Where the Fathers quote Genesis 35
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John ChrysostomPG 54:520expounds v.7“και ωκοδομησεν εκει θυσιαστηριον και εκαλεσε το ονομα του τοπου Βαιθηλ. εκει γαρ εφανη αυτω ο Θεος εν τω αποδιδρασκειν αυτον απο προσωπου Ησαυ του αδε”On Jacob’s Altar: «And having built an altar, he called the name of the place Bethel, etc.» (on virtuous living and self-condemnation)
1Gen 35:1
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:613…i am the god who appeared to thee when thou wast fleeing from the face of esau thy brother and in the case of abraham in the judgment of sodom it states that the lord brought…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:943…harlot and god said to jacob arise go up to the place bethel and dwell there and make there an altar to the god who appeared to you when you were fleeing from the face of…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:281…follows and god said to jacob arise go up to the place bethel and dwell there and make there an altar to god who appeared to you when you were fleeing from the face of esau…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:283…terrors and not long after saying thus arising ascend to the place bethel and dwell there and make there an altar to god who appeared to you when you were fleeing from the face of esau…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1403…the lord said to jacob arise go up to the place bethlehem and dwell there and make there an altar to god who appeared to you when you were fleeing from the face of your brother…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:953…lord said to jacob arise go up to the place bethel c and dwell there and make there an altar to the lord who appeared to you when you were fleeing from the face of esau…
2Gen 35:2
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:389…your brother and jacob said to his house and to all who were with him put away the strange gods from among you and be cleansed and change your garments and let us arise and go…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:943…your brother and jacob said to his house and to all who were with him put away the strange gods that are among you from the midst of you and be cleansed and change your garments…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:281…your brother and jacob said to his household and to all who were with him put away the strange gods from your midst and be cleansed and change your garments and let us arise and go…
3Gen 35:3
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:23…put away the foreign gods from among you and let us rise and go up to bethel and let us make there an altar to the lord who answered me in the day of my tribulation…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:389…strange gods from among you and be cleansed and change your garments and let us arise and go up to bethel and let us make there an altar to the lord who answered me in the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:517…and be purified and change your garments and let us rise up and go up to bethel and let us make there an altar to the lord who heard me in the day of my affliction…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:943…from the midst of you and be cleansed and change your garments and let us arise and go up to bethel and let us make there an altar to god who heard me in the day…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:281…strange gods from your midst and be cleansed and change your garments and let us arise and go up to bethel and let us make there an altar to god who answered me in the day…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:285…a let us arise and go up to bethel and let us make there an altar to god who has heard me in the day…
Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:255…the sichemites god said to jacob as it is written in genesis arise and go up to bethel and make there an altar to god who appeared to you when you were fleeing from the face…
OrigenesPG 16:655…me hieronymus he will send from on high and he will take me in the day of my tribulation hieronymus in the day of my tribulation in latitude hieronymus the same for he was pleased with…
OrigenesPG 16:657…most high gave his voice he sent from on high and took me in the day of my affliction into a broad place because he delighted in me before his eyes with a holy one thou…
4Gen 35:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:1111C…om Basil. Codex Alex., ye inhabit. V. 11. Another, under the oak which was in Ephratha. Thus Basil and Alex. They translate the oak as A., S., Th., Gen. XXXV, 4, and Jos. XXIV, 26. Ald. and Compl., E…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:23…the foreign gods which were in their hands and the earrings that were in their ears and jacob hid them under the terebinth which was in shechem and he destroyed them until this day if therefore…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1221…the ignorance of God, these walk in midday darkness, 609. One may interpret midday darkness as the alienation of the mind, 609. We have learned from Genesis XXXV, 4, 9, that the terebinth and the oak are the same tree, 425.…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:943…the strange gods that were in their hands and the earrings that were in their ears and jacob hid them under the terebinth that was in shechem and destroyed them unto this day b you see…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:281…the strange gods that were in their hands and the earrings that were in their ears and jacob hid them under the terebinth that is in shechem and they lost them until this present day thus…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:285…the foreign gods which were in their hands and the rings that were in their ears and jacob hid them under the terebinth that is in shechem and left them there until this day having done…
