# Fragments on the Blessings of Isaac, Jacob and Balaam, and on the Great Ode (Moses)

- Author: [Hippolytus of Rome](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/hippolytus/)
- Latin title: *De benedictionibus Isaac, Iacob et Moysis (fragmenta)*
- Date: ca. 202-235 (approximate)
- Source: G. Nathanael Bonwetsch and Hans Achelis, eds., Hippolytus Werke 1: Exegetische und homiletische Schriften, GCS 1 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1897) (Greek text and German translation of the Old Slavonic: N. Bonwetsch, Hippolytus Werke 1 (GCS 1, 1897); OCR made for this site)

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Editions and translations: Maurice Lefèvre, ed., Hippolyte, Commentaire sur Daniel, SC 14 (Paris: Cerf, 1947)
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/
- Passages: 54

## Fragment 1 on Genesis (Gen.01,15:)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-1
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture says “one day,” not “the first day,” to show the single day that returns in the cycle of the week.

### Greek text

Οὐκ εἶπεν ἡμέρα πρώτη“. εἰ γὰρ πρώτην ἡμέραν εἶπεν, ἀνάγκὴν εἶχεν εἰπεῖν καὶ δευτέραν γινομένην. ἀλλ᾽ ἔδει μὴ πρώτην λέγειν ἀλλὰ ,,μίαν“, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ (μίαν εἰπεῖν ταύτην δείξῃ κυκλουμένην καὶ ἑβδομάδα διατελοῦσαν, μίαν δὲ ὑπάρχουσαν.

### English translation (Claude)

[I. On Gen 1:5] He did not say “the first day.” For if he had said “the first day,” he would have had to speak also of a second day coming to be. But he had to say not “first” but “one,” so that by saying “one” he might show the day returning in a cycle and completing the week, while remaining one.

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:5: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Fragments on Genesis, from the catenae and florilegia, in Bonwetsch's edition (GCS 1, 1897), Tesseract OCR; the bracketed Roman numeral is Bonwetsch's fragment number. Clear OCR slips are corrected by logged corrections.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.1 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-1).

## Fragment 2 on Genesis (Gen: 1, 1)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-2
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At creation God divided the waters into three parts: one congealed in the middle, one taken up with the firmament, and one left below for human use.

### Greek text

Τῆς γὰρ τοῦ ὕδατος περισσείας ἐπιφερομένης εἷς τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς γῆς, διὸ καὶ ἀόρατος ἢν ἡ γῆ καὶ ἀκατασκεύαστος“, ἡνίκα ἠθέλησεν ὁ πάντων δεσπότης ὁρατὸν τὸ ἀόρατον“ ποιῆσαι, τότε δὴ τότε τὸ τρίτον μέρος τῶν ὑδάτων πήγνυσιν ἐν μέσῳ, τὸ τρίτον δὲ εἰς τὸ ἄνω ἐχώριζεν, ἀναλαμβάνων τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμει ἅμα τῷ στερεούματι, τὸ δὲ τρίτον εἰς τὸ κάτω κατέλιπε πρὸς χρῆσιν καὶ ,ἀπόλαυσιν“ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις.

### English translation (Claude)

[II. On Gen 1:2] For when the abundance of water was borne over the face of the earth (which is why “the earth was invisible and unformed”), when the Lord of all willed to make the invisible visible, then he congealed the third part of the waters in the middle; another third he separated upward, taking it up by his own power together with the firmament; and the remaining third he left below for the use and enjoyment of human beings.

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:2: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 1:6: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.2 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-2).

## Fragment 3 on Genesis (Gen. 2, 7)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-3
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Genesis speaks of one human being, not of three kinds (spiritual, psychic, earthy) as some teach.

### Greek text

ἔπλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς.“ τί δὲ ἔστι τοῦτο; ἀρα μὴ κατὰ τὴν τινῶν ὑπόνοιαν τρεῖς ἀνθρώπους λέγομεν γεγονέναι, ἕνα πνευματικόν, καὶ ἕνα ψυχικόν, καὶ ἕνα χοϊχόν; οὐχ οὕτως ἔχει, ἀλλὰ περὶ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου ἡ πᾶσα διήγησις" τὸ γὰρ «ποιήσομεν περὶ μέλλοντός ἐστιν᾽ τὸ δὲ «ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθροώπον χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς", ... ὥστε περὶ ἑνὸς ἀνθρώπου τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἡ διήγησις γίνεται τότε γὰρ λέγει γενέσθαι, νῦν δὲ ποιεῖ, καὶ τὸ πῶς ποιεῖ διηγεῖται.

