Where the Fathers quote Genesis 5
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John ChrysostomPG 49:91expounds v.1“Αυτη η βιβλος γενεσεως ανθρωπων· η ημερα εποιησεν ο Θεος τον Αδαμ κατ᾿ εικονα Θεου εποιησεν αυτον·”The hypothesis of the creation, including: «Adam, where are you?» and on not swearing
John ChrysostomPG 53:175expounds v.1“Αυτη η βιβλος γενεσεως ανθρωπων· η ημερα εποιησεν ο Θεος τον Αδαμ, κατ᾿ εικονα Θεου εποιησεν αυτον·”On «This is the book of the generation of men, etc.»: The necessity of soul-healing over mere instruction
John ChrysostomPG 53:185expounds v.32“Και ην Νωε ετων πεντακοσιων και εγεννησε τρεις υιους, τον Σημ, τον Χαμ, και τον Ιαφεθ.”On «And Noah was five hundred years old, etc.»: Focusing on God's will and avoiding vainglory
1Gen 5:1
Clement of Alexandria c. 150 – c. 215PG 9:685B…and the spiritual is according to his own. Concerning these three, without the other children of Adam, it is said: This is the book of the generation of men [Gen. v, 1]. Because Seth was spiritual, he neithe…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:99…he spoke and they were made he commanded and they were created this is the book of the generation of heaven and earth when it was made in the day that the lord god made the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1205…understand how it is said in six days because of the text this is the book of the generation of heaven and earth and what follows one must therefore be bold and say that the time…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:165…from the beginning onyx lxx interpretes in the sixth day he ceased this is the book of the generations of heaven and earth a fountain also was going up from the earth and was watering all…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:167C…The word bīblos does not exist in this place among the Hebrews; but it was added by a Hebrew scribe out of error, deceived by the similarity of that passage (Gen. v, 1) in which it lies: among Aquila indeed,…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:175…tions. Your conjunction. 17. Cursed be the earth because of you... 19. (Until) you return. 20. Eve. 22. Notes and various readings on Chapter III of Genesis. V. 1. The reading of Aquila, according to Theodoret and in the R…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:203…f Chanaan be his servant. 27. In the tabernacles. AQUILA. 26. Let Chanaan be a servant of servants. 27. Notes and various readings on Chapter IX of Genesis. V. 1. Regarding the Hebrew word [Hebrew], where the LXX have [Gr…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:211…give it to you. 18. He dwelt. By the valley of Mamre. AQUILA.⟦/italic⟧ 6. 12. He sat. 17. 18. Notes and variant readings on chapter XIII of Genesis. V. 1 and 3. Σ., ⟦Greek: εἰς τὸν νότον⟧. From the Coislin manuscr…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:223…. A male, if his foreskin flesh shall not be circumcised, he shall be destroyed. AQUILA. 1. 2. 8. 14. Notes and various readings on Chapter XVII of Genesis. V. 1. "Others," teleios (perfect). So the manuscripts. V. 2. "…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:251…TS. CHAPTER XXVII OF GENESIS. ⟦original-script column: see facsimile⟧ ⟦index: entries preserved⟧ Notes and variant readings on chapter XXVII of Genesis. V. 1. Coislin. The first reading appears corrupt; the second i…
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:537…the same prophet summarizing the whole account concludes thus this he says is the book of the generations of the heavens and of the earth in the day that the lord god made the heaven and…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:951…twofold name of god and the twofold creation of things h a this is the book of the generations of heaven and earth when it was made the day on which god made heaven and earth…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 89:957…therefore what the prophet moses teaches us here according to the letter this is the book of the generation of heaven and earth when it was the day in which god made heaven and earth that…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:99…may thus withdraw home let us hear then what these things are this is the book of the generation of heaven and earth when it came to be in the day that god made the heaven…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:731…, in which God created man, in the image of God he created him; and he created them male and female, and he called their name Adam, in the day he created them (Gen. 5. 1-2). Virtue is more illustrious than the i…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:75…were finished and recapitulating again and naming the book he speaks thus this is the book of the generation of heaven and earth as if they were the containers of them and as if all things…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:225…seth and of his son enos resuming his speech again says thus this is the book of the generation of men in the day that god created adam in the image of god created he him…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:17…with god of the genealogy this book of the generations of men in the day that god created etc p in the beginning of the history it deals immediately with the kingdoms of the assyrians persians…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:21…theophilus it begins with these words book of the generation of men in the day that god created adam it ends however with the roman emperor in constantinople the final words are the emperor romanus dies…