Daniel Heinsius 1580-1655PG 43:1093…lenists is under the terebinth (ὑπὸ τὴν βάλανον). So a little before Jacob hid the idols of foreign gods under the terebinth that was in Shechem, Genesis xxxv, 4: of which mention is made again, as some will have it, in t…
5Gen 35:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:467…tion and put an end to the slaughters. "There was," it says, "a fear of God upon all the cities round about, and they did not pursue after the sons of Israel" (Gen. 35:5). What then? When he was freed from thi…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:519…out from sichem the fear of god came upon all the cities round about them and they did not pursue the sons of israel do you see how great the providence and how evident the support…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:285…war against him for the holy scripture continues thus and the fear of god was upon the cities round about them and they did not pursue after the sons of israel since then an altar had…
6Gen 35:6
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:609…in other passages speaking about the same jacob it says this and jacob came to luz which is in the land of canaan which is bethel he and all the people that were with him and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:519…who has attained to help from above and jacob went he says to luz which is in the land of canaan which is bethel and all the people that were with him and he built there…
Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:571…those passions which were capable of diverting them from the proper duty in the land of canaan that is in the sight of the foreigners for it was more troublesome those who d…
7Gen 35:7
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:173…father says fratricide was committed on account of emulation our father jacob fled from the face of his brother esau b emulation caused joseph to endure persecution even to death and to be sold into slavery…
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:215…envy brought about fratricide on account of emulation our father jacob c fled from the face of his brother esau gen xxvii emulation caused joseph to be persecuted even unto death and to come into slavery…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:609…which is bethel he and all the people that were with him and he built there an altar and called the name of that place bethel for there god appeared to him when he was fleeing…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1077…same regarding the third psalm which is inscribed a psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son for you will consider whether finding himself in such a calamity in which he…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1079…before the time of the third psalm which was spoken by david when he fled from the face of absalom his son and this was the time after the confession of the fiftieth what kind of…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:1117…nothing troubles him b h psalm iii h a psalm of david when he fled from the face of his son absalom etc it seems that this psalm was spoken by david when he fled from…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:91…the hebrews h explanation of psalm iii h a psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son he necessarily notes the time so that he may connect the history of the…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:443…still surviving in life and the fifty sixth has the title david when he fled from the face of saul into the cave similarly also the fifty eighth when saul sent it says and watched his…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:501…the living h to the end do not destroy a davidic inscription when he fled from the face of saul into the cave lvi h have mercy on me o god have mercy on me for…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:517…not in the present is declared in the preceding when it adds when he fled from the face of saul into the cave therefore it seems clear to me not only from what has been said…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:533…it thus when the philistines seized him in geth the second likewise when he fled from the face of saul into the cave but here when saul sent and guarded his house to kill him now…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:617…tongue a sharp sword these things are written as having been said when he fled from the face of saul into the cave from the similarity of the words therefore it appears that the time is…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1397…david i psalm david ii narration of psalm iii psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son narration of psalm iv interpretation of psalm v psalm david vi psalm david vii…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1399…lv at the end do not destroy david for a title inscription when he fled from the face of saul into the cave lvi at the end do not destroy for a title inscription lvii at…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:45…namely to the end do not corrupt a pillar inscription to david when he fled from the face of saul into the cave the history is recorded in b the first book of kings david went…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:123A…o when he came to Bethel, he and the people who were with him, he built there an altar, and called the name of the house Bethel; for there God appeared to him (Gen. XXXV, 7). And again it is said: "And God appear…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:67…way of him who said i am the way psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son iii argumentum the proposed inscription of the psalm stands thus for this is what…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:257…the psalm unto the end destroy not david for a pillar inscription when he fled from the face of saul into the cave psalm lvi h argument h david fleeing from saul who was pursuing him…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:657…titles