### English translation (Claude)

[III. On Gen 2:7] “God formed the man, dust from the earth.” What does this mean? Do we say, as some suppose, that three human beings came to be, one spiritual, one psychic, and one earthy? It is not so; the whole narrative is about one human being. For “Let us make” refers to the future; but “God made the man, dust from the earth” … so that the narrative concerns one and the same human being. For at the first he says he is to come into being; but now he makes him, and narrates how he makes him.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:7: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 1:26: allusion, high confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.5 (Against Heresies): allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- “Some suppose … three human beings”: the Valentinian division of humanity into spiritual, psychic, and earthy (compare Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.5–6). A gap in the edition is marked “…”.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.3 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-3).

## Fragment 4 on Genesis (Gen. 2, 81})

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-4
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paradise was planted on earth, not in heaven, as the rivers flowing from it show.

### Greek text

Ταῦτα δὲ ἀνάγκην ἔχομεν διητῶν πολλῶν ἀνέλωμεν. τινὲς γὰρ βούλονται λέγειν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν εἶναι τὸν παράδεισον καὶ μὴ εἶναι ἐκ τῆς κτίσεως. ὁπότε τοίνυν ὁρῶνται οἱ ποταμοὶ ὑπὸ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐκπορευόμενοι ἐξ αὐτοῦ, ἐν οἷς καὶ σήμερόν ἔστι πάντας ἱστορεῖν τοὺς θέλοντας ὁρᾶν, ἄρα λογιζέσθω πᾶς, ὅτι οὐκ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, ἀλλ᾿ ὄντως ἐν τῇ χτίσει πεφύτευται. ἔστι δὲ τόπος ἀνατολῆς καὶ χωρίον ἐκλογῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

[IV. On Gen 2:8] These things we must take up because of the many who err. For some wish to say that paradise is in heaven and is not part of the creation. Since, then, the rivers are seen with the eyes flowing out of it, which even today all who wish may go and inquire into, let everyone reckon that it was planted not in heaven but truly in the creation. And it is a place of the east and a chosen region.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:8: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 2:10: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Bonwetsch prints this fragment in two columns from two witnesses; the OCR ran them together. The repeated line from the second column and the incomplete second form are removed by logged corrections, and the remnant of the lemma (“… of Rome”) at the beginning likewise. The first words are uncertain in the OCR (“Ταῦτα δὲ ἀνάγκην ἔχομεν δι(ὰ) τῶν πολλῶν ἀνέλωμεν”) and are translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.4 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-4).

## Fragment 5 on Genesis (Gen. 8; 1)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-5
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Adam's fig-leaf girdle, which itches, symbolizes his sins and the reproof of his transgression.

### Greek text

ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης καὶ μάρτυρος. υΦύλλα συκῆς ἐποίει ἑαυτῷ περιζώματα,, σύμβολα τῶν ἰδίων ἁμαρτημάτων. φύλλον γάρ συκῆς ἡνίχα ὧν τοῦ σώματος ἄψηται, χνησμονὴν παρέχει. αὗτος οὖν ἑαυτῷ προφῆτης τῶν μελλόντῶων ἔλεγχον τῆς παραβάσεως τὴν κνησμονὴν δείκνυσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

[V. On Gen 3:7] [Of Hippolytus,] bishop of Rome and martyr. “He made for himself girdles of fig leaves”: symbols of his own sins. For a fig leaf, when it touches the body, causes itching. So he himself, as a prophet of what was to come, shows by the itching the reproof of his transgression.

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:7: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Gen 3:7 is quoted in the singular (“he made for himself”).

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.5 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-5).

## Fragment 6 on Genesis (Gen: 3, 21)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-6
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The garments of skin, a dead covering, signified the corruption brought by sin.

### Greek text

εχραν γάρ σχέπην ἑποίει τῷ νεχρωθέντι διὰ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν. τῷ γὰρ νεχρὰ ἀμαρτηματα ἔχοντι περὶ τὸ σῶμα φθορὰν ἐσημαινε τὸ

### English translation (Claude)

[VI. On Gen 3:21] … for he made a dead covering for the one who had been made dead through sin. For to one who had dead sins about his body, it signified corruption …

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:21: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The beginning and end of the fragment are cut off in the OCR text; the edition's apparatus that followed is removed by a logged correction.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.6 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-6).

## Fragment 7 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 3. 4)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-8
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:55
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Reuben's blessing is read as a prophecy of the people of the circumcision, which hardened itself, laid hands on the Lord, and still plots against the church.

