Genesis 26:15

Origen

• Origen, Against Celsus IV.44Book IV

  “But that wells were constructed by righteous men in the land of the Philistines, as related in the book of Genesis, is manifest from the wonderful wells which are shown at Ascalon, and which are deserving of mention on account of their structure, so foreign and peculiar compared with that of other wells.” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. xxvi. 15.

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Jerome

• Jerome, Letters Letter 69

  “It is Abraham and Isaac who dig wells, the Philistines who try to prevent them.” — editor's note: Gen. xxvi. 15, 18.

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Gregory of Nyssa

• Gregory of Nyssa, On the Baptism of Christ

  “Yes, and Isaac himself also, when he was ruling his flocks, digged wells at all parts of the desert, which the aliens stopped and filled up, for a type of all those impious men of later days who hindered the grace of Baptism, and talked loudly in their struggle against the truth.” — editor's note: See Gen. xxvi. 15, sqq.

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• Proverbs 5:15

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Proverbs 5:16

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Proverbs 5:17

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Galatians 4:21

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Galatians 4:22

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Galatians 4:23

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.

• Galatians 4:24

  Cited together in Against Celsus IV.44.