On Genesis · §7

The Water and the Just

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the truth is different

The inner man is a gift from heaven, and it is fitting to seek God.

Regarding the things which are said, 'Many waters cannot quench love' (Song of Songs 8:7), being used as a symbol, one is not able to be overcome once by the opposing power, about which the saint cries, 'Save me from many waters' (Psalm 69:1), which leads to 'from the hand of strange sons' (Psalm 68:21), water meaning the strange sons. And again, 'If you pass through fire, flame shall not burn you, if through water, rivers shall not overwhelm you' (Isaiah 43:2), which is an athletic prize given to the just. And if someone took these things from the rivers of the sensible, it would not be a great thing not to be overwhelmed by the rivers of the sensible, with many and other evil things being expected of this; but it is a great thing not to be carried away by the streams of the opposing energies nor by the immeasurable wickedness of these, which is a reward becoming the just and a proper end.

Since, being presented through water, the rational animals show that by their own impulse and will the things in wickedness and the things in virtue have happened. For all things happened so that one might have virtue, but some did not preserve the given thing by their own slight deviation. Since God also made man good, but they themselves turned away from the goodness.

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κατ···· ο[·] ···· [..........................]···της χρειας τουτο απρ[·] ···τα [..........................]ις επει τοι 18 νυ̣ν̣ ουχ···· υδωρ υδασ·· λ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···ως ρεουσων···· σκ·· τω····τυπου επυδ··· ···η κατω··· ρ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··α ···εμμεσω του··· ατοσ··· ν··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ·ε ··· τουτ' αυτα ····σεν ··· ρ··· ··· ·· [...] ··· ··· ·· ε[····]λεγεται ε··· [··] λο··· ·· β··· ··· [......] ··· ··· ··· [··· ··]υ των υπαυτω[···]διε [···] ·[..............................π]ροειρημενοις ο μη· [··· ··· ···] ···[............................]ιωσο· ν[···]μαι ·· [··· ··· ···] ·[................................]ετ [··· ···]ους ·[··· ··· ···] ·[..............................]του [··· ···]αυπ·· [··· ··· ···] ·[..............................] ··· [··· ···]υτα·· [··· ··· ···] ο[...............................]υδωρ [····]μους [··· ··]εροι··· γα[................................] ··ε ····]·υε [··· ··] καιειτ·· χρ[...............................] θ·· [···] ··· [··· ··]···δυ···· νο··[............................] ··· [····] ···[··· ··]ταγαρα ··· χειτ[............................]ο αποστ··· [··· ···]υδ[ω]ρει··· λειασ[.............................]και υγ[··· ····]ρανων τον··· μωδ[............................]αυτον[··]··[···]υν ˉοˉυˉνˉωˉν κατ··· υδωρ·· [.........................ˉθˉ]ˉν τ··[·]ν ·[··· ··]νων παρα···· προβα··[..........................]ε του···· [···] κατα τον ου··· δωρ υ·[..........................]τιθη[·]ο ··· ··τον αινουν··· ˉθˉν δ·· [..........................]ˉθˉυ και[··] ··· ··βωμενω και··· θιστη· [.........................]