Genesis 32:31 (WEB)
The sun rose on him as he passed over Peniel, and he limped because of his thigh.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
“And the sun rose, when the vision of God passed by.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 24–31.
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Jerome
“…that the lord of Mesopotamia had failed to find anything among his baggage, and there swore that he would never return to the place of his bondage; and when,after wrestling with the angel at the brook Jabbok, he began to limp, because the great muscle of his thigh was withered, he at once gained the name of…” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 25, 28, 31.
Read the whole comment“In the sequel we read,“The sun rose upon him after he passed over Phanuel,” which is, being interpreted, the face of God.” — editor's note: Gen. xxxii. 31. L. R.V. Penuel. Comp. Mt. xix. 4.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“For there is One God, and not many, and One is His Word, and not many; for the Word is God, and He alone has the Form of the Father.” — editor's note: εἶδος· also in Gen. xxxii. 30, 31. Sept. [a substitute for Heb. ‘face.’] vid. Justin Tryph. 126. and supr. de Syn. 56, n. 6. for the meaning of the word. It…
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