The Church Fathers on this verse

Genesis 38:3Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And she conceived, and bore a son, and called his name Her.

Douay-Rheims

וַתַּ֖הַר וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַיִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ עֵֽר׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Cyrill of Alexandria

5th centuryChurch Father

From this Egyptian synagogue, likened to a foreign land immersed in idolatry, emerged three nations that stood before God as sons, unified as if born from the same mother yet separated by the passage of time. We will soon discuss how this came to be. The term ‘Ir’ signifies ‘leathery,’ denoting a ‘fleshly’ nature.

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