Catena Fidei

Search

Search arguments, verses, authorities and passages

The Creation of Adam, Michelangelo

Genesis 16:10

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

VerseOld Testament · Read in context

Genesis 16:10 (WEB)

The LORD’s angel said to her, “I will greatly multiply your offspring, that they will not be counted for multitude.”

Fathers and councils · 2

Eusebius of Caesarea

  • “…to the contents of each; for instance, Concerning the things which the Sober Mind desires and execrates,On the Confusion of Tongues,On Flight and Discovery,On Assembly for the sake of Instruction,On the question, ‘Who is heir to things divine?’ or On the division of things into equal and unequal,and still further…” — editor's note: περὶ φυγῆς καὶ εὑρέσεως. The same title is found in Johannes Monachus (Mangey, I. 546, note), and it is probably correct, as the work treats of the flight and…

    Read the whole comment

Hilary of Poitiers

  • “And the angel of the Lord said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, and it shall not be numbered for multitude, and again, And she called the Name of the Lord that spake with her, Thou art God, Who hast seen me.” — editor's note: Gen. xvi. 9, 10, 13.

    Read the whole comment

Connections

Around this entry

Open the whole map
  • Old Testament verses
  • New Testament verses
  • Passages
  • Favorites
  • prefigures → fulfilled
  • taught → disciple · succeeded →

Hover to trace, click to select, double-click to open.