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Genesis 24:1Gen.24.1

And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Abraham était vieux, avancé en âge; et l'Eternel avait béni Abraham en toute chose.

KJV

And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    De Sobrietate

    ὶ γοῦν οἱ χρησμοί, ὅτι „Ἀβραὰμ ἦν πρεσβύτερος προβεβηκὼς καὶ κύριος εὐλόγησε τὸν Ἀβραὰμ κατὰ πάντα„ (Gen. 24,1). τοῦτό μοι δοκεῖ τὸ προκείμενον αἰτίας ἀπόδοσις εἶναι, δι’ ἣν πρεσβύτερος ἐλέχθη ὁ σοφός· ἐπιφροσύνῃ γὰρ θεοῦ τὸ λογικὸν τῆς ψυχῆς μέρος ὅταν εὖ διατεθῇ καὶ μὴ καθ’ ἓν…
  • Philo Judaeus

    De Abrahamo

    ὐτῷ μαρτυροῦσιν οἱ χρησμοί, τὴν βασιλίδα τῶν ἀρετῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρῶτον αὐτὸν ἀπεφήναντο „πρεσβύτερον“ (Gen. 24, 1), τῶν πρὸ αὐτοῦ τριπλάσια καὶ πολλαπλάσια ἔτη βιωσάντων, ὧν οὐδένα παρειλήφαμεν ἀξιωθέντα ταύτης τῆς προσρήσεως. καὶ μήποτ’ εἰκότως· ὁ γὰρ ἀληθείᾳ πρεσβύτερος οὐκ ἐν μή…

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