The City of God, Book XVI

Book XVI

• The City of God XVI.1 — Whether, After the Deluge, from Noah to Abraham, Any Families Can Be Found Who Lived According to God. Chapter 1.—Whether, After the Deluge, from Noah to Abraham, Any Families Can Be Found Who Lived According to God.…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.2 — What Was Prophetically Prefigured in the Sons of Noah. The things which then were hidden are now sufficiently revealed by the actual events which have followed. For who can carefully and intelligently consider these…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.3 — Of the Generations of the Three Sons of Noah. We must therefore introduce into this work an explanation of the generations of the three sons of Noah, in so far as that may illustrate the progress in time of the two…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.4 — Of the Diversity of Languages, and of the Founding of Babylon. But though these nations are said to have been dispersed according to their languages, yet the narrator recurs to that time when all had but one…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.5 — Of God’s Coming Down to Confound the Languages of the Builders of the City. We read, “The Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men built:” it was not the sons of God, but that society which…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.6 — What We are to Understand by God’s Speaking to the Angels. We might have supposed that the words uttered at the creation of man, “Let us,” and not Let me, “make man,” were addressed to the angels, had He not added…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.7 — Whether Even the Remotest Islands Received Their Fauna from the Animals Which Were Preserved, Through the Deluge, in the Ark. Chapter 7.—Whether Even the Remotest Islands Received Their Fauna from the Animals Which…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.8 — Whether Certain Monstrous Races of Men are Derived from the Stock of Adam or Noah’s Sons. Chapter 8.—Whether Certain Monstrous Races of Men are Derived from the Stock of Adam or Noah’s Sons. It is also asked whether…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.9 — Whether We are to Believe in the Antipodes. But as to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth, where the sun rises when it sets to us, men who walk with their feet…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.10 — Of the Genealogy of Shem, in Whose Line the City of God is Preserved Till the Time of Abraham. Chapter 10.—Of the Genealogy of Shem, in Whose Line the City of God is Preserved Till the Time of Abraham. It is…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.11 — Chapter 11.—That the Original Language in Use Among Men Was that Which Was Afterwards Called Hebrew, from Heber, in Whose Family It Was Preserved When the Confusion of Tongues Occurred. Wherefore, as the fact of all…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.12 — Of the Era in Abraham’s Life from Which a New Period in the Holy Succession Begins. Chapter 12.—Of the Era in Abraham’s Life from Which a New Period in the Holy Succession Begins. Let us now survey the progress of…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.13 — Chapter 13.—Why, in the Account of Terah’s Emigration, on His Forsaking the Chaldeans and Passing Over into Mesopotamia, No Mention is Made of His Son Nahor. Next it is related how Terah with his family left the…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.14 — Of the Years of Terah, Who Completed His Lifetime in Haran. On Terah’s death in Mesopotamia, where he is said to have lived 205 years, the promises of God made to Abraham now begin to be pointed out; for thus it is…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.15 — Of the Time of the Migration of Abraham, When, According to the Commandment of God, He Went Out from Haran. Chapter 15.—Of the Time of the Migration of Abraham, When, According to the Commandment of God, He Went Out…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.16 — Of the Order and Nature of the Promises of God Which Were Made to Abraham. God’s promises made to Abraham are now to be considered; for in these the oracles of our God, that is, of the true God, began to appear more…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.17 — Of the Three Most Famous Kingdoms of the Nations, of Which One, that is the Assyrian, Was Already Very Eminent When Abraham Was Born. Chapter 17.—Of the Three Most Famous Kingdoms of the Nations, of Which One, that…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.18 — Of the Repeated Address of God to Abraham, in Which He Promised the Land of Canaan to Him and to His Seed. Chapter 18.—Of the Repeated Address of God to Abraham, in Which He Promised the Land of Canaan to Him and to…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.19 — Of the Divine Preservation of Sarah’s Chastity in Egypt, When Abraham Had Called Her Not His Wife But His Sister. Chapter 19.—Of the Divine Preservation of Sarah’s Chastity in Egypt, When Abraham Had Called Her Not…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.20 — Of the Parting of Lot and Abraham, Which They Agreed to Without Breach of Charity. Chapter 20.—Of the Parting of Lot and Abraham, Which They Agreed to Without Breach of Charity. On Abraham’s return out of Egypt to…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.21 — Of the Third Promise of God, by Which He Assured the Land of Canaan to Abraham and His Seed in Perpetuity. Chapter 21.—Of the Third Promise of God, by Which He Assured the Land of Canaan to Abraham and His Seed in…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.22 — Of Abraham’s Overcoming the Enemies of Sodom, When He Delivered Lot from Captivity and Was Blessed by Melchizedek the Priest. Chapter 22.