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Genesis 2:19Gen.2.19

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.

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Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

L'Eternel Dieu forma de la terre tous les animaux des champs et tous les oiseaux du ciel, et il les fit venir vers l'homme, pour voir comment il les appellerait, et afin que tout être vivant portât le nom que lui donnerait l'homme.

KJV

And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought [them] unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that [was] the name thereof.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Opificio Mundi

    λλων ἀστέρων πλανήτων καὶ ἀπλανῶν συνεγγίζων. Παγκάλως δὲ καὶ τὴν θέσιν τῶν ὀνομάτων ἀνῆψε τῷ πρώτῳ (Gen. 2,19)· σοφίας γὰρ καὶ βασιλείας τὸ ἔργον, σοφὸς δ’ ἐκεῖνος αὐτομαθὴς καὶ αὐτοδίδακτος, χερσὶ θείαις γενόμενος, καὶ προσέτι βασιλεύς· 1 τοῦ] τὸ corr. ex τοῦ F τοῦ πρώτου F, πρ…

  • Philo Judaeus

    Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III

    ὸς τὸν Ἀδάμ, ἰδεῖν τί καλέσει αὐτά· καὶ πᾶν ὃ ἂν ἐκάλεσεν αὐτὸ Ἀδὰμ ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, τοῦτο ὄνομα αὐτοῦ“ (Gen. 2, 19). ὁρᾷς, τίνες εἰσὶν ἡμῶν οἱ βοηθοί, τὰ θηρία, τῆς ψυχῆς τὰ πάθη· εἰπὼν γὰρ "ποιήσωμεν βοηθὸν κατ’ αὐτόν“ ἐπιφέρει τὸ "ἔπλασε τὰ θηρία“, ὡς τῶν θηρίων ὄντων βοηθῶν ἡμῖν.…

  • Philo Judaeus

    De Mutatione Nominum

    στοις τὰ οἰκεῖα ὀνόματα θῆται· „πᾶν“ γάρ φησιν „ὃ ἂν ἐκάλεσεν ὁ Ἀδάμ, τοῦτο ὄνομα τοῦ κληθέντος ἦν“ (Gen. 2,19). εἶθ’ ὅπου οὐδὲ τὰς ὁλοκλήρους θέσεις τῶν ὀνομάτων ὁ θεὸς ἠξίωσεν ἐπιφημίζειν, ἐπιτρέψας ἀνδρὶ σοφῷ, τῷ γένους ἀνθρώπων ἀρχηγέτῃ, τὸ ἔργον, ὑπονοεῖν ἄξιον, ὅτι μέρη τῶν…

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