Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Genesis 24:42

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 370, footnote 7 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 4480 (In-Text, Margin)

... Naarah! What then is the meaning of Almah? A hidden virgin, that is, not merely virgin, but a virgin and something more, because not every virgin is hidden, shut off from the occasional sight of men. Then again, Rebecca, on account of her extreme purity, and because she was a type of the Church which she represented in her own virginity, is described in Genesis as Almah, not Bethulah, as may clearly be proved from the words of Abraham’s servant, spoken by him in Mesopotamia:[Genesis 24:42] “And he said, O Lord, the God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: behold I stand by the fountain of water; and let it come to pass, that the maiden which cometh forth to draw, to whom I shall say, Give me, I pray thee, a ...