Where the Fathers quote Genesis 37

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John ChrysostomPG 54:525expounds v.2“αυται δε αι γενεσεις Ιακωβ· Ιωσηφ δε δεκα και επτα ετων ην, ποιμαινων τα προβατα του πατρος αυτου μετα των αδελφων αυτου, ων νεος, μετα των υιων Βαλλα”On Joseph’s Youth: «Now these are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers» (on virtue and John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:523…esau and the nations that sprang from him it says but jacob was a stranger in the land wherein his father sojourned in the land of canaan but from here another narration takes us up which… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:575…signifies the conspiracy of the brothers against him. And that which Scripture said above, that they brought an evil report of Joseph to their father (Gen. 37:2), this man says here: Whom they insulted, sharing counsel… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:735…amination of conscience. 520-525 HOMIL. LXI. These are the generations of Jacob: Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding his flock with his brethren (Gen. 37. 2). — What an evil envy is. Cain was the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:285…what i have said might appear true again it is as follows these are the generations of jacob joseph being seventeen years old was feeding sheep with his brethren being a youth with the sons of… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:127…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 old age and he made him d a coat of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:583D…because they are born beyond expectation), he was therefore dear to his father. For his father loved him, he says, because he had begotten him in his old age (Gen. 37:3). 11. These things, in my own… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:525…clinging to the boy and preferring him to all jacob he says loved joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age and he made him a coat of many… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:285…above all his sons because he was for him the son of old age and he made him a coat of many colors and his brethren seeing that their father loved him above all his sons… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:437B…at Joseph bore the image of Christ. For the facts themselves shall teach you. Concerning Joseph it is written: But Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons (Gen. XXXVII, 3). Concerning Christ: The Father loveth… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:127…an excellent habit adorned with virtues and his brethren seeing that his father loved him more than all his sons they hated him and could not speak any peaceable thing to him for he who hates… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:469…and seeing that his father loved him more than his other sons they hated him and could not speak any peaceful word to him for neither the being under the merchants nor the being under the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:525…the brethren that the father loves him more than all his sons they hated him and could not speak any peaceable word to him behold how they attempted to hate one who had done no wrong… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:173A…and I repent of the good which I spoke to do to them. TIT. IX. — Concerning Fraternal Hatred. Gen. xxxvii, 4-6. — "The brethren (of Joseph), seeing th… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1167…sheaves ought there not to be years here also but it says joseph dreamed a dream and he told it to his brothers and said to them hear this dream which i have dreamed i thought… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1083A…brothers: for he was a brother. He said, in fact, to them: "We were harvesting, and my sheaf stood erect; your sheaves, however, were adoring it in a circle" (Gen. xxxvii, 7). The opportunity had already come well… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1013C…accusation, except that he had seen dreams which proclaimed in advance the glory that was to be his. For he said, "I saw your sheaves bowing down to my sheaf" (Gen. 37. 7). And yet, out of all this, it was thei… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1083A…to adore. The brothers heard it, and they immediately understood the effective dream, and they say to him: "Shall we adore you? Or will you rule or hold us?" (Gen. xxxvii, 8). Perhaps, however, the first-born or t… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:289…but your sheaves turned about and worshipped my sheaf and his brothers said to him shalt thou indeed reign over us or shalt thou lord it over us and they added still more to hate him… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1651…dominion this therefore was the cause of their hatred and envy both for his dreams and for his words not without reason does he explain the causes for why the brothers were so envious of joseph… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:249…the course ordained by him and they do not hinder one another the sun and the moon and the choirs of the stars roll on in harmony according to his appointment in their spheres without any… Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:855…by them or serve them for they say lest when you see the sun and the moon and the stars you should be deceived by error and adore them and elsewhere according to the ways of… Barnabas 1st c.PG 2:713…time of the wicked and will judge the ungodly and will change the sun and the moon and the stars which sabbath we ourselves can make holy according to this author through good works practiced in… Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:293…wrote in the beginning god created the heaven and the earth then the sun and the moon and the stars for having learned these things in egypt and being pleased with what was written by him… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:643…hold to be figured by him in this way for he mentions the sun and the moon and the stars and the seasons and the years and the whales and the fishes and the creeping things… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:835…just as the heaven which is above us and the firmament and the sun and the moon and the remaining stars and all their ornaments were made when formerly they did not exist and persevere for… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:839…deuteronomy lest perhaps you lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars all the tsaba hashamayim the army of the heavens… Irenaeus of Lyon c. 130–c. 202PG 7:863…heaven are lest he says looking up to the heaven and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the ornament of the heaven being deceived you should adore