εχει[·]ο υδωρ αισθητον ουκ ε̣- στιν το· [.........................]·ντα εχειν ···· δυνατα ειναι̣ 19 διαδ····τος· ἑτέρως τὸ ἀληθὲς τῶν ειρ··· ··· ··· ··· δεχ·····ολου τῶν θείων γραφῶν περὶ υ··· ··· ··· ··· πνεύματι ··δ··ληται ὡς ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ· "6Ὁ πι̣σ̣τ̣ε̣υ´̣ω̣ν ει᾿̣ς̣ ε᾿̣μ̣έ, καθῶς ε̣ἰ῀̣π̣ε̣ν̣ ἡ γραφή, ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλι´̣α̣[ς αὐτοῦ] ρ῾̣ε̣υ´̣σ̣ο̣υ̣- σ̣ι̣ν̣ ὑ´̣δ̣α̣τ̣ο̣ς̣ ζ̣ῶντος"6, ὅπερ αἰσθητῶς μὲν ····[··· ···]·ε···· ··· ··· ····ι ····ναειγ ·ρ····λιας ··· ···[··· ····]· της κα- ··· ··· ···· ἄνθρωπον ὑποβαλλο[μ]ένης περι··· [··· ··· ··]··· ·· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ·· λαβομεν και ··· ····[··· ··· ··]··· ·· ··[···]··· ··· ··· ··· ητη··ιειλ··· ····[··· ··· ··]··· ·· ··· ··· ····α τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον ··ν·[··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··] ··· ··· ·· [··]·εσω [···]ιλιασ· [··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··] εναρ···· [··] ·· [····]· νε· [··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···] ειπο···· [···] ·· [····] ··· [··· ······ ··· ··· ··· ··· ···] λογι··· [··] ··· [·]·[·]ολασ· της [··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ····] ··· ··· ··· ···· [·] ··αρτισ··ασ···ερ··· [··· ···] ··· ··· [ὑ´̣]- δωρ το·[··] ··· ···· [··] οὐρανῶν ··· κι·· ειε··· [····]· καὶ προσ- ήκει αιν[··] ··· ··· ··εισθαι κ··ορ ··· ··· ··· ··· ··ον Θεόν· ἔστιν δὲ κ·[·]··· ·· [···]·λαου··υτ ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· περὶ ὧν λέγετα̣ι̣· "6῞Υ̣δ̣ω̣ρ̣ π̣ο̣λ̣υ`̣ οὐ δυνήσεται σβέσ̣αι τὴν ἀγάπ̣ην"6 δου- λόμενον μ··· ··· ··· δ̣υνατ··δε ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ·· η·εν·νου ··· ···· ε᾿̣φάπαξ τῆς ἀντικειμένης δ̣υ̣ν̣α´̣μ̣εως πε- ρὶ ἧς ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ·· τ·ν ὁ ἅγιος βοᾷ· "6Ῥυ῀̣σ̣αί μ̣ε̣ ε᾿̣ξ υ῾̣δα´̣των πολ- λῶν"6, ἅπερ ε··· ··· ···· ἐπάγει· "6ἐκ χειρὸς υἱω῀̣ν̣ α᾿̣λ̣λ̣οτρίων"6, ὕδωρ λέγων τοὺς α᾿̣λ̣λ̣ο̣τ̣ρ̣ι´̣ο̣υς υἱούς. Καὶ πάλιν· "6Ἐα`̣ν̣ δ̣ι̣ε´̣λ̣θ̣ῃς διὰ πυρός, φλὸξ οὐ κατακ̣α̣υ´̣σ̣ε̣ι̣ σ̣ε̣, ἐὰν δι̣' ὕδατος, π̣ο̣τ̣α̣μ̣ο̣ι`̣ οὐ συγκλύσου- 20 σίν σε"6, ἅπερ ἆθλα τῷ δικαίῳ δίδοται. Καὶ εἰ ἐπὶ τὰ τῶν αἰσθητῶν ποταμῶν τις αὐτὰ ἐκλάβοι, οὐ μέγα τὸ μὴ συγκλυσθῆναι ὑπὸ [πο]ταμῶν αἰσθητῶν, πολλῶν [κ]αὶ ἄλλων φαύλων τοῦτο προ̣π̣ε̣[π]ονθότων, μέγα δὲ τὸ μὴ ὑπενεχθῆναι τοῖς ῥεύμασιν τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐνεργειῶν μηδὲ τῇ τούτων ἀμέτρῳ κακίᾳ, ἁ´̣πε̣ρ̣ μι̣σθὸς ὁ πρέπων τοῦ δικαίου τυγχάνει καὶ τέλος οἰκεῖον. Τῶ[ν λο]γικῶν τοίνυν ζῴων διὰ τοῦ ὕδατος παρισταμένων, δηλοῦ[ται ὅ]τι παρ̣' ἰδίαν ὁρμ[ὴ]ν καὶ θέλησιν τὰ μὲν ἐν κακίᾳ, τὰ δὲ ἐ[ν ἀρ]ετῇ γέγονεν. Πάντα μὲν γὰρ γέγονεν ἵνα ἀρετὴν ἔχῃ, ἀλλά [τιν]ες παρ' ἰδίαν ῥοπὴν τὸ δοθὲν οὐκ ἐφύλαξα[ν]. Ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸν ἀ´̣ν[θρωπον] ὁ Θεὸς [ε]ὔθη πεποίηκε[ν], αὐτοὶ δὲ τῆς εὔθητος ἀπέ- στη[σαν ··· ··· ·]·[·]ν διαφοραι[·]·[···]· ὕδωρ

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Didymus the Blind reads the creation account verse by verse, finding Christ and the Spirit in Genesis.

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