be a god listening to the counsel of the serpent… Arethas of Caesarea c. 860 – after 932PG 106:531A…eparation of the soul from the body, according to the just and inevitable sentence of the almighty God, namely: "Earth you are, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. III, 19)—all men, just and sinful, undergo this… Symeon the New Theologian 949–1022PG 120:389…first parent i say to wit corruption and death when he said in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread and thou art earth and into earth thou shalt return and into dust… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:737B…hey came, which they hasten to enter as if it were a maternal bosom: and the law is set for us, that those who are from the earth should return to the earth ⟦ Gen. III, 19⟧. Furthermore, whatever grows old and b… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:775C…ut salvos faceret mansuetos terræ. By "earth," he understands human nature, to which it was elsewhere said: "Earth thou art, and into earth shalt thou return" [Gen. III, 19]. Especially, however, he calls those w… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:131…from whence we were taken according to that curse which says 'dust thou art and unto dust shalt thou return ' yet from thence as the golden mouthed john says we are taken up again and… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1307A…lay and then breathed a soul into him; and that when he had transgressed the command, he heard this from God: Dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return (Gen. III, 19), and not long after was commanded to l… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:333…we are called earth—we who have heard from God: "You are earth, and to earth you shall return" (Gen. iii, 19). We, however, are full of the mercies… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:139B…"And into the cubiculum of her who conceived me," that is, of the earth, according to what has been said: "Earth thou art, and into earth shalt thou return." ⟦Gen. III, 19⟧ The cubiculum of this, I say, is death… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:131D…the latter kiss, and the former wound? The latter said: Ye shall be as gods (Gen. III, 5); the former said: Dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return (Gen. III, 19). Which profited more—he who said, Ye… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:193C…t he introduced labor for our utility and benefit. And it seems to be punishment and retribution to hear, "In the sweat of your face you shall eat your bread" (Gen. 3:19); but the truth is, it is a kind of adm… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:1005…d with this most wretched and laborious manner of life. 4. And in the end, he consequently adds: Because you are earth, and into the earth you shall return (Gen. III, 19), signifying hence also the mortality o… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:171C…ll therefore be a liar when he says: "God hidden in human nature; and that the nature which had heard on earth, 'You are earth, and to earth you shall return' (Gen. III, 19), this same nature heard in the heavens… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:487…sprout for thee and thou shalt eat the herb of the field in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread till thou return to the earth from whence thou wast taken for dust… Photius of ConstantinoplePG 104:401B…t happens to be small, is more precious; but that which has fallen upon one automatically is contemptible, even if it exists as great." Vers. 22, en hidrōti. Gen. III, 19. Vers. 33, ē ta. H. St. 2, eite. Ve… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1119…that one ought to labor because work brings profit h gen iii in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread ii paral xv be ye strong and let not your hands be weak… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1049A…new Adam underwent the penalty of death, and the name of His wife (that is, the Church) He established as Life, since she herself is the mother of all living (Gen. 3:20), life hidden in Christ (Col. 3:3). Hen… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:731A…e is the mother of all living. And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife tunics of skin, and clothed them. And God said: Behold, Adam is become as one of us (Gen. 3. 20). From the sins of Adam this reading is… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1637…of this one and adam called the name of his wife life because she was the mother of all the living just as that for this cause a man shall leave his father and mother which… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:569…he drew his origin and adam called the name of his wife eve because she was the mother of all the living divine moses indeed observed even in the narration of events the order and sequence… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:571…divine instinct called his wife eva but the words that are added because she was the mother of all living are not adam's but moses's explaining the term eva with that interpretation but you will say… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1065…ething other than birds, namely, "a certain divine thing, and august to human contemplation" (Homily 14 on Luke). Moreover, a certain place of his in Genesis III, 21, is cited in the Catena, in which, after he has discoursed… Macarius of Magnesia fl. c. 400PG 10:1403A…in is thick, and dead, and hard, so also the flesh became thick, and gross, and mortal, and hard and refractory (42). Besides Origen, who in his commentary on Gen. iii, 21, judged this opinion indeed quite proba… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1077A…vine image that he possessed. Hence, he says, is why mention is made of the "garments of skin" in Scripture: "He made them garments of skin, and clothed them" [Gen. 3:21]—which he takes to mean the body. And t… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:527B…not so that we might be clothed in such things as expose us to greater shame than nakedness itself. For this reason God also clothed Adam in garments of skin (Gen. 3:21), and likewise his wife; although, had… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:617…and these are the words b and god said behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil since therefore he said as one of us and declared a number of those… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:777A…s existence and of His being powerful, and Lord, and God. And again, when the word says that God said in the beginning: "Behold, Adam has become as one of us" (Gen. III, 22), this "as one of us" also indicates