Where the Fathers quote Genesis 32

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John ChrysostomPG 54:506expounds v.1“Και Ιακωβ απηλθεν εις την οδον εαυτου. και αναβλεψας ειδε παρεμβολην Θεου παρεμβεβληκυιαν, και συνηντησαν αυτω οι αγγελοι του Θεου.”On Jacob’s Vision: «And Jacob looked up and saw the camp of God encamped, and the angels of God met him, etc.» (on gentleness and humility) Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:415…genesis and looking up jacob saw the camps of god in array and the angels of god met him and jacob said when he saw them these are the camps of god outside those celestial camps… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:387B…" (Gen. XVIII, 33; XIX, 1). And, "Angels of God met Jacob, and when he saw them, he said, 'This is a camp of God,' and he called the name of that place Camps" (Gen. XXXII, 1, 2). Thus, the friend of God rightly di… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:735…e camps of God pitched, and the angels of God met him; and when he saw them, Jacob said: These are the camps of God, and called the name of that place, Camps (Gen. 32. 1-2). — Jacob asks God to fulfill His promi… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:251…jacob he says looked up and saw the camp of god encamped and the angels of god met him and jacob said when he saw them this is the camp of god and he called the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:443C…me from my youth" (Gen. 48:16). And they said of Rhoda the girl: "It is his angel" (Acts 12:15). And again Jacob: "I saw," he says, "the camps of the angels" (Gen. 32:2). But why did he see the camps and troo… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:705D…avimus, et nos rursus martyrum chorus assequutus est, vel martyrum castra potius et exercitus nihilo minor illis angelorum castris, quæ patriarcha Jacob vidit (Gen. 32. 2), sed æmulus illis et æqualis. Martyres… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:611B…examples be provided, so that what we say might be made more manifest. Again, Jacob saw angels meeting him and the camp of God, and he called the place "Camp" (Gen. 32.2). Although the place was not a camp, ne… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:277…that it was god to whom no name could be specifically attributed he called the name of that place the face of god for i saw god face to face he says and my soul was… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:255…be seen and furthermore to be wondered at it is written therefore and jacob sent messengers before him to esau his brother into the land of seir to the country of edom and commanded them saying… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:127…who therefore follows this way to him the angels of god meet and he commanded them saying thus shall you say to my lord esau thus says your servant jacob i have sojourned with laban b… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:255…born to me oxen and asses and sheep and menservants and maidservants and i have sent to tell my lord esau that your servant might find grace in your sight and the messengers returned to jacob… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:255…my lord esau that your servant might find grace in your sight and the messengers returned to jacob saying we came to your brother esau and behold he is coming to b meet you and four… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1039…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 through an angel and as… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:507…you i be held worthy to be aided by your protection for jacob said o god of my father abraham and god of my father isaac you who said to me go to the land of… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:255…to one company and smites it the second company shall be saved and jacob said o god of my father abraham and god of my father isaac o lord who said to me return to the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1139…oaching mob with this ambiguous saying: I have seen you as if it were the face of God, with which Jacob once appeased his brother Esau, as it is in Gen. xxxii, 10. They were appeased, but they demanded one thing more: that… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:569…until the present has ordered my affairs thus he also said before for with my staff i passed over this jordan and behold now i have become two camps and now he says the same thing… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:669B…s, and horses, and with all other things. And having such possessions, he comes carrying only a staff, and Jacob says: With my staff I passed over this Jordan (Gen. 32. 10), as if to say: Possessing only a staff… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:275B…hat he delivered, but also how and in what matter. See therefore him specifically commemorating the benefits. "With my staff," he says, "I crossed the Jordan" (Gen. 32:10). The Jews, moreover, were always mindf… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1043C…ied by folly and extreme senselessness, and they secretly happen to be made like to the one through unjust actions, and unlike the other. They address him (Gen. xxxii, 11). For the minor was winning the ben… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:465D…from the hand of Esau my brother, for I fear him, lest he should come and strike me and the mother with the children. But you said to me, I will do you good (Gen. 32:11-12). How much cheerfulness would not this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:631D…liant to God and prays, "Rescue me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I fear him, lest perhaps coming he might strike me, and the mother upon the children" (Gen. 32:11). Do you see how this man also feared d… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 50:633…t they may spare them, but kill me" (Gen. 12:12)? Have you heard Jacob saying, "Deliver me, O Lord, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I fear him" (Gen. 32:11)? Do you see Elijah fleeing the threat of a woman because… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:507…me such wealth who have given me such increase now deliver me from the hand of my brother esau for i fear d him lest perchance he strike me and the mother with the children you… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:519D…u, a man covered with crimes and parricides, he was praying to God and saying, "Lord, deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, because I fear him greatly" (Gen. 32.11): and he was thus praying to God that h… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:715C…fit, the matter is worthy of praise. Jacob feared his brother Esau, and begged God, saying: "Deliver me from the hand of my brother, lest he come and kill me" (Gen. 32:11). But when he sees him, he honors him a… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:255…crossed the jordan but now i have become two companies deliver me from the hand of my brother from the hand