Israel warranted in a vision from God, goeth into Aegypt with al his famimlie, 8. who are here recited. 28. Ioseph meeting him in Gessen, aduiseth him to tel Pharao, that they are shepheards by their trade of life.
1And Israel taking his journey, with all that he had, came to the well of the oath, and killing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,Partito Israele con tutto quello che aveva, giunse al pozzo del giuramento; e ivi avendo immolato vittime al Dio del padre suo Isacco,AND Israel taking his iourney, with al things that he had came to the wel of the oath, and killing there victimes to the God of his father Isaac.Profectusque Israël cum omnibus quæ habebat, venit ad Puteum juramenti: et mactatis ibi victimis Deo patris sui Isaac, 2He heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: Jacob, Jacob. And he answered him: Lo, here I am.Udì in visione di notte tempo uno, che lo chiamava, e gli diceva: Giacobbe, Giacobbe: a cui egli rispose: Eccomi qui.He heard him by a vision of the night calling him, and saying vnto him: Iacob, Iacob. To whom he answered: Loe here I am.audivit eum per visionem noctis vocantem se, et dicentem sibi: Jacob, Jacob. Cui respondit: Ecce adsum. 3God said to him: I am the most mighty God of thy father; fear not, go down into Egypt, for I will make a great nation of thee there.Dissegli Dio: Io sono il Dio fortissimo del padre tuo: non temere: va' in Egitto, perocché ivi ti farò capo di una gran nazione.God said to him: I am the most mightie God of thy father: feare not, goe downe into Aegipt, for into a great nation wil I make thee there.Ait illi Deus: Ego sum fortissimus Deus patris tui: noli timere, descende in Ægyptum, quia in gentem magnam faciam te ibi. 4I will go down with thee thither, and will bring thee back again from thence: Joseph also shall put his hands upon thy eyes.Io verrò teco colà, e ti sarò guida nel tuo ritorno di là: Giuseppe ancora chiuderà a te gli occhi.I wil goe downe with thee thither, and thence wil I bring thee returning: Ioseph also shal put his handes vpon thine eyes.Ego descendam tecum illuc, et ego inde adducam te revertentem: Joseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos. 5And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath: and his sons took him up, with their children and wives in the wagons, which Pharao had sent to carry the old man,E alzossi Giacobbe dal pozzo del giuramento: e i suoi figliuoli lo misero coi bambini e le donne su' carri mandati da Faraone per trasportare il vecchio,And Iacob rose vp from the wel of the oath: and his sonnes tooke him vp, with their little ones and wiues in the waynes, which Pharao had sent to carie the old man,Surrexit autem Jacob a Puteo juramenti: tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris quæ miserat Pharao ad portandum senem, 6And all that he had in the land of Chanaan: and he came into Egypt with all his seed;E tutto quello che possedeva nella terra di Chanaan: ed egli giunse in Egitto con tutta la sua stirpe,and al that he had possessed in the Land of Chanaan: and he came into Aegypt with al his sede,et omnia quæ possederat in terra Chanaan: venitque in Ægyptum cum omni semine suo,
7His sons, and grandsons, daughters, and all his offspring together.Co' suoi figliuoli, e coi nipoti, e figlie, e tutta insieme la discendenza.his sonnes, and nephewes, daughters, and al his progenie together.filii ejus, et nepotes, filiæ, et cuncta simul progenies. 8And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entered into Egypt, he and his children. His firstborn Ruben,E questi sono i nomi de' figliuoli d'Israele, i quali entrarono in Egitto, egli co' suoi figliuoli de' quali il primogenito Ruben.And these are the names of the children of Israel, that entred into Aegypt, him selfe with his children. His first-begotten Ruben.Hæc sunt autem nomina filiorum Israël, qui ingressi sunt in Ægyptum, ipse cum liberis suis. Primogenitus Ruben. 9The sons of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu, and Hesron and Charmi.Figliuoli di Ruben: Henoch, e Phallu, ed Hesron, e Charmi.The sonnes of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu and Hesron and Charmi.Filii Ruben: Henoch et Phallu et Hesron et Charmi. 10The sons of Simeon: Jamuel and Jamin and Ahod, and Jachin and Sohar, and Saul, the son of a woman of Chanaan.Figliuoli di Simeon: Jamuel, e Jamin, e Ahod, e Jachin, e Sohar, e Saul figliuolo di una Chananea.The sonnes of Simeon: Iamuel and Iamin and Ahod, and Iachin and Sohar, and Saul the sonne of Chananitesse.Filii Simeon: Jamuel et Jamin et Ahod, et Jachin et Sohar, et Saul filius Chanaanitidis. 11The sons of Levi: Gerson and Caath, and Merari.Figliuoli di Levi: Gerson, e Caath, e Merari.The sonnes of Leui: Gerson and Caath and Merari.Filii Levi: Gerson et Caath et Merari. 12The sons of Juda: Her and Onan, and Sela, and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And sons were born to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.Figliuoli di Giuda: Her, e Onan, e Sela, e Phares, e Zara: ma Her, ed Onan morirono nella terra di Chanaan. E a Phares nacquero i figliuoli Hesron, e Hamul.The sonnes of Iuda: Her and Onan & Sela and Phares and Zara. And Her and Onan died in the land of Chanaan. And there were sonnes borne to Phares: Hesron and Hamul.Filii Juda: Her et Onan et Sela et Phares et Zara; mortui sunt autem Her et Onan in terra Chanaan. Natique sunt filii Phares: Hesron et Hamul. 13The sons of Issachar: Thola and Phua, and Job and Semron.Figliuoli di Issachar: Thola, e Phua, e Job, e Semron.The sonnes of Issachar: Thola and Phua and Iob and Semron.Filii Issachar: Thola et Phua et Job et Semron. 14The sons of Zabulon: Sared, and Elon, and Jahelel.Figliuoli di Zabulon: Sared, ed Elon, e Jahelel.The sonnes of Zabulon: Sared & Elon and Iahelel.Filii Zabulon: Sared et Elon et Jahelel.
15These are the sons of Lia, whom she bore in Mesopotamia of Syria, with Dina, his daughter. All the souls of her sons and daughters, thirty-three.Questi sono i figliuoli di Lia partoriti da lei nella Mesopotamia della Siria insieme con Dina sua figlia: tutte le anime de' suoi figliuoli e figlie trentatré.These are the sonnes of Lia, which she bare in Mesopotamia of Syria with Dina his daughter. Al the soules of his sonnes and daughters, are thirtie three.Hi filii Liæ quos genuit in Mesopotamia Syriæ cum Dina filia sua: omnes animæ filiorum ejus et filiarum, triginta tres. 16The sons of Gad: Sephion and Haggi, and Suni and Esebon, and Heri and Arodi, and Areli.Figliuoli di Gad: Sephion, e Haggi, e Suni, ed Esebon, ed Heri, e Arodi, e Areli.The sonnes of Gad: Sephion and Haggi and Siuni and Esebon and Heri and Arodi and Areli.Filii Gad: Sephion et Haggi et Suni et Esebon et Heri et Arodi et Areli. 17The sons of Aser: Jamne and Jesua, and Jessuri and Beria, and Sara their sister. The sons of Beria: Heber and Melchiel.Figliuoli di Aser: Jamne, e Jesua, e Jessui, e Beria, e anche Sara loro sorella. Figliuoli di Beria: Heber, e Melchiel.The sonnes of Aser: Iamne and Iesua and Iessui and Beria, Sara also their sister. The sonnes of Beria: Heber and Melchiel.Filii Aser: Jamne et Jesua et Jessui et Beria, Sara quoque soror eorum. Filii Beria: Heber et Melchiel. 18These are the sons of Zelpha, whom Laban gave to Lia, his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob, sixteen souls.Questi sono i figliuoli di Zelpha data da Laban a Lia sua figlia: e questi li generò Giacobbe, sedici anime.these be the sonnes of Zelpha, whom Laban gaue to Lia his daughter. and these she bare to Iacob sixtene soules.Hi filii Zelphæ, quam dedit Laban Liæ filiæ suæ: et hos genuit Jacob sedecim animas. 19The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife: Joseph and Benjamin.Figliuoli di Rachel moglie di Giacobbe: Giuseppe, e Beniamin.The sonnes of Rachel Iacobs wife: Ioseph and Beniamin.Filii Rachel uxoris Jacob: Joseph et Benjamin. 20And sons were born to Joseph, in the land of Egypt, whom Aseneth, the daughter of Putiphare, priest of Heliopolis, bore him: Manasses and Ephraim.E Giuseppe ebbe per figliuoli nella terra di Egitto Manasse, ed Ephraim partoritigli da Aseneth, figliuola di Putifare sacerdote di Heliopoli.And there were sonnes borne to Ioseph, in the Land of Aegypt, which Aseneth the daughter of Putiphar priest of Heliopolis bare to him: Manasses and Ephraim.Natique sunt Joseph filii in terra Ægypti, quos genuit ei Aseneth filia Putiphare sacerdotis Heliopoleos: Manasses et Ephraim.
