Fathers

Homilies on Genesis, Homilia IX · §1

Abraham’s servant sworn; journey for a wife

Abraham binds the elder servant by oath: not a wife from the Canaanites for his son, but from his kin. Camels are laden; prayer is made at the well.

Latin

Abraham seniorem servum iurat: non uxorem de Chananaeis filio, sed de cognatione. Cameli onusti; oratio ad puteum.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IX 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 IX. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IX §§1–3 (closeout).

Witnesses

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

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