Genesis 33:9Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

But he said: I have plenty, my brother, keep what is thine for thyself.
Douay-Rheims

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר עֵשָׂ֖ו יֶשׁ־לִ֣י רָ֑ב אָחִ֕י יְהִ֥י לְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁר־לָֽךְ׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

John Chrysostom

4th centuryChurch Father

and in the individual whom he believed held animosity towards him, he discovered an abundance of kindness that made him willing to extend all possible assistance. He proclaimed: ‘I possess greatly, my brother; let what is yours be yours.’

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Passages read together with this verse.

Gen 27:39Isaac being moved, said to him: In the fat of the earth, and in the dew of heaven from above,
Phlm 1:7For I have had great joy and consolation in thy charity, because the bowels of the saints have been refreshed by thee, brother.
Gen 27:41Esau therefore always hated Jacob, for the blessing wherewith his father had blessed him; and he said in his heart: The days will come of the mourning for my father, and I will kill my brother Jacob.
Prov 16:7When the ways of man shall please the Lord, he will convert even his enemies to peace.
Gen 4:9And the Lord said to Cain: Where is thy brother Abel? And he answered: I know not: am I my brother's keeper?
Acts 21:20But they hearing it, glorified God and said to him: Thou seest, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews that have believed: and they are all zealous for the law.
Phlm 1:16Not now as a servant, but instead of a servant, a most dear brother, especially to me. But how much more to thee, both in the flesh and in the Lord?
Eccl 4:8There is but one, and he hath not a second, no child, no brother, and yet he ceaseth not to labour, neither are his eyes satisfied with riches, neither doth he reflect, saying: For whom do I labour, and defraud my soul of good things? in this also is vanity, and a grievous vexation.