Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Genesis 18:29

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 200, footnote 23 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 2824 (In-Text, Margin)

... nether springs which Othniel the son of Kenaz the son of Jephunneh received in place of a south land and a waterless possession, and by the conducting of which he watered the dry fields of the old covenant. For thus did he typify the redemption which the sinner finds for his old sins in the waters of baptism. On the next day soon after sunrise she stood upon the brow of Capharbarucha, that is, “the house of blessing,” the point to which Abraham pursued the Lord when he made intercession with Him.[Genesis 18:23-33] And here, as she looked down upon the wide solitude and upon the country once belonging to Sodom and Gomorrah, to Admah and Zeboim, she beheld the balsam vines of Engedi and Zoar. By Zoar I mean that “heifer of three years old” which was formerly ...