God as Provider and the Meaning of House and City
And females; there shall be from the winged ones according to their kind, and from the cattle according to kind, and from all creeping things of the earth according to their kinds... Two by two from all shall come in to you to be fed with you, male and female. And let one note that here 'kind' is used instead of 'species', it being said sometimes 'species' and 'kind'. Gap And you shall take to yourself from all the foods that you eat, and you shall gather to yourself, and there shall be for you and for them to eat.
It is to be supposed for the righteous man not only to think of himself and those with him, but also of the speechless, for he rightly pities the souls of his animals. Regarding 'gathering to yourself', it has a remark that in the places where you live, and other animals do not approach, gather the foods; for if they lay in those places, they were working out their need by greedily attacking the foods.
And Noah did all that the Lord God commanded him, so he did. It is praiseworthy when done with understanding, a reliable one capable of judging rightly says, 'that he did thus as the one who commanded had instructed him'; for this is the virtue of the action. For there was once gap not indeed thus as he was commanded; for gap to the showing of the action gap of the disposition, not the manner which is gap. Every action not occurring with the proper calculation is incomplete, even if the result becomes perfect; and the righteous is testified to as having also done gap.
For this also the Savior instructs, saying, 'Have mercy and you shall be shown mercy' (Luke 6:36), but he intends that mercy should not come through pitying, which is not to be a merchant or to play with the needs of the suffering; for they say, 'Become perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect' (Matthew 5:48); for God is giving of Himself and not receiving from another; so also you, zeal for the giving, just as the blessed Paul also leaves it: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive' (Acts 20:35). For the one receiving does not imitate the...
God is not one who receives anything from anyone, but is the provider of all good things. Thus, the imitator of God gives. As it is written, 'And the Lord God said to Noah: Enter, you and all your household, into the ark, because I have seen you righteous before me in this generation' (Gen 7:1).
In this way it appears that the whole house consisted of only the eight; for they did not bring a healer unless it was to prevent men from being lost or because of the being of such people. Therefore, a house is called here the kinship within the eight, for often such a name is shared by those who are of the same kind, especially regarding the one having been built. The same thing you would find regarding a city.
For it is said in the Gospel, 'And he led him' (meaning Jesus), 'to the brow of the mountain, where their city was built' (Matt 13:52), signifying now the name of the city that was constructed and built; and in 'And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred' (Matt 21:10), the gathering of the people is signified by the city. And again, in 'Jesus began to upbraid the cities in which most of his powers had come to pass, because they did not repent' (Luke 19:43), this signifies: for repentance does not happen in non-living things or material things; whereas the name of the house signifies the building in 'This is this house...' text gapped.
...the assembly, the gathering, if it is said... the royal, and the jailer, and the house. He says the reason for entering the ark was 'because I saw you righteous before me' (Gen 7:1). He did not say simply 'because I saw you'—for Abel was righteous and Enoch, whose hope was 'to call upon the name of the Lord God' (Heb 11:6)—but 'because I saw you righteous before me in this generation,' making it clear. It is not merely presented that because of his virtue and his children participating in it they were saved, but, as previously foretold, the generation signifies the likeness, just as we have set forth also in the cases of those who perished. It also signifies the generation of the same manner, to say 'all righteous blood shed upon the earth from the...'
