Where the Fathers quote Genesis 7

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Isidore of PelusiumPG 78:232expounds v.4“ετι γαρ ημερων επτα εγω επαγω υετον επι την γην τεσσαρακοντα ημερας και τεσσαρακοντα νυκτας και εξαλειψω παν το αναστημα ο εποιησα απο προσωπου πασης ”Interpretation of: «Seven days» John ChrysostomPG 53:218expounds v.6“Νωε δε ην ετων εξακοσιων και ο κατακλυσμος του υδατος εγενετο επι της γης.”On «Noah was six hundred years old, and the flood of waters was on the earth»: Perseverance in the labors of virtue John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:217…have its end he says the lord god said to noah 'enter thou and all thy house into the ark for thee have i seen righteous before me in this generation and of the clean cattle… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:233A…re had previously made clear to us the testimony from God concerning the righteous man, saying: Enter into the ark, for I saw you righteous in this generation (Gen. 7.1), for this reason it says: And God reme… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:555C…that he might embrace him like a friend, and love him who is just, that he might say as he said to Noah: I have seen you alone righteous in this generation (Gen. 7. 1), and that he might appear to him as to… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:519…these things to the great noah and god said to noah enter thou and all thy house into the ark for b i have seen thee righteous before me in this generation and of all the… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:91…nature confiding the principles of nature to noah said enter thou and thy house into the ark for i have seen thee righteous before me in this generation of all clean beasts thou shalt take to… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:519…righteous before me in this generation and of all the clean cattle take to thee by sevens the male and the female but of the cattle that are not clean two and two the male and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 11:1225…the voice of his neighbor and the lord scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth and they ceased building the city and the tower for this reason its name was called confusion… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:155…said behold i have given you every herb bearing seed which is upon the face of all the earth… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:157…have given you every seed bearing herb that sows seed which is upon the face of all the earth symmachus and god said let us make man as our image according to our likeness and god… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:485…and behold a male goat of the goats came from the west upon the face of all the earth and there was a horn between the eyes of the goat and it came even to… Athanasius of Alexandria c. 296–373PG 27:165…who calls forth the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of all the earth and again bringing up the clouds from the end of the earth placing the abysses in storehouses… Gregory of Nazianzus c. 329–390PG 36:65…word the flowing nature c upon the clouds yet pours it out upon the face of all the earth sowing it seasonally and equally and neither leaving the entire liquid substance free and unrestrained for the… Didymus the Blind c. 313–398PG 39:305…that calleth for the water of the sea and poureth it out upon the face of all the earth the lord god almighty is his name concerning which ascension david also sings god is gone up… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 43:277…upon the face of all the earth this alone god created on the second day a on the third day the seas the rivers… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:235…her feet returned to him into the ark because water was on the face of all the earth it is worth investigating here how although the holy scripture said above that the tops of the mountains… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:275…let us make for ourselves a name before we are scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth see how they did not use their agreement for a necessary purpose and that the vain plan… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:279…same place and the lord god he says scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth and they ceased building the city and the tower behold the philanthropy of the master and into… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 64:1063…who calls up the water of the sea and pours it out upon the face of all the earth lord of hosts is his name the lord rebukes thee o devil he who is served and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 76:707…and let us make for ourselves a name before we be scattered upon the face of all the earth and the lord descended to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 80:1097…again calling for the water of the sea and pouring it out upon the face of all the earth let all the earth fear the lord and let all who dwell in the inhabited world be… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:977…and we are taught that this is the curse which goes forth upon the face of all the earth for every thief shall from this place unto death be pu… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1069…it will be an emporium for all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of all the earth and its merchandise will be holy to the lord and what follows the phrase therefore you will… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1153…scattered and wandered on every mountain and upon every high hill and upon the face of all the earth c my sheep were scattered and there was no one seeking nor turning them back by mountains… Olympiodorus of Alexandria fl. 6th century (c. 500-570)PG 93:273…in the clouds yet did not hold it fast but sowed it upon the face of all the earth in an orderly and equal manner therefore in saying extending the north upon nothing he hinted at… Paschal Chronicle c. 630PG 92:113…let us make for ourselves a name before we be scattered abroad upon the face of all the earth and the lord god