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2Gen 31:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:355…hinder original script column see facsimile exactors original script column see facsimile as yesterday and the day before let them go and gather straw for themselves hebrew text version vulgate latin aquila invocation is upon us… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:497…them only but laban himself as well for jacob it says saw the countenance of laban and behold he was not toward him as yesterday and the day before for the words of his sons had… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:243…saw the face of laban and behold he was not toward him as yesterday and the day before and the lord said to jacob return into the land of your father and to your kindred and…
3Gen 31:3
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1039…the tetragrammaton stood by him again and said to him return into the land of thy fathers and to thy kindred and i will be with thee these things were spoken to him in dreams and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:455…to him do not descend into egypt and dwell in this land and i will be with thee he it was who was dispensing all these things and establishing the just man in such great security… Isaias AbbasPG 40:1119…god helps him as it is written return into the land of thy kindred and i will be with thee afterwards he came to salem and bought a field there and built an altar to god…
4Gen 31:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:497…delay but was already making preparations for this for it says he sent and called rachel and leah to the field where he was pasturing the flocks and said to them he wishes to set before… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:243…your father and to your kindred and i will be with you and jacob sent and called rachel and leah into the field where the flocks were and he said to them i see the face…
5Gen 31:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:497…said it says to them i see the countenance of your father that it is not toward me as yesterday and the day before but the god of my father was with me and you know… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:243…and he said to them i see the face of your father that it is not toward me as yesterday and the day before but the god of my father was with me and you yourselves… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:211…leah and rachel jacob said i see the countenance of your father that it is not toward me as yesterday and the day before but the god of my father was with me c and it…
7Gen 31:7
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:259…genesis h the hebrew the hebrew in greek characters aquila he tricked me and changed my wages ten times hebrew text version he deceived me and changed my wages vulgate latin he circumvented me and changed… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:261…changed my wages by a count of ten b lxx interpreters he deceived me and changed my wages ten times and the syrian and he changed my wages ten times theodotion c notes and various readings…
9Gen 31:9
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:497…the sheep will bring forth white and god has taken away all the cattle of your father and has given them to me c see how he teaches them both things the ingratitude of their father… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:245…injuries of their father he added moreover god has taken away all the cattle of your father and has given them to me and rachel and leah answering said to him is there yet any portion… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:447…this is that which he says god has taken all the flocks of your father and given them to me moreover the venerable brides of the savior follow the caller with a ready spirit as if…
10Gen 31:10
Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:401…month i was by the side of the great river chobar and i lifted up mine eyes and saw and behold a man a clothed in fine linen and his loins were girded with gold of… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:535…been transferred to their enemies he proceeds to say c vers and i lifted up mine eyes and saw and behold two women coming out and a spirit in their wings and they had wings like…
11Gen 31:11
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:71…sheep and the goats white and ring streaked and grisled and speckled and the angel of god spake unto me in a dream saying jacob and i said what is it and he said lift up…
12Gen 31:12
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:607…and the goats white spotted and variegated and ash colored and speckled for i have seen all that laban does to you i am the god who appeared to you in the place of god where… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:71…me in a dream saying jacob and i said what is it and he said lift up now thine eyes and see all the he goats and the rams which leap upon the sheep and the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:497…sheep and the goats white speckled and spotted and ash colored sprinkled for i have seen all that laban does to you do you see that the energy from above was what was accomplishing everything and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:197…mounting the she goats white and spotted and ash colored and speckled for i have seen all that laban does to you i am your god who appeared to you in the place of god where…
13Gen 31:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:71…in the place of god where thou anointedst a pillar for me and where thou vowedst a vow unto me now therefore arise get thee out from this land and return unto the land of thy…
14Gen 31:14
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:245…has given them to me and rachel and leah answering said to him is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father s house are we not esteemed as strangers by him for… Antonius Melissa fl. 11th centuryPG 136:1083…sagacious h gen xxxi rachel and lia answered jacob is there still any portion or inheritance for us in the house of our father have we not been considered as outsiders by him…
15Gen 31:15
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:343A…he man's philosophy have appeared, nor would they have become more intimate with him. For see what they say: "He hath devoured us and hath eaten up our price" (Gen. 31:15). And so this was for the sake of love.…
18Gen 31:18
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:247…he had acquired in mesopotamia and all his things b and went to isaac his father in the land of canaan and laban went to shear his sheep and rachel stole the idols of her father…
19Gen 31:19
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:1371C…rieved. As if by one step (to speak so) I and death are divided. ...the king to eat. It is finished. Tomorrow or the day after. Aquila also brings forward Gen. XXXI, 19, Jud. XVII, 5. But this Coislinian manu… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:247…b and went to isaac his father in the land of canaan and laban went to shear his sheep and rachel stole the idols of her father and jacob hid it from laban the syrian that… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1649…which he was sleeping h chapter xxxi h vers at that time laban went to shear his sheep and rachel stole her father's idols d insofar as it is possible to conjecture from the history it…
24Gen 31:24