them and serve them… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:163…point i know not how worship divine workmanship but not god himself the sun and the moon and the other choir of stars absurdly assuming them to be gods though they are the instruments of time… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 8:1075…for what purpose were you born he said for the contemplation of the sun and the moon and the c heaven as if all other things were of no account democritus of abdera has set forth… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:253…seen to be fixed another concerning the conjunctions and the illumination of the sun and the moon and the rest concerning their risings next proceeds the hierogrammateus having feathers on his head and in his hands… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:333…own perfection he gave him philosophy but before faith he gave however the sun and the moon and the stars for worship which god made for the nations says the law that they might not by… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:889…said to have been the first of all to attribute divinity to the sun and the moon and the stars and to have assigned to them alone the cause of the risings and settings of things… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:949…this opinion of alcmaeon but alcmaeon of croton who gave divinity to the sun and the moon and the remaining c stars and moreover to the mind did not perceive that he was giving immortality to… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:707…of the prophets now the host of heaven is not only called the sun and the moon and the glittering stars but also the whole angelic multitude and their armies who he… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1075…them was this lest lifting up your eyes to heaven and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you be led astray and worship them and serve them… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1183…them by the law of moses just as they do not worship the sun and the moon and the stars the ornaments of the world so they take refuge from having this honor toward the heaven… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1187…it but pass over the most majestic and powerful parts of it the sun and the moon and the other stars both fixed and wandering as if it were possible b that the whole is god… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1189…a and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars even all the host of heaven being led astray worship them and serve them which the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1193…written therefore in deuteronomy and lest looking up to heaven and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars even all the host of heaven you be deceived and worship them and serve them which… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1199…if celsus had read the countless other things which we say concerning the sun and the moon and the stars such as praise him all you stars and light and praise him you heavens of heavens… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1617…we praise god and his only begotten in the same way as the sun and the moon and the stars and the whole heavenly host c for all these being a divine chorus together with the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:71…you were binding sheaves and in the second dream as he says the sun and the moon and the stars were bowing down to me and again the chief cupbearer in my sleep he says there… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:131…was binding sheaves and in the second dream just as he says the sun and the moon and the stars worshipped me and again the chief cupbearer in my sleep i say there was a vine… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:353…also with celestial things unless someone thinks this should be understood of the sun and the moon and the stars and the nations are accustomed to express the forms of these but because moses was learned… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:133…and what do i say of men behold birds and quadrupeds see the sun and the moon and the whole heaven together with the chorus of stars but they do not understand their reasons only the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1149…seeing the sun and the moon and all the ornament of heaven deceived by error you should adore them and worship them you will say… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:111…which read as follows lest having looked up to heaven and seen the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven you be led astray and worship them and pay them service which the… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:1121…camp they were cast down to his neighbor a dream and he said behold i have dreamed a dream another a dream and he told the dream which was dreamt a cake of ash bread otherwise… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:551…or how they exist is not distinguished with sufficient manifestation but concerning the sun and the moon and the stars whether they are living beings or inanimate it is not clearly handed down it is necessary… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:855…saw einai tinas dynameis anathema est if anyone says that heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars and the waters that are above the heavens are ensouled and rational powers let him be… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:883…nation he set them moreover that they might bridle the inanimate creation the sun and the moon and the sea and the earth and what is in them to serve for the enjoyment of man d… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:909…cap he says that origen said in the books de principiis that the sun and the moon and the choir of all the stars are the souls of creatures that were once rational and incorporeal finally… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:973…that are in them is inanimate so that one might say that the sun and the moon and the host of the stars and the angels in this whole world did not know the true light… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:977…first book of the same peri arch n no but as to the sun and the moon and the stars whether they are living beings or inanimate it is not clearly handed down which words pamphilus… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:1289…not dishonoring such great works of god nor saying with anaxagoras that the sun and the moon and the stars are glowing masses of metal we say such things of the sun and moon and stars… Dionysius of Alexandria c. 190-264/265PG 10:1265…they neither see present and doing anything as those who marveled at the sun and the moon and the stars and said they were