Homilies on Genesis (complete)
Greek text: PG 53.English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 20
20.1PG 53:173
᾿Αδὰμ ἣ τε Εῦα, ἀλλ᾽ ἀνωτέρω πάντων χαθειστήχεσαν. Ἑγεννήθη δὲ τῷ Ἐνὼχ, φησὶ, Γαϊδὰδ, καὶ Γαϊδὰδ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαλελεὴλ, καὶ Μαλελεὴλ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα, καὶ Μαθουσάλα ἐγέννησε τὸν Λάμεχ. Ὃρᾷς πῶς παρέδραμε τὰς γενεαλογίας, τῶν ἀῤῥένων μόνον μνημονεύσας ὁ μαχάριος οὗτος, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ τῶν θηλειῶν ἐπιμνησθείς. ᾿Αλλὰ χαθάπερ ἐπὶ τοῦ Κάϊν εἶπεν, ὅτι “Εγγω γυναῖκα αὑτοῦ, μηδὲν διδάξας ἡμᾶ;, μιδὲ εἰπὼν πόθεν ἔσχε τὴν γυναῖχα " οὕτω δὴ καὶ ἐν- «αῦθα πάλιν φησί’ Καὶ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ Λάμεχ δύο » (…) γυναΐχας " ὄνομα τῇ μιᾷ ᾿Αδὰ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ δευτέρᾳ Σελλά. Καὶ ἔτεκεν ᾿Αδὰ, φησὶ, τὸν ᾿Ιωδή.1" οὗτος ἦν πἀτὴρ οἰκούντων ἐν σχηναῖς κεηνγοερόφων. Καὶ ὄνομα
᾿Adam hē te Eua, all᾽ anōterō pantōn chatheistēchesan. Hegennēthē de tǭ Enōch, phēsi, Gaïdad, kai Gaïdad egennēse ton Maleleēl, kai Maleleēl egennēse ton Mathousala, kai Mathousala egennēse ton Lamech. Horąs pōs paredrame tas genealogias, tōn arrhenōn monon mnēmoneusas ho macharios houtos, kai oudamou tōn thēleiōn epimnēstheis. ᾿Alla chathaper epi tou Kaïn eipen, hoti “Engō gynaika hautou, mēden didaxas hēma?, mide eipōn pothen esche tēn gynaicha " houtō dē kai en- «autha palin phēsi’ Kai elaben heautǭ Lamech dyo » (…) gynaïchas " onoma tę̄ mią ᾿Ada, kai onoma tę̄ deuterą Sella. Kai eteken ᾿Ada, phēsi, ton ᾿Iōdē.1" houtos ēn patēr oikountōn en schēnais keēngoerophōn. Kai onoma
… Adam and Eve, but they had been set above all. “And to Enoch,” it says, “was born Gaidad, and Gaidad begot Maleleel, and Maleleel begot Mathusala, and Mathusala begot Lamech.” Do you see how this blessed man passed over the genealogies, mentioning only the males and nowhere making mention of the females? But just as in the case of Cain he said, “He knew his wife,” teaching us nothing and not saying where he got his wife, so here too he says again: “And Lamech took for himself two … wives; the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the second Sella. And Ada bore Iobel; he was the father of those who dwell in tents, of cattle-keepers.” And the name …
Gen 4:17–20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Chrysostom notes that the genealogy of Cain's line names only the men, and comes to Lamech, who took two wives.
- Lamech is the first man in Scripture recorded with two wives; several Greek lines (the middle of the sentence on the two wives) are lost in the digital text and the section breaks off (marked …). Names follow the LXX forms (Gaidad = Irad, Maleleel = Mehujael, Mathusala = Methushael, Ada = Adah, Sella = Zillah, Iobel = Jabal). Quotations: Gen 4:17–20. OCR slips corrected.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; OCR slips): τὸν Μα,λε1εὴ.1, καὶ Μα.1ε.ἰεὴ.1} ἐγέννησε τὸν Αἰαθουσάλα, καὶ Μαθουσά.1α → τὸν Μαλελεὴλ, καὶ Μαλελεὴλ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα, καὶ Μαθουσάλα; Δαὶ ἔλαδεν ἑαυτῷ Λάμεχ → Καὶ ἔλαβεν ἑαυτῷ Λάμεχ; Σε.1.λά → Σελλά.
Topics: Marriage, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Chrysostom, Hom. Gen. 20.1 (PG 53:173; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/chrysostom-hom-genesim/20-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the original; no public-domain English translation of these passages exists, so the translation was re-read against the original.