And the LORD said unto him, This [is] the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see [it] with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'Eternel lui dit: C'est là le pays que j'ai juré de donner à Abraham, à Isaac et à Jacob, en disant: Je le donnerai à ta postérité. Je te l'ai fait voir de tes yeux; mais tu n'y entreras point.
KJV
And the LORD said unto him, This [is] the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see [it] with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
ῖ δὲ ὁμοίως πᾶσαν ἐπιδειξάμενος τὴν γῆν φησιν, ὅτι „ἔδειξα τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς σου, κἀκεῖ οὐκ εἰσελεύσῃ“ (Deut. 34, 4). μὴ μέντοι νομίσῃς ἐπὶ καθαιρέσει τοῦ πανσόφου, ὡς ὑπολαμβάνουσιν ἔνιοι τῶν ἀπερισκέπτων, τοῦτο εἰρῆσθαι· καὶ γὰρ εὔηθες τοὺς δούλους οἰηθῆναι πρὸ τῶν φίλων τοῦ θεοῦ…
Hermas
The Shepherd of Hermas
οσύνη, Καταλαλιά, Μῖσος. ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα ὁ φορῶν τοῦ θεοῦ δοῦλος τὴν βασιλείαν μὲν ὄψεται τοῦ θεοῦ, Deut. 34, 4 εἰς αὐτὴν δὲ οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται. Οἱ λίθοι δέ, φημί, κύριε, οἱ ἐκ τοῦ βυθοῦ ἡρμοσμένοι εἰς τὴν οἰκοδομὴν τίνες εἰσίν; Οἱ μὲν πρῶτοι, φησίν, οἱ ι οἱ εἰς τὰ θεμέλια τεθειμέ…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 202 (Migne)
jubente Domino, et sepelierunt eum in valle Moab contra Phogor, et non cognovit homo sepulcrum ejus (Deut XXXIV, 1-6) . Quid est, Domine? Haec est illa praedicabilis et praedicata ubique gentium amicitia tua, ad amicum tuum Moysen? Taliterne finiuntur promissiones tuae? Itane rem…
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