Leo Grammaticus fl. c. 1013PG 108:1193…is said in the beginning god created heaven and earth and again this is the book of the generation of heaven and earth in the day that god created heaven and earth therefore on the same…
Andronicus I Comnenus c. 1118–1185PG 133:883…eternity just as jeremiah predicted concerning the spiritual that is the evangelical this is the book of the commandments of god and the law which is for eternity and the same man says of it behold…
2Gen 5:2
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:207…HEXAPLA OF THE REMAINDERS. 9. Babel. 9. Babel. Confusum est. 9. Babel. Commiscuit. Notes and various readings on Chapter XI of Genesis. V. 2. A. [Aquila], they went. S. [Symmachus], they went away. So…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:219…mum meam]. 9. A pigeon. 11. He drove them away. 12. A sleep fell upon him. 15. Buried in a good old age. Notes and various readings on Chapter XV of Genesis. V. 2. A., "I go childless." S., "I go." And again S., "the kinsm…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:223…Notes and various readings on Chapter XVI of Genesis. V. 2. A., epeiche (look to). [Codex] Coislin. Ibid. A., eipōs…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:275…o great a good is deferred. | 22. 25. Confidence. | 25. Confidently. | 25. 30. Number. | 30. A few. | 30. Notes and various readings on ch. XXXIV of Genesis. V. 2. A., Sychem. Thus, two royal codices, whose words are: Aqui…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:175…the likeness of god he created him male and female he created them and called their name adam in the day he created them a great and unspeakable is the treasure beloved in the things just…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:177…god he created him male and female he created them and he called their name adam in the day he created them see how again the divine scripture having begun the narrative from above reminds us…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:731…the image of god he made him male and female he made them and called their name adam in the day that he created them gen virtue becomes brighter through tribulations what it means to be…
Cosmas Indicopleustes fl. c. 535–550PG 88:225…that god created adam in the image of god created he him male and female created he them and he blessed them and called his name adam in the day when he created them and adam…
PG 97 (anthology)PG 97:65…created by god whose name was adam and his wife was eve male and female created he them and adam begat from his wife three sons cain abel and seth and two daughters azoura and asuam…
3Gen 5:3
Caesarius of Nazianzus c. 330-368/369PG 38:919…flame it is written in the sacred letters and adam lived two hundred and thirty years and begat a son according to his likeness and according to his image that is such as he had from…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:177…and thirty years and begot according to his form and according to his image and called his name seth and the days of his life were seven hundred years and he begot sons and daughters and…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:43…cain killed then a little later and adam lived he says two hundred and thirty years and begat according to his own likeness and according to his own image and called his name seth see therefore…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1043…adam he made them in the image of god adam lived two hundred and thirty years and begat seth seth lived two hundred and five years and begat enos and enos lived one hundred and sixty…
Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:483…ter these words: "And God made man; in the image of God he made him" (Gen. 1, 27). And in what follows: "Adam begat Seth, in his image and after his likeness" (Gen. 5, 3). And so, passing over others, let…
Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:336…a and god but adam lived two hundred and thirty years and begat a son according to his likeness and his image that is to say such as the image and…
Anastasius of SinaiPG 89:235…but after these hear what the scripture says and adam lived two hundred and thirty years and begat a son according to his own form and according to his own image which is to say such…
4Gen 5:4