### Greek text

Ἱππολύτου ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης. Ὁ πρῶτος λαός, ὁ ἐκ περιτομῆς" ,,ἰσχύς μου καὶ ἀρχὴ τέκνων μου“, καθὼς ὑπέσχετο ὃ θεὸς «τῷ ᾿Αβραὰμ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ." »σκληρὸς δὲ φέρεσθαι", ἐπειδὴ παρεσκληρύνθη ὁ λαὸς πρὸς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ θεοῦ. ,καὶ σκληρὸς αὐθαδης", ὅτι οὐ μόνον σκληρὸς πρὸς τὴν ὑπακοὴν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι κεὰ «αὐθάδης ἐγένετο πρὸς τὸ χεῖρας ἐπιβαλεῖν τῷ κυρίφ. »ἐξύβρισας", ἐπειδὴ διὰ τοῦ κυοίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐξύβρισεν ὃ λαὺς τὸν πατέρα. μὴ ἐχκζέσῃς:" δὲ λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα παραχλητιχῶς, ἵνα μὴ τέλεον ἐχζέσας ὑπερχυθῇ, ἐλπίδα δὲ δοὺς αὐτῷ σωτηρίας᾽ τὸ γὰρ ἐκξέσαν καὶ ἐχκχυθὲν ἀπώλετο. »ἀνέβης γὰρ ἐπὶ τῆς κοίτης τοῦ πατρός σου" πρῶτον μὲν τὸ συμβὰν λέγει. ὅτι ἐπ᾽ , ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν, μέλλει ὁ λαὸς ἐπιβουλεύειν τῇ κοίτῃ τοῦ πατρός, τουτέστι τῇ νύμφῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ, πρὸς τὸ βούλεσθαι αὐτὴν διαφθεῖραι" ὁπερ καὶ πράττει μέχρι καὶ τήμερον ἐπιβουλεύων αὐτῇ διὰ τῶν βλασφημιῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

[VIII. On Gen 49:3–4] Of Hippolytus, bishop of Rome. The first people, that of the circumcision: “my strength and the beginning of my children,” as God promised the promise to Abraham and to his seed. “Hard to bear,” since the people was hardened against obedience to God. “And hard, self-willed,” because it was not only hard toward obedience to God but also became self-willed so as to lay hands on the Lord. “You have been insolent,” since through our Lord Jesus Christ the people insulted the Father. “Do not boil over,” the Spirit says by way of exhortation, so that it might not boil over completely and be poured out, but giving it hope of salvation; for what boils over and is poured out is lost. “For you went up on your father's bed”: first he tells what happened; then that in the last days the people will plot against the bed of the Father, that is, the bride, the church, wishing to corrupt her; which it does even to this day, plotting against her by its blasphemies.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:3: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 49:4: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 3:16: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Interpretation of Israel as hostile to Christ and the church: the fragment's own view, translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.8 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-8).

## Fragment 8 on Genesis (Gen. 49, ὅ)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-9
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Simeon and Levi stand for the scribes and priests who together killed the Lord.

### Greek text

ἐπειδήπερ ἐκ τοῦ Συμεὼν γραμματεῖς, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ Λευὶ ἱερεῖς. γραμματεῖς γὰρ καὶ ἱερεῖς „συνετέλεσαν ἀδικίαν ἐξ αἱρέσεως αὐτῶν“ μίαν γνώμην ἔχοντες ἀνεῖλον τὸν κύριον.

### English translation (Claude)

[IX. On Gen 49:5] … since from Simeon came the scribes and from Levi the priests. For the scribes and priests “accomplished injustice by their choice”: having one mind, they killed the Lord.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:5: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The beginning of the fragment is lost in the OCR text.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.9 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-9).

## Fragment 9 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 6a)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-10
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit foretold the lawless counsel of those who would plot against the Lord.

### Greek text

Προανεφώνησε τὸ πνεῦμα τὴν ἀθέμιτον ,βουλὴν“ αὐτῶν προαγο-

### English translation (Claude)

[X. On Gen 49:6a] The Spirit foretold their lawless “counsel,” proclaiming beforehand …

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:6: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The fragment breaks off in the OCR text.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.10 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-10).

## Fragment 10 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 6%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-11
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Jacob's words about the assembly refer to the gathering against Christ foretold in Psalm 2.

