Seven years; the swap of brides
He serves seven years; Laban substitutes Leah. Night’s deceit — letter before spirit, synagogue before church.
Latin
Servit septem annis; Laban substituit Liam. Noctis fallacia — littera ante spiritum, synagoga ante ecclesiam.
About this text
Origen’s Homilia XIII on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–4.
English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XIII. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XIII §§1–4 (closeout).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia XIII §§1–4)
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