Homilies on Genesis, Homilia VI
Isaac born; laughter fulfilled§1
1Sarah bore Isaac. Laughter fulfilled — Isaac means laughter. Circumcised on the eighth day.
Latin · §1
Peperit Sara Isaac. Risus completus — Isaac interpretatur risus. Circumcisus die octava.
Abraham’s feast; Ishmael plays§2
2Feast on the weaning day. Sarah saw Hagar’s son playing — spiritual persecution, as Paul reads it.
Latin · §2
Convvivium die ablactationis. Vidit Sara filium Agar ludentem — persecutio spiritalis secundum Paulum.
Cast out the bondwoman§3
3Cast out the bondwoman and her son. He shall not be heir with the free woman’s son. Two covenants.
Latin · §3
Eice ancillam et filium eius. Non heres cum filio liberae. Duo testamenta.
Hagar in the wilderness; well opened§4
4She wanders in the wilderness of Beersheba; the water-skin fails. God opens her eyes to a well. The boy’s voice is heard.
Latin · §4
Errat in deserto Bersabee; utrem aquae. Deus aperit oculos — puteum. Vox pueri exaudita.
God with the boy; bow in the desert§5
5God was with the boy; he becomes an archer in the desert. His mother takes him a wife from Egypt — a drift back toward flesh.
Latin · §5
Fuit Deus cum puero; factus archer in deserto. Mater accipit uxorem de Aegypto — recursus ad carnem.
Covenant at Beersheba — Homilia VI CLOSEOUT§6
6Abraham’s covenant with Abimelech at the well of the oath. This is Homily VI’s end. Amen.
Latin · §6
Foedus Abrahae cum Abimelech apud puteum iuramenti. Haec Homiliae VI finis. Amen.