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Homilies on Genesis, Homilia XI · §2

Rebecca called sister; blessing multiplied

In fear he says, She is my sister. The Lord blesses Isaac; a hundredfold harvest. Envy of the Philistines.

Latin

Timore dicit: soror mea est. Dominus benedicit Isaac; centuplum messis. Invidia Philistinorum.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XI on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–3.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XI. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XI §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia XI §§1–3)

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