called gods because of their running d which is to say their… Alexander of Lycopolis fl. c. 300PG 18:437…divine virtue therefore those things which are intercepted in all things are the sun and the moon and each of the stars is the sun and the moon and each other thing both of the terrestrial… Methodius of Olympus d. c. 311PG 18:167…therefore has not been adorned with figures of such a kind if the sun and the moon and the other stars which were brought into being for the defining and keeping of the count of time… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:111…beasts capable of enduring the air and belus finished the stars and the sun and the moon and the five wandering planets polyhistor alexander states this according to berossus in the first book c h book… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:751…unequal times for throughout all of astronomy it is presupposed that both the sun and the moon and the five planets move equally circularly and contrary to the motion of the world for the pythagoreans being… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 19:1151…the universe but always maintain the same order among themselves wandering are the sun and the moon and the other five planetary stars for of these the sun move in one place of the zodiacal circle… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:853…among all not only men but now also among the heavenly powers the sun and the moon and the stars d which follow taken from some tragic poet for the sake of the salvation of those… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:1371…visible creation with the eyes of the flesh nor looking up at the sun and the moon and the stars do they stop the wonder at these but rather beyond these things they confess him who… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:1379…ruler of all to those things brought into existence by him exchanging the sun and the moon and the remaining parts of the world and the first elements of all things earth water air fire honor… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:65…the phoenician theology how the first naturalists among the phoenicians recognized only the sun and the moon and the remaining wandering stars and the elements and the things connected with them as gods and how the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:73…of those who were supposed to be gods but the natural gods the sun and the moon and the remaining planets and the stars and the elements and those akin to these they recognized as gods… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:533…this day it still shows its obedience to the law and if the sun and the moon and the stars being bound by the divine law prescribed to them as well do not neglect the legislation… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1041…the discourses but listen still further to this what is that when the sun and the moon and the other stars exist if soul conveys all things does it not also convey each one individually why… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1161…him with that august worship for thus indeed moses commands lest seeing the sun and the moon and all the stars and all the adornment of heaven you beled astray by error and adore them b… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1235…of cause i was prepared in the same way to ask about the sun and the moon and the other stars regarding their speed toward one another and their turnings and their other phenomena how it… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1373…the greeks almost universally considered and worshipped as gods the visible gods the sun and the moon and the remaining stars and the other parts of the world which are perceived by sight and also considered… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:261…an active power and extending through all things pours out light upon the sun and the moon and the stars from his own perennial power and establishes the heaven a most fitting image of his own… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:1305…and then theirs bowing down to his own sheaf and similarly that the sun and the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to him until his word came the oracle of the lord refined him… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:599…was about to manifest his second coming with great power and glory the sun and the moon and the stars should withdraw and give way so that in place of all of them the son of… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1083A…vision, had double envy and indignation and rage against Joseph. He also told the dream to his father, that the sun and moon and eleven stars were adoring him (Gen. xxxvii, 9). Understand the sun in the place of th… Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:935…to receive the splendor of the luminaries set beneath it i mean the sun and the moon and the rest of the gathering of stars which have their nature from fire in order therefore that what… Titus of Bostra fl. c. 350s-360s, d. c. 371PG 18:1095…however should think that what we say is trivial for we see the sun and the moon and the stars and furthermore among us stones gold and silver and in short the sea itself and all… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:731…was great and very brilliant god then divided it into those luminaries the sun and the moon and the rest b quest li what does it mean that they should be for signs and for seasons… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 28:743…from this tree ques lxxiv what is to become of the elements the sun and the moon and the stars at the second coming resp a place of dwelling will be given to them in one… Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:39…above us brought into being by the word of god the stars the sun and the moon and the other things which we perceive with the eye and those which we grasp with the mind had… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:741…to work the other refreshing and restoring us with rest what of the sun and the moon and the beauty and multitude of the stars appearing and departing in order and the sea and the earth… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:871…on the first day by the creator but to these luminaries meaning the sun and the moon and the rest the creator entrusted the primeval light etc sequuntur enim qu f r s habet in quibus… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 44:441…his psalms said that not only the other powers praise god but the sun and the moon and the heavens of heavens and the water above the heavens and mentions all other things that creation contains… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:221…besides do the priests perform every sacrifice on the sabbath how do the sun and the moon and the stars