nu… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:15…a the libation of the tree of life and eat and he shall live forever these excerpts which escaped nourry are taken from the prophetic eclogues ed… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1457B…odies will surely also admit that the tree of life is sensible. For after the tunics it is said: Lest he take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever (Gen. III, 22).'" And in the eighth book of the Stro… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:175…eat of it until you return eve behold adam has become like one of us to know good and evil and now lest he perchance put forth vulgate latin he deceived me the ground she shall… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:177…shall eat of it to turn you back life behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he stretch out his hand theodotio your conceptions cursed is the… Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1211…he says is it fitting for god to say behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil d and now lest perhaps he stretch forth his hand and take also of… Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:135…cast him out lest perhaps he reach out his hand and take of the tree of life and eat and live forever' by saying 'lest perhaps ' he is ignorant but by adding 'lest perhaps he… Pseudo-Clement of Rome 3rd-4th c. (pseudonymousPG 2:499…us cast him out lest he stretch forth his hand and touch of the tree of life and eat and live for ever he is envious and when it is written god pondered that he had… Macarius of Magnesia fl. c. 400PG 10:1397…words of genesis ch iii are the argument itself behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil c he comments on this passage in this way that is not as if… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:1107…wife tunics of skins and clothed them and god said behold adam is become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest perhaps he reach forth his hand and take also of… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1055…baptized into christ have put on christ having become conformed to him and the lord god said behold adam is become as one of us to know good and evil and for what reason tell me… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1057…everything thereafter about the man alone for he says behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil as if to say behold we have sketched out a certain type and figure… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1065…show that god when he spoke of man saying lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live for ever did not imply bodily life but… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:149…let us come to the sequence and god said 'behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:151…but what you were worthy to become behold he says adam has become as one of us to know good and evil for the deceptive devil told them this through the serpent that your eyes will… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:277…who told you that you are naked and again behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he stretch forth his hand and take also of the tree… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:545A…third heaven; the tree of life is fenced off from Adam; for God said, he says, "Lest perhaps Adam should put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life" (cf. Gen. 3:22). There, life was forbidden, and the tr… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:643…says taste of the tree of life explicitly saying 'behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he extend his hand and take of the tree of life… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1639…revelation imparted to him he called it the operation of god vers and the lord god said behold adam is become as one of us knowing good and evil he torments adam severely with these words… Ephraim of Antioch d. 545PG 86:2101B…t that John the Evangelist still remains? John xxi, 22. IV. If Adam was created immortal, how was he ignorant of whom he was? V. What is the sense of the words Gen. iii, 22: Behold, Adam has become as one of us?… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:235…by god saying lest he reach out his hand and take from the tree of life and eat and live forever he implanted in man a certain desire love and good hope for immortality and through… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:327C…om paradise, and the fact that He gave these warnings and words, "Lest he reach forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever" (Gen. III, 22); these, I say, are the words of One in… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:413B…of life is a type of the future heavenly world, in which life and blessedness prevail; for the saying, "Lest he extend his hand and take of the tree of life" ⟦Gen. 3, 22⟧, signified the height of the tree, and… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…the city and the tower which the sons of men were building and the lord god said behold the race is one and there is one lip for all and this they have begun to do… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1069C…the holy and consubstantial Trinity: and that there is one and only 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… Nicephorus the Philosopher fl. c. 890PG 106:59…What is said concerning the dual subsistence. "Let us make man according to our image and likeness" (Gen. I, 26). "Behold, Adam has become as one of us" (Gen. III, 22). "What is his name, or what is his son… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 103:987A…tal, was ignorant of what was beneficial, just as the devil and his apostate powers were before him. But the statement, Behold, Adam has become as one of us [Gen. III, 22], even if to some it has seemed to be s… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:507…is confirmed by numysius the christian philosopher writing thus behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil lest therefore he extend his hand and take also of the tree of life… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:535…obeyed the law set before him he would permit him to eat of the tree of life and thus he would live and become eternal and immortal and this is evident from the fact that when… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:573…eat; and furthermore, that the incentives to lust might be hidden. And the Lord God said: Behold, Adam is become as one of us, to know good and evil (Gen. III, 22). These words are spoken by God with contempt and irony reg… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:575…a perhaps he might stretch forth his hand and take