came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:519…in this generation and of all the clean cattle take to thee by sevens the male and the female but of the cattle that are not clean two and two the male and the female and… Symeon Metaphrastes fl. c. 960, d. c. 1000PG 115:343…didst call forth the water of the sea and pour it out upon the face of all the earth who didst bless the waters in the jordan through thy holy baptism who didst say 'i am… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:625…upon you suddenly for it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth by a trap he means what is unexpected and unforeseen both in its manifestation and in its suddenness… James of Kokkinobaphos fl. 12th c.PG 127:581…to this exile but that i should be immediately wiped away from the face of all the earth by just reasoning for by goodness alone you brought me from non existence into being you honored me… Michael Glycas c. 1125–after 1204PG 158:191…of his neighbor ' and the lord god scattered them from thence upon the face of all the earth c at that time they were also called meropes from the division of the speech and of… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:49…again as a snare that day will come upon all who sit upon the face of all the earth that is to say upon those in debauchery drunkenness luxuries and worldly cares who are b nailed… Gregory Palamas c. 1296–1359PG 151:1371…his gospel how the other mary indicates the theotokos how those sitting upon the face of all the earth are to be interpreted he condemns those who do not give to the needy not as thieves… AnonymousPG 2:1109…forget the lord and act impiously and the lord will scatter them upon the face of all the earth until the mercy of the lord shall come a man performing righteousness and performing mercy to all… OrigenesPG 16:2797…the clouds thou o king art exalted above all men who are upon the face of all the earth thy heart is lifted up in pride and strength above matters pertaining to the holy one and… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:11…genesis h from the gallandian library cap vii a v i bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and i will blot out every creature which i have made from the face of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:213…to the righteous man for yet seven days and behold i bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and i will blot out every existence which i made from off the face of… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:217…and of the cattle that are not clean two by two ' for yet seven days and i bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and i will destroy b all the living… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:221…abyss and the cataracts of heaven were opened and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights look at how much the holy scripture continues to use condescension even now and discusses everything… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:227…ll destroy every living thing that I have made, from the face of the earth, from man even to cattle, and from creeping things even to the birds of the heaven" (Gen. VII, 4). These things are narrated to us by th… Basil of SeleuciaPG 85:79…covenants of love and again defers it for a little while saying for yet seven days and i will bring a deluge for the divine nature is insatiable toward love for mankind and works out so… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 54:733A…, so that He may not bring about evils. Moral exhortation. 206-218 HOMILY XXV. Noah was six hundred years old, and the flood of water occurred upon the earth (Gen. 7. 6). — The patience and kindness of God in… PG 10 (anthology)PG 10:387…triarchs of Alexandria, page 360, ascribed to Hippolytus, which however the preface teaches to be rather the work of Julius Romanus. Commentaries on Genesis VII, 6; VIII, 1, and Deuteronomy XXXIII, 1, from the Arabic Penta… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:221C…n birds, and of the unclean birds, and of the creeping things, two by two. From all, there entered to Noe into the ark male and female, as God instructed Noe (Gen. 7.7-9). He did not simply add, as God instru… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:231…things that follow for since the flood began he says noah entered and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons into the ark because of c the water of the flood and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:235…man for since he commanded him to go out from the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons and all the wild beasts so that this very thing might not… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 69:67…water it is written therefore that c noah entered into the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him he also brought in with them from every kind of… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:281…from each kind and also use them in the ark b vers and noah went in and his sons and his wife with him into the ark and the wives of his sons because of the… John VI Kantakouzenos c. 1292–1383PG 154:549…things that have happened moses says and noah entered into the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons b and then he says and noah went out of the ark… Makarios Melissenos fl. c. 1573-1584PG 156:933…and consider the events moses says and noah entered into the ark and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons and regarding the entry he says noah entered and his sons and… Cyril of JerusalemPG 33:355…for now i need the ark of noah in which were noah and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons for although there was one ark and the door was shut yet… PG 43 (anthology)PG 43:1293…and the flood of waters came upon the earth and noah entered and his sons and his wife and the wives of his sons with him into the ark because of the water of the flood… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:1037B…entiousness. And how? Listen. A deluge occurred, the common shipwreck of the inhabited world. The windows of heaven were opened, and the abysses gushed forth (Gen. 