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Homilies on Genesis, Homilia VI · §4

Hagar in the wilderness; well opened

She wanders in the wilderness of Beersheba; the water-skin fails. God opens her eyes to a well. The boy’s voice is heard.

Latin

Errat in deserto Bersabee; utrem aquae. Deus aperit oculos — puteum. Vox pueri exaudita.

About this text

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

Witnesses

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

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