Fathers

Homilies on Genesis, Homilia XVI · §2

Prison; dreams of cupbearer and baker

In prison he interprets dreams. Three vine shoots — three days; the basket — judgment. Memory and forgetfulness.

Latin

In carcere interpretatur somnia. Tres palmite — triduum; canistrum — iudicium. Memoria et oblivio.

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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