21The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Bechor, and Asbel and Gera, and Naaman and Echi, and Ross and Mophim, and Ophim and Ared.Figliuoli di Beniamin: Bela, e Bechor, e Asbel, e Gera, e Naaman, ed Echi, e Ros, e Mophim, e Ophim, e Ared.The sonnes of Beniamin? Bela and Bechor and Asbel and Gera and Naaman and Echi and Ros and Mophim and Ophim and Ared.Filii Benjamin: Bela et Bechor et Asbel et Gera et Naaman et Echi et Ros et Mophim et Ophim et Ared. 22These are the sons of Rachel, whom she bore to Jacob: all the souls, fourteen.Questi sono i figliuoli di Rachele, e di Giacobbe: in tutto quattordici anime.these be the sonnes of Rachel, which she bare to Iacob: al the soules, fourtene.Hi filii Rachel quos genuit Jacob: omnes animæ, quatuordecim. 23The sons of Dan: Husim.Figliuoli di Dan: Husim.The sonnes of Dan: Husim.Filii Dan: Husim. 24The sons of Nephthali: Jaziel and Guni, and Jeser and Sallem.Figliuoli di Nephtali: Jasiel, e Guni, e Jeser, e Sallem.The sonnes of Nepthali: Iaziel and Guni and Ieser and Sallem.Filii Nephthali: Jasiel et Guni et Jeser et Sallem. 25These are the sons of Bala, whom Laban gave to Rachel, his daughter: and these she bore to Jacob: all the souls, seven.Questi sono figliuoli di Bala data da Laban a sua figlia Rachele; e questi discesero da Giacobbe: in tutto sette anime.These be the sonnes of Bala, whom Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter: and these she bare to Iacob: al the soules, seuen.Hi filii Balæ, quam dedit Laban Racheli filiæ suæ: et hos genuit Jacob: omnes animæ, septem. 26All the souls that went with Jacob into Egypt, and that came out of his thigh, besides his sons’ wives, sixty-six.Tutte le anime, che andarono in Egitto con Giacobbe, discendenti da lui, tolte le mogli de' suoi figliuoli, sessantasei.Al the soules, that entred with Iacob into Aegypt, and that came out of his thighe, besides his sonnes wiues, sixtie six.Cunctæ animæ, quæ ingressæ sunt cum Jacob in Ægyptum, et egressæ sunt de femore illius, absque uxoribus filiorum ejus, sexaginta sex. 27And the sons of Joseph, that were born to him in the land of Egypt, two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, that entered into Egypt, were seventy.I figliuoli di Giuseppe nati a lui in Egitto, due anime. Tutte le anime della casa di Giacobbe, che entrarono in Egitto, furon settanta.And the sonnes of Ioseph, that were borne to him in the land of Aegypt, two soules. Al the soules of the house of Iacob, that entred into Aegypt, were seuentie.Filii autem Joseph, qui nati sunt ei in terra Ægypti, animæ duæ. Omnes animæ domus Jacob, quæ ingressæ sunt in Ægyptum, fuere septuaginta.
28And he sent Juda before him to Joseph, to tell him; and that he should meet him in Gessen.E (Giacobbe) spedì avanti di sé Giuda a Giuseppe per avvisarlo, che venisse incontro a lui in Gessen.And he sent Iudas before him to Ioseph, that he should tel him, and he should come into Gessen to meete him.Misit autem Judam ante se ad Joseph, ut nuntiaret ei, et occurreret in Gessen. 29And when he was come thither, Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet his father in the same place: and seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and embracing him, wept.E quand'ei vi fu arrivato, Giuseppe fatto attaccare il suo cocchio andò fino allo stesso luogo incontro al padre: e quando lo vide, si lasciò andare sul collo di lui, e abbracciatolo pianse.Whither when he was come, Ioseph addressing his chariot went vp to mete his father, vnto the same place: and seing him fel vpon his neck, and as they embraced he wept.Quo cum pervenisset, juncto Joseph curro suo, ascendit obviam patri suo ad eumdem locum: vidensque eum, irruit super collum ejus, et inter amplexus flevit. 30And the father said to Joseph: Now shall I die with joy, because I have seen thy face, and leave thee alive.E il padre disse a Giuseppe: Ora io morrò contento, perché ho veduta la tua faccia, e ti lascio dopo di me.And his father said to Ioseph: Now wil I die with ioy, because I haue seene thy face, and do leaue thee aliue.Dixitque pater ad Joseph: Jam lætus moriar, quia vidi faciem tuam, et superstitem te relinquo. 31And Joseph said to his brethren, and to all his father’s house: I will go up, and will tell Pharao, and will say to him: My brethren, and my father’s house, that were in the land of Chanaan, are come to me:Ma quegli disse a' suoi fratelli, e a tutta la famiglia del padre suo: Anderò a recar la nuova a Faraone, e gli dirò: I miei fratelli, e la famiglia del padre mio, che erano nella terra di Chanaan, sono venuti da me:But he spake to his brethren, and to al his fathers house: I wil goe vp, and wil tel Pharao, and wil say to him: My brethren, and my fathers house, that were in the Land of Chanaan, are come to me:At ille locutus est ad fratres suos, et ad omnem domum patris sui: Ascendam, et nuntiabo Pharaoni, dicamque ei: Fratres mei, et domus patris mei, qui erant in terra Chanaan, venerunt ad me: 32And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle; their flocks, and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.E sono uomini pastori di pecore, e si occupano a mantenere de' greggi: hanno condotto seco il loro bestiame, e gli armenti, e tutto quello che potevano avere.and the men are pastours of sheepe, and their trade is to feede flockes: their cattel, and heardes, and al that they could haue, they haue brought with them.et sunt viri pastores ovium, curamque habent alendorum gregum: pecora sua, et armenta, et omnia quæ habere potuerunt, adduxerunt secum.
