THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
Upon arriving at the entrance of the city, he and his father engaged in conversation with the residents, urging them to undergo circumcision as proposed by the sons of Jacob, and to welcome them into their community.
Genesis 34:23Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours; only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.
מִקְנֵהֶ֤ם וְקִנְיָנָם֙ וְכָל־בְּהֶמְתָּ֔ם הֲל֥וֹא לָ֖נוּ הֵ֑ם אַ֚ךְ נֵא֣וֹתָה לָהֶ֔ם וְיֵשְׁב֖וּ אִתָּֽנוּ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 1:12Let us swallow him up alive like hell, and whole as one that goeth down into the pit.
- Prov 1:13We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoils.
- 1 Tim 6:6But godliness with contentment is great gain.
- 1 Tim 6:10For the desire of money is the root of all evils; which some coveting have erred from the faith and have entangled themselves in many sorrows.
- John 6:26Jesus answered them and said: Amen, amen, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves and were filled.
- John 6:27Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed.
- Prov 23:4Labour not to be rich: but set bounds to thy prudence.
- Prov 23:5Lift not up thy eyes to riches which thou canst not have: because they shall make themselves wings like those of an eagle, and shall fly towards heaven.