complete their appointed course even on the sabbath h xiv on the impression of the sign… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:199…with an incorruptible and spiritual body are compared to the glory of the sun and the moon and the stars now in these places while he calls the bodies of those rising spiritual and incorruptible he… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:205…establishes that his eyes and other parts as in a man are the sun and the moon and the other stars and the elements in heaven h of the epicureans h h which is the sixth… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:993…of those called gods by the greeks which they deified such as the sun and the moon and the stars and things similar to these he stated this and shut off the understanding of all those… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 49:253…is the use of these one might say when the heaven and the sun and the moon and the choir of the stars and all other things possess much order but our affairs are full of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:527…narrates it not only to them but also to his father like the sun and the moon and the eleven stars were worshipping me and his father rebuked him and said to him what is this… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:585…h sermon h h why did he say let there be regarding the sun and the moon and the heaven and the others but let us make regarding man and what is the saying according to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:401…hast thou made them all ps moreover if one should look at the sun and the moon and the order of the seasons he will again see his entire lovingkindness for these elements contribute not a… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:465…to day pours forth a word and night to night declares knowledge the sun and the moon and the varied choir of the stars and the good order of all other things declare their own creator… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:517…other things far more numerous than nature the heaven is common and the sun and the moon and the dance of the stars and the air and the sea and fire and water and earth and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:143…for these are not vocal instruments but day is the course of the sun and the moon and the progress of time lest therefore someone be moved and disturbed by hearing these things as if they… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:433…therefore all things are fire and the lightning and the stars and the sun and the moon and the fire among us is related to them and see how the lightning has a relationship toward the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:441…solidified from waters because it was about to receive the flame of the sun and the moon and the infinite multitudes of stars and to be entirely filled with fire so that it might not be… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:449…the light which then existed as a single species distribute it into the sun and the moon and the stars a i wish to inquire however how god made the luminaries for it appears that he… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:471…and greatest gift of all is the teaching of the scriptures for the sun and the moon and the whole choir of the stars and rivers and springs and lakes have been made for the use… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:731…not only they alone but they also summoned all creatures with them the sun and the moon and the stars of heaven the sea and the rivers the fountains the pools and the earth the mountains… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:109…than these for as many differences he says as there are between the sun and the moon and the stars and the smallest star so many are there among those in the kingdom and that the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:843…chapter viii h a vers and they shall spread them out before the sun and the moon and all the stars this means before the eyes of these for not only will the enemies offer no… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:303…moses and do not when you look up to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven be led astray and worship them and serve them which… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:875…says take heed to yourself lest looking up to heaven and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you be led astray and worship them the law therefore… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:983…commands the very heavens of heavens to praise him as well as the sun and the moon and the stars and the water that is above the heavens and to men he says come let us… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:579…for he says they derived from this an idea of god for the sun and the moon and the rest of the stars when they have been carried in their orbit beneath the earth rise again… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:655…universe for he says lest having looked up to heaven and seen the sun and the moon and the stars and all the array of heaven you be led astray and worship them which the lord… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:793…the one that already exists was he to contrive some novelty concerning the sun and the moon and the rest of the stars but this was not his purpose in the incarnation rather he took pity… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:851…creatures of the sea i pass over the created things namely heaven the sun and the moon and the remaining stars to which they have accorded divine and supreme honors confounding all things topsy turvy furthermore… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:929…manner this vast heaven has been raised up and appeared or how the sun and the moon and the rest thus having taken a most holy body from the holy virgin quickened by an intelligent soul… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:525…watch he says lest lifting up your eyes to heaven and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you be led astray and worship them the lord your… Isidore of Pelusium d. c. 450PG 78:1111…of the common people uses these names since men too foolishly refer the sun and the moon and the other five stars not known to many saturn and jupiter mercury and mars and indeed even venus… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:791…worshipped all the host of heaven and he served them he calls the sun and the moon and the stars the host of heaven and what is most impious of all he built an altar in… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1975…for in heaven are angels and the nature of invisible things and the sun and the moon and the multitude of stars and upon the earth and in the