### Greek text

Ἱππολύτου Ῥώμης. Τοῦτο λέγει ἐπὶ τῇ συνελεύσει ᾗ μέλλουσι συνέρχεσθαι ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον. ὅτι δὲ ταύτην συνέλευσιν λέγει, δῆλόν ἐστιν ἡμῖν. ψάλλει γὰρ ὃ μακάριος Δαβὶδ ἄρχοντες συνήχθησαν κατὰ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ. ἐπὶ ταύτην δὲ τὴν συνέλευσιν προηγόρευσε τὸ πνεῦμα λέγον „μὴ ἐρείσαι τὰ ἡπαταὰ μου, ρυσασθαι βουλόμενον αὐτούς, ὡς εἰ δυνατὸν μὴ γενέσθαι δι᾽ αὐτῶν τὸ μέλλον χαχόν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XI. On Gen 49:6b] Of Hippolytus of Rome. This he says of the gathering at which they were to assemble against the Lord. That he means this gathering is clear to us; for the blessed David sings: “Rulers gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.” Concerning this gathering the Spirit spoke beforehand, saying, “Let not my vitals contend,” wishing to rescue them, so that, if it were possible, the coming evil might not take place through them.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:6: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 2:2: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Let not my vitals contend” (μὴ ἐρίσαι τὰ ἥπατά μου): the LXX of Gen 49:6, printed here as ἐρείσαι.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.11 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-11).

## Fragment 11 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 6°)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-12
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “In their anger they killed men” refers to the killing of the prophets.

### Greek text

Τουτέστιν ὅτι ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ αὐτῶν »ἀπέχτειναν“ τοὺς προφήτας.
»“4πέκτειναν“ μὲν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους, ἐνευροκόπησαν δὲ ταῦρον“, ὅτι, ταῦρον’ ἰσχυρὸν τὸν Χριστὸν λέγει. ,.ἐνευροκόπησαν“. δέ, ἐπειδὴ ἐν τῷ ξύλῳ πεπηγότος αὐτοῦ διέτρησαν τὰ νεῦρα.

### English translation (Claude)

[XII. On Gen 49:6c] That is, in their anger they “killed” the prophets. [Another form of this fragment, printed by Bonwetsch in small type:] [XII–XIII, another form] “They killed” men, “and hamstrung a bull”: he calls Christ a strong bull. “They hamstrung,” since, when he was fixed to the tree, they pierced his sinews.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:6: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 49:6: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Bonwetsch prints this shorter form of fragments XII–XIII (from the catena manuscripts) in small type under the heading “XII. XIII.”

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.12 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-12).

## Fragment 12 on Genesis (Gen, 49, θ4)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-13
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The bull hamstrung in Jacob's blessing is Christ, killed by those he turned from evil desires and nailed to the cross.

### Greek text

Τοῦ αὐτοῦ (ἃ. h. Ἱππολύτου). Φανερὸν ἡμῖν γίνεται, ὅτι ἐπειδὴ ἀπὸ τῶν πονηρῶν ἐπιθυμιῶν ἐπέστρεφεν αὐτοὺς ὁ σωτήρ, ἀνεῖλον αὐτόν. οὗτος γὰρ ἣν ὃ »ταῦρος" ὃ ἰσχυρός, αὕτη οὖν ἡ „ἐπιθυμία“ ἡ πονηρά" »ἐνευροκόπησαν“ δέ, ἐπειδήπερ ἐν τῷ ξύλῳ πεπηγότος αὐτοῦ διέτρησαν τὰ νεῦρα.

### English translation (Claude)

[XIII. On Gen 49:6d] Of the same (that is, Hippolytus). It becomes clear to us that, because the Savior was turning them from their evil desires, they killed him. For he was the strong “bull”; this, then, is the evil “desire”; and “they hamstrung” him, since, when he was fixed to the tree, they pierced his sinews.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:6: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “(That is, Hippolytus)” is the editor's explanation of the lemma.
- LXX Gen 49:6: “in their desire they hamstrung a bull.”

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.13 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-13).

## Fragment 14 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 72)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-14
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The curse of Simeon and Levi falls not on the whole people but on those who rose against Christ.

### Greek text

πνεῦμα καταρᾶται οὐ παντὶ τῷ λαῷ, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἐπισυστᾶσιν ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν.Τοῦτο δῆλον, ὅτι καὶ ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας „N μῆνις αὐτῶν

### English translation (Claude)

[XIV. On Gen 49:7a] The Spirit curses not the whole people, but those who rose up together against him.

[XV] This is clear, that even to this day “their wrath” …

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:7: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Fragment XV begins at the end of this reference; its heading and the rest of its text are lost in the OCR. The edition's apparatus between the two fragments is removed by a logged correction.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.14 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-14).

## Fragment 15 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 74)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-16
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Israel” means one who sees God; the people who rejected him will be scattered among the nations that see God.