of esau for i fear him lest perhaps he come and smite me and the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:209…seed shall be as the stars of heaven in multitude and as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered etc these things require a thoughtful and attentive listener for it is new that it… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:507…children you said i will do you good and will set your seed as the sand of the sea which cannot be numbered for the multitude h the struggle of jacob with the angel the change… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:255…said i will do well by you and i will make your seed as the sand of the sea which shall not be numbered for the multitude c you understand how he insinuates himself pleasantly to… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:607…jacob himself in other words it says 'and rising that night he took his two wives and his two handmaids and his eleven children and crossed the ford of jabbok and he took them and crossed… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:385…form just as abraham did in the history which is as follows and he rose up that night and took his two wives and his two handmaids and his eleven children and passed over the ford… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:507…had sent those offering the gifts and had slept he rose in that night and took his two wives and his children and sent them across in the passage of the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…is more excellent these things have been said about him and jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day and when he saw that he… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:385…jacob and he took them and sent over all that he had and jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the morning and he saw that he could not prevail against… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1039…fit the testimonies concerning him h chapter vii h and jacob remained alone and there wrestled a man with him until morning then after a little when jacob said i will not let thee go except… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:143…in fact at the fords of jabbok as it is written d and jacob was left alone and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day and when he saw that he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day and when he saw that he prevailed not against him he touched the hollow of his thigh and the hollow of jacob s thigh… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:945C…um statim sequatur, τὸ δὲ ἄβατον γενέσθαι πονηρίᾳ τὸν ναὸν ἐκεῖνον.] νάπαι, σπήλαια, conf. 95 init. ναρκᾶν, propr. torpere 512 a. m. 827 a. m. Hom. II. 6. 528, Gen. xxxii. 25 metu obrigescere 499 c. m. stupidus, ta… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:271C…⟧ "For he touched," he says, "the man wrestling with Jacob upon the breadth of his thigh, and the breadth of Jacob's thigh grew numb, as he wrestled with him" (Gen. XXXII, 25). Come then, let us see what we should… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:143…there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day and when he saw that he prevailed not against him he touched the hollow of his thigh and the hollow of jacob's thigh was… AnonymousPG 106:1275…morning and he saw that he could not prevail against him and he touched the hollow of his thigh and the hollow of his thigh was numbed in his wrestling with him and the wrestler said… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…jacob s thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him and he said let me go for the day breaketh and he said i will not let thee go except thou bless me and… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:385…grew stiff while he wrestled with him and he said to him let me go for the day breaks but he said i will not let you go unless you bless me and he said to… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1039…a man with him until morning then after a little when jacob said i will not let thee go except thou bless me he said to him what is thy name c he answered jacob and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:711B…onquered" by him, as he testifies in these words: "Let me go, for the dawn has ascended"; to which Jacob answered: "I will not let you go unless you bless me" (Gen. 32:26). That miracle, therefore, is a testimo… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:273C…derstanding who the wrestler was and having now gained perception of the whole matter, struggles firmly and says: "I will not let you go, unless you bless me" (Gen. XXXII, 26). He was blessed, and indeed the mode o… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:143…of jacob's thigh was out of joint as he wrestled with him and he said let me go for the day breaketh and he said i will not let thee go except thou bless me and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:985…he wrestled with him and the man who was wrestling with him said let me go for the dawn is ascending but he answered i will not let you go unless you bless me and he… Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1117…e is often used not after the manner of the Greeks, but of the Hellenists and Hebrews. To whom lo has the force of an adversative in speech, as in Genesis xxxii, 26: "I will not let you go, unless (ean me) you bless me," w… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…he said i will not let thee go except thou bless me and he said unto him what is thy name and he said jacob and he said unto him thy name shall be called no… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:85…hast thou come before the time to torment us and jesus asked him what is thy name and he said legion because many demons had entered into him and they besought him b not to be… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:55…adjure thee by god that thou torment me not and he asked him what is thy name and he saith to him legion is my name and they besought him d… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:531…heir God, and my name Lord I did not reveal to them" (Exod. VI, 3). So too Jacob, after the struggle, wishing to know it, heard: "Why do you ask for my name?" (Gen. XXXII, 27). It is enough for you that my blessing… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:539…him come out thou unclean spirit from the man and he asked him what is thy name and he answered saying legion is my name for we are many and he besought him much that he… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 123:805…driven by the demon into the deserts and jesus asked him saying what is thy name and he said legion because many demons had entered into him and they begged him that he would not command… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…is thy name and he said jacob and he said unto him thy name shall be called no more jacob but israel shall thy name be for as a prince hast thou power with god and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1709A…Israel