sea are men and the kinds of… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:667…transgressions after these things having shown that he is the maker of the sun and the moon and the stars and that he himself commanded the one to bring about the day and the others to… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1337…and the powers that encompass the divine throne they call also upon the sun and the moon and the other luminaries and not only those things which are in heaven but also those things which come… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1553…gospels for there shall be he says signs in heaven and in the sun and the moon and the stars he calls the second manifestation of our savior the great and illustrious day for since at… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1659…the tribunal and the verdict against them b he says further that the sun and the moon and the remaining stars shall be deprived of light and it is likely that in truth these things will… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:599…since there are also in the heavens certain visible things such as the sun and the moon and the stars he teaches more clearly what he calls heavenly whether visible or invisible then because visible things… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1593…the moon but also the latins sometimes use the name elements for the sun and the moon and the remaining planets jerome in his epistle to hedybia question every week he says is divided into the… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:565…hand yields to the nods of the creator and one may see the sun and the moon and the chorus of the stars turning their backs to the sky and sending their rays downward for they… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:731…with hearing for the reception of thy oracles using my eyes beholding the sun and the moon and the b choir of the stars and heaven and earth and sea and all the visible creation it… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:833…be the only gods whom many of the barbarians now consider such the sun and the moon and the earth and the stars and the heaven… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:863…be gods whom many of the barbarians also hold to be such the sun and the moon and the earth and the stars and the heaven c and because they saw these things running a course… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:869…egyptians and the phoenicians and indeed the greeks as well first considered the sun and the moon and the earth and the stars and the other elements to be their gods for this is what plato… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:983…metallic woods provide for the need of the human race and indeed the sun and the moon and the multitude of stars having divided time in two perhaps apportioned it for themselves and one illuminates the… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1653…saw also another dream and told it to his father and to his brethren and said behold i have dreamed another dream as though the sun and the moon and the eleven stars worshipped me although… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:389…it will not pass away u note therefore that the stars and the sun and the moon and the heaven are indeed bodies consisting of finer parts but they became immortal by the will of god… Dionysius the Areopagite fl. c. 500PG 4:907…that has been cited augustine shows that he does not know whether the sun and the moon and all the stars do not have life capable of beatitude and of the society of the saints and… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:71…because he ordained that the substance of light i mean that of the sun and the moon and the stars which is fiery and abundant should have its motion c upon the firmament now the nature… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1197…father and followed the contrary one vers all the host of heaven the sun and the moon and the stars vers let both ears tingle understand this as fame or report which brings terror and horror… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2203…who says take heed lest having looked up to heaven and seen the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you be deceived and worship them for the prophet also… Theodore of Scythopolis fl. c. 536-548PG 86:233…anyone says or holds or thinks or teaches that the heavens and the sun and the moon and the stars and the waters that are above the heavens are animate and are certain rational powers let… Justinian I 482–565PG 86:963…and brought forth upon it various fruits on the fourth he made the sun and the moon and the whole choir of the stars on the fifth he created the generation of the living things in… Justinian I 482–565PG 86:971…demonstrates the folly of origen that he says that the heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars and the waters which are above c the heavens are animate and are certain rational powers… Justinian I 482–565PG 86:989…let him be anathema vi if anyone says that the heaven and the sun and the moon and the stars and the waters above the heavens are animate and rational material powers let him be anathema… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:613…therefore take thought for yourself before the day of your death before the sun and the moon and the stars grow dark for you which things happen at the death of each person as he is… Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:421…from the waters but because it was to receive the flame of the sun and the moon and the countless multitudes of the stars and was to be entirely filled with fire so that it might… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1109…and at the same time the abysses and mountains and valleys and the sun and the moon and the whole array of the stars and the catalogue of all other living creatures are clearly known furthermore… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1143…they explain this entire passage from the point where it says before the sun and the moon and the stars are darkened up to the place where scripture records and the dust shall return to the… Gregory of Agrigentum c. 559 - c. 630 (traditionalPG 98:1149…remember thy creator until the days of evil do not come until the sun and the moon and the stars be not darkened and the windows become obscured eccl xi xii others think these words refer… Modestus of Jerusalem d. 634PG 86:3283…earthly rational luminaries shining with the glory of his divine grace above the sun and the moon and the stars for he said to them you are the light of the world b and he chose… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:883…circles the earth spherically and carries along with its swiftest motion both the sun and the moon and the stars and when