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:195…as. | 22. Vacant. | 22. | | 24. And it prevailed. | 24. And the waters prevailed. | 24. It prevailed. | Notes and various readings on Chapter VII of Genesis. V. 4. Thus some codices, every resurrection, with the interpre…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:199…All the days of the earth. Night and day. AQUILA. 21. The Lord said to his heart. 22. Day and night. Notes and various readings to chapter VIII of Genesis. V. 4. This reading of Aquila and Symmachus comes from the margin…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:243…hat damsel. 63. To converse in the region. 67. And [he] brought her into the tent of Sarah his mother. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXIV of Genesis. V. 4. Manuscript codices have here: Some say the Syrian and the…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:275…8. Benjamin. | 18. Benjamin. | 18. 19. Ephrata, this is Bethlehem. | 19. Ephrata, this is Bethlehem. | 19. Notes and various readings on ch. XXXV of Genesis. V. 4. A. S. Th. the oak. Thus Drusius. The LXX also not infreq…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:671…which speaks in this way and adam lived nine hundred and thirty years and he begat sons and daughters and he died vii d when the human race had multiplied and the number of adam s…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1155…in the eleventh chapter and shem lived after he begat arphaxad five hundred years and he begat sons and daughters and he died and arphaxad lived one hundred thirty five years and he begat cainan there…
5Gen 5:5
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:81B…dix from the Coislinian codex. Occasionally, too, holding no regard for genders, in order to express Hebraisms, he coupled the singular with the plural, as in Gen. v, 5, kai ezesen Adam triakonta etos, kai e…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:89…nt Interpreters, he always expressed the years of the Hebrew text, as Eusebius Emisenus testifies in the place which we have recorded in the notes to Genesis V, 5, excerpted from the manuscripts. "The Hebrew," he says, "an…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:185…their name and all the days of adam were which he lived nine hundred and thirty years and mathusala lived seven and sixty and one hundred years and he begat lamech symmacus lxx interpreters theodotion this…
Eusebius of Emesa c. 300-359PG 86:555…nd the sons of God saw the daughters of men"; that is, the righteous; for there was no mixing of the sons of Seth with those of Cain. III. On Genesis V, 5. Ibid. p. 22: But regarding the years of the generation…
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:671…first book of moses which speaks in this way and adam lived nine hundred and thirty years and he begat sons and daughters and he died vii d when the human race had multiplied and the…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:177…and he begot sons and daughters and all the days of adam were nine hundred and thirty years and he died h that nothing is placed in holy scripture without cause h ' did i not…
Photius of Constantinople c. 810–c. 891PG 101:1177B…7, q. XIV. — 13, q. XXXIV. — 16, 17, q. CCLIV. — 21, q. LXX, q. I, c. 26. — 22, q. XXIII. — IV, 7, q. LXXI, CIX, XXXIII. — 8, q. XI, CIV. — 10, q. XL, CCXL. — Gen. V, 5-24, q. CCXL, c. 4. — VI, 2, q. CCLV. — VII…
Eutychius of Alexandria c. 877-940PG 111:911…all my children now the whole span of adam s life was nine hundred and thirty years and he died on a friday on the fourteenth day of the moon on the sixth of nisan which…
PG 97 (anthology)PG 97:73…and nine years old begat sala and after this he lived three hundred and thirty years and he died having lived in all four hundred and sixty seven years but sala having grown older was instructed…
6Gen 5:6
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:47D…aeida, חֲעֵדָה; and Jerem. xix, 2, A., S., Th., charseth, חֶרֶשׂ, as above. In the middle or after the first letter of the word, more frequently e or e. Gen. v, 6, ouasseil, וַיְחִי, "and he lived"; I…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:207…10. For the famine was heavy. 12. They will make live. 17. He touched... with touches he tortured. Notes and various readings on Chapter XII of Genesis. V. 6. We add the version of Symmachus, which is cited without th…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:227…udgment. 26. If I find fifty just men in Sodom. 30. Nor now, he says, may there be indignation, Lord. Notes and various readings on chapter XVIII of Genesis. V. 6. From Drusius and from the Roman Edition. Aquila translates…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:45…progeny of seth it is written again thus and seth lived two hundred and five years and begat enos concerning whom the holy scripture says he hoped to call upon the name of the lord god…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1043…lived two hundred and thirty years and begat seth seth lived two hundred and five years and begat enos and enos lived one hundred and sixty one years and begat cainan and cainan lived one hundred…
7Gen 5:7
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:263…written that adam at years begat seth but the hebrew says verse and seth lived after he begat enos eight hundred and seven years etc and enoch walked with god and he was not found for…