33And when he shall call you, and shall say: What is your occupation?E quand'egli vi chiamerà, e vi dirà: Qual mestiere è il vostro?And when he shal cal you, and shal say: What is your trade?Cumque vocaverit vos, et dixerit: Quod est opus vestrum ? 34You shall answer: We, thy servants, are shepherds, from our infancy until now, both we and our fathers. And this you shall say, that you may dwell in the land of Gessen, because the Egyptians have all shepherds in abomination.Voi risponderete: Noi servi tuoi siamo pastori dalla nostra infanzia sino a quest'ora, e noi, e i padri nostri. E ciò voi direte, affinché possiate abitare nella terra di Gessen: perché gli Egiziani hanno in abbominazione tutti i pastori di pecore.You shal answer: We thy sernantes are pastours, from our infancie vntil this present, both we and our fathers. And this you shal say, that you may dwel in the Land of Gessen, because he Aegyptians detest al pastours of sheepe.respondebitis: Viri pastores sumus servi tui, ab infantia nostra usque in præsens, et nos et patres nostri. Hæc autem dicetis, ut habitare possitis in terra Gessen: quia detestantur Ægyptii omnes pastores ovium.
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Year of the World 2298, Year before Christ 1706.
The well of the oath. Bersabee.
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Calmet
Thence; in thy posterity. Septuagint add at last, or after a long time. Jacob's bones were brought back and buried in Chanaan. (Calmet)
Pliny
Eyes, as he is the most dear to thee. Parents closed the eyes of their children in death. The Romans opened them again when the corpse was upon the funeral pile; thinking it a mark of disrespect for the eyes to be shut to heaven; "ut neque ab homine supremum eos spectari fas sit, et coelo non ostendi, nefas." (Pliny, 11:37.)
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Daughters. Dina, and grand-daughter Sara, (ver. 17,) and his sons' wives, etc. (Calmet)
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We may observe, that all here mentioned were not born at the time when Jacob went down into Egypt, but they were before he or Joseph died; that is, during the space of 17 or 71 years. See St. Augustine, q. 151, 173. (Menochius)
The names of the Hebrew and Septuagint vary some little from the Vulgate, which may be attributed to the difference of pronunciation, or to the same person having many names. The number is also different in the Septuagint as the authors of that version have, perhaps, inserted some names taken from other parts of Scripture, to remove any apparent contradiction. The genealogies of Juda, Joseph, and Benjamin, are carried farther than the rest, as those families were of greater consequence.
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Jamuel. Numbers 26:12, he is called Namuel.
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Jachin is Jarid[Jarib?], 1 Paralipomenon 4:24. (Calmet)
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Were born, afterwards. (Menochius)
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Syria. This must be restrained to her seven children.
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Thirty-three, comprising Lia or Jacob; but without Her and Onan, who were dead. (Calmet)
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Ephraim. The Septuagint take in here the children of both, Numbers 26:29, 35.
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Benjamin. Ten in number; though the Septuagint have only nine, and suppose that some of them were his grand-children. He was 33 (or 24, Menochius) years old. (Calmet)
Grotius thinks three names have been made out of two; Echi, Ros, and Mophim, out of Ahiram and Supham, as we read, Numbers 26:38.
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Sons. The Arabic has son. Husim is Suham, (Numbers 26:42,) by change and transposition of letters. (Kennicott)
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Sixty-six; not including Jacob, Joseph, and his two children, who make up 70, ver. 27. (Deuteronomy 10:22.) The Septuagint taking in Joseph's grand-children, read 75; in which they are followed by St. Stephen, Acts 7:14. See St. Jerome q. Heb. (Calmet)
St. Augustine cannot account for these grand-children and great grand-children of Joseph being mentioned as coming with Jacob into Egypt, since some of them were not born during his life-time. He suspects some hidden mystery. (Worthington) See ver. 7.
Du Hamel
Some think St. Stephen excludes Jacob, Joseph, and his sons; and includes the 64 men, with 11 wives. (Du Hamel)
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Abomination. See Genesis 43:32. The source of this hatred against foreign shepherds, was probably because, about 100 years before Abraham, the shepherd-kings, Hycussos, had got possession of a great part of Egypt, and were at last expelled by the kings of Thebais. See Manetho ap. Eusebius, Praep. 10:13. Another reason why they hated foreigners was, because they slew and eat sheep, etc., which they themselves adored. The Egyptians kept sheep for this purpose, and for the benefits to be derived from their wool, etc., Genesis 47:17. (Calmet)
Menochius
Joseph took advantage of this disposition of the inhabitants, to keep his brethren at a distance from them, that they might not be perverted. He does not introduce them at court, that no jealousy might be excited. He shews that he is not ashamed of his extraction. (Menochius)
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The well of the oath.... Bersabee.
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1. Came to the vvel of oath] In this holie place (called Bersebee, that is, vvel of oath, where Abraham and Isaac had confirmed by oath, their league with the God reueleth his wil in holieplaces. Kings of the countrie, and erected Altares, Iacob also consulted God, about his going into Aegypt, and was commanded to goe with al that he had.
Of Iacob and his progenies going into Aegypt; Of his and Iosephs death.
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That is, She bare their fathers in Mesopotamia. S. Aug q. 151. in Gen.
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26. Sixtie six. 27. Seuentie.] The difficultie in these two verses, concerning the number of Israelites, that were at first in Aegypt with Iacob, is easily explicated, that iust sixtie six, of his owne issue, came in with him; and himselfe being counted maketh sixtie seuen, adding also Ioseph (who was there before) and his two sonnes Manasses and Ephraim (borne there) they were in al seuentie. But a far greater difficultie remaineth: for besides these seuentie A difficultie how manie Israelites came at first into Aegypt. persons, the Septuagint Greeke Interpreters number and name fiue more; to wit, a sonne and a nephew of Manasses (the first called Machir, the other Galaad,) and two sonnes of Ephraim (called Sutalaam, and Taam,) and one nephew (named Edem) which number of seuentie fiue. S. Steuen also citeth, Act. 7. folowing the vulgar knowen Scripture of the Septuagint, rather then the Hebrew text. Now in what sense, these fiue could be said to haue entred into Aegypt with Iacob, being not then borne; may some of them not borne during Iacobs life, for Iacob liued but seuentene yeares in Aegypt (chap 47. v. 28) and Ioseph being maried but nine yeares before (for this was the second deare yeare, after the seuen plentiful yeares) his sonnes could not excede seuen or eight yeares, when Iacob came to Aegypt; and so being but 24. or 25. yeares old at his death, could not then be grandfathers: how therfore these fiue named by the Septuagint, and some others, not then borne, of the lines of Phares and Beniamin, recited here by Moyses, could be saied to come Numbers mystical, sometimes no• explicable in the literal sense. with Iacob into Aegypt, S. Augustin findeth so insoluble, that he doubteth not to affirme, some great hidden mysterie to be vnderstood by the Septnagint Interpreters, in these numbers, not otherwise perhaps explicable according to the letter.
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Aegyptians honoring shepe, goates, and kyne for goddes, detested them that did gouerne, kil, or eate those cattel.
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. Against the Pelagians 3.6
… And the reason is given: “Because the Lord was with him: and whatsoever he did, the Lord made it to prosper.” Wherefore, also, dreams were suggested to Pharaoh’s attendants, and Pharaoh had one which none could interpret, that so Joseph might be released, and his father and brethren fed, and Egypt saved in the time of famine. Moreover, God
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sant'Ippolito † 235 d.C. The Refutation of All Heresies 10.26
… Abraham removes from Mesopotamia (when 75 years old, and) when 100 years old he begat Isaac. But Isaac, when 60 years of age, begat Jacob. And Jacob, when 86 years old, begat Levi; and Levi, at 40 years of age, begat Caath;
Origene † 254 d.C. Origen's Commentary on the Gospel of John 6.24
… We add a few instances to encourage students to pay more attention to such points. One of the sons of Levi,
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Teodoreto di Cirro † 458 d.C. Dialogues. The “Eranistes” or “Polymorphus” of the Blessed Theodoretus, Bishop of Cyrus 2
And the very divine Moses when he told the tale of them that came down into Egypt and stated with whom each tribal chief had come in, added, “All the souls that came out of Egypt were seventy-five,”
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san Girolamo † 420 d.C. The Letters of St. Jerome 22.11
The terms are chosen for decency’s sake, but the reproductive organs of the two sexes are meant. Thus, the descendant of David, who, according to the promise is to sit upon his throne, is said to come from his loins. And the seventy-five souls descended from Jacob who entered Egypt are said to come out of his thigh.