the sun is above the earth there is day here but when it is… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:901…for immediately beneath the firmament the ether is spread out c and the sun and the moon and the stars are in the firmament and if water had not been placed above the firmament would have… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1237…a little and lest having looked up to heaven and having seen the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you be led astray and worship them and serve them… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1291…interposed and lest perhaps lifting up your eyes to heaven and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you be deceived by error and adore them and serve… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1317…c furthermore he caused him to worship the heavens and the earth the sun and the moon and the stars and the rest of creation even down to beasts and reptiles for it is equally grave… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1325…later lest you raise your eyes to heaven and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you be led astray and worship them… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 94:1591…me saying thus what things are good and what are evil sarac behold the sun and the moon and the stars are good make one thing out of these christ not because of this do i… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:629…there be gods many and lords many in heaven he says is the sun and the moon and the dance of the rest of the stars for the gentiles worshipped c these as gods and on… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1279…woe to those who say these things i see many praying to the sun and the moon and offering supplication to the sun saying have mercy on me and woe to them why having left behind… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:529…of the creator for it is written cursed is everyone who worships the sun and the moon and the stars and anything else created except for the creator many indulging in fancies… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:1295…despoiled you of the faith of christ and as for your calling the sun and the moon and the stars gods i am ashamed of your ignorance or rather your malice did not anaxagoras of clazomenae… Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:461…habitations and different airs they believed there were seven gods i mean the sun and the moon and the five planets and from this they composed the seven stringed lyre they maintain that there is an… Theodore the Studite 759–826PG 99:493…the great b moses says lest looking up to heaven and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven you should be seduced and worship them and serve them… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:447…make an image of any forbidden thing namely of things in heaven the sun and the moon and the rest of the host of stars along with them and of things on earth beasts of burden… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:641…brightness and clarity of the heavenly luminaries and for this reason worshipped the sun and the moon and the choir of the other stars as gods but they also most foolishly wished to honor and glorify… Theodore Abu Qurrah c. 755-830PG 97:1587…you will ask me what are good things and what are evil behold the sun and the moon and the stars are good things create one of these i tell you therefore that i in the… Nicetas of Byzantium fl. 9th centuryPG 105:719…hoping to cover over the suspicion of a lie he swears by the sun and the moon and the stars and by the lampyris beasts and by runner dogs and by trees and by other unknown… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:427…the earth stands forever d he calls forever the time in which the sun and the moon and the choir of the stars and the heavenly pole itself in an opposing course carry out their well… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:839…the bondage etc the creation served man not as one worthy namely the sun and the moon and the stars and the earth and what is in them i say not as worthy c for he… Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:841…and he established them so that they might bridle the inanimate creation the sun and the moon and the sea and the earth and that the things in them might serve for the enjoyment of man… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:501…and thammuz and the sidonian astarte and moloch and chamos and now the sun and the moon and the stars which were made by god for the light of men and not for their b adoration… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:781…from thence the heavenly and ministering powers came into being moreover that the sun and the moon and the stars being themselves of the same unity of rational beings became what they are through that turning… George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:1263…said that luminaries should come into existence and there came to be the sun and the moon and the stars as he who commanded wished and that purest light which was created on the first day… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:1193…the faith of christ envying it for you and that you call the sun and the moon and the stars gods i am ashamed of your ignorance not to mention your perversity that you have determined… Suidas compiled c. 970-1000 ADPG 117:1233…to alphabetical order on signs which are observed from the inspection of the sun and the moon and the bear and the lamp and the rainbow brachman a king who gave his name to the region… Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:909…rendering service to the creation rather than the creator a some to the sun and the moon and the stars which god placed to provide light to this terrestrial world beings which are soulless and senseless… Euthymius the Hagiorite c. 955-1028PG 96:1107…god and having beheld the heaven and the earth and the sea the sun and the moon and the rest i marvelled at their adornment since i saw the world and all things in it that… George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 121:459…baal and chamos and the sidonian astarte b and moloch and sometimes the sun and the moon and the stars which god created for the illumination of men and not for worship at other times they… Philip the Solitary fl. c. 1095PG 127:817…it is said tremor will occupy all things even mountains and hills the sun and the moon and the hosts of stars will look with a mournful countenance upon such seduction by which the human race… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:659…not gods in reality but only in name whether in heaven as the sun and the moon and the remaining stars to which the greeks attributed divinity or on earth as those from among men who… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 124:775…a and this becomes manifest from the fact that he brings forth the sun and the moon and the stars hence the discourse is concerning these so also is the resurrection of the dead so how… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:181…that the gods named by the poets are fire earth air water the sun and the moon and the remaining stars but these are by no means to be worshiped for since they are created things… Nicetas of Serres fl. c. 1090PG 127:1385…this and thus from egypt etc the history of the river and the sun and the moon and the walls is contained in the book of joshua the rest is in exodus for it is written… John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:42…bowed down to his the second that it appeared to him that the sun and the moon and the rest of the stars were bowing down to him when he related these visions to his father… John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:53…delights of trees the fourth day saw the creation of the luminaries the sun and the moon and the remaining stars with these the creator decorated the heaven and he placed into these luminaries the light… John Zonaras d. after 1159PG 134:75…brothers ran together and bowed down to his the other was that the sun and the moon and the rest of the stars seemed to him to be bowing down to him when he related these… Eustathius of Thessalonica c. 1115–1195PG 136:705…it in this way moreover the word creation signifies with sharpness that the sun and the moon and the elements and all other things sing to the lord according to the proclamation of the common melody… Nicephorus Gregoras c. 1295–1360PG 149:535…stars and he calls them here by the common name but concerning the sun and the moon and the planets b and furthermore he had not spoken of comets because the wise see the future from… AnonymousPG 2:1107…will of god and to cast away the will of the devil the sun and the moon and the stars do not change their order so do not you change the law of god in the… Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:55…by what reason i ask is it right to proclaim as gods the sun and the moon and the other parts of the creation which are not such as this but have need of mutual help… Athanasius AlexandrinusPG 25:69…xiv for who observing the circuit of the heaven the course of the sun and the moon and the positions and revolutions of other stars which are contrary and different yet in that very difference… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:125…foretold that signs of the dissolution of the universe will appear in the sun and the moon and the stars… Basilius Caesariensis MagnusPG 29:557…that time is a certain motion of the stars d clearly of the sun and the moon and the rest which have the power to be moved by themselves the interval therefore from the generation of… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:1031…whence came the heavens and the earth and the seas whence came the sun and the moon and the stars how did the birds and the swimming creatures come from the waters and how did all… Orsiesius of TabennaPG 40:885…through moses saying when thou hast looked up to heaven and seen the sun and the moon and the stars and all the host of heaven be not deceived by error to adore them i am… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:221…from god on the earth that the heaven also is shaken and the sun and the moon and the stars already no… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:501…certain events is clear for just as joseph saw sheaves c and the sun and the moon and the stars and each of these had a meaning of some future event and pharaoh saw ears of… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:691…he says his name remains to be wondered at no less than the sun and the moon and the demonstration of this is that for as long as the sun and the moon remain he too… Timothy of Jerusalem fl. 5th-6th centuryPG 86:239…all those opposing him might be taken away stayed the course of the sun and the moon and the righteous joshua son of nun bears witness to my discourse the righteous man wishing to convert the… Eusebius of Alexandria 5th-6th centuryPG 86:453…woe to those who say these things woe to those who worship the sun and the moon and the stars for i know many who worship and pray to the sun for as soon as the… Leontius of ByzantiumPG 86:1927…are not names of a nature but of a hypostasis so too the sun and the moon and the daystar and heaven and this d winged thing and the terrestrial and the aquatic as if making… AnonymousPG 106:1069…other powers of heaven praise god and the light of the stars the sun and the moon and the heavens of heavens and the water which is above the heavens if therefore that most absolute and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:15…s exegetical works h a cap xxxvii v shall we indeed come i and thy mother and thy brethren to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth joseph s mother had evidently died before these… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:527…the sun and the moon and the eleven stars were worshipping me and his father rebuked him and said to him what is this dream which you have dreamed shall i and your mother and your… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:559…the dream might be fulfilled that which he himself had interpreted saying shall i and thy mother and thy brethren come to bow down to the earth to thee and he believed the words and the… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:289…for this same purpose for he saw he says and another dream and he told it to his father and his brothers and said 'i have dreamed another dream as though the sun and the moon… Gennadius I of Constantinople Patriarch 458-471, d. 471PG 85:1653…for their hatred the dreams verse he saw also another dream and told it to his father and to his brethren and said behold i have dreamed another dream as though the sun and the moon… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:291…not your brothers pasture in sichem come i will send you to them and he said to him here am i and israel said to him go see if your brothers are well and the sheep… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:77…like us in nature and nothing more but because when god said come and i will send thee unto pharaoh king of egypt and thou shalt bring forth the sons of israel out of the land… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:529…his father and he came to sychem and a man found him wandering in the field and the man asked him saying what are you seeking and he said i am seeking my brothers tell me… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1083D…et us kill him, and our inheritance will be" (Matt. xxi, 38). "Behold," he says, "the dreamer comes; come, let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits" (Gen. xxxvii, 20), announcing that not only will he be k… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:437…him saying behold he says for that dreamer cometh now therefore come let us slay him and cast him into one of the pits and we will say an evil beast hath devoured him and we… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:529…into one of the pits and we will say a wild beast devoured him and we shall see what his dreams will be did you see how expecting the outcome of the dreams they undertook to… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:421B…s of both the prison and the honor; when he heard from them what they had done to their father: For let us say, he says, that the one has been eaten by beasts (Gen. 37. 