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Homilies on Genesis, Homilia IV · §3

Abraham intercedes for Sodom

Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? The count of the just — fifty down to ten — upholds the city. The just one’s intercession.

Latin

Non abscondam ab Abraham quae facturus sum. Numerus iustorum — quinquaginta usque ad decem — sustentat civitatem. Intercessio iusti.

About this text

Origen’s Homilia IV 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 IV. Heine FOTC 71 was not used as wording. This page is Homilia IV §§1–6 (closeout).

Witnesses

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

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