Where the Fathers quote Tob 8

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Expounded by the Fathers

John ChrysostomPG 49:91expounds v.6“συ εποιησας Αδαμ και εδωκας αυτω βοηθον Ευαν στηριγμα την γυναικα αυτου· εκ τουτων εγεννηθη το ανθρωπων σπερμα. συ ειπας· ου καλον ειναι τον ανθρωπον ”The hypothesis of the creation, including: «Adam, where are you?» and on not swearing

9Tob 8:9

John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 56:631D…that human custom, he would first rise and pray, and say thus: "Lord, you know that not out of lust have I taken my wife, but for the procreating of children" (Tob. 8:9): for if he had prayed otherwise, his p…