7:10); all was water, and the things that we… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:221D…says, and the water of the flood was upon the earth, in the six hundredth year in the life of Noe, the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month (Gen. 7.10-11). Behold the precision of Scripture, ho… Hippolytus of Rome c. 170–235PG 10:707…noah the flood came and suddenly the gushing water dissolved that bread and the windows of heaven were opened and the rains of heaven burst forth upon the earth indeed that same voice which once had… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:221D…n that day, all the fountains of the abyss were broken up, and the cataracts of heaven were opened, and the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights (Gen. 7.11-12). See how even now the Holy Scripture u… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:11…h from the gallandian library cap vii a v i bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and i will blot out every creature which i have made from the face of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:213…the righteous man for yet seven days and behold i bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and i will blot out every existence which i made from off the face of the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:217…two by two ' for yet seven days and i bring rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights and i will destroy b all the living substance that i have made from off the… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:221…the fountains of the abyss and the cataracts of heaven were opened and the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights look at how much the holy scripture continues to use condescension even… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 41:179…mentioned noah and his three sons shem ham and japheth his own wife and the three wives of his three sons so that eight human souls were saved in the ark of that time from the… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 21:537…said let the waters bring forth the creeping creature that hath life after his kind and all the fowls of the air after his kind and it was so and again let the earth bring forth… Epiphanius of Salamis c. 340–404PG 42:211C…i, 22): or, 'The Lord spoke to Moses' (Exod. xiii, 1): or, 'God descended, that he might see the tower' (Gen. xi, 5): or, 'The Lord shut the ark from without' (Gen. vii, 16), and other things of this kind, he den… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:143…face of the deep and the spirit of god was being carried upon the face of the waters and god said let there be light and there was light and god saw the light that it… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:225…without and the deluge took place for forty days and forty nights upon the earth and the ark was carried about consider again how through the narrative he increases the fear and magnifies what had occurred… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:99…and the earth and every herb of the field before it was upon the earth and all the grass of the field before it sprang up for god had not rained upon the earth and there… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:227…nd of beasts, and every creeping thing that moved upon the earth, and every man, and all that has the breath of life, and all that was upon the dry land died" (Gen. VII, 21-22). It implies this not simply, saying "a… Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 15:143…earth and the earth was a void and a waste and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the spirit of god was hovering over the face of the waters and god said let… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:193…about to be punished and delivered over to total destruction both the cattle and the creeping things and the birds share in the storm which is about to engulf the whole inhabited world and just as… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:197…sentence not against the human race alone but also against all the cattle and the creeping things and the birds for since the humans for whose sake these were brought forth were about to perish and… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:227…ng thing that was upon the face of the earth, from man even to cattle, and creeping things, and birds of the heaven, and they were blotted out from the earth" (Gen. VII, 23). See how, once and again and repea… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:229…all the cattle and all the birds and all the reptiles all that were with him in the ark and god brought a wind upon the earth and the water subsided a' great and unspeakable is… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:233…and all the birds and all the creeping things as many as were with him in the ark observe how he works everything for the sake of the honor given to man for just as when… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:475…fish of the sea and the birds of heaven and the beasts and the creeping things and the cattle and all the earth gen i o the consequent order of god o the accurate reason of… Nicetas Choniates c. 1155–1217PG 139:1277…hear moses saying and the earth was void and empty and darkness was upon the face of the deep gen i and from this seize an opportunity to attribute the divine eternity to matter and darkness… Leo Allatius 1586-1669PG 18:823…lib vii cap but the earth was empty and void and darkness was upon the face of the abyss gen god does not create emptiness he does not create darkness but the earth he says was… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:227B…waters. "And Noah was left alone," it says, "and those that were with him in the ark." "And the water prevailed upon the earth for one hundred and fifty days" (Gen. VII, 24). For so many days, it says, that high… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 53:231D…hear the words of the divine Scripture itself. For because blessed Moses taught us, saying, "The water prevailed upon the earth for a hundred and fifty days" (Gen. 7. 24) (and we have proceeded in our teaching…