signifies God? This word sounds indeed the prince of God and [the] Lord, as the angel himself, who imposed this name on Jacob, indicated in these words, Gen. xxxii, 28: Thy name shall be called no more Jaco… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:123A…XXXV, 9); and at another time he spoke to him, appearing in the likeness of a man: "Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name" (Gen. XXXII, 28); when he also called the name of the p… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:123A…d a man, yet He who gave the oracle said: "Your name shall not be called Jacob, it says, but Israel shall be your name, because you have been strong with God" (Gen. XXXII, 28); whence Jacob also said: "For I have s… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:557B…e passions, is called Jacob, rejoicing in defeating the powers that produce these; insofar as he is purified and sees God, Israel: for he is a mind seeing God (Gen. 32: 28). And otherwise: in addition to the pro… Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:923D…And so that he might receive the mystery of this vision, He says to him as he was departing: "You were strong against God, and against men you will prevail." ⟦Gen. xxxii, 28.⟧ As if saying: "Go, trusting in this s… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:273C…he blessing was the transformation of the former name into another. "For your name," He says, "shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name" (Gen. XXXII, 28). Since Jacob signifies "supplanter," t… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1043C…What of Moses? Who said: Show me thy face, that I may know thee (Exod. XXXIII, 15). But Jacob herein received his name, called Israel, that is, Seeing God (Gen. XXXII, 28). What then does John say: No one has… Pantaleon the Deacon unknownPG 140:579D…with him in the night, and touches his thigh, almost saying: "If you have been able to wrestle with angels, why do you fear a man in whom destruction falls?" (Gen. xxxii, 28). XIII. But when those who had descend… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:609…said tell me your name and he said why do you ask my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place vision of god for i saw god face to… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…for as a prince hast thou power with god and with men and jacob asked him and said tell me i pray thee thy name and he said wherefore is it that thou dost ask after… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:385…said tell me your name and he said why do you ask my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place the appearance of god for i have seen god… Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1575…said tell me your name and he said why do you ask my name and he blessed him there diodorus and jacob said tell me what your name is and he said why do you ask… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:267…said tell me your name and he said why do you ask my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place the face of god for i have seen god… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:641…trumpet thy throne o god is for ever and ever in genesis and jacob asked him and said tell me your name and he said why do you ask my name and it is wondrous c… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:953…and a man wrestled with him until morning and after other things and jacob asked him and said tell me thy name and he said why dost thou ask my name and he blessed him there… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1651…a man cannot overcome him whom even god could not conquer vers jacob asked him and said tell me thy name and he said why dost thou ask my name and he blessed him in the… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:897…lord and it rained jacob saw him as a man and said i have seen god face to face and my soul was saved abraham who received him as a guest confessed him to be judge… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:609…said why do you ask my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place vision of god for i saw god face to face and my soul rejoiced b and… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:769…and with jacob a man wrestled and he says he is god for i have seen god face to face and my soul was preserved he says that jacob said and that he even described the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:73…that thou dost ask after my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of the place peniel for i have seen god face to face and my life is preserved and the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:127…john i and having beheld that word and life jacob adds saying for i have seen god face to face and jacob loved joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:57…also called the name of that place the vision of god saying for i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved moreover it is not permitted to suspect that the theophanies… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:385…said why do you ask my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place the appearance of god for i have seen god face to face and my soul is… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:397…sensing his divine power called that place the appearance of god saying for i have seen god face to face and my soul was preserved d this confirms that it is no other than the word… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1039…how much more shalt thou prevail against men and after a little and jacob called the name of the place phanuel the vision of god saying i have seen god face to face and my soul… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1043…word of life jacob having beheld this word and life continues saying for i have seen god face to face and my soul is saved b h chapter viii h judah thee shall thy brethren praise… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:411…arising called the name of that place the appearance of god saying for i have seen god face to face for this is that very one who appeared to jacob in the form of a man… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:969…who was seen by jacob in the form of a man when jacob called the name of the place in which god appeared to him the species of god adding for i have seen god face… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1013…account that religious man perceiving him who is called his god says i have seen god face to face and my soul was preserved this very god he says who appeared to jacob shall again be… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:123A…l be your name" (Gen. XXXII, 28); when he also called the name of the place, The Look of God, saying: "For I have seen God face to face, and my soul is saved" (Gen. XXXII, 30). And Moses also besought God who g… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:123A…shall be your name, because you have been strong with