### Greek text

Σαφῶς ἐπιστάμεθα, ὅτι »Ἱσραήλ' ἐ ἔστιν ἄνθρωπος ὁρῶν τὸν θεόν. τοῦτο οὐν λέγει, ὅτι ἄλλοι »τὸν θεὸν ὄψονται“, καὶ οὐχ αὐτοί. τὸ δὲ „διασπερῶ αὐτοὺς ἐν Ἰσραήλ“, ὅτι διασπαρήσονται εἰς πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ ὁρῶντα τὸν θεόν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XVI. On Gen 49:7b] We know clearly that “Israel” is a man who sees God. So he says this: that others “will see God,” and not they. And “I will scatter them in Israel”: that they will be scattered among all the nations that see God.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:7: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Israel … a man who sees God”: the traditional etymology (compare Philo, On the Change of Names 81).

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.16 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-16).

## Fragment 16 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 8b)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-17
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Judah's hand on the neck of his enemies foretells Christ's victory over his persecutors and the final confession of the people.

### Greek text

»Ἐχθροὺς" λέγει, καθώς φησιν ὃ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ,κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.“ „Ἐχθροὶ" γάρ εἰσιν οἱ διώξαντες αὐτὸν καὶ ἕως τῆς σήμερον διώκοντες. τὸ δὲ "αἱ χεῖρές σου" τουτέστιν ἡ ἰσχύς σου. τὸ δὲ ,ἐπὶ νώτου τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου“, ὅτι κἂν ἀποφύγοωσιν αὐτόν, ἐπ᾽ ἐσχάτον τῶν καιρῶν ἐξομολογήσεται αὐτῷ ὁ λαός. οὕτοι γάρ εἰσιν οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, χαθὼς λέγει διὰ Ἡσαΐου τοῦ προφήτου ,„υἱοὺς ἐγέννησα καὶ ὕψωσα, αὐτοὶ δέ μὲ ἠθέτησαν."

### English translation (Claude)

[XVII. On Gen 49:8b] He says “enemies,” as his Father says: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.” For the “enemies” are those who persecuted him and persecute him to this day. And “your hands,” that is, your strength. And “on the back of your enemies,” that even if they flee from him, at the end of the times the people will confess him. For these are the sons of his father, as he says through Isaiah the prophet: “I have begotten and exalted sons, but they have rejected me.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:8: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Isa 1:2: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Ps 110:1 (LXX 109:1) and Isa 1:2 are quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.17 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-17).

## Fragment 17 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 9%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-18
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Judah's lion's whelp “from a shoot” foretells Christ's birth according to the flesh from the Spirit and Mary.

### Greek text

Ἐμφαίνων τὸ κατὰ σάρχα τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐξ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ ἐκ Μαρίας ἐγεννήθη. λέγει γὰρ καὶ ἐν ἄλλῃ γραφῇ" „καὶ ἐξελεύσεται ῥάβδος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ καὶ ἀνθος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης ἀναβήσεται"

### English translation (Claude)

[XVIII. On Gen 49:9a] … showing the descent of our Lord according to the flesh, that he was born of the Holy Spirit and of Mary. For it says also in another scripture: “And a rod shall come forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower shall come up from the root.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:9: allusion, high confidence
- Isa 11:1: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Isa 11:1 is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.18 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-18).

## Fragment 18 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 9c)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-19
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: This part of Judah's blessing points to the Father and the Lord.

### Greek text

Τοῦτό φησι δηλῶν πατέρα καὶ κύριον.

### English translation (Claude)

[XIX. On Gen 49:9c] He says this to show Father and Lord.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:9: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.19 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-19).

## Fragment 19 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 90" ἃ)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-20
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Who will rouse him?” means that Christ, who is in the Father, raised himself.

### Greek text

Τουτέστιν ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ἐν τῷ πατρί. ,„τίς ἐγερεῖ αὐτόν“; τίς ἄλλος ἢ αὐτὸς ἑαυτόν;

### English translation (Claude)

[XX. On Gen 49:9cd] That is, the Father in the Son and the Son in the Father. “Who will rouse him?” Who else but he himself raises himself?

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:9: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:10: allusion, medium confidence
- John 10:18: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- Compare John 14:10–11 and John 10:18.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.20 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-20).

## Fragment 20 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 10)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-21
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The rulers from Judah would not fail until Christ was born; after him the people has no ruler.

### Greek text

Δῆλον ὅτε ,οὐκ ἐκλείψει“ τὸ σπέρμα τὸ ἅγιον πρὸ τοῦ γεννηθῆναι τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν, τουτέστιν μέχρι τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ κυρίου. δεῖ τοὺς ἡγουμένους τοῦ λαοῦ ἁγίους παραμεῖνει ἕως γεννηθῇ ὁ κύριος" μετὰ ταῦτα γὰρ οὐδεὶς ἔσται ,,ἡγούμενος“ τοῦ λαοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXI. On Gen 49:10] It is clear that the holy seed “shall not fail” before our Lord is born, that is, until the coming of the Lord. The holy rulers of the people must remain until the Lord is born; for after this there will be no “ruler” of the people.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.21 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-21).

