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Homilies on Genesis, Homilia XVI · §1

Joseph in Potiphar’s house

The Lord was with Joseph; all prospered. The mistress’s temptation — he flees, leaving the cloak. Chastity of wisdom.

Latin

Dominus cum Ioseph; omnia prospere. Tentatio dominae — fugit, pallium relinquit. Castitas sapientiae.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia XVI on Genesis (Rufinus’s Latin). Complete on this page: §§1–6.

English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI (GCS 29, 1920), Rufinus’s Latin of Homilia XVI. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia XVI §§1–6 (closeout).

Witnesses

  • Copy-text Baehrens, Origenes Werke VI = GCS 29 (1920) (Latin · Homilia XVI §§1–6)

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