—Of Abraham’s Overcoming the Enemies of Sodom, When He Delivered Lot from…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.23 — Chapter 23.—Of the Word of the Lord to Abraham, by Which It Was Promised to Him that His Posterity Should Be Multiplied According to the Multitude of the Stars; On Believing Which He Was Declared Justified While Yet…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.24 — Of the Meaning of the Sacrifice Abraham Was Commanded to Offer When He Supplicated to Be Taught About Those Things He Had Believed. Chapter 24.—Of the Meaning of the Sacrifice Abraham Was Commanded to Offer When He…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.25 — Of Sarah’s Handmaid, Hagar, Whom She Herself Wished to Be Abraham’s Concubine. And here follow the times of Abraham’s sons, the one by Hagar the bond maid, the other by Sarah the free woman, about whom we have…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.26 — Chapter 26.—Of God’s Attestation to Abraham, by Which He Assures Him, When Now Old, of a Son by the Barren Sarah, and Appoints Him the Father of the Nations, and Seals His Faith in the Promise by the Sacrament of…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.27 — Of the Male, Who Was to Lose His Soul If He Was Not Circumcised on the Eighth Day, Because He Had Broken God’s Covenant. Chapter 27.—Of the Male, Who Was to Lose His Soul If He Was Not Circumcised on the Eighth Day,…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.28 — Chapter 28.—Of the Change of Name in Abraham and Sarah, Who Received the Gift of Fecundity When They Were Incapable of Regeneration Owing to the Barrenness of One, and the Old Age of Both. Now when a promise so great…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.29 — Of the Three Men or Angels, in Whom the Lord is Related to Have Appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre. Chapter 29.—Of the Three Men or Angels, in Whom the Lord is Related to Have Appeared to Abraham at the Oak of…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.30 — Of Lot’s Deliverance from Sodom, and Its Consumption by Fire from Heaven; And of Abimelech, Whose Lust Could Not Harm Sarah’s Chastity. Chapter 30.—Of Lot’s Deliverance from Sodom, and Its Consumption by Fire from…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.31 — Of Isaac, Who Was Born According to the Promise, Whose Name Was Given on Account of the Laughter of Both Parents. Chapter 31.—Of Isaac, Who Was Born According to the Promise, Whose Name Was Given on Account of the…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.32 — Of Abraham’s Obedience and Faith, Which Were Proved by the Offering Up, of His Son in Sacrifice, and of Sarah’s Death. Chapter 32.—Of Abraham’s Obedience and Faith, Which Were Proved by the Offering Up, of His Son in…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.33 — Of Rebecca, the Grand-Daughter of Nahor, Whom Isaac Took to Wife. Isaac married Rebecca, the grand-daughter of Nahor, his father’s brother, when he was forty years old, that is, in the 140th year of his father’s…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.34 — What is Meant by Abraham’s Marrying Keturah After Sarah’s Death. What did Abraham mean by marrying Keturah after Sarah’s death? Far be it from us to suspect him of incontinence, especially when he had reached such an…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.35 — What Was Indicated by the Divine Answer About the Twins Still Shut Up in the Womb of Rebecca Their Mother. Chapter 35.—What Was Indicated by the Divine Answer About the Twins Still Shut Up in the Womb of Rebecca…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.36 — Of the Oracle and Blessing Which Isaac Received, Just as His Father Did, Being Beloved for His Sake. Chapter 36.—Of the Oracle and Blessing Which Isaac Received, Just as His Father Did, Being Beloved for His Sake.…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.37 — Of the Things Mystically Prefigured in Esau and Jacob. Isaac’s two sons, Esau and Jacob, grew up together. The primacy of the elder was transferred to the younger by a bargain and agreement between them, when the…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.38 — Chapter 38.—Of Jacob’s Mission to Mesopotamia to Get a Wife, and of the Vision Which He Saw in a Dream by the Way, and of His Getting Four Women When He Sought One Wife. Jacob was sent by his parents to Mesopotamia…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.39 — The Reason Why Jacob Was Also Called Israel. As I said a little ago, Jacob was also called Israel, the name which was most prevalent among the people descended from him. Now this name was given him by the angel who…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.40 — How It is Said that Jacob Went into Egypt with Seventy-Five Souls, When Most of Those Who are Mentioned Were Born at a Later Period. Chapter 40.—How It is Said that Jacob Went into Egypt with Seventy-Five Souls, When…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.41 — Of the Blessing Which Jacob Promised in Judah His Son. If, on account of the Christian people in whom the city of God sojourns in the earth, we look for the flesh of Christ in the seed of Abraham, setting aside the…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.42 — Of the Sons of Joseph, Whom Jacob Blessed, Prophetically Changing His Hands. Now, as Isaac’s two sons, Esau and Jacob, furnished a type of the two people, the Jews and the Christians (although as pertains to carnal…vatican.va
• The City of God XVI.43 — Chapter 43.—Of the Times of Moses and Joshua the Son of Nun, of the Judges, and Thereafter of the Kings, of Whom Saul Was the First, But David is to Be Regarded as the Chief, Both by the Oath and by Merit. Jacob…vatican.va