Where the Fathers quote Genesis 45
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John ChrysostomPG 54:558expounds v.25“Και ανεβησαν εξ Αιγυπτου και ηλθον εις γην Χανααν προς Ιακωβ τον πατερα αυτων,”On patience and resisting temptation: «And they went up, he says, out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, etc.»
2Gen 45:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:983…in silence." Ibid. "We borrow these readings of the three interpreters from Basil. A., provision. Aquila is accustomed to translate the word [Hebrew] thus. See Gen. XLV, 2, and Ps. CXXXI, 15 ()." Ibid. "crumbly…
4Gen 45:4
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:555…able to provide sustenance both for you and for this whole region and he said i am joseph your brother whom you sold into egypt alt version omitted do not let it seem harsh to you…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:763B…immediately moved, making his cheeks wet with tears mixed with joy, and he cried out, saying: "I am Joseph your brother: but now let it not seem hard to you" (Gen. 45. 4, 5). O wondrous things! The innocent cl…
5Gen 45:5
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:575…roken, and their sinews were loosened. For so it happened to them when they heard Joseph saying: I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt (Gen. 45:5). For then, then most of all, their sinews were loosened.…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:75D…s vestri. "You did it in ignorance." This is one excuse; the other, "As did also your princes." Just as Joseph said to his brothers, "God sent me before you" (Gen. 45:5); nay, what he had said there taken by…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:711B…was parted," for it was not his own design to depart for this or that reason; which also Joseph, defending his brothers, implies, saying, "God sent me hither" (Gen. 45:5); that is, He used their malice for goo…
6Gen 45:6
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:1569D…ng his father and family into Egypt, lest they also be oppressed by the famine which had already invaded the nearby regions, according to that which is read in Gen. XLV, 6: "It is two years since the famine bega…
8Gen 45:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:139…who sent me here but god and he has made me as a father to pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler of all the land of egypt the ruler of bodily matters being…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:557…into this prominence god he says sent me and made me as a father to pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler of all egypt that slavery he says procured this authority for me…
9Gen 45:9
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:557…in order that this present glory might accrue to me hastening therefore go up to my father and say to him thus saith thy son joseph god has made me lord of all the land of…
10Gen 45:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:141…sojourners in the land and pharaoh said to joseph saying let them dwell in the land of goshen since in the tetrapla from which the copy was also taken to align with the sequence in the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:557…land of egypt come down therefore to me and do not delay and thou shalt dwell in the land of gesem and thou shalt be near me thou and thy sons and the sons of thy…
12Gen 45:12
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:557…thou be destroyed thou and thy sons and all that thou hast behold your eyes see and the eyes of my brother benjamin that it is my mouth that speaks to you tell my father all…
18Gen 45:18
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:281…thus you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession and again he says…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:389…'you are my son this day i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession d you shall shepherd…
Theophilus of Antioch d. c. 190PG 6:759…you are my son this day have i begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession ridiculous interpretations of the…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1203…clement s words are it is said by the lord ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance a most royal petition which teaches man to pray for salvation without reward…
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:1215…the person of god it was said by the lord 'ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance ' a a most royal petition which teaches that the salvation of men…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1229…whom god said as the prophets foretold many ages before ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession for he himself has…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1751…the lord and against his christ ps ii and again ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance ps ii and the things that follow you shall rule them with a…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:213…his inheritance for christ to whom the father had said ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession c removing those angels…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:709…reads that which was said to him by the father ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession but what is this…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:545…received the nations as an inheritance according to the saying ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance then even the nations shall be israel god on the one hand justly…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 14:399…saying the lord said to me 'you are my son ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession ' and the savior…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 20:71…you are my son this day have i begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession nor indeed were…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:105…are my son this day have i begotten b you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession xiii from the seventy…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:277…me you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession no longer then did…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1071…dominion concerning these the father had expressly promised him saying ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession h chapter xv…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:703…according to the promise made to him in these words ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession having received these gifts…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:793…you are my son this day have i begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession for having been…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 23:809…me you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession we must assuredly believe…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:217…not that of which it is declared by the father ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance psa xlvi the beauty of jacob which he loved he calls the prophecy…
Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:297…gifts of men if not from the father who said ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the rebellious that he might dwell among them these men he says…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:581…the nations according to what was said in the psalm ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance those who were positioned under the ruler of this world not only men…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1513…david you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession ps ii and having…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1533…you are my son this day have i begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and your possession…
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1623…him you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession and then at last…