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καὶ θῆλυ· ἔσονται ἀπὸ τῶν πετει- νῶ[ν κα]τὰ γένος [καὶ] ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν κατὰ γένος καὶ ἀπὸ [πάν]των ἑρπε[τῶν] τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος αὐτῶν. 178 [∆ύο δ]ύο ἀπὸ πάντων εἰσ[ελεύσον]ται πρὸς σὲ τρέφεσθαι μετὰ σοῦ ἄρσεν καὶ θῆ[λυ. Λεκτ]έον δὲ ὅτι ἐνταῦθα τὸ γένος ἀντὶ τοῦ εἴδου[ς ἐστίν], λεγομένου ποτὲ τοῦ εἴδους καὶ γένους. Καὶ π[··· ···]εξω *** (17 λιγνες εν βλανξ̣ ῃι, 21. [Σ]ὺ δὲ λήμψῃ̣ [σεαυ]τ̣ῷ ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν βρωμάτων ἃ ἔδεσθε, καὶ σ[υνάξ]εις πρὸς σεαυτόν, καὶ ἔσται σοι κἀ[κείν]οι̣ς φαγ̣ε̣ι῀̣[ν]. [···]·ητ··[··· ··]α ὑποτίθεσθαι τῷ δικαίῳ οὐ μόνον ἑαυτ̣ο̣υ῀̣ κ̣[αὶ τῶ]ν σὺν αὐτῷ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἀλόγων φρονῆ- σαι· δικα[ίως] γὰρ οἰκτείρει ψυχὰς κτηνῶν αὐτοῦ. Το`̣ δ̣ὲ "6πρὸς [σεα]υτὸν συνάξεις"6 παρατήρησιν ἂν ἔχοι ὅτι 179 ἐν οἷς [σὺ] διαιτᾷ καταγωγίοις, καὶ ἄλλα ζῷα οὐ πλησιάζει, συνάγαγε τὰς τροφάς· εἰ γὰρ [ἐν τοῖς ἐ]κείν[ων] τόποις ἀπέκειντο, ἀφειδῶς ἐπιβαί[νοντα ταῖς] τρο[φα]ῖς ἔνδειαν αὐτῶν ἐργάζοντο *** (13 λιγνες εν βλανξ̣ ῃι, 22. [Καὶ ἐπο]ίησεν Νῶε πάντα ὅσα ἐνετείλατ[ο αὐτῷ] Κύριος [ὁ Θεός], οὕτως ἐποίησεν. [Μέγας] ἔπαινός ἐστιν, ὅταν, ἐπιστήμονο[ς ποιή]σαν- [τος, εἰ]πῇ τις ἀξιόπιστος καὶ ὀρθῶς κρίνε[ιν δυνά]μενος [ὅτι οὕ]τως ἐποίησεν ὡς ὁ προστάξας ὑπέθ[ηκεν α]ὐτῷ· [ἀρετῆ]ς γὰρ αὕτη ἡ πρᾶξις. Ἔστιν γάρ ποτε[ ··· ··]···· ··· ··]ιν μὴ μὴν οὕτως ὡς προσέταξεν· τὸ γὰ[ρ ··· ·] ··· ···· ·]ν̣ην πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι τὴν πρᾶξι[ν ··· ·]··· · σ[··]θ̣αι τῆς διαθέσεως, οὐχ ὃν δεῖ τρόπον ἔχ[···]κα···τος. Πᾶ[σ]α πρᾶξις μὴ μετὰ τοῦ πρέποντος λογισ[μοῦ] γινομένη [ἀ]τελής ἐστι, κἂν τὸ ἀποτέλεσμα γίνη̣[ται] τε´̣λειο̣ν, μ[αρ]τυρεῖται δὲ ὁ δίκαιος ὡς καὶ ποιήσας 180 κα[···]··· ··· ·ο[··· ··· Το]ῦτο γὰρ καὶ ὁ Σωτὴρ παιδεύει λέγων· "6Ἐλεᾶτε καὶ ἐ[λεηθήσεσ]θε"6, βούλεται δὲ τὸν ἔλεον μὴ μετὰ σ[αλ]πίγγω[ν γίνεσθ]αι, ὅ ἐστιν μὴ ἐμπομπεύειν καὶ ἐναλαζ[ον]εύεσ[θαι ταῖς] ἐνδείαις τῶν πενομένων· "6Γίνεσθε"6 γάρ [φη]σιν "6τ[έλειοι ὡς] ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος τέλειός ἐστιν"6· ὁ [Θεὸς] γὰρ [ἑαυτοῦ] μεταδοτικός ἐστιν καὶ οὐκ ἄλλοθεν δ[εχό]μεν[ος· οὕτ]ω καὶ ὑμεῖς τὸ μεταδοτικὸν ζηλώσατε, [καθὰ] παρα[ινεῖ κ]αὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος· "6Μακάριόν ἐστι μᾶ[λλον] διδόν[αι ἢ λ]αμβάνειν"6. Οὐ γὰρ ὁ λαμβάνων μιμεῖται [τὸν] Θεόν· ὁ [γὰρ Θεὸ]ς παρ' οὐδενός τι δέχεται, ἀλλὰ χορηγὸ[ς τῶν] πάντ[ων ἀ]γαθῶν. Ὁ μιμητὴς οὖν τοῦ Θεοῦ δίδωσιν. ῃιι, 1. Κ[αὶ εἶ]πεν Κύριο[ς ὁ Θεὸς] πρὸς Νῶε· Εἴσελθε σὺ καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἰκό[ς σου] τὴν κ[ιβωτόν, ὅ]τι σε εἶδον δίκαιον ἐναντίον μου ἐ[ν τῇ γε]νεᾷ τ[αύτῃ]. <Οὕτ>ως ἐμφ[αίνεται] ὅτι ἅπας ὁ οἶκος οἱ ὀκτὼ μόνοι ἐτύ[γχα]νον· θ[εραπευτὴ]ν γὰρ οὐκ ἐπηγάγοντο ἢ διὰ τὸ μήπω [κα]ταδ[εδουλῶσ]θαι ἀνθρώπους ἢ διὰ τὸ ἀκτήμονας εἶναι τ[ῶν] τοιού[των]. [Οἶκον] οὖν ἐνταῦθα τὴν ἐν τοῖς ὀκτὼ συγ[γέ]νειαν [καλεῖ, πο]λλάκις γὰρ τοιούτου ὀνόματος ὁμων[υ]μοῦντ[ος καὶ ἐ]πὶ τούτων, κυρίως ἐπὶ τοῦ οἰκοδομηθ[έν]τος λεγ[ο- μένο]υ. Τὸ δ' αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπὶ πόλεως εὕροις ἄ[ν]. Ἐν τῷ εὐα̣[γγελί]ῳ γοῦν εἴρηται· "6Καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτόν"6, δηλο- ν[ότ]ι τὸν Ἰησοῦν, "6ἕ[ως ὀ]φρύος τοῦ ὄρους, <ἐφ'> οὗ ἡ πόλις αὐτῶν ᾠκοδόμητο"6, δηλ[οῦντο]ς νῦν τοῦ ὀνόματος τῆς πόλεως τὴν κατασκευασθεῖ[σαν κ]αὶ οἰκοδομηθεῖσαν, ἐν δὲ τῷ "6ὡς δὲ ἦλθεν Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱ[εροσό]λυμα, ἐσείσθη πᾶσα ἡ πόλις"6 τοῦ ἀθροΐσματ[ο]ς τοῦ περιεχ[ομέν]ου 181 τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὑπὸ τῆς πόλεως σημαινομέ[ν]ου. Καὶ πάλιν ἐν τῷ "6ἤρξατο ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὀνειδίζειν τὰς πόλει[ς ἐν αἷς ἐ]γένοντο αἱ πλεῖσται δυνάμεις αὐτοῦ, ὅτι οὐ μ[ετε- νόησαν"6 αὐ]τὸ [τοῦ]το δηλοῦται· μετάνοια γὰρ οὐκ ἐν ἀψύχοι[ς οὐδὲ ἐν ὑλ]ικο[ῖς] γίνεται, τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ οἴκου σημαίνον[τος τὸ μὲ]ν οἰ[κο]δόμημα ἐν τῷ "3ἥδε τοῦδε οἰκ[ία"3··· ··]. ου··τη συναγωγή, τὸ δὲ ἀθρόϊσμα, ἐπὰν λέγητ[··· ··· ·]υ [·]··δε ὁ βασιλικὸς καὶ ὁ δεσμοφύλαξ καὶ ἡ οἰκία [··· ··· ·]η. Τὴ[ν δ]ὲ αἰτίαν τοῦ εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν εἰσελθεῖν ἐ[πάγων] φησίν· "6[ὅτι] σ̣ε`̣ εἶδον δίκαιον 74 ἐναντίον ἐμοῦ"6. Οὐχ ἁπλῶς "6[ὅτι σ]ὲ εἶδον"6 [εἶπ]ε̣ν, –καὶ γὰρ ὁ Ἄβελ δίκαιος ἦν καὶ ὁ Ἐνὼς ο[ὗ ἐλπὶς] τὸ "6ἐ[πικαλ]εῖσθαι τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ"6, –ἀλλ' "6ὅτι σὲ εἶδ[ον δίκ]αιον [ἐνωπί]ον ἐμοῦ ἐν τῇ γενεᾷ ταύτῃ"6, τῇ παρού[σῃ δ]ηλον[ότι. Ο]ὐ παρίσταται ὅτι διὰ τὴν τούτου ἀρετὴ[ν καὶ ο]ἱ παῖ[δες αὐ]τοῦ μετέχοντες αὐτῆς ἐσώθησ̣α[ν, γενε]ὰν [δέ, ὡς] προείρηται, τὴν ὁμοτροπίαν δηλ[οῖ, καθ]ὰ πα[ρεθέ]μεθα καὶ ἐν τοῖς φθάσασιν. Προσέ[τι δηλοῖ] τ̣ο̣ὺς [τοῦ α]ὐτοῦ τρόπου γενεὰν λέγεσθαι τὸ "6ζη[τηθή- σεται π]ᾶν αἷμα δ]ίκαιον ἐκκεχυμένον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀπὸ τ[ῆς
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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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