Genesis 48:16 (WEB)
the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads, and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. Let them grow into a multitude upon the earth.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“…his grandchildren Ephraim and Manasses, said, ‘God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which delivered me from all evil, bless the lads,’ yet none of created and natural Angels did he join to God their Creator, nor rejecting God that fed him, did he from Angel ask the blessing on his grandsons;…” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 15, 16. vid. Serap. i. 14. And on the doctrine vid. de Syn. 27 (15, 16). Infr. §14, he shews that his doctrine, when fully explained, does not…
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Augustine of Hippo
“…his hands, mystically crossed, upon his grandchildren by Joseph, not as their father, looking outwardly, corrected them, but as he himself distinguished them.” — editor's note: Gen. xlviii. 13–19.
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.
Cited together in Confessions X.34.