## Fragment 21 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 118)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-22
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The vine is Christ and the colt bound to it is the calling of the Gentiles, joined to the Lord.

### Greek text

Καθῶὼς λέγει αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν „ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινή.“ πῶλον δὲ τὴν ἐξ ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν λέγει" ἀδάμαστος γὰρ καὶ ἀχαλιναγώγητός ἐστιν ὁ πῶλος. τοῦτο δὲ ἡ μὲν ἡμῶν (κλῆσις) πρὸ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν, τὸ δὲ δεσμεύων“ δηλοῖ τὸ προσηρτῆσθαι τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXII. On Gen 49:11a] As our Lord himself says: “I am the true vine.” And by the “colt” he means the calling from the Gentiles; for the colt is untamed and unbridled. This was our calling before the coming of our Lord; and “binding” signifies being joined to our Lord.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:11: allusion, high confidence
- John 15:1: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- John 15:1 is quoted. The edition's apparatus at the end, run into the text, is removed by a logged correction.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.22 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-22).

## Fragment 22 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 11%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-23
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The two colts are the callings of Gentiles and Jews from one faith, the one bound to the Lord, the other to the old law.

### Greek text

καὶ ἄλλον πῶλον“, τὴν ἐκ περιτομῆς κλῆσιν, „ὄνον“ δὲ μίαν, δηλῶν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐχ μιᾶς ὄνου", τουτέστιν ἐκ μιᾶς πίστεως οἱ δύο πῶλοι" ὅπερ ἐστὶν αἱ δύο κλήσεις" καὶ τὸν μὲν »πῶλον" προσδεδέσθαι ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ“, τὸν δὲ ἕτερον ἐν τῇ ἕλικι΄. ὅπερ ὑπολαμβάνομεν. τὴν μὲν ἐξ ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν προσδεδέσθαι τῷ κυρίῳ, τὴν δὲ ἐκ περιτομῆς τῇ τοῦ νόμου παλαιότητι.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXIII. On Gen 49:11b] “And another colt,” the calling from the circumcision; but the “ass” is one, showing us that from one “ass,” that is, from one faith, come the two colts, which are the two callings; and that the one “colt” is bound “to the vine,” the other “to the tendril.” We take this to mean that the calling from the Gentiles is bound to the Lord, and that from the circumcision to the oldness of the law.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.23 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-23).

## Fragment 23 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 11° ἃ)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-24
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The robe washed in the blood of the grape is the flesh cleansed by the Spirit and by the Lord's own flesh and blood.

### Greek text

Τουτέστι διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ τοῦ λόγου τῆς ἀληθείας χαθαριεῖ τὴν σάρκα, ὅπερ ἐμφαίνει. τὴν στολήν". καὶ ἐν αἵματι σταφυλῆς θλιβείσης καὶ ἀνιείσης αἷμα, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἡ σάρξ τοῦ κυρίου, ἥτις πᾶσαν τὴν ἐξ ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν καθαρίζει.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXIV. On Gen 49:11cd] That is, through the Holy Spirit and the word of truth he will cleanse the flesh, which “the robe” signifies. And “in the blood of the grape”: of the grape that was pressed and gave forth blood, which is the flesh of the Lord, which cleanses the whole calling from the Gentiles.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.24 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-24).

## Fragment 24 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 122)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-25
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's bright eyes look upon all who believe in him.

### Greek text

Τουτέστε φαιδροὶ „οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ“, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ λόγου τῆς ἀληθείας. ἐπιβλέπουσι γὰρ ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς πιστεύσαντας εἰς αὐτόν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXV. On Gen 49:12a] That is, “his eyes” are bright, and from the word of truth; for they look upon all who have believed in him.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:12: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.25 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-25).

## Fragment 25 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 12%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-26
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's white teeth are his words, which give light to believers.

### Greek text

Καὶ τὸ ,,λευχοὶ οὗ ὁδοντες αὐτοῦ ἢ γαλα΄ λαμβάνομεν, ὅτι τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ φωτειγνὰ γίνονται τοῖς πιστεύουσι δι᾽ αὐτοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXVI. On Gen 49:12b] And “his teeth white as milk” we take to mean that his words become full of light to those who believe through him.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:12: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.26 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-26).

## Fragment 26 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 180. ©)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-27
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Zebulun by the sea foretells the spread of Christ's grace to the Gentiles, as the Gospel says of Galilee of the Gentiles.