of the psalms psalm iii h a a psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son psalm iii o lord why are they multiplied that afflict me many rise up…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:871…h to the end destroy not for david in a title inscription when he fled from the face of saul into the cave have mercy on me o god have mercy on me for my soul…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:337…the first and second have no inscription but the third is inscribed when he fled from the face of absalom his son when his son pursued him for her who inherits and for the eighth concerning…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:585…when he fled from the face of saul into the cave a now in order that the meanings of the psalm may be harmonized…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:1603…h vers the third psalm is already inscribed a psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son regarding this however when his son pursued him there is less danger for one…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:735…MIL. LX. And having built an altar, he called the name of the place El-Bethel: for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of Esau his brother (Gen. 35. 7). — Many things are recommended here, n…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:21…end here however only the title is discussed a psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son the author of the first homily dwells upon this inscription alone which is also…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:35…of constantinople complete works h on psalm iii h psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son lord why are they multiplied that afflict me v a kings set up triumphal…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:39…passed by and behold he was not ps a psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son he fled indeed not as one afraid but as one who was cautious of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:589…living in the body and the fifty sixth is inscribed to david when he fled from the face of saul into the cave likewise also the fifty eighth when he says saul sent and i watched…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:883…c h interpretation of psalm iii h vers a psalm of david when he fled from the face of absalom his son the history is clear to curious men but for the sake of the more…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1289…the end corrupt not for david for the inscription of the title when he fled from the face of saul the king of israel into the cave having escaped both the first and the second danger…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:87…begun with a beatitude ends in a beatitude a psalm for david when he fled from the face of absalom his son h psalm iii h the inscription of the psalm is clear to those who…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:593…end do not destroy a psalm of david for the memorial inscription when he fled from the face of saul into the cave psalm lvi h a having escaped in a paradoxical manner the danger in…
Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 128:1277…psalm has a nearly identical title which is inscribed psalm to david when he fled from the face of absalom his son vers o lord hear my prayer give ear to my supplication in thy truth…
9Gen 35:9
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:123A…tar, and called the name of the house Bethel; for there God appeared to him (Gen. XXXV, 7). And again it is said: "And God appeared to Jacob yet again in Luz" (Gen. XXXV, 9); and at another time he spoke to him,…
10Gen 35:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1913…her offspring before more excellent and better things have been born and thy name shall not be called any more abram but thy name shall be abraham seek the interpretations of the names for they were…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:269…himself explains its etymology thy name he says shall not be called jacob but israel shall be thy name wherefore aquila translates thou hast ruled with god symmachus thou hast prevailed with strength against god theodotion…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:57…scripture calls god telling jacob thy name shall no longer be called jacob but israel shall be thy name for thou hast prevailed with god wherefore jacob also called the name of that place the vision…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:525…the oracle says to him thy name shall no longer be called jacob but israel shall be thy name because thou hast prevailed with god and art powerful with men pointing to the man who is…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1039…him what is thy name c he answered jacob and he said thy name shall not be called jacob but israel shall be thy name for if thou hast been strong against god how much more…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1041…sleep who said to him thy name shall no longer be called jacob but israel shall be thy name because thou hast been strong with god and thou art mighty with men after the vision therefore…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1013…man and said to him thy name shall no longer be called jacob but israel shall be thy name for thou hast prevailed with god and with men shalt be powerful on which account that religious…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:521…him and said to him thy name shall no more be called jacob but israel shall be thy name although he had already bestowed that appellation upon him when he made the crossing of the jabbok…
Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1651…and god said to him thy name shall no more be called jacob but israel shall be thy name and by the placing of the name he signified who he was who appeared to him vers…
11Gen 35:11