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. A Treatise on the Grace of Christ, and on Original Sin 2.32
… philosophers sought Him, who knew nothing of His flesh—can that other act of Abraham, when he orders his servant to place his hand under his thigh, and to swear by the God of heaven, be rightly understood by any one otherwise than as showing that Abraham well knew that the flesh in which the God of heaven was to come was the offspring of that very thigh?
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san Gregorio di Nissa † 395 d.C. Against Eunomius 2.13
… For He that said, “Unto Thee shall all flesh come ,” does not mean that the flesh will be presented before the Judge apart from the souls: and when we read in sacred History that Jacob went down into Egypt with seventy-five souls
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. Letters of St. Augustin 95.8
… For it seems to involve us in less difficulty, if we suppose that the angels are there called spirits in the same manner as men are called souls, e.g. in the statement that so many souls (not signifying that they had not bodies also) went down with Jacob into Egypt,
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. City of God 14.4
… and so the animal man and the carnal man are not two different things, but one and the same thing, viz., man living according to man. In the same way it is nothing else than men that are meant either in the words, “By the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified;” or in the words, “Seventy-five souls went down into Egypt with Jacob.”
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On the Holy Trinity 7.4
… or again, as our Scriptures usually speak, three souls, since it is fitting to denominate the whole from the better part, that is, to denominate both body and soul, which is the whole man, from the soul; for so it is said that seventy-five souls went down into Egypt with Jacob, instead of saying so many men.
sant'Agostino d'Ippona † 430 d.C. On Continence 11
… because also when the flesh alone hath been named, man is understood, as we have already shown: just as when the soul alone hath been named, man is understood: whence it is said, “Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers,” that is, every man; and, “Seventy-five souls went down into Egypt with Jacob,”
san Giovanni Damasceno † 749 d.C. An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith 3.18
But if the Evangelist said that the Word was made flesh , note that in the Holy Scripture sometimes a man is spoken of as a soul, as, for example, with seventy-five souls came Jacob into Egypt
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san Cirillo di Gerusalemme † 386 d.C. The Catechetical Lectures of S. Cyril 16.30
… Thus saith the Lord . But the words, fell upon me we must understand in a good sense, that is “lovingly;” and as Jacob, when he had found Joseph, fell upon his neck; as also in the Gospels, the loving father, on seeing his son who had returned from his wandering, had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him
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Ad Puteum juramenti, in Bersabee, ut habent Hebraea; Bersabee enim hebraice significat puteum juramenti, ut dixi cap. XXI, vers. 31.
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Noli timere. Poterat Jacob timere iter in Aegyptum: Primo, ob incommoda tam longi itineris, neve, ipse utpote senex, in via moreretur antequam Josephum cerneret. Secundo, ne sui Aegyptiorum vitia imbiberent. Tertio, ne in Aegypto sedes figerent sui posteri, quibus a Deo promissa erat Chananaea, itaque Dei promissa irritarent, Deumque offenderent. Unde hunc metum eximit ei Deus, vers. 4. Nona ergo fuit haec tribulatio Jacobi, sed quam Deus de more, mox sua apparitione et consolatione dispulit.
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Ego descendam tecum, ego tibi viae comes, imo dux ero, ducam te tuosque in Aegyptum; indeque suo tempore reducam, te mortuum, tuos vero posteros vivos. Pie S. Ambrosius, lib. II De Jacob, cap. IX: «Quid igitur, inquit, ei deerat, cui Deus aderat? Quis tam potens in suo domicilio, quam iste in alieno? quis tam abundans in ubertate, quam iste in fame? Quis tam fortis in juventute, quam iste in senectute (in eo enim, ut idem ait cap. VIII, certabant impigra vivacitas juventutis et tranquillitas senectutis)? Quis tam aestuosus in negotio, quam iste in otio? Quis tam velox in curriculo, quam iste in lectulo? Quis tam laetus in flore adolescentiae, quam iste in mortis confinio? Quis tam dives in regno, quam iste in peregrino loco? Denique reges benedicebat. Et quis pauperem dicat, cujus conversatione dignus orbis terrarum non fuit? et ideo conversatio ejus erat in caelo.» Et: «Quid beatius quam Deum ipsum habere comitem itineris?» ait S. Chrysostomus, hom. 65. Joseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos, q. d. Joseph tibi morienti oculos claudet, ac consequenter relinques illic Joseph superstitem. Hinc patet priscus Hebraeorum mos, quo charissimi charissimis suis morientibus oculos claudebant. Idipsum postea imitati sunt Graeci et Romani. Unde quaeritur Euryali mater apud Virgilium, Aeneidos XI: «Nec te, tua funera, mater / Produxi, pressive oculos, aut vulnera lavi.» Illud quoque rogat deos Penelope scribens ad Ulyssem, ut Telemachus filius utriusque parentis oculos clauderet; sic enim ait apud Ovidium: «Di, precor, hoc jubeant, ut euntibus ordine fatis, / Ille meos oculos comprimat, ille tuos.»
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Filiae. Jacob unicam habebat filiam, Dinam; filias ergo hic vocat, tum Dinam, tum nurus suas, puta uxores filiorum suorum.
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Qui ingressi sunt in Aegyptum. Vel pedibus suis, vel pedibus parentum, in quibus adhuc latebant. Nomine enim ingressus hic continetur omne tempus, quod ab ingressu Jacobi usque ad mortem Josephi decurrit, uti jam patebit. Ipse (scilicet Jacob) cum liberis suis. Supple descendit in Aegyptum. Ita Hebraea.
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Hesron et Hamul. Hi nati sunt postea in Aegypto, ut patet ex dictis, cap. XXXVIII. Dicuntur tamen cum Jacob in Aegyptum descendisse, non in sua persona, sed in lumbis Phares patris sui, in quibus adhuc latebant. Nam, ut recte annotavit S. Augustinus, descensus hic et ingressus Jacobi in Aegyptum, complectitur quoque annos 17 vitae ejus in Aegypto; imo et annos reliquos vitae Josephi, puta 71, quia vocante et procurante Josepho descendit Jacob in Aegyptum. Nota: Prae filiis Zarae numerantur hic filii Phares, quia ex Phares et Hesron descenderunt reges Juda, et Christus Dominus. Omnes animae filiorum ejus. «Animae,» id est nati, geniti, puta filii et nepotes: nam Hesron et Hamul erant nepotes, non filii Jacobi; est synecdoche.
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Triginta tres, computata et ipsa Lia; aut potius ipso Jacobo cum suis filiis et filia Dina. Lia enim non videtur ingressa in Aegyptum, sed ante fuisse mortua: sepulta est enim in Hebron, ut patet cap. XLIX, vers. 31. Ab hoc numero rejiciuntur Her et Onan, utpote mortui.
