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The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Genesis 13:15

Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512 · Sistine Chapel · Public domainMichelangelo, The Creation of Adam, c. 1512, Sistine Chapel

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Genesis 13:15 (WEB)

for I will give all the land which you see to you and to your offspring forever.

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John Chrysostom

  • “He reminds them of the promise made to him, saying, “To thee and to thy seed will I give this land” ( Gen. xiii. 15 ); showing by the very least thing, the nearness [of the relationship] in that they were “all of one.”” — the author cites it

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  • “For seeing the promise disproved (since He had said, “To thee will I give this land, and to thy seed”— Gen. xii. 7; xiii. 15 ), he saw his son dwelling there; and again his grandson saw himself dwelling in a land not his own; yet was he nowise troubled.” — the author cites it

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Theodoret of Cyrus

Augustine of Hippo

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  • Genesis 13:15 and Jeremiah 20:5 share the same wording (10 words).

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