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:99B…d God said to him—it is clear that He spoke to Jacob— "I am the Lord God; be fruitful and multiply; nations and congregations of nations shall arise from you" (Gen. xxxv, 11). According to what is apparent and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:521…thy name be called and increase and multiply and nations and gatherings of nations shall be of thee and kings shall come forth from thy loins behold the magnitude of the blessing he says that he…
12Gen 35:12
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:383…the god of isaac fear not the land on which thou sleepest to thee i will give it and to thy seed and thy seed shall be as the sand of the sea and shall be…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:521…i gave to abraham and isaac i have given it to thee and to thy seed after thee will i give this land c since because of what had taken place at shechem by the hand…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:285…shall come of thee and kings shall come forth from thy loins and the land which i gave to abraham and isaac i have given to thee and to thy seed after thee will i give…
14Gen 35:14
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:281…nations he went up to bethel and jacob set up he says a pillar in the place where god spoke with him a stone pillar and he poured a drink offering upon it and he poured…
15Gen 35:15
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…
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…
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…
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 75:629…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…
17Gen 35:17
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1577…not a bracelet but symmachus says a twisted girdle vers and it came to pass when she was in labor and there were twins in her womb and she called his name zara diodorus as thamar…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:467…said to her: Be of good cheer, for this also is a son to you. And as she was breathing out her soul, for she was dying, she called his name: Son of my sorrow" (Gen. 35:17-18). And while his mourning was yet recent…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:521…drew near to enter into ephratha rachel labored in childbirth and it came to pass when she was in hard labor the midwife said to her take courage for this also is a son for thee…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:211…into the land of ephrata rachel gave birth with difficulty and it came to pass when she was in hard labor the midwife said to her 'be of good courage for this also is a son…
18Gen 35:18
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:521…the pains are tearing thee yet thou shalt have a son and it came to pass as her soul was departing for she was dying she called his name son of my pain but his father…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:709D…escaped dangers and given birth in them; as when the Scripture says, "Woe to Bar-chabel" (1 Reg. 4.21); and again when Rachel calls Benjamin, "son of my pain" (Gen. 35.18). "Do thou, therefore, receive him," he…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1139…friendship that for this reason he calls him the son of jeminei that is the son of the right hand david however wisely opposed the powerful man with someone prudent for prudence is stronger than power…
Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:229…the son of jemeni now the son of jemeni is interpreted as the son of the right hand for when that man was advising that no time be granted to affairs but that the father be…
Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:465…called the son of pain from what occurred is thus correctly termed the son of the right hand you have learned the inscription of the figure of the psalm see now also the text of the…
19Gen 35:19
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:521…the father called him benjamin and after the birth he says she died and was buried in the way to ephratha this is bethlehem and jacob set up a pillar upon the monument the one born…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:959…son jotham administering the kingdom looked after him uzziah king of judah died and was buried in the city of david after him his son jotham reigned in jerusalem over judah for sixteen years being twenty…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:961…of the kingdom romus reigned thirty eight years hezekiah king of judah died and was buried in the house of david after him his son manasseh reigned in jerusalem over judah for fifty five years having…
21Gen 35:21
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:425B…nst God. An increase of wickedness is not only to sin oneself, but also to favor others who are sinning. TIT. III. — On grave and nefarious deeds. Gen. xxxv, 21, 22. — « And it came to pass when Israe…
22Gen 35:22
John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:425…h tit iii on grave and nefarious deeds h gen xxxv and it came to pass when israel drew near in that land ruben went and committed fornication with balla his father's concubine and israel heard…
24Gen 35:24
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:51C…. When, however, the preceding vowel is E and ends in E, as above, lehebebhéx. Sometimes also, but rarely, the ancients read O or for A, and vice versa. Thus Gen. xxxv, 24, in the note makor, the Massoretes ha…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:345…simeon levi judah issachar zabulon and from zilpah gad and asher then the sons of rachel joseph and benjamin and those who are from her handmaid dan and naphtali the fourth division is of composition and…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1235A…tribe of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim for the whole people, II, 1335. Synecdoche, as when the rest are forbidden in one thing, 1616. Syriac interpretation, I, 101 (Gen. xxxv, 24) 337; (Judic. 1120, 1151 extr.; II, 408…