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Filii Benjamin. Numerantur hic decem filii Benjamin, ex quibus aliquos ipse postea genuit in Aegypto. Nam hoc tempore quo descendit in Aegyptum, Benjamin erat tantum 24 annorum; unde non poterat tot genuisse filios. Rursum, non omnes hi fuere filii, sed aliqui nepotes Benjamin: nam expresse Septuaginta habent: Gera autem genuit Arad. Arad ergo non fuit filius, sed nepos Benjamin, ex filio Gera. Ros. Theodoretus et Procopius putant a Ros Romanos descendere et nominari; sed errant: nam Romani a Romulo nomen et originem acceperunt. Arad. Ab hoc descendunt Aradii, inquit Procopius. Verum verius est Aradios descendere ab Aradio, filio Chanaan, uti dixi cap. X, vers. 18; Aradii enim fuerunt Chananaei, non Judaei, aeque ac Sidonii, Tyrii, Biblii, aliique Aradiis vicini.
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Cunctae animae, cuncti homines, omnes proles; est synecdoche. Sic homines viles vocamus viles animas: e contrario Lucanus fortes animas, vocat viros strenuos in bello caesos, cum ait: «Vos quoque qui fortes animas, belloque peremptas.» Hoc nota, ne quis ex hoc loco colligat animas hominum, aeque ac brutorum, nasci ex traduce, puta ex semine et anima parentum, cum fides doceat animam hominis a solo Deo creari et infundi homini; ideoque immortalis est, uti dixi cap. XXXVII, vers. 35. Egressae sunt de femore, puta de genitalibus, quae sunt inter femora; est metonymia. Secundo, proprie «de femore,» quia, ut ait Franciscus Valesius, Sacrae Philosoph. cap. III, vere in femore sunt tres venae seminales, quae ortae ex lumborum venis, antequam in crura descendant, viris per femora in scrotum, mulieribus in uterum recurrunt, et fecundiorem seminis partem subministrant; atque inde Num. V, 21, in maledictione adulterae dicitur: «Utero tumescente, putrescat femur tuum,» q. d. Femore quo abusa es, puniaris, ut femur quo luxuriata es, putrescat, utque sterilitate et putredine plectaris, quae filios quaesivisti ex adulterio. Sexaginta sex, in hoc numero non continetur Jacob, utpote parens omnium, nec Joseph et filii ejus, utpote qui jam erant in Aegypto.
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Septuaginta. Hic annumeres oportet ipsum Jacobum et Josephum cum duobus ejus filiis: sic enim reperies septuaginta. Dices: Quomodo ergo Septuaginta et ex eis S. Lucas, Actor. VII, 14, numerant 75? Respondeo, ipsi addunt et annumerant Josepho Manassis filium Machir; et nepotem Galaad. Rursum, Ephraimi filios, Sutalaam et Jaam, ac nepotem Edem, qui fuit filius Sutalaam; his enim additi sunt 75. Hi autem adduntur, quia hi nati sunt vivente adhuc Josepho avo, ut patet Genes. cap. L, vers. 22. Nam descensus hic et ingressus Jacobi in Aegyptum, extendit se usque ad mortem Jacobi et Josephi, ut dixi vers. 8. Ita S. Augustinus, lib. XVI De Civit. cap. XL. Quaeres, cur hi potius nepotes Josephi, quam aliorum fratrum in hoc catalogo numerentur? Respondet primo, S. Augustinus, quia Joseph fuit causa descensus Jacobi et fratrum in Aegyptum. Secundo, sicut Moses computat nepotes Judae, sic Septuaginta computant nepotes Josephi, quia hi duo successerunt in primogenituram Rubeni; unde horum posteri obtinuerunt regnum Juda et regnum Israel. Ex Joseph enim, puta ex Ephraim, orti sunt reges Israel, ex Juda reges Juda. Tertio, quia Joseph fuit princeps fratrum, imo princeps Aegypti. Quarto, quia Jacob filios Josephi in suos filios adoptavit, uti videbimus cap. XLVIII. Porro, numerat hic stirpem Jacob, ut ostendat quam illa in Aegypto creverit, quamque impleta sit Dei promissio: «In gentem magnam faciam te ibi,» vers. 3. Nam in Aegyptum ingressi sunt tantum 70 cum Jacob, egressi vero cum Mose sexcenta fere millia peditum, absque parvulis et mulieribus, Exodi XII, 37. Ita S. Chrysostomus.
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Pastores sumus. Nota Josephi modestiam, prudentiam, simplicitatem. Modestiam, quia, in aula Pharaonis, sciri cupit se esse fratrem pastorum. Prudentiam; quia fratres in aula habere non satagit, ne aulicorum moribus corrumpantur. Simplicitatem, quia fratres ad status non evehit, sed in arte pastoritia, quam callebant, conservat. Longe aliter faciunt hodie, qui cum humillimi generis sint, tamen nobiles videri volunt, quique ad status evecti, suos pariter, licet ineptos, evehunt, cum suo, familiae et reipublicae damno, dedecore, periculo. Solos ergo in Gessen fratres suos habitare voluit Joseph: tum ut ab Aegyptiorum commercio et vitiis essent sejuncti; tum ut inde facilius ex Aegypto egredi, et duce Mose in Chanaan regredi possent. Similis Josepho hac in parte fuit Phocion, qui cum a rege Philippo munera magnae pecuniae repudiaret, legatique hortarentur accipere, saltem ut liberis suis prospiceret, quibus difficile esset in summa paupertate paternam tueri gloriam, respondit: «Si mei similes erunt, idem hic agellus illos alet, qui me ad hanc dignitatem perduxit: sin dissimiles sunt futuri, nolo meis impensis illorum ali augerique luxuriam,» uti narrat Probus in ejus Vita. Idem, munus offerente Menyllo Antipatri praefecto, respondit: «Magni munera recusavi; Antipater non est praestantior Alexandro.» Instanti Menyllo, ut saltem pro Phoco filio ea caperet, respondit: «Phoco, si mutata vita ad frugem redeat, sufficiet patrimonium; nam, ut nunc se gerit, nihil ei satis est.» Similior et illustrior fuit Theodosius Imperator, qui cum ad scholam venisset, Arcadiumque et Honorium filios, magnifice sedentes, Arsenium vero praeceptorem stantem vidisset, illos insignibus principum nudavit, addiditque, si tales se praeberent, ut mores ad disciplinam Deique leges componerent, propensum se fore, ut eis imperium traderet ad reipublicae commodum: sin minus, conducibilius esse dixit, ut sic privati vitam exigerent, quam doctrina nulla, cum periculo imperarent; testis est Nicephorus, lib. XI Hist. cap. XXIII. Detestantur Aegyptii omnes pastores ovium, quia pastores solent occidere et comedere carnes suarum ovium et pecudum, quas Aegyptii pro diis colebant, ut patet Exod. VIII, 26. Alebant tamen Aegyptii oves et boves, ut patet cap. seq., vers. 17, non ad esum, sed primo, ad lanam et lac; secundo, ad suam oblectationem; tertio, ad stercorationem agrorum; quarto, ut aliis gentibus eas divenderent.
