Genesis 27:43
Now therefore, my son, hear my voice: arise and flee to Laban my brother to Haran:
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The verse in its languages
- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Nunc ergo, fili mi, audi vocem meam, et consurgens fuge ad Laban fratrem meum in Haran :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- νῦν, οὖν, τέκνον, ἄκουσόν μου τῆς φωνῆς, καὶ ἀναστὰς ἀπόδραθι εἰς τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν πρὸς Λαβὰν τὸν ἀδελφόν μου εἰς Χαρράν·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְעַתָּ֥ה בְנִ֖י שְׁמַ֣ע בְּקֹלִ֑י וְק֧וּם בְּרַח לְךָ֛ אֶל לָבָ֥ן אָחִ֖י חָרָֽנָה
The Fathers on this verse
St Jerome The Letters of St. Jerome, To Eustochium
18. Envy always follows in the track of virtue: as Horace says, it is ever the mountain top that is smitten by the lightning. It is not surprising that I declare this of men and women, when the jealousy of the Pharisees succeeded in crucifying our Lord Himself. All the saints have had illwishers, and even Paradise was not free from the serpent through whose malice death came into the world. So the Lord stirred up against Paula Hadad the Edomite to buffet her that she might not be exalted, and warned her frequently by the thorn in her flesh not to be elated by the greatness of her own virtues or to fancy that, compared with other women, she had attained the summit of perfection. For my part I used to say that it was best to give in to rancour and to retire before passion. So Jacob dealt with his brother Esau; so David met the unrelenting persecution of Saul. …