### Greek text

Δηλοῖ καὶ τοῦτο τὴν ἐξ ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν, ὅτι εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ἐξελεύσεται ἡ χάρις τοῦ Χριστοῦ" λέγει γὰρ „καὶ παρ᾽ ὅρμον πλοίων καὶ παρατενεῖ ἕως Σιδῶνος.“ ὅτι δὲ εἰς τὴν ἐξ ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν τοῦτο προκηρύσσει, δηλοῦται ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ ἡμῖν „γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ, ὁδὸν θαλάσσης πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, Γαλιλαία τῶν ἐθνῶν, ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότει εἶδε φῶς μέγα καὶ τὰ ἕξῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXVII. On Gen 49:13] This too shows the calling from the Gentiles, that the grace of Christ will go out into all the earth and the sea. For it says: “And he will be by a harbor of ships, and will stretch as far as Sidon.” That this proclaims beforehand the calling from the Gentiles is shown to us in the Gospel: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles: the people that sat in darkness saw a great light,” and so on.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:13: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 4:15: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 4:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Matt 4:15–16 (from Isa 9:1–2) is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.27 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-27).

## Fragment 27 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 142)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-28
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Issachar, who “desired what is good,” is a type of the apostles who left the law to follow the Lord.

### Greek text

Τοῦτο λαμβάνομεν εἰς τύπον τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὅτι καταλιπόντες τὴν ἐκ νόμου πολιτείαν καὶ „ἐπιθυμήσαντες τὸ καλὸν“ ἠκολούθησαν τῇ τοῦ κυρίου διδασκαλίᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXVIII. On Gen 49:14a] This we take as a type of the apostles, that, leaving the way of life under the law and “desiring what is good,” they followed the teaching of the Lord.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:14: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- LXX Gen 49:14: “Issachar desired what is good.”

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.28 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-28).

## Fragment 28 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 14%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-29
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Resting “between the lots” means holding both the law and the Lord's teaching, as Christ fulfills the law and the prophets.

### Greek text

Ἐπειδὴ οἱ τὰς ἐντολὰς φυλάσσοντες, οὐκ ἀποταξάμενοι τοῖς νομικοῖς διατάγμασιν, ,ἐπαναπαύονται" καὶ ἐπ᾿ αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν διδασκαλίᾳ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν „ἀνὰ μέσον τῶν κλήρων" καθὼς ὁ κύριος λέγει ,,οὐκ ἦλθον. καταλῦσαι τὸν νόμον ἢ τοὺς προφήτας ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι.“ καὶ γὰρ ὃ κύριος ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ τὰς ἐντολὰς. φυλάσσειν οὐ καταλύει τὸν νομὸν καὶ τοὺς προφήτας, ἀλλὰ πληροῖ, καθῶς ἐν εὐαγγελίοις φησίν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXIX. On Gen 49:14b] Since those who keep the commandments, without renouncing the ordinances of the law, “rest” both on them and on the teaching of our Lord, which is “between the lots”; as the Lord says, “I did not come to abolish the law or the prophets, but to fulfill.” For our Lord, in keeping the commandments, does not abolish the law and the prophets but fulfills them, as he says in the Gospels.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:14: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 5:17: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Matt 5:17 is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.29 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-29).

## Fragment 29 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 14%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-30
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The “lots” are the portions of land assigned as inheritance.

### Greek text

Τῶν ἀφορισθέντων αὐτῷ ἐν μέρει κληρονομίας καὶ κτήσεως τόπον γῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXX. On Gen 49:14c] … of those set apart for him as a portion of inheritance and possession, a place of land.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:14: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The beginning of the fragment is lost in the OCR text.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.30 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-30).

## Fragment 30 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 15a)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-31
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The good rest Issachar saw is the Lord's teaching, which gives rest to the weary.

### Greek text

Τουτέστι τὴν διδασκαλίαν τοῦ κυρίου. ,,ἀναπαῦυσις γὰρ αὕτη καλή“, καθὼς καὶ αὐτὸς λέγει, δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι“ καὶ τὰ ἕξῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXI. On Gen 49:15a] That is, the teaching of the Lord. “For it is a good rest,” as he himself says: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden,” and so on.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:15: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 11:28: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Matt 11:28 is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.31 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-31).

## Fragment 31 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 15%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-32
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The rich land is the Lord's flesh, the true land flowing with milk and honey.

### Greek text

Ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἢ σὰρξ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν ἢ ,πίων“, τουτέστιν ἢ λιπαρᾶ. αὕτη γὰρ „N δέουσα γάλα καὶ μέλι".