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v. & « Ego descendam tecum illuc, et ego inde adducam te reverlentem » , «i. e. posteritatem tuam vel ossa tua » (Sa). Certe primarie omnino intelligitur posteritas : ossa a Ioseph in Chanaanitiden reportata esse nunquam scribuntur reducente Deo, dum constanter dicitur reduxisse populum de Aegypto (Kn.). « Ioseph quoque ponet manus suas super oculos tuos » , morienti oculos claudet (Tos/.), habebisque filium dilectum superstitem (Vat.). Hebr. Chald. vv. —
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v. 5 « Surrexit autem lacob a Puteo Iuramenti, tuleruntque eum filii cum parvulis et uxoribus suis in plaustris, quae miserat Pharao ad portandum senem »
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v. 6 « et omnia » , — Hebr. : et pecora et possessionem — « quae possederat in terra Chanaan; venitque in Aegyptum cum omni semine suo »,
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v. 1 « fili eius et nepotes, filiae » et filiorum (non fharum. LXX) filiae, « et cuncta simul progenies ». Ergo plures, quam unam Dinam , filias habuit Iacob, quod etiam patet per se; plures item , quam unam v. 17 Saram neptes. Hic iam auctor inserit elenchum iorum Israel, qui ingressi sunt Aegyptum. Non recensentur servi. Non recensentur muderes : v. 15 Dina inseritur e cap. 3 nota; v. 17 Sara ob rationem nobis ignotam, quae mulier sine dubio sua habuit fata non vulgaria, ubi conferas dicenda ad v. 20 secundum textum LXX ; sed eius fata aut nunquam e traditione in scripturam transiere , aut e sacro textu recepto excidere. Eos, qui se agmini iunxerunt, Jac. Edess. coniicit fuisse multa millia. Recensentur fi/Z ordine a maribus petito : primi filii Liae, et filii Zelphae ancillae Liae; postea filii Rachel, et filii Balae ancillae Rachel, cf. v. 18.25. Fortasse hoc ordine filii in itinere Aegyptiaco incedebant; 33,2, quando periculum timebatur ab Esau, ancillae praecedebant et post Liam sequebatur dilecta Rachel. —
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v. 8 « Haec sunt autem nomina » — non « generationes », non adscribitur nova aliqua Tholedoth — « filtorum Israel , qui ingressi. sunt n Aegyptum , tpse cum liberis suis ». Hebr. : lacob cum liberis suis. Aliqui putavere, nomen /acoó connumerari inter 70 animas. At Ex. 1,5 « animae eorum, qui egresst sunt de femore Iacob », scribuntur fuisse 70. Nostrum h. l. ineisum generali modo elenchum incipit : intra elenchum vero nomen naturale /acoó in locum subintrat nominis sacri Israel. « Primogenitus Ruben ».
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v. 9 « Fili Ruben : Henoch et Phallu et Hesron et Charmi ».
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v. 10 « Filii Simeon : lamuel et lamin et Ahod et lachin et Sohar et Saul, fitus Chanaanitidis ». E quo addito inferes, reliquos Simeonis filios e Chanaanitide non esse natos. Prudentior in re uxoria exstitit Simeon quam Iuda. Licebitne hinc inferre, reliquorum fratrum nullum Chanaanitiden duxisse?
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v. 11 « Fz/iz Lev? : Gerson et Caath et Merari ».
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v. 19 « Filii Iuda : Her et Onan et Sela et Phares et Zara. Mortui sunt autem Her et Onan in terra Chanaan ». À recensendis filiis ingressis Aegyptum delabitur auctor ad recensendos ante ingressum natos, quod non est plane idem ; sed illico se corrigit. Adverte , Phares et Zaram extensione aliqua legis leviratus reputatos esse Her et Onan filios : ergo erat aliqua ratio, etiam Her et Onan elencho inserendorum. « Natique sunt filii Phares : Hesron et Hamul ».
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v. 183 « Filàü Issachar : Thola et Phua et Iob et Semron ». v. Ah. « Filii Zabulon : Sared et Elon et Iahelel ».
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v. 15 « Hi filii Liae, quos genuit in Mesopotamia Syriae cum Dina filia sua. Omnes animae filiorum eius et filiarum triginta tres ». Vox filiarum mendose irrepsit, nam sunt nomina triginta tria, dempta Dina.
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v. 16 « Fili? Gad : Sephton et Haggé et Suni et Esebon et Heri et Arodi et Areli ». v. AY. « Filii Aser : Iamne et Iesua et lessui et Beria; Sara quoque soror eorum. Fili Beria : Heber et Melchiel ».
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v. 18 « Hi filii Zelphae, quam dedit Laban Liae filiae suae; et hos genuit lacob, sedecim animas ». Sunt quindecim tantum viri : sed consule infra dicenda. sexaginta sez ». v. 971 « Filii autem Ioseph, qui nati sunt et in terra Aegypti animae duae. Omnes animae domus lacob, quae ?ngressae sunt in. Aegyptum, fuere septuaginta ». Cf. Deut. 10,22 : « In septuaginta animabus descenderunt patres tui in Aegyptum ». Cf. Ex. 1,5. mina v. 20, etiam computato nomine Ioseph, habent animas octo tantum. Difficultas solvitur e Num. 26, 35, ubi inter Suthala et Thehen habetur Becher, ct ipse uti reliqui familiae caput; cuius nomen Gen. 46, 20 e textu LXX facillime excidere potuit, cum v. 21 habeatur homonymus filius Beniamin. Addito Becher habes v. 27 animas novem et 66 -|- 9 — 75, quam summam LXX citans Act. 7, 14 repetit S. Stephanus. Quare advertit Aug., LXX interpretes « propter aliquam mysticam significationem quadam velut prophetica libertate (?) hunc numerum (70) complere voluisse ». Quibus luce clarius demonstratum habes, textum LXX aliqua exhibere nomina textui sacro de industria addita. Quodsi in textu LXX concedi id impune possit, imo necessario debeat, nulla s. textus reverentia prohibemur, quominus in textu etiam hebraeo recepto similes additiones et fieri potuisse et fortasse factas esse adstruamus. Additi igitur fuerint filii Beniamin, filii Phares et alii aliqui. Quaeres, qua ratione induci homines potuerint ad ea nomina s. textui inserenda. Adverte omnia elenchi nomina, etiam ea quae LXX v. 20 sufficit, Num. 26 describi ut principum familiarum nomina; solos excipi Ahod, Bechor (Beniaminitam), Gera et Ared, qui tamen et ipsi fortasse familias procreavere postero tempore exstinguendas aut absorbendas. Plurium familiarum capitum nomina antiquitus in nostro elencho legebantur : unde reliquas familias titillabat ambitio, ut suorum quoque capitum nomina ibidem resplenderent. Id sensim sine sensu effectum est, suffectis iis nominibus in locum quorumdam aliorum, quae primitus ibi legebantur, sed iam non comparent. Etenim semper 70 numero fuisse nomina, concludo ex Ex. 1, 5 et Deut. 10, 22 : at fuere primitus fortasse plurium filiarum nomina, cuius rei vestigium v. 15 in voce et filiarum reperio, quae nunc sensu caret, cum v. 9-14 sola Dina recenseatur, neque ea in triginta tribus computoetur. Eliminatis igitur filiabus successere familiarum capita. Hac prima difficultate expedita, ad alteram progredimur. In numeris duo deprehenduntur computi, diversi inter se neque plane veri. Uterque summam 70 respicit. Quam prior v. 15. 