Genesis 33:11 (WEB)
Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough.” He urged him, and he took it.
Fathers and councils · 3
Gregory the Great
“Furthermore, I have received the blessing of your Excellency with the charity wherewith it was sent to me.” — editor's note: Benedictionem in the sense of a present, as elsewhere in the epistles. Cf. Gen. xxxiii. 11; 2 Kings v. 14.
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Clement of Alexandria
“That all things belong to the wise man, is taught in these words: “And because God hath showed me mercy, I have all things.”” — editor's note: The words of Jacob to Esau slightly changed from the Septuagint: “For God hath shown mercy to me, and I have all things”—οτι ἠλέησέ με ὁ Θεὸς καὶ ἔστι μοι…
Read the whole comment“And that all things belong to the wise, Scripture clearly indicates when it is said, “Because God hath had mercy on me, I have all things.”” — editor's note: Gen. xxxiii. 11.
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII IV.23.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII IV.23.
Cited together in Epistles, Books I–VIII IV.23.