Here Augustine remarks on the addition of the particle ne to the word non, which he has made to bring out the sense. ↩
Genesis 1:24. ↩
Pliny, Historia Naturalis VII. 2; Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae IX. 4. ↩
From πυγμή, a cubit. ↩
Genesis 10:25. ↩
Psalm 14:3, 4; 53:3, 4. ↩
Genesis 10:25. ↩
Joshua 24:2. ↩
Genesis 11:27–29. ↩
Genesis 11:31. ↩
Genesis 24:10. ↩
Judith 5:5–9. ↩
Genesis 11:32. ↩
Genesis 12:1. ↩
Genesis 12:4. ↩
Genesis 11:1. ↩
Genesis 12:1. ↩
Acts 7:2, 3. ↩
Acts 7:4. ↩
Genesis 12:1. ↩
Various reading, “of our Lord Jesus Christ.” ↩
Genesis 12:1–3. ↩
Acts 7:2. ↩
Genesis 12:7. ↩
Genesis 13:8, 9. ↩
Genesis 13:14–17. ↩
Various reading, “the express promise.” ↩
Psalm 110:4. ↩
Romans 4:3; Genesis 25:6. ↩
Genesis 25:7. ↩
Genesis 25:9–21. ↩
Luke 1:34. ↩
Luke 1:35. ↩
Various reading, “who are to remain.” ↩
Matthew 24:21. ↩
Genesis 11:32. ↩
Galatians 3:17. ↩
1 Corinthians 7:4. ↩
Genesis 16:6. ↩
Genesis 15:4. ↩
Genesis 17:1–22. The passage is given in full by Augustine. ↩
Genesis 17:14. ↩
Romans 5:12, 19. ↩
Genesis 2:17. ↩
Ecclesiasticus 15:17. ↩
Romans 4:15. ↩
Psalm 119:119. Augustine and the Vulgate follow the Septuagint. ↩
Genesis 17:5, 6, 16. ↩
Hebrews 11:11. ↩
Hebrews 11:12. ↩
Genesis 18:2, 3. ↩
Genesis 19:2. ↩
Genesis 19:16–19. ↩
Genesis 19:21. ↩
Hebrews 13:2. ↩
Genesis 18:18. ↩
Genesis 20:12. ↩
Genesis 21:6. ↩
Galatians 4:24–26. ↩
Genesis 21:12, 13. ↩
Romans 9:7, 8. ↩
Hebrews 11:17–19. ↩
Romans 8:32. ↩
Genesis 22:10–12. ↩
Genesis 22:14. ↩
Genesis 22:15–18. ↩
Genesis 17:17. ↩
Genesis 24:2, 3. ↩
Genesis 16:3. ↩
Genesis 25:1. ↩
Genesis 25:5, 6. ↩
Romans 9:7, 8. ↩
Genesis 25:23. ↩
Romans 9:10–13. ↩
Genesis 26:1–5. ↩
Genesis 26:24. ↩
Genesis 25:27. ↩
Genesis 27:27–29. ↩
Genesis 27:33. ↩
Genesis 28:1–4. ↩
Genesis 21:12. ↩
Beer-sheba. ↩
Genesis 28:10–19. ↩
John 1:47, 51. ↩
Genesis 32:28: Israel = “a prince of God”; ver. 30: Peniel = “the face of God.” ↩
Psalm 18:45. ↩
Augustine here follows the Septuagint, which at Genesis 46:20 adds these names to those of Manasseh and Ephraim, and at ver. 27 gives the whole number as seventy-five. ↩
Genesis 50:22, 23. ↩
Genesis 50:23. ↩
Genesis 46:8. ↩
Genesis 49:8–12. ↩
John 10:18. ↩
John 2:19. ↩
John 19:30. ↩
Genesis 49:12. ↩
1 Peter 2:2; 1 Corinthians 3:2. ↩
Genesis 25:23. ↩
Genesis 48:19. ↩
Infans, from in, not, and fari, to speak. ↩
“Has pointed.” ↩
Genesis 12:1, 2. ↩
Genesis 12:3. ↩
Galatians 4:22–31. ↩
Hebrews 8:8–10. ↩
1 Samuel 2:1–10. ↩
Psalm 48:2. ↩
2 Timothy 2:9; Ephesians 6:20. ↩
Luke 2:25–30. ↩
Romans 3:26? ↩
Galatians 6:3. ↩
Romans 10:3. ↩
Psalm 94:11; 1 Corinthians 3:20. ↩
Psalm 6:2. ↩
Romans 3:2. ↩
Revelation 1:4. ↩
Proverbs 9:1. ↩
“By whom we see her made fruitful.” ↩
Colossians 3:1–3. ↩
Romans 8:32. ↩
Psalm 16:10; Acts 2:27, 31. ↩
2 Corinthians 8:9. ↩
James 4:6; 1 Peter 5:5. ↩
“For the poor man is the same as the beggar.” ↩
Philippians 3:7, 8. ↩
Matthew 19:27, 28. ↩
1 Corinthians 4:7. ↩
1 John 4:7. ↩
2 Corinthians 5:10. ↩
Psalm 74:12. ↩
Acts 10:42. ↩
Ephesians 4:9, 10. ↩
Matthew 24:13. ↩
1 Corinthians 12. ↩
1 Samuel 2:27–36. ↩
