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Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Tu seras béni plus que tous les peuples; il n'y aura chez toi ni homme ni femme stérile, ni bête stérile parmi tes troupeaux.

KJV

Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus

    ίως ἅμα καὶ προσφυῶς F 18 φασίν scripsi: φησίν codd. (v) 19 μεταποιουμένῳ] ἁπτομένῳ Α 1 Exod. 23,26. Deut. 7, 14. 18. 19 οὔτ’ ἐν λόγῳ οὔτ’ ἐν ἀριθμῷ: Orac. ap. Phot. (Suid.) s. v. ὑμεῖς, (0 Μεγαρεῖς, οὔτε τρίτοι οὔτε τέταρτοι. Schol. Theocr. 14,48. Iamblich. Vit. Pythag. 35 (259)…
  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    jection 1: It would seem that the Mother of God did not take a vow of virginity. For it is written ( Dt. 7:14 ): "No one shall be barren among you of either sex." But sterility is a consequence of virginity. Therefore the keeping of virginity was contrary to the commandment of th…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)

    IO XXXVII. Cum scriptum sit in libro Deuteronomii: Maledictus qui non reliquerit semen in Israel (Deut. VII, 14, in cod. Graecis) , quomodo contra hanc divinam sententiam plurimi et in Veteri Testamento, et in Novo nec conjugia sortiti sunt, nec semen suae carnis ullo modo rel…

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