Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Jacob dit à sa maison et à tous ceux qui étaient avec lui: Otez les dieux étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, purifiez-vous, et changez de vêtements.
KJV
Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and be clean, and change your garments:
Philo Judaeus
De Confusione Linguarum
ῶν ἐκ μέσου ὑμῶν, καὶ καθαρίσασθε καὶ ἀλλάξατε τὰς στολὰς ὑμῶν, καὶ ἀναστάντες ἀναβῶμεν εἰς Βαιθήλ„ (Gen. 35,2. 3), ἵνα, κἂν Λάβαν ἔρευναν αἰτῆται, ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ μὴ εὑρεθῇ τὰ εἴδωλα (Gen. 31,35), ἀλλὰ πράγματα ὑφεστηκότα καὶ ὄντως ὑπαρκτά, ἐστηλιτευμένα ἐν τῇ τοῦ σοφοῦ διανοίᾳ,…
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
ἡμῖν ἀποδεδειγμένον τάγμα, παλαίτατον μὲν καὶ πάντων τυγχάνον πρεσβύτατον, νεωστὶ 8 Gen. 14, 22. 11 Gen. 35, 2. δὲ διὰ τοῦ ἡμετέρου σωτῆρος πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι κατηγ- γελμένον. καὶ τοῦτ’ ἂν εἴη ὁ ριστιανισμὸς, οὔτε Ἑλληνισμός τις ὢν οὔτε Ἰουδαϊσμὸς, ἀλλὰ τὸ μεταξὺ τούτων, παλαίτατον…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
Inter. 247. Quid est quod Jacob dixit domui suae: Projicite deos alienos qui in medio sunt vestri (Gen. XXXV, 2) ? Et iterum: Dederunt ei omnes deos alienos, quos habebant, et inaures quae in auribus eorum erant (vers. 4). Quae si ornamenta erant, ad idololatriam non pertinebant…
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