8Gen 5:8
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:247…HEXAPLARUM QUAE SUPERSUNT. Notes and various readings on ch. XXV of Genesis. V. 8. Thus the Roman edition and Drusius. See what we said above…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:307…mber. AQUILA. 8. Little ones of ours. 9. I guarantee. 11. Styrax. Almonds. 23. Peace to you. 30. Bowels. Notes and various readings for chap. XLIII Genesis. V. 8. A., little ones of ours. So the Coislin codex. V. 9. A.,…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:315…29. As yet. 30. I shall die, in the future tense. AQUILA. 29. 30. I should die, in the optative mood. Notes and variant readings on Chapter XLVI of Genesis. V. 8. "Another [reading], 'entering.' From the Coislin [manuscri…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:45…says he hoped to call upon the name of the lord god and all the days of seth were twelve and nine hundred years and he died and enos lived one hundred and ninety years and…
9Gen 5:9
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:203…robust hunter. 14. From whom the Philistines went forth. 21. Greater. 25. Phaleg. AQUILA. 9. 14. 21. 25. Notes and various readings on Chapter X of Genesis. V. 9. "Another," [Greek]. Drusius suspects this to be the interp…
10Gen 5:10
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:247…ontended. Slander. They slandered. 21. His name, opposing. 26. Friend. 30. 31. 33. Well of saturation. 35. Notes and various readings on ch. XXVI of Genesis. V. 10. A., S., plemmeles. Thus the Roman edition. The interpret…
11Gen 5:11
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:285…dwelt there and all the days of terah in haran were two hundred and five years and he died in haran let us pay attention to what has been read with precision i beseech you so…
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:45…died and enos lived one hundred and ninety years and begat cainan and all the days of enos were five and nine hundred years and he died and cainan lived one hundred and seventy years and…
13Gen 5:13
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:239…it was confirmed. AQUILA 9. In the midst of you. 11. No, my Lord. 13. 15. 17. And it was confirmed. Notes and variant readings for chapter XXIII of Genesis V. 13. Thus in the manuscripts. Whether par' emoi is a variant…
Nilus of Sinai d. c. 430PG 79:1367…ten; L, thirty; O, seventy; Σ, two hundred; and those elements make up the number 365, which is, of course, the number of days a full year has, c. 11 Genesis v. 13, and Ecclesiasticus c. 24, v. 35 and 37. They believe the…
14Gen 5:14
Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:45…died and cainan lived one hundred and seventy years and begat malalehel and all the days of cainan were ten and nine hundred years and he died and malalehel lived one hundred and sixty five years…
16Gen 5:16
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:255…. Prosperously. AQUILA. 16. Then. 19. Bathel. Previously Luz [was] the name to the city. 21. In peace. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXVIII Genesis. V. 16. A., then. S., so. Coislin offers these readings. V. 19. Th…
Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:1043…adam he made them in the image of god adam lived two hundred and thirty years and begat seth seth lived two hundred and five years and begat enos and enos lived one hundred and sixty…
19Gen 5:19
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:279…esert, as he was pasturing the donkeys of Sebegon. 35. [He who defeated]. 36. 40. In their names. Notes and various readings on Chapter XXXVI of Genesis. V. 19. Thus in the manuscripts and the Roman edition. V. 24. This…
20Gen 5:20
Diodore of Tarsus d. c. 394PG 33:1569…v vers and the days of adam were etc up to verse and all the days of jared were nine hundred and sixty two years and he died diodorus if adam was from the earth and…
21Gen 5:21
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:205…nce they went forth from there, the Philistim. 21. Of the elder. 25. Phalech. THEODOTION. 9. 14. 21. 25. Notes and various readings on Chapter X of Genesis. V. 21. S., Of the elder. From the Coislin codex. V. 25. The Royal…
22Gen 5:22
Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:741C…epeatedly offered sacrifices to God, and Cain offered sacrifices before the Lord, though they were not accepted; and Enoch, who pleased God and was translated (Gen. V, 22; Eccli. XLIV, 16); and Noah, who offere…
23Gen 5:23
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:179…begotten him methuselah two hundred years and he begot sons and daughters and all the days of enoch were three hundred and sixty five years and please c enoch god and he was not found because…
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 82:1513B…s the reward for divine service obtained his translation into paradise, and an immortal life—for a time—and a glorious and immortal memory throughout all ages (Gen. 5, 23, 24; Eccl. 44, 16; Hebr. 11, 5). But wh…
