The Gathering of Elements
It is praised; for indeed Moses gave ten words, and ten are provided. Just as the water, previously poured out over the face of all the earth, later, having gathered it into one assembly on the third day, God made the seas, and the rivers, and the springs; so also the light, which was created in the beginning, previously being poured out, later, having gathered it all at once on the fourth day, God made from it the sun, and the moon, and the rest of the stars. The sun is not something other than the day. He makes thorns and thistles to rise up for you, and let you eat the herb of the field (Psalm 71:18).
Didymus. For what is it that is not painful from the sequences of the body, from which pleasures and anxieties grow? For these are the...
Greek
ὑμνεῖται· καὶ γὰρ δέκα λόγους Μωσῆς δέδωκε, καὶ δεκάται παρέχονται. Ὥσπερ δὲ τὸ ὕδωρ, πρότερον διακεχυμένον κατὰ πρόσωπον πάσης τῆς γῆς, ὕστερον τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ συναγαγὼν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς συναγωγὴν μίαν, ἐποίησε τὰς θαλάσσας, καὶ τοὺς ποταμοὺς, καὶ τὰ φρέατα· οὕτω καὶ τὸ φῶς, τὸ ἐν ἀρχῇ κτισθὲν, πρότερον διακεχυμένον, ἀθρόως ὕστερον τῇ τετάρτῃ ἡμέρᾳ συναγαγὼν ὁ Θεὸς, ἐποίησεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὸν ἥλιον, καὶ τὴν σελήνην, καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς ἀστέρας. Οὐχ ὅτι ἄλλο τι παρὰ τὴν ἡμέραν ὁ ἥλιος. ΚΕΦ. Γʹ, στ. ιθʹ. Ἀκάνθας καὶ τριβόλους ἀνατελεῖ σοι, καὶ φαγῇ τὸν χόρτον τοῦ ἀγροῦ. ∆ιδύμου. Τί γὰρ ἐκ τῆς τοῦ σώματος ἀκολουθίας οὐκ ἐπώδυνόν ἐστιν, ἡδονῶν τε καὶ μεριμνῶν ἐξ αὐτοῦ φυομένων; Ταύτας γὰρ εἶναι τὰς
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Didymus the Blind on the Octateuch.
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