18. 22. 25 supputat additis 33 -]- 16 -- 14 -|- 7. At v. 16 sq. non habentur nomina virorum 16, sed 15. Dices Saram complere numerum : sed cur ea mulier in numero 16 includatur, cum altera mulier Dina v. 15 a numero 33 exsulet? Aliam propono solutionem. Auctor hebraeus ideo praecise scripsit numerum 16, quia volebat ad summam 70 pervenire : quae efficitur 33, 16, 14, 7, minime vero 33,15, 14, 7 invicem additis. Neque magis in hoc falsitatis est arguendus, quam is, qui v. 26 sq. in altero computo demonstrat, 66 additis 3 efficere 70. Uti sc. hic dicitur C6 -]- 3 — circiter 70, quod est verissimum, ita ibi dicitur 33 -- circiter 16 -|- 14 -|- 7 — 70, quod est item verissimum. Illud vero priorem computatorem latuit, Iesua et Iessui unicum esse nomen, et Echi, Ros et Mophim esse nomina non tria sed duo. Alter computus primum secernit Ioseph, Manassen et Ephraim, qui ingressi sunt Aegyptum, sed nom cum Iacob, a reliquis, qui cum Iacob possint dici essc ingressi. Neque Dinam recenset neque Saram. Tamen hic quoque lethali laborat defectu, ut Iesua et Iessui supponat esse diversos, et Echi, Ros et Mophim ignoret ad duo revocari nomina. Neuter igitur computus est auctoris inspirati. Certe genuina remanet sola summa 70, quam Ex. 1, 5 et Deut. 10,22 confirmant. Nomina plura sunt genuina, sed alia non pauca sunt suffectitia. Ut tota haec computorum ratio clarius perspiciatur, subiicio nomina, quae ad computos adhibebantur, iis inclusis uncinis, quae debuerant omitti : Ruben. Henoch. Phalu. Hesron. Charmi, Símeonm. Iamuel. ]Iamin. Ahod. Iachin. Sohar. Saul. Levi. Gerson. Caath. Merari. — Tfuda. Her. Onan. Sela. Phares. Zara. Hesron. Hamul. Issachar. "Thola. Phua. Iob. Semron. Zabulon. Sared. ^ Elon. Iahelel. 33. Gad. Sephion. Haggi. Suni. Esebon. Heri. Aradi Areli. Aser. Iamne. —lIesua. [Iessui]. X Beria. Heber. Melchiel. 15, non 18. Beniamin. Bela. Bechor. —Asbel. Gera. Naaman. Husim. . Nephthali. Iasiel. Guni. Ieser. Sallem. 7. Alia tandem commemoranda est difficultas recens nata. Pharao Thotmes III inter nomina civitatum subactarum recenset Jacubara et Yosepara seu, cum Aegyptii r scribant loco /, Jacobel et Iosephel , bx-13py* etow7mp». Ergo, quo tempore omnes Hebraei, et quidem numero septuaginta, in Aegyptum transmigrasse scribuntur, remanserant in terra promissa inte. grae duae Hebraeorum tribus. Respondeas cum M. Mueller (Asien u. Europa p. 197 sqq.), nomina illa esse non íribuum, sed locorum, urbium sc. aut vicorum; non repugnare, Hebraeos aliquibus locis sua indidisse et reliquisse nomina. v. 98 « Misit autem Iudam ante se ad Ioseph, ut nuntiaret ei [et occurreret] zn Gessen ». Iudas egerat cum Ioseph 454,15 sqq., patrique imprimis iam erat acceptus, tam fauste impletis quae de salute Beniamini promiserat. alienum imperium ferentes firmabantur. — Qum e Chanaanitide in Aegyptum descendatur, Ioseph v. 29 patri obviam festinans recte dicitur ascendere ; idem tamen e Gessen v. 31 ad Pharaonem rursus ascendit, sive quod regia concipiatur ut locus excelsus, sive quod regia urbs (Memphis?) reapse nonnihil altiori loco fuerit quam pagus Gessen. Cap. XLVII v. 4 « Ingressus ergo Ioseph nuntiavit Pharaoni dicens : Pater meus et fratres, oves eorum et armenta , et cuncta quae possident , venerunt de terra Chanaan, et ecce consistunt tn terra Gessen ». v. 9 « Extremos quoque » — nxpa cf. 19,5; Iud. 18,2 : de totalitate, ergo aliquos (Vat.); unde LXX Syr. vocem non verterunt. Certe non « extremos 1. e. abiectiori adspectu, sc. ne Pharao milites faceret » (Sa) — « fratrum suorum quinque vtros constituit coram rege » , v. 8 « quos ille interrogavit : Quid habetis operis? » Semitae non ita raro in Aegyptum inferiorem descendebant, atque semper primum hanc quaestionem interrogabantur. Quam praesciens Ioseph fratres 46,33 sq. de responsione edocuerat. « Responderunt : Pastores ovium sumus servi tut, et nos et patres nostri ». v. & « Ád peregrinandum in terra tua venimus », non ad perpetuo manendum (7'os4.) ; « quoniam non est herba gregibus servorum tuorum, ingravescente fame in terra Chanaan », Aegyptus vero flumine et canalibus est irrigua (Menoch.); « petzmusque , ut esse nos 1ubeas servos tuos zn terra Gessen ». v. 5 « Dixit staque rez ad loseph : Pater tuus et fratres tui venerunt ad te ». v. 6 « Terra Aegypti in conspectu tuo est : in optimo loco fac eos habitare , et trade eis terram Gessen. Quodsi nosti 1n eis esse viros industrios , constitue zllos magistros pecorum meorum ». Ordinem sententiarum invertit LXX, fluitque planior narratio. Inter servos regis reperiebatur « praeses boum in universa regione » seu « praeses cornuum, ungularum et pennarum »; suum praeterea quaeque provincia habebat « praesidem boum ». Erman p. 152. 666. v. "1 « [Post haec] introduxit Ioseph patrem suum ad. regem, et statuit eum coram eo ». Miratur Di/ÍIm., patrem post filios introduci, et hinc diversum subodoratur narratorem. Nota, iam 546,31 Ioseph loqui ad fratres, non ad patrem, de fratribus, non de patre introducendis : dein narratio aequo pede procedens usque ad 47,6 narrat fratrum aliquos ad regem introductos. Quid mirum, continuam hanc narrationem non interrumpi interpositis, quae v. 7 sqq. subnectuntur? Quid mirum, si quinque fratribus illico ad regiam properantibus, pater senex in Gessen aliquamdiu vires resumpturus substiterit? « Qui benedicens illi » v. 8 « et interrogatus ab eo : Quot sunt. dies annorum vitae tuae? » — Senem facile interrogamus aetatem (CAhrys.) — v. 9 « respondit : Dies peregrinationis meae centum triginta. annorum sunt, parvi et mali, et non pervenerunt usque ad dies patrum meorum quibus peregrinati sunt ». Laudatores temporis acti sunt senes. Abraham vixerat 175, Isaac 180, lacob victurus erat omnino 147 annos (v. 28). Erant igitur eius dies parv?, 1. e. pauciores. Fuerant iidem etiam mat, a&tentis quae ab Esau, Laban et filiis, non semper insons, passus erat lacob.
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La toletta funeraria del cadavere comprendeva semplicemente un lavaggio (Act. 9, 37) e la chiusura degli occhi e della bocca (Gen. 46, 4); non sembra, almeno per i tempi antichi, che seguisse una particolare vestizione: ma il d. veniva seppellito con il suo abbigliamento e i suoi ornamenti abituali. …
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IACHIN (EBR. JĀBĪN «[EGLI] RISTABILISCE»)
1. Figlio del patriarca Simeone (Gen. 46,10; Ex. 6,15), capostipite dei Iachiniti (Num. 26,12). In I Par. 4,24 è chiamato Iarib, forse per un errore di trasmissione del testo.
SIMEONE (EBR. ŠIM'ÔN, GRECO ΣΥΜΖΌΝ)
… Nel primo viaggio che fece in Egitto durante la carestia, S. fu tenuto da Giuseppe in ostaggio, non essendo il primogenito Ruben colpevole della vendita del fratello (Gen. 42, 25,36; 43, 23). In Egitto lo raggiunsero poi con Giacobbe i suoi sei figli (ibid. 46, 10; cf. I Par. 2,1; 4, 24 sgg.).
