And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Jacob l'interrogea, en disant: Fais-moi je te prie, connaître ton nom. Il répondit: Pourquoi demandes-tu mon nom? Et il le bénit là.
KJV
And Jacob asked [him], and said, Tell [me], I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore [is] it [that] thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
Philo Judaeus
De Mutatione Nominum
τῷ ἀοράτῳ ἐπιστάτῃ· „ἀνάγγειλόν μοι τὸ ὄνομά σου“, ὁ δὲ εἶπεν· „ἵνα τί τοῦτο ἐρωτᾷς τὸ ὄνομά μου;“ (Gen. 32,29), καὶ οὐ μηνύει τὸ ἴδιον καὶ κύριον. ἀπόχρη γάρ σοι, φησίν, ὠφελεῖσθαι κατὰ τὰς ἐμὰς εὐφημίας, τὰ δὲ γενητῶν σύμβολα, ὀνόματα, μὴ ζήτει παρὰ φύσεσιν ἀφθάρτοις· μήτ’ οὖν…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 184 (Migne)
obnixe benedictionem perseverantiae, etsi non omnino privari, claudicare tamen meretur altero pede (Gen. XXXII, 24-32) . Quid sunt duo pedes? Motus sentire, et motibus consentire. Illud est naturale, istud est criminale. Licet ergo nondum ignorare possit pravos motus desideriorum…
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