24Gen 5:24
Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:263…seth lived after he begat enos eight hundred and seven years etc and enoch walked with god and he was not found for god took him see with what diligence the time that preceded the generation…
26Gen 5:26
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:187…eight hundred and seventy two years h vulgate latin h and mathusala lived after he begat lamech seven hundred and eighty two years h aquila h and mathusala lived after he begat lamech seven hundred and…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:189…lived one hundred and eighty seven years and begat lamech and mathusala lived after he begat lamech seven hundred and eighty two years and begat sons and daughters and all the days of mathusala were nine…
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:205…ENESIS CAP. XI. 26. 26. And Chanaan shall be his servant. 27. 27. In the houses. Another, in the tents. Notes and various readings on Chapter IX of Genesis. V. 26. We have the full passage in the manuscript catenae and in…
27Gen 5:27
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 30:1089…isagree; but even what he said about Methuselah, attributing to him nine hundred and seventy years, is somewhat different from what the LXX have, Genesis V, 27: Kai egenonto pasai hai hēmerai Mathousala, has ezēsen, en…
George the Monk d. c. 914PG 110:87…age begat lamech b and lived thereafter eight hundred and two years and all the days of methuselah were nine hundred and sixty nine years and he died lamech at one hundred and eighty eight years…
28Gen 5:28
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:629…alled his name Noe, saying: This one will make us rest from our labors and sorrows and from the works of our hands, and from the ground which the Lord cursed" (Gen. V, 28-29). Why, you ask, did he not say: "This o…
29Gen 5:29
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 13:1665…noah in the mystery of christ as it is said of him and he called his name noah saying because this man shall give us rest from our sorrows and from the works of our hands…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:181…lived one hundred and eighty seven years and he begot a son and he called his name noah saying this one shall give us rest from our works and from the sorrows of our hands and…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:451…osed some rare and new one, so that through it he might foreshadow some future events. Thus also Lamech called his son Noe, saying: This one will make us rest (Gen. v, 29). Thus, if you examine the names one by…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:627D…been righteous. Why, then, did he impose a name on the boy which held the primary history of future things, and the name of the righteous man was a prophecy? (Gen. V, 29). For his name signified the future flo…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:627D…was called Noah from Nia, that is, "author of rest": and the added particle declares this. For he called his name Noah, saying, "This same shall comfort us" (Gen. V, 29), calling the flood "rest." For because…
30Gen 5:30
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:103…read lamech lived a hundred and eighty eight years and begat noah and lamech lived after he begat noah five hundred and fifty three years and died and noah was five hundred years old and he…
31Gen 5:31
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:185…years old, and Noah begat three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. And it came to pass when men began to multiply upon the earth, and daughters were born unto them (Gen. 5:31 and 6:1). 1. The preacher captur…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:731A…d years old, and he begat three sons, Sem, Cham, and Japheth. And it came to pass when men began to multiply upon the earth, and daughters were born unto them (Gen. 5. 31 and 6. 1). Attention is the spiritual d…
32Gen 5:32
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:103…after he begat noah five hundred and fifty three years and died and noah was five hundred years old and he begat three sons here also we perceive a discrepancy of sixty five years regarding noah…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:181…wickedness and choose virtue and to flee such great indignation it says and noah was five hundred years old and noah begot three sons behold again another righteous man with a wife and children who had…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:207B…s, it desires to intimate to us, in a hidden way, the greatness and multiplicity of his virtue. For after it said above that Noah was five hundred years old (Gen. 5:32), it then added: And he begat three so…
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:217…but since the divine scripture having anticipated taught us already by saying noah was five hundred years old and after making known to us the number of his years then narrated the great inclination of men…