Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Genesis 20:11

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 342, footnote 12 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4237 (In-Text, Margin)

... special message, “Behold, thy brethren seek thee,” for all men alike were entitled to the name. The only alternative is to adopt the previous explanation and understand them to be called brethren in virtue of the bond of kindred, not of love and sympathy, nor by prerogative of race, nor yet by nature. Just as Lot was called Abraham’s brother, and Jacob Laban’s, just as the daughters of Zelophehad received a lot among their brethren, just as Abraham himself had to wife Sarah his sister, for he says,[Genesis 20:11] “She is in deed my sister, on the father’s side, not on the mother’s,” that is to say, she was the daughter of his brother, not of his sister. Otherwise, what are we to say of Abraham, a just man, taking to wife the daughter of his own father? ...