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The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Genesis 14:16

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

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Genesis 14:16 (WEB)

He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot and his goods, and the women also, and the other people.

Catechism · 1

  • §500Paragraph 2 · "Conceived by the Power of the Holy Spirit and Born of the Virgin Mary"Read at vatican.va

    “They are close relations of Jesus, according to an Old Testament expression.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 13:8; 14:16; 29:15; etc.

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Jerome

  • “Abraham was rich in gold and silver and cattle, in substance and in raiment: his household was so large that on an emergency he could bring a picked body of young men into the field, and could pursue as far as Dan and then slay four kings who had already put five kings to flight.” — editor's note: Gen. xiv. 13–16.

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