Homilies on Genesis, Homilia V
Lot in the cave with his daughters§1
1Lot goes up the mountain and dwells in a cave with his daughters. The daughters’ plan for seed and the father’s drunkenness: shameful by the letter; spiritually, beware the cave of hidden passion.
Latin · §1
Lot ascendit in montem, habitat in spelunca cum filiabus. Consilium filiarum de semine — ebrietas patris. Narratio turpis littera; spiritaliter cave.
Moab and Ammon — fleshly offspring of the cave§2
2Moab and Ammon are born — fleshly peoples against Israel. What is born of drunken sense becomes enemy to spiritual Israel.
Latin · §2
Nascuntur Moab et Ammon — populi carnales adversus Israel. Qui de ebrio sensu nascuntur, hostes sunt spiritalis Israel.
Abraham sojourns in Gerar; Sarah as sister§3
3Abraham in Gerar: She is my sister. Fear of God was not in that place. God closed every womb of Abimelech’s house because of Sarah.
Latin · §3
Abraham in Geraris: Sara soror mea. Timor Dei non in loco. Deus claudit vulvas domus Abimelech propter Saram.
Abimelech’s dream and restitution§4
4God to Abimelech in a dream: You are a dead man. Integrity of heart; restore the prophet’s wife. Abraham’s prayer heals.
Latin · §4
Deus ad Abimelech in somnis: mortis reus es. Innocentia cordis; restitue uxorem prophetam. Oratio Abrahae sanat.
Prophet and sister — double truth§5
5Sarah is truly sister by the father, not by the mother; and wife. Abraham the prophet prays for the nations. The church is both sister and bride.
Latin · §5
Sara vere soror de patre, non de matre; et uxor. Prophetia Abrahae orat pro gentibus. Ecclesia et soror et sponsa.
Fear of God among the nations — Homilia V CLOSEOUT§6
6Fear of God at last even in Gerar. Covenant with Abimelech. This is Homily V’s end. Amen.
Latin · §6
Timor Dei etiam in Geraris tandem. Foedus cum Abimelech. Haec Homiliae V finis. Amen.