The Source and the Partial
To 'give drink to a child' who is thirsting; from that very 'source' she herself drank without 'water'. Thus you also find written concerning the Samaritan woman that she also 'left the water', in which it is written to draw water, 'and she went' to her own citizens to say to them, 'Come, see a man, who said to me all my sins' (John 4:28-29).
Rebecca therefore 'gives drink to the child' of Abraham, and not him alone, but also all those with him. 'And to the camels also' she... while drinking—for she 'went down to the spring'—but even if she carries 'water'... she was carrying, but 'to all' (Genesis 24:18-20).
'That which is known in part' and 'that which is prophesied in part' from the 'source' is 'water' having been filled. When therefore 'that which is in part' is abolished, 'the water is crushed.' And it is not destroyed, but it goes into the 'source'.
And I remind you of another doctrine spoken through other voices and material signs: we say that 'that which is in part' does not vanish, but is to be 'in part'; for an addition of the lacking honor has become.
Greek
"ποτίσῃ παῖδα" διψώμενον· ἐξ αὐτῆς τῆς "πηγῆς" δ̣ὲ αὐτὴ ἔπιεν ἄνευ "ὑδρίας". οὕτως εὑρίσκεις καὶ περὶ τῆς Σαμαρίτιδος γε-γραμμέν̣ο̣ν̣ ὅτι καὶ ἐκείνη "ἀφῆκεν τὴν ὑδρίαν", ἐν ᾗ ει᾿̣ληλύθει ἀρύσασθαι ὕδωρ, "κα̣ι`̣ α᾿̣πῆλθεν" τοῖς πολίταις ἑαυτῆς εἰπεῖν ὅτι "δεῦτε ἴδετε ἄνθρωπον, ὃς εἶπέν μοι πᾶν τ̣ο`̣ α῾̣μ̣άρτημά μου". ἡ Ῥεβέκκα οὖν τὸν τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ "παῖδα ποτίζει" καὶ οὐκ αὐτόν̣ γ̣ε̣ μ̣όνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πάν̣τας τοὺς μετ' αὐ-τ̣ο̣υ῀̣. "κ̣αὶ τ̣α̣ι῀̣ς καμήλ̣ο̣ι̣ς" α̣υ᾿̣τη···?············· πίνουσα–"κατέβη" γὰρ "ἐπὶ τὴν πηγήν"–, ἀλλὰ κἂν φέρῃ "ὑδρία" υ̣δ̣········ ἔφερεν, ἀλλὰ "πάσαις". "τὸ ἐκ μέρους γιγνωσκόμενον" καὶ "τὸ ἐκ μέρους προφητευόμενον" ἀπὸ τῆς "πηγῆς" "ὑδρία" ἐστὶν πλη-ρωθεῖσα. ὅταν οὖν "καταργηθῇ τὸ ἐκ μέρους", "συν-τρίβεται ἡ ὑδρία". καὶ οὐκ ἀπόλλυται, ἀλλ' εἰς τὴν "πηγὴν" ·······. καὶ ὑπομιμνῄσκω ἄλλο θεώρημα λεχθὲν δι' ἑτέρων φωνῶν καὶ ση̣8–10νων ὑλῶν ἐλέγομεν ὅτι "τὸ ἐκ μέρους" οὐκ ἀφανίζεται, ἀλλὰ 8–10 "ἐκ μέρους" εἶναι· προσθήκης γὰρ τῆς λειπούσης τιμῆς γεγενημένης ·····
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Didymus the Blind on Ecclesiastes.
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