Fathers

Homilies on Genesis, Homilia XIV · §1

Jacob flees Laban; covenant at Gilead

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

Latin

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

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).

Witnesses

  • 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.