Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Genesis 49:21

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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 8, page 27, footnote 2 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 153 (In-Text, Margin)

2. And since I was swift on my feet like a deer, my father Jacob appointed me for all errands and messages, and as a deer[Genesis 49:21] did he give me his blessing. For as the potter knoweth the vessel, what it containeth, and bringeth clay thereto, so also doth the Lord make the body in accordance with the spirit, and according to the capacity of the body doth He implant the spirit, and the one is not deficient from the other by a third part of a hair; for by weight, and measure, and rule is every creature of the Most High. And as the potter knoweth the use of each ...