Amphilochius of Iconium c. 340 – after 394PG 39:21…and eternal word that he might take on flesh said 'ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession ' and so forth…
Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:197…me you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession and again i will…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:771…to me and observe similar things and that of david ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance cap xviii the father who sent me is greater than i ibidem concerning…
Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:875…has been given to me and the words of david ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession and other things of…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 52:453…but what does your ancestor according to the flesh say ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession ps ii and isaiah…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:529…desires him speak also of the salvation of the nations ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance speak also of his tomb for you will not leave my soul in…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:583…ibid v tell also of the petition of the nations ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession ps ii for behold…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:177…they remained in the hebrew dialect only and david said ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession ps from where was…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:741…and you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance ps do you see him as son and firstborn and only begotten behold…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 60:765…inheritance all the nations for to you the father said ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession to god therefore let…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 63:15…flesh just as david also said in the second psalm ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance ps ii for it is no longer the portion of the lord jacob…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:909…patient christ is glorified by god the father who says ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession and furthermore sit at…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 75:1045…when he says to the son who has become man ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession for where would the…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:483…heir ask says the father in heaven to the son elsewhere of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession but the divine goodness…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:879…too as man he also hears the following things vers ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession for as god he…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1381…have these as an inheritance according to the prophecy saying ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and your possession as the ends of the earth ps ii thus also…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1529…for regarding him according to his humanity the father said ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession therefore the prophet beseeches…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1425…me you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession this the blessed daniel…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 83:1091…me my son are you i today have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and your possession the ends of the earth and in the eighth a…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1043…according to the flesh it was said by the father ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession ps whence since he…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:1991…yours and you gave them to me according to that ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and by means of these children he says there shall be signs and…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2531…me you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession ps ii b it…
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:2647…was made concerning which it is read in the psalms ask of me and i will give you the gentiles as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession which he distributed to…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:219…for on this very day i will bring your host out of the land of egypt and ye shall keep this day throughout your generations as an everlasting ordinance commencing on the fourteenth day of the…
George Kedrenos fl. 11th c.PG 122:1317…what is this you have done to me take the ring from me and i will give you the gold of the earth only take this from me and do not lead me to solomon but…
Theophanes Kerameus fl. 12th c.PG 132:283…the heir of the nations as the divine oracle foretold ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession for before the economy…
Nicephorus Blemmydes 1197–c. 1272PG 142:1333…in the divine essentially but in the human as creator ask of me and i will give you the nations as your inheritance and the ends of the earth as your possession since i am your…
Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:111…the prophets were truthful for what did the prophets say ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession ps ii it was…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:1207…me you are my son today i have begotten you ask of me and i will give you the nations for your inheritance and the ends of the earth for your possession you shall rule them…
20Gen 45:20
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:139…a father to pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler of all the land of egypt the ruler of bodily matters being in no way like them could say god has made me lord…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:239…him saying that joseph thy son is alive and he is ruler of all the land of egypt h it is to be observed by us who read the holy scriptures how in each and every…
21Gen 45:21
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:557…all the good things of egypt will be yours and the sons of israel did so and joseph gave them wagons according to the commands of the king and he gave to all two changes of…
22Gen 45:22
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:557…of the king and he gave to all two changes of clothing but to benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of gold and five changes of clothing and to his father he sent likewise and ten…
23Gen 45:23
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:719…gave two but to benjamin five and three hundred pieces of gold and to his father he sent likewise so that his mother s house should be equal and they dwelt in the land of canaan…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:557…your father come to me and i will give you of all the good things of egypt and you give orders for them to take wagons for the little ones and the women observe also the…
25Gen 45:25
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:239…and ever amen h homily xv h h concerning what is written and they went up out of egypt and came into the land of chanaan unto jacob their father and told him saying that joseph…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:735…cob their father: and they told him, saying: Thy son Joseph is alive, and he rules over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob fainted; for he did not believe them (Gen. 45. 25-26). — How Joseph behaved toward the Egypt…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1047…the land of canaan there are therefore from the division until abraham came into the land of canaan five generations one hundred and ninety six years from adam four hundred and seventeen generations three thousand eight…
26Gen 45:26
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:547…and joseph went out from the face of pharaoh and went about all the land of egypt and the land produced in the seven years of plenty handfuls and he gathered corn like the sand of…