The Birth of Ishmael and the Significance of the Text
It becomes divine: 'For your lightnings have appeared to the inhabited world' (Ps 103:4). Gen 16:15–16. And Hagar bore a son to Abram, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. And Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.
It may be said that for the sake of solemnity and authenticity, the phrase 'Hagar bore a son to Abram' lies there with observation, but the following is clear regarding the spoken word; let us also consider these matters. The one making progress, when he brings forth toward the goal of the teacher, that which is being brought forth is not easy to misinterpret. Therefore, the appropriate word of the birth applies to the one rightly educating and sowing what is profitable; it said, 'Hagar bore a son to Abram' (Gen 16:15). Since this is so... providing what the Scripture says, it is brought forward: 'And Abram called the name of his son' (Gen 16:11), and it leads to 'whom she bore to him' (Gen 16:15); for if not for the meaning which he had, the phrase 'And Abram called the name of his son' would have sufficed, without adding 'whom she bore to him.'
And these things are enough for now; let us see also that concerning the numbers of the years of the patriarch; for it is said: 'Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram' (Gen 16:16). Both the numbers are... Gaps... Gen 17:1. And Abram was ninety-nine years old, and the Lord appeared to him.
Greek
θεία γίνεται· "6Ἔφαναν γὰρ αἱ ἀστραπαί σου τῇ οἰκουμένῃ"6. χῃι, 15–16. Καὶ ἔτεκεν Ἁγὰρ τῷ Ἀβρὰμ υἱὸν καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀβρὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ ὃν ἔτεκεν Ἁγὰρ Ἰσμαήλ. Ἀβρὰμ δὲ ἦν ὀγδοήκοντα ἓξ ἐτῶν ἡνίκα ἔτεκεν Ἁγὰρ τὸν Ἰσμαὴλ τῷ Ἀβράμ. Πιθανὸν μὲν ἂν λέγοιτο ὅτι πρὸς κατάστασιν σεμνότητος καὶ γνησιότητος κεῖται μετὰ παρατηρήσεως τὸ "6ἔτεκεν <Ἁγὰρ τῷ> Ἀβρὰμ υἱόν"6, σαφῆ δὲ πρὸς τὸ ῥητὸν τὰ ἑξῆς· ἴδωμεν δὲ καὶ τὰ πρὸς ἀναγωγήν. Ὁ προκόπτων ὅτε πρὸς τὸν σκοπὸν τοῦ διδασκάλου τίκτει, οὐκ εὐκα-ταφρόνητόν ἐστι τὸ τικτόμενον. Τὸ κατάλληλον οὖν παρί-σ<τα>ται τὸ λόγιον τοῦ γεννήματος πρὸς τὸν ὀρθῶς παιδεύοντα καὶ σπείροντα τὸ ὠφελοῦν ··· εἶπ̣εν "6ἔτεκεν Ἁγὰρ τῷ Ἀβράμ"6. Ὅτι δὲ τοῦτο οὕτως ἔχει ···· παρέσχον τῆς γραφῆς λεγούσης, ἐπιφέρεται· "6 Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀβρὰμ τὸ ὄνομα <τοῦ υἱοῦ> αὐτοῦ"6, καὶ ἐπάγει "6ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ"6· εἰ γὰρ μὴ ἔννοιαν, ἣν ἀποδε···α ··· εἶχεν το··υτ··, ἠρκεῖτο τῷ "6καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Ἀβρὰμ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ"6, οὐ προσθεὶς τὸ "6ὃν ἔτεκεν αὐτῷ"6. Καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἐπ̣ι`̣ τοσοῦτον· ἴδωμεν δὲ καὶ το`̣ περὶ τ̣ῶν ἀριθμῶν τῶν ἐτῶν τοῦ πατριάρχου· εἴρηται γάρ· "6Ἀβρὰμ δὲ ἦν 100 ὀγδοήκοντα ἓξ ἐτῶν ἡνίκα ἔτεκε̣ν̣ Ἁγὰρ τὸν Ἰσ̣μαὴλ τῷ Ἀβράμ"6. Ἀμφότεροι τοίνυν οἱ ἀριθμοὶ 250 ........................................................α ......................................................τ̣ω̣ .......................................................... ......................................................... ........................................................ς̣ ......................................................τω ......................................................... χῃιι, 1. ᾿Ε̣γ̣ε´̣ν̣ε̣τ̣ο̣ δ̣ε`̣ ᾿Α̣β̣ρ̣α`̣μ̣ ε᾿̣τ̣ω῀̣ν̣ ε᾿̣ν̣ε̣ν̣η´̣κ̣ο̣ν̣τ̣α̣ ε᾿̣ν̣ν̣ε´̣α̣ κ̣α̣ι`̣ ὤφθη Κύριος
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Didymus the Blind reads the creation account verse by verse, finding Christ and the Spirit in Genesis.
Original English Translation — new OET from PG Greek.
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