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:295…who reigned in gerar he writes b and god came to abimelech in a dream by night and said behold thou art but a dead man for the woman which thou hast taken this was abraham's… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:499…to laban by night in a dream for god came it says to laban the syrian in a dream by night and spoke to him see the indulgence of god how because of his providence toward… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:507D…by night to Laban and repressed his impulse, and gave a command that he should not speak even a harsh word to Jacob: for he said, Do not speak evil to Jacob (Gen. XXXI, 24): and He was arranging this in such a w… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:655D…were then inhabiting Palestine. Thus He threatened Laban, who was breathing slaughter: "Beware," He says, "lest you speak anything harsh to my servant Jacob" (Gen. XXXI, 24). He calls them "christs," not as being… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:247…journey of seven days and overtook him at the mount of galaad and god came to laban the syrian in a dream by night and said to him beware that you do not speak evil to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:677…the altar that was in gibeon and the lord appeared to solomon in a dream by night and said to him 'ask what i shall give thee ' b now if he had offered sacrifices to…
27Gen 31:27
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:501…a beast now imitates the gentleness of sheep why did you flee secretly and steal away from me and lead away my daughters as captives with the sword why he says have you done this what…
29Gen 31:29
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:501…vehemence my hand has the power he says to do you harm but the god of your father yesterday said to me saying 'take heed to yourself that you do not speak anything harsh to jacob… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:567…will is to be applied and the whole matter is accomplished for it is in the power of anyone if indeed he wills it whether he be small or great or learned or unlearned just as…
32Gen 31:32
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1661…no harm to him who confidently proclaims with whomsoever thou shalt find thy gods let him not live in the sight of our brethren know what is thine with me and take it for nothing can…
34Gen 31:34
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1773D…Rachel, the mother of the younger son, obtained the first fruits of the blessings (Gen. XXVII, 28). Raab used good craftiness (Jos. II, 4), and so did Rachel (Gen. XXXI, 34); the former by hiding the explorers, t… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1225A…idols, and put them into the harness of the camel, and sat upon them, and said to her father, "I cannot rise before you, for the custom of women is upon me." (Gen. xxxi, 34, 35). It was told to Thamar, saying, "…
35Gen 31:35
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:247…do not take it ill my lord i cannot rise before you for the custom of women is upon me and laban searched in his whole house and found not the idols and since he is… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1225…upon them and said to her father i cannot rise before you for the custom of women is upon me gen xxxi it was told to thamar saying behold your father in law goes up to… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1385…rachel said do not be angry sir i cannot rise before you for the custom of women is upon me the theologian however placed leah with rachel as one privy to the theft for it is…
39Gen 31:39
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:465C…he thefts of the day and the thefts of the night; I became one scorched by the heat of the day and by the frost of the night, and sleep departed from my eyes (Gen. 31:39-41). These things he suffered, he who had… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:473C…ket the thefts of the day and the thefts of the night; I was consumed by the heat during the day, and by the frost at night, and sleep departed from my eyes." (Gen. 31. 39-40). For it is likely that all these thing…
40Gen 31:40
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:737…of the flocks from laban says in the day time the heat consumed me and the frost by night the mouth of the leper is covered so that he may have nothing by which the sinner…
41Gen 31:41
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:465D…father-in-law, he was envied even so, and endured a second deception regarding his wages, as he himself convicted him, saying: You cheated me with ten lambs (Gen. 31:41). But once with the father-in-law, the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1111…Col. 2 from the bottom. Thoryvon. Ol. thymon. A little later, rhaidios. Ol. eukolōs. Col. 466, l. 17. Parelogisō me. As to this passage of Genesis XXXI, 41, see what we have said in our Hexapla. Shortly after, exet…
42Gen 31:42
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:397A…ius, Tabitha (Acts 10. 3; 9. 36); hear also Jacob saying to Laban: "Unless the fear of my father had been with me, now even empty you would have sent me away" (Gen. 31. 42); hear also God again saying: "I will s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:397A…even empty you would have sent me away" (Gen. 31. 42); hear also God again saying: "I will shield this city for my sake, and for the sake of David my servant" (Gen. 31. 42; 4 Reg. 19. 34). But when? When Hezekia…
43Gen 31:43
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:247…your daughters are my daughters and your sons my sons and your cattle are my cattle and all that you see are mine and my daughters' what shall i do to them this day or to…
44Gen 31:44
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:505…do to them today or to those born of them now come let us make a covenant i and you and it shall be for a testimony between me and you let us make he says… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:247…day or to their sons whom they have borne now therefore come let us make a covenant i and you and it shall be for a testimony between me and you and he said to him…
45Gen 31:45
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:185…early and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil upon the top of it and called the name of that place the house…
47Gen 31:47
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1195A…But where it says they spoke Chaldaean, in Daniel it is in Hebrew, which the Septuagint renders Euphon, as in Isa. xxxvi, 11; and Laban, who spoke Chaldaean, Gen. xxxi, 47, they call a Syrian). Chamus is called…
48Gen 31:48
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:279…then rendered fruitless therefore they ceased building the city and the tower therefore was the name of it called confusion because there the lord god confused the lips of all the earth and from thence the…
50Gen 31:50
Alexander of Alexandria d. 326PG 18:535…or "introduced" concubines among the ancients. Regarding whom even the common interpreter of the Holy Scriptures uses the word "superintroduction" in Gen. xxxi, v. 50. Many examples of excellent authors would also suffice, by…
51Gen 31:51
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:269…at least a part that does not exist in the hebrew namely and laban said to jacob behold this mound and this pillar which i have set between me and thee this mound bears witness and…
53Gen 31:53
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:505…and the god of nachor shall judge between us and jacob swore by the fear of his father isaac b and he sacrificed a sacrifice on the mountain and called his brothers and they ate and… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:199…might prefigure the truth b interr xci what is this jacob swore by the fear of his father isaac he called the piety of isaac his fear that is god whose fear he carried in his… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:451…a sufficiently adequate testimony between me and between you and jacob swore by the fear of his father isaac for he who swears makes him by whom he swears to be god d such therefore was… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:587B…od rejects the Hebrews for the reason that they are few, and comprised of a meager number; for they are as many as God Himself promised to Abraham would exist (Gen. xxxi, 53). But God does not rejoice in a vast mu…
55Gen 31:55
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:505…ate and drank and slept on the mountain and laban rising early kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them and laban turned back and departed to his own home you have seen beloved how…