46:11
… Qéháth). - Secondo figlio di Levi (Ex. 6, 16; Num. 3, 17; I Par. 5, 27-29 [6, 1-3]), n. in Canaan (Gen. 46, 11) e m. all'età di 133 anni (Ex. 6, 18). Tra i casati dei suoi quattro figli Amram, Isaar, Hebron e Oziel rimase celebre quello del primo (Amram), tra la cui progenie si noverò Aronne …
G. è pure il nome del primogenito di Levi (Gen. 46, 11 ecc.). …
… Méràri: Gen. 46, 11; Ex. 6, 16, 19).
46:12
… In pena dell'ignobile delitto fu punito dal Signore con la morte (Gen. 38, 2-4; 46, 12). Da lui prende nome il peccato contro natura diretto ad impedire la prole, che si chiama « onanismo ».
… aperta una breccia (pâres)? ». E fu chiamato P. (Gen. 38, 29). Questo e altri dettagli sono dati dal testo sacro per l'importanza dei diritti di primogenitura, che furono concessi a lui e non a Zara, poiché è sempre ricordato primo nelle genealogie (ibid. 46, 12; Num. 26, 20; I Par. 2, 4; Mt. 1, 3). I suoi discendenti furono benedetti da Dio (Ruth 4, 12). Per la genealogia v. Ruth 4, 18-22 e I Par. 2, 5, 9-3, 24. Al tempo di Zorobabel 468 …
2. Nipote di Esaù e figlio di Rahuel (Gen. 36, 13, 17; I Par. 1, 37). 3. Figlio di Giuda, che discese in Egitto con Giacobbe (Gen. 38, 39; 46, 12; I Par. 2, 4; Iude. 7, 17, 24). 4. Figlio del patriarca Simeone (Num. 26, 13; I Par. 4, 24). 5. Levita, figlio di Addo e padre di Iethrai (I Par. 6, 21). 6. Padre di Iobab, re edomita, …
46:13
Il nome è spiegato dalla madre: « Il Signore mi ha dato la mia ricompensa » (šāhār), il che suppone la grafia biblica del qēthibh (Gen. 30, 18; cf. v. 16). Con i figli Thola, Phua, Iasub e Semran (Gen. 46, 13; Num. 26, 23; I Par. 7, 1), I. discese con Giacobbe in Egitto, ove la discendenza dei suoi figli tanto si moltiplicò che al tempo dell'esodo la tribù contava nel primo censimento 54.400 …
1. Primogenito di Issachar (Gen. 46,13; I Par. 7,1) e padre di Ozi, Raphaia, Ieriel, Iemai, Iebsen e Samuele. …
46:15
… Di Z. come persona si parla pochissimo; era il sesto figlio di Lia (Gen. 30,20; 35,23), e fu padre di Sared, Elon e Iahelel (ibid. 46, 15).
46:16
1. Nome («leone di Dio») di persona: uno dei 10 (o 11) capi inviati a Casfia per invitare i Leviti e i Natinei al servizio del Tempio (Eid. 8, 16); il settimo figlio di Gad (Num. 26, 17, secondo i Settanta e la Volgata), la cui vera forma del nome è 'Ar'ēl (Gen. 46, 16).
… Di tale personaggio si registra solamente la figliolanza (ibid. 46, 16). Nella benedizione proferita su lui (ibid. 49, 19; cf. Deut. 33, 20, 21) si allude all'abilità guerresca della tribù più che alle qualità del capostipite.
46:17
… Ebbe quattro figli: Jamne, Jesua, Jessui e Beria, oltre la figlia Sara (Gen. 46, 17; I Par. 7, 30). La narrazione delle vicende della famiglia di Giacobbe non nomina mai A.; la benedizione di Giacobbe (Gen. 49, 20) assegna alla sua discendenza prosperità agricola …
… Israelita della tribù di Aser e capo degli Heberiti (Gen. 46, 17; Num. 26, 45; I Par. 7, 31 sg.); il cenita (Volgata, Haber) marito di Iael (v.; Judc. 4, 11. 17. 21; 5, 24); uno dei posteri di Giuda (I Par. 4. 18); un beniaminita (I Par. 8, 17).
Oltre un figlio (ebr. Jâšâh, Volg. Iesua) del patriarca Aser (Gen. 46, 17; Num. 26, 44; I Par. 7, 30), portarono il nome Jâšâh (Volg. Iesua) un sacerdote, cui era affidato il nono turno di servizio nel Tempio (I Par.
46:20
… egiziana spesso ʾAσεννέθ]; nome egiziano: ʾivs-n-nt « essa appartiene a Neith » [dea di Sais]). - Moglie del patriarca Giuseppe, figlia del sacerdote egiziano Putifar (Potifera) di On (Eliopoli), madre di Manasse ed Efraim (Gen. 41, 45. 51 sg.; 46, 20).
Un secondo P. (Pōfī-phēra') è citato in Gen. 41, 45.50; 46, 20, come suocero di Giuseppe. …
46:21
Il primo in Gen. 46, 21 è numerato con Bela tra i figli di Beniamin. …
46:23
… Suoi discendenti (Gen. 46, 23) furono i Husim. …
46:24
… N. è il capostipite della tribù omonima. È menzionato solo con i suoi quattro figli nell'elenco dei figli di Giacobbe trasferitisi in Egitto (Gen. 46, 24) e nel profetico addio del padre, al decimo posto (Gen. 49, 21).
46:25
… B. ebbe due figli, cui Rachele, ricevendoli, impose i nomi di Dan e Neftali (Gen. 29, 29; 30,3 sgg.; 37,2; 46, 25).
46:28
… Carattere forte e fedele; per la sua eloquenza, per la nobiltà dei suoi sentimenti, ha nella famiglia di Giacobbe un posto preminente (Gen. 43, 3-10; 44, 14-34; 46, 28), che passa anche alla tribù che ebbe origine da lui (Gen. 49, 8-12).
… riaffermata da S. R. Driver, oggi da G. Östborn: t. viene dal verbo hôrah (hiph'il di jârah « gettare »), che ricorre 53 volte nella Bibbia ebraica, il cui senso primitivo sarebbe « tendere la mano o il dito per mostrare la strada », onde « indicare » (Gen. 46, 28) o « dirigere » (Iudc. 13, 8). La spiegazione di J. Wellhausen, seguito da W. Nowack, I. Benzinger, che t. proviene dal significato specifico di jârah e hôrah « gettare » le …
46:30
Rievocando un'espressione del vecchio Giacobbe (Gen. 46, 30) dice, con umile riconoscenza: « Ora (che si è compiuta la promessa) puoi licenziare il tuo schiavo, Padrone (Βίστατα), secondo la tua parola, in pace (puoi lasciarmi morire tranquillo, …
46:34
GESSEN. - Regione del delta egiziano (ebr. Gōsen, Settanta Γέσαι) nella quale si insediò la famiglia di Giacobbe invitata in Egitto da Giuseppe (Gen. 45, 10; 46, 34; 47, 1. 27). Nella « terra di G. » gli immigrati si dedicarono alla pastorizia, crescendo di numero ed espandendosi nelle regioni adiacenti.
46:70
MANASSE. - 1. Figlio maggiore (ebr. Mēnašēh, prob. Mēnašēh-el = «Dio fa dimenticare» [i dolori]) di Giuseppe e di Aseneth (Gen. 41, 51), adottato dal patriarca Giacobbe ma subordinato al fratello Ephraim (Gen. 41, 51; 46, 70; 48, 5, 13-20).
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