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Genesis 15:17Gen.15.17

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Quand le soleil fut couché, il y eut une obscurité profonde; et voici, ce fut une fournaise fumante, et des flammes passèrent entre les animaux partagés.

KJV

And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit

    ληθοῦς ἀντίταξιν καὶ βεβαίωσιν. Λέγει δὲ ἑξῆς· „ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐγίνετο ὁ ἥλιος πρὸς δυσμαῖς, φλὸξ ἐγένετο“ (Gen. 15,17), δηλῶν ὅτι ἀρετὴ πρᾶγμά ἐστιν ὀψίγονον 1 post εὑρεταὶ add. ἐξ ἀπάτης πλανῆσαι D 2 μόνον Pap D: μᾶλλον codd. τοῦ Pap D: τοῦ δὲ codd. πεφροντίκασιν D 3 σκότος] πάθος H 4…
  • Philo Judaeus

    Quis Rerum Divinarum Heres Sit

    τάτην καὶ ἄσκιον αὐγὴν ἰδεῖν οὐ δυνάμεθα· κλιβάνου δ’ εἱλικρινὲς πῦρ οὐκ ἔχοντος, ἀλλ’ ὡς αὐτὸς ἔφη (Gen. 15,17) καπνιζομένου τρόπον διακείμεθα, σπινθῆρσι μὲν τῆς ἐπιστήμης ὑποτυφόμενοι, μήπω δὲ καθαρῷ πυρὶ δοκιμασθῆναι καὶ κραταιωθῆναι δυνάμενοι. πολλὴ δὲ τῷ σπείραντι τοὺς σπινθ…
  • Epiphanius

    Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

    βηθλεέμ. καὶ εἰσελθόντες εὗρον αὐτὸν μετὰ τῆς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ Μαρίας καὶ πεσόντες 2 Gen. 15, 9 — 3 vgl. Gen. 15, 17 — 5 Gen. 15, 13 — 6ff vgl. haer. 8, 4, 1 S. 189, 10ff — 7 Gen. 17, 17 — 16 vgl. Rom. 2, 1 — 22 vgl. Matth. 2, 1ff — 23 Matth. 2, 16 — 25 vgl. Matth. 2, 4 — 27 vgl. Mat…

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