Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Genesis 16:12

There are 4 footnotes for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 1, page 120, footnote 4 (Image)

Eusebius: Church History from A.D. 1-324, Life of Constantine the Great, Oration in Praise of Constantine

The Church History of Eusebius. (HTML)

Book II (HTML)

The Works of Philo that have come down to us. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 427 (In-Text, Margin)

2. There are, besides these, treatises expressly worked out by him on certain subjects, such as the two books On Agriculture, and the same number On Drunken ness; and some others distinguished by different titles corresponding to the contents of each; for instance, Concerning the things which the Sober Mind desires and execrates, On the Confusion of Tongues, On Flight and Discovery,[Genesis 16:6-14] On Assembly for the sake of Instruction, On the question, ‘Who is heir to things divine?’ or On the division of things into equal and unequal, and still further the work On the three Virtues which with others have been described by Moses.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 252, footnote 9 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

The Letters of St. Jerome. (HTML)

To Marcellinus and Anapsychia. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3519 (In-Text, Margin)

... dictate I was so confounded by the havoc wrought in the West and above all by the sack of Rome that, as the common saying has it, I forgot even my own name. Long did I remain silent knowing that it was a time to weep. This year I began again and had written three books of commentary when a sudden incursion of those barbarians of whom your Virgil speaks as the “far-wandering men of Barce” (and to whom may be applied what holy scripture says of Ishmael: “he shall dwell over against all his brethren”[Genesis 16:12]) overran the borders of Egypt, Palestine, Phenicia, and Syria, and like a raging torrent carried everything before them. It was with difficulty and only through Christ’s mercy that we were able to escape from their hands. But if, as the great orator ...

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 243, footnote 1 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (HTML)

Ephraim Syrus:  Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh. (HTML)

Hymn VIII. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 467 (In-Text, Margin)

The son of Hagar who was wild, kicked at Isaac.[Genesis 16:12] He bore it and was silent, and his mother was jealous. Art Thou the mystery of him, or is not he the type of Thee? art thou like Isaac, or is it not he that is like Thee?

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 13, page 249, footnote 4 (Image)

Gregory the Great II, Ephriam Syrus, Aphrahat

Selections from the Hymns and Homilies of Ephraim the Syrian and from the Demonstrations of Aphrahat the Persian Sage. (HTML)

Ephraim Syrus:  Nineteen Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh. (HTML)

Hymn XIII. (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 497 (In-Text, Margin)

27. In the twenty-third year, let the ass praise Him, that gave its foal for Him to ride on, that loosed the bonds, that opened the mouth of the dumb, that opened also the mouth of the wild asses[Genesis 16:12] when the race of Hagar gave a shout of praise. Blessed be the praise of Thee!

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