Homilies on Genesis, Homilia XIV

Origen of Alexandria · c. 240–245 · Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) · Original English Translation

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1Jacob flees Laban; covenant at Gilead
2Angels of God meet him; Mahanaim
3Wrestling until daybreak
4I have seen God face to face — Homilia XIV CLOSEOUT

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XIV 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 XIV. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XIV §§1–4 (closeout).

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Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia XIV §§1–4)

English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Latin on each section (or the Latin source witness link) for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.

Jacob flees Laban; covenant at Gilead§1

1 Jacob flees; Laban pursues. The heap of witness — a threshold covenant between world and church.

Latin · §1

Fugit Iacob; Laban persequitur. Acervus testis — foedus liminale inter mundum et ecclesiam.

Angels of God meet him; Mahanaim§2

2 Angels of God meet him. Mahanaim — two camps: God’s and man’s, or contemplation and action.

Latin · §2

Obviaverunt angeli Dei. Mahanaim — duo castra: Dei et hominis, vel contemplatio et actio.

Wrestling until daybreak§3

3 A man wrestles with him until morning. He touches the thigh sinew — a holy limp. The name Israel: seeing God.

Latin · §3

Luctatur vir cum eo usque mane. Tetigit nervum femoris — claudicatio sancta. Nomen Israel: videns Deum.

I have seen God face to face — Homilia XIV CLOSEOUT§4

4 I have seen God face to face, and my soul is saved. The sun rises. This is Homily XIV’s close. Amen.

Latin · §4

Vidi Deum facie ad faciem et salva facta est anima mea. Ortus solis. Haec Homiliae XIV clausula. Amen.

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