God" (Gen. XXXII, 28); whence Jacob also said: "For I have seen God face to face, and my soul is saved" (Gen. XXXII, 30). But this prophet also testifies that… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 26:347…unless you bless me and this was god as he himself asserts i have seen god face to face and he prayed for this one to bless the sons of joseph b now it is proper… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:883…'why do you ask my name ' and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place 'the appearance of god' for i have seen god face to face and my soul has… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:509…me behold i grant you this for he blessed him it says and jacob called the name of that place the form of god for i saw god face to face and my soul was saved… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:611B…ce. Again, Jacob saw God—as much as it is possible for Him to be seen by a man—and he called the name of that place "Species of God." Why? "Because I saw God" (Gen. 32.30). And yet the place was really not… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:725…appeared to us in this manner wherefore even jacob the patriarch said for i have seen god face to face and my soul has lived for this reason even moses asked to see him in this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:487C…alled the water of contradiction. Again, Jacob saw God, as much as it was possible for a man to see, and he called the name of the place the Appearance of God (Gen. XXXII, 30). The place did not have the appearance… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:717B…gain, since the face is called the conscience, Jacob shows this, when he had wrestled with the man: "I have seen God face to face, and my soul has been saved" (Gen. 32:30). For in truth he did not then see God… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:267…said why do you ask my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place the face of god for i have seen god face to face and my soul has… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:281…poured a drink offering upon it and he poured oil upon it and jacob called the name of the place where god spoke with him bethel d many things concur as no obscure arguments for why… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:193…was god the voice of the patriarch himself is also brought forward i have seen god face to face he entreats this one who appeared to him as an angel to send his blessing upon his… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:629…the majesty of god and the image of his goodness in genesis and jacob called the name of the place phanuel saying i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1403…that place the face of god for i have seen he said god face to face and my soul is saved the sun also rose and the face of god passed by but he was limping… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:143…let thee go except thou bless me and again after other things and jacob called the name of that place the vision of god for i have seen god face to face and my life is… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:953…said why dost thou ask my name and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place the species of god for i have seen god face to face and my life is… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:303…jabbok and remained alone and a man wrestled with him until morning and jacob called the name of that place the appearance of god for i have seen he says god face to face and my… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:985…let you go unless you bless me and he blessed him there and jacob called the name of that place the sight of god for he says i have seen god face to face and my… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:201…and he called the name of that place the species of god for i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved and again the sun rose for him when he had… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1651…blesses him more kindly therefore the patriarch marveling at the event adds for i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved he says this because having been deemed worthy to behold… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 3:1055…in itself by his superexcellent light according to that text of genesis i have seen god face to face b wherefore saint gregory writes the vision of the soul while it is intent upon god is… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:455…of life when jacob had beheld this word and life he exclaims i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved he was then seen and he underwent the struggle of wrestling… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1873…which reason he also called that place the face of god saying for i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved he suggests then that he who is that same one… John Maxentius fl. 519-533PG 86:147…in a vision with a man and blessed by him he says i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved hence also thomas after the lord's resurrection palpating and touching the… Meletius the Monk fl. 7th–9th c. (uncertain)PG 64:1289B…hat we know God, though we have not seen Him: as it is written, "I saw God upon a throne high and lifted up" (Isa. VI, 1); and, "I have seen God face to face" (Gen. XXXII, 30). But those who have seen Him did not s… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1071…hast been strong with god thou shalt be powerful with men c and jacob called the name of that place phanuel saying i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved and… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:773…him but others would confess as did jacob himself when he said i have seen god face to face that is clearly having become man since esau was also called edom which means red and the… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:209…more would he be strong with men this jacob also declared saying i have seen god face to face and my soul was saved that is the soul which was as if dead from fear was… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:131C…to sin, and lives to virtue? He himself bears witness to his own vision and salvation; for he says: "I saw the Lord face to face, and my soul has been saved" (Gen. XXXII, 30). Where are those who applaud the sham… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:743…into his home what insolent thing do we preach when jacob says for i have seen god face to face and my soul was preserved the lord who ate at abraham s house ate also among… Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:127…that place phanuel that is the vision of god for he said i have seen god face to face as if to say person to person and my soul has been saved let the great philosopher… AnonymousPG 106:1275…it not to the god and father of all for he said i have seen god face to face and my soul has been saved but what will you say of the son being spoken of…