Genesis 16:7
And the angel of the Lord having found her, by a fountain of water in the wilderness, which is in the way to Sur in the desert,
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cumque invenisset eam angelus Domini juxta fontem aquæ in solitudine, qui est in via Sur in deserto,
- Septuagint (Swete)
- εὗρεν δὲ αὐτὴν ἄγγελος Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐπὶ τῆς πηγῆς ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ Σούρ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַֽיִּמְצָאָ֞הּ מַלְאַ֧ךְ יְהוָ֛ה עַל עֵ֥ין הַמַּ֖יִם בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר עַל הָעַ֖יִן בְּדֶ֥רֶךְ שֽׁוּר
Haydock's commentary
In the desert; omitted in Hebrew being a repetition of in the wilderness. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Ten Homilies on the First Epistle of John, 1 John V. 1-3
10. And what have we done, say they? We are the persecuted, not the persecutors. Ye are the persecutors, O wretched men. In the first place, in that ye have divided the Church. Mightier the sword of the tongue than the sword of steel. Agar, Sarah’s maid, was proud, and she was afflicted by her mistress for her pride. That was discipline, not punishment. Accordingly, when she had gone away from her mistress, what said the angel to her? “Return to thy mistress.” Then, O carnal soul, like a proud bond-woman, suppose thou have suffered any trouble for discipline’ sake, why ravest thou? “Return to thy mistress,” hold fast the peace of the Church. …