20); he was shattered, he was softened, he… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:291…one of the pits and we shall say an evil beast has devoured him and we shall see what his dreams are but ruben hearing this took him out of their hands saying let us not… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:173…one of the pits and we shall say a wicked beast has devoured him and we shall see what his dreams will be b judic ix abimelech hired men that were needy and vagabond and they… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:529…the slaughter in their intention hearing he says reuben snatched him from their hands and said let us not strike him for his life do not shed blood cast him into this pit that is in… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:529…let us not strike him for his life do not shed blood cast him into this pit that is in the desert but do not lay a hand upon him that he might rescue him from… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:83…him of his many colored tunic and having taken him they threw him into a pit and the pit was empty it had no water casting away the many colored knowledge of the virtuous man gained… Menologium of Basil II compiled under Basil II, r. 976-1025PG 117:375…having compressed him into a vice b they sawed him in half and cast him into a pit and thus he ended his life barachisius however was dragged naked through thorns and cast into a vice… Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:83B…study; or, using only the faith according to the law, they threw him into a pit empty of water—that is, deserted by the divine Word—having sold him into Egypt (Gen. xxxvii, 25). The pit was empty of knowledge; in wh… Macarius of Egypt c. 300–391PG 34:1081…set out a table again he ordered him to take a share and they sat down to eat when it was late in the evening the great anthony then ate one piece of hardtack and touched… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:529…let us sell him to these ishmaelites but let our hands not be upon him for he is our brother and our flesh c see how earlier reuben prevented the greater evil by a lesser and… Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:829…he be sold to the ishmaelites and our hands not be polluted for he is our brother and our flesh it was fitting then too that the sale be done by judas since even now the… Asterius of AmaseaPG 40:439B…ld, and Christ for thirty pieces of silver. One of the twelve brothers sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, he who said: "Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites" (Gen. XXXVII, 27); and one of the twelve disciples sold… AnonymousPG 2:1115D…nst a man. These things I knew at last, after I repented concerning Joseph. For that which departs from the Hebrew text, which has twenty pieces of silver (Gen. XXXVII, 28) — yet among the Hebrew Questions of Je… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1241B…sa. lii, 7. “How beautiful are the feet upon the mountains of one bringing the report of peace, of one bringing good news!” TIT. XXXIV. — On Bad News. Gen. xxxvii, 31-34. “Taking the tunic of Joseph, they slau… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1241…kid of the goats and stained the tunic of joseph with blood and they brought it to their father saying we have found this recognize whether it is the tunic of your son or not and… Cosmas of Jerusalem c. 675 – c. 760PG 38:485…down into egypt and having stained his multi colored tunic with blood they brought it to their father and by trickery claimed that he had perished by a beast causing him unbearable grief and he having… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 35:1131B…Jonathan, who fell in battle, or later for his son Absalom. Of these, the one, torn in his paternal bowels, cried out: A wild beast hath devoured Joseph (Gen. xxxvii, 33), a wild and cruel beast; and, holding… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1015C…e was imploring us." You see after how much time they remembered that sin? And to their father they had indeed said: "A most wicked beast has devoured Joseph" (Gen. 37:33). But while Joseph himself was present… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:501…the themselves immediately in sackcloth. Thus, long ago, Jacob rent his garments and put sackcloth upon his body when the death of Joseph was announced to him (Gen. xxxvii, 34); and, to pass over very many, thus Dav… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:467…s sons and his daughters gathered together, and came to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, saying: I will go down to my son mourning into the grave" (Gen. 37:34-35). As if it were not possible for his so… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1241…evil beast has torn joseph in pieces and jacob rent his garments and put sackcloth upon his loins and mourned for his son for many days c reg iv the man who had come from the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1085C…us are compassionate. For we have heard him saying: "When all," he said, "my sons and daughters had come to comfort him, he did not receive their consolation" (Gen. xxxvii, 35); for the tunic stained with blood woul… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:1085C…eceive their consolation" (Gen. xxxvii, 35); for the tunic stained with blood would not allow it. For he said: "I will descend to Hades with grief for my son" (Gen. xxxvii, 35): so great was the grief. Where then is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:467…days and all his sons and his daughters gathered together and came to comfort him but he refused to be comforted saying i will go down to my son mourning into the grave gen as if… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:391B…e junior rendered obedience to the major, the last showed honor to the first with precedence: one did not envy the other, as the sons of Jacob [envied] Joseph (Gen. XXXVII, 41). One did not resist the other, as Absa…