from the tree of life and eat and live forever this reason is put forward why adam was not left in paradise after he had… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:591…most blessed for the most miserable and the lord said behold adam is become as one of us to know good and evil we have explained these things abundantly above lest perhaps he reach forth his… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:1275…coats of skins and clothed them and god said behold adam has become as one of us to know good and evil and now lest he put forth his hand and take also of the tree… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:403…us cast him out lest he stretch forth his hand and take of the tree of life and eat and live forever ' is a sign of ignorance and envy just as these words 'and god… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:735C…e speaks, or whom He addresses, yet it is evident that He is not speaking of 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… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:807…us make man to our image and likeness and again behold adam is become as one of us now therefore lest perhaps he put forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and… Manuel Kalekas d. 1410PG 152:579A…he things concerning Him in this pure way. And many such things are found elsewhere, represented in Scripture, just as it is said, "Adam became as one of us." ⟦Gen. III, 22⟧ For he had supposed he would become a… Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1205A…from the things which he again brings forward in Genesis: "Behold, Adam is become as one of us" (Gen. iii, 22). It can be proven, therefore, by many… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:163…might perhaps assert that just as it is written concerning adam and the lord god sent him forth from the paradise of delight to till the ground from which he was taken so also was john… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:159…not said in vain and the lord god cast him out of the garden of eden to till the earth from which he had been taken d some think that paradise blossomed only on the third… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1307D…uor of the senile body is the suppression of the movements of the soul. Title V. — Concerning agriculture and husbandmen; and that to work is good. Gen. iii, 23. — « The Lord drove Adam out of the par… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:575…of life and the lord god sent him out of the paradise of eden to till the ground from which he had been taken b adam ejected from paradise therefore for these reasons adam was forbidden… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:609…of god showing how ye may pass by the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every way and kept the way of the tree of life for both these keep the way of the tree… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1027…burn you what kind of fire he stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every way to guard the way of the tree of life for this reason those blessed ones waited there acting… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:703…is written he set the flaming sword and the cherubim to guard the way of the tree of life and just as if a sharp and glowing sword were inserted into a body it bestows a… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:1029…cherubim and b the flaming sword which turns every way to guard the way of the tree of life for it was not for anyone else to lead us back to where we had been cast… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:353…guile of the serpent for god ordained the flaming sword to guard the way of the tree of life having passed which without hindrance we shall be admitted within to the enjoyment of good things in… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:1215D…bello revertebatur. Col. 771 B. Domine, memento. Addebantur hæc in ms. Mor. quæ aberant ab altero Cant. et ab interprete, desumpta ex Lucæ xxiii, 42. Porro Genes. III, 24, legimus, καὶ ἔταξε τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1061…and set the cherubim and the flaming sword which turns to guard the way of the tree of life man therefore perished all alone if indeed he was the only one condemned above the beasts and… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:1063…human race from all evil and the flaming turning sword to guard the way of the tree of life c cherubim is expounded as a multitude of knowledge and knowledge is the true pious faith in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:477…ghtful place, in a beautiful place. For this reason, in the end, it says: And He cast out Adam, and placed him over against the paradise of delight (Gen. 3. 24). Why not in another climate, but paradise toward the east?… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1639…had rendered himself unworthy of immortal life vers and he placed cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life the cherubim are invisible powers these he… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:227…of eden cherubim and the blade of a turning sword to guard the way of the tree of life h c neither a spear gleaming with fire as some say nor a fiery sword was present… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:413…as he appointed the cherubim and the revolving flaming sword to guard the way of the tree of life so he appointed the angels and the luminaries that revolve around the height of the firmament where… Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:531…for great virginity god has ordained a flaming sword turning to guard the way of the tree of life having driven out the forefather from the possession of delight and you will find the history related… Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:595…exiles from paradise ordered the flaming sword which turns about to guard the way of the tree of life in the midst of paradise since christ suffered in the flesh for the salvation of men one… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:577…labors and sweats once he had been cast out of b paradise and he placed at the east of the garden of eden cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way… Moses bar Kepha c. 813-903PG 111:591…to the east of the paradise of eden the cherub and the flaming sword which turned every way to keep the way of the tree of life the guard was placed only to the eastern part… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1701…pe of the tree of life, taken in the likeness of an innocent one." It is clear from these words that the heretics allude to those things mentioned in Genesis iii, 26, concerning the cherubim, whom God is said to have placed a…