Genesis 49:2 (WEB)
Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
Fathers and councils · 2
Origen
“Thou wert wanton, boil not over like water; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou the couch to which thou wentest up.”” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 1–4.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“Orth.—Since then it is agreed that the body of the Lord is called by the patriarch “robe” and “mantle” and we have reached the discussion of the divine mysteries, tell me truly, of what do you understand the Holy Food to be a symbol and type?” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 2
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