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXII. On Gen 49:15b] Which is the flesh of our Lord, the “rich” land, that is, the fertile; for this is the land “flowing with milk and honey.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:15: allusion, high confidence
- Exod 3:8: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- “Flowing with milk and honey”: Exod 3:8 and elsewhere.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.32 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-32).

## Fragment 32 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 15° ἃ)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-33
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Issachar bending his shoulder to toil is a type of the apostles, who cultivated humanity by preaching.

### Greek text

Ὅπερ ἐποίησαν οἱ ἀπόστολοι. λαβόντες γὰρ τὴν δύναμιν παρὰ θεοῦ καὶ ὑποθέντες ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὸ πονεῖν. ἐγενήθησαν γεωργοὶ τοῦ κυρίου. ἐργασάμενοι τὴν γῆν. τουτέστι τὴν ἀνθρωπότητα διὰ τοῦ κηρύγματος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXIII. On Gen 49:15cd] Which the apostles did. For, receiving power from God and submitting themselves to toil, they became the Lord's farmers, working the earth, that is, humanity, through the preaching of our Lord.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:15: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.33 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-33).

## Fragment 33 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 16)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-34
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Dan who judges is a type of the devil, the accuser of humanity cast down in Revelation.

### Greek text

Λαμβάνω τοῦτο εἰς τύπον τοῦ πονηροῦ, ὅτι γὰρ »κρενεῖς, τοὺς ἐξαπατωμένους ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ κατηγορῆσαι αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸν κύριον' κριτὴς γὰρ πάντων ὁ κύριος καθὼς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἀποκαλύψεσι γέγραπται, ὅτε ,ἐβλήθη εἰς τὴν γῆν ὃ διάβολος ὃ κατηγορῶν τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ."
μὲν Ἱππόλυτος εἰς τύπον τοῦ πονηροῦ ἀνάγει τὸν Δάν. ,»κρινεῖ" γάρ, φησίν, τοὺς ἀπατωμένους ὑπ᾽ αὐτοῦ. γέγονε δὲ καὶ ᾿Ιούδας ὁ ᾿Ισχαριώτης ἐκ τῆς Δὰν φυλῆς. ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ ἐγκουβεὶς ὃ ἀρχαῖος ὕφις παρέδωκε τὸν κύριον, ἐφ᾽ ὁδοῦ μὲν τῷ κυρίω συναναστρεφόμενος, ἐνεδρεύων δὲ τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης. τὸ δὲ, ἐπὶ τρίβου" τὰ ἴχνη ἐνεδρεύων τοῦ ὑποδείξαντος ἡμῖν τὴν τρίβον τῆς ζωῆς. ,,δάκνων“ δὲ πτέρναν ἵππου“, τῆς ἐν σαρπὶ ἐλεύσεως τοῦ κυρίου.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXIV. On Gen 49:16] I take this as a type of the evil one: for “he will judge” those who are deceived by him, namely in accusing them before the Lord; for the Lord is judge of all, as it is written also in the Revelation, when “the devil was cast down to the earth, who accuses human beings before God.” [Another form of this fragment, printed by Bonwetsch in small type:] [XXXIV–XXXV, another form] … Hippolytus refers Dan to a type of the evil one. For “he will judge,” he says, those deceived by him. And Judas Iscariot came from the tribe of Dan. For, hiding in him, the ancient serpent betrayed the Lord, going about “on the road” with the Lord, but lying in wait for the way of righteousness. And “on the path”: lying in wait for the footprints of him who showed us the path of life. “Biting the heel of the horse”: the heel of the Lord's coming in the flesh.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:16: allusion, high confidence
- Rev 12:9: quotation, medium confidence
- Rev 12:10: quotation, medium confidence
- Gen 49:17: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Rev 12:9–10 is quoted freely.
- Bonwetsch prints this catena summary, which reports Hippolytus in the third person, in small type under the heading “XXXV.” The first word is lost.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.34 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-34).

## Fragment 34 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 118--)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-35
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Dan the serpent is the devil, who hid in Judas, of the tribe of Dan, and struck at the Lord who came in the flesh.

### Greek text

Καὶ τὸ ,,χενηθήτω Δὰν ἐφ᾽ ὁδοῦ ὄφις ἐγκάθήμενος ἐπὶ τρίβου" ἐστὶν ὁ διάβολος" δηλοῦται δὲ ἡμῖν ἐκ τῆς Δὰν φυλῆς γενόμενος Ἰούδας ὁ προδότης τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν' ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ ἐγκρυβεὶς ὁ διάβολος παραδέδωκε τὸν κύριον. τὸ δὲ ὅτε ,ἐφ᾽ ὁδοῦ“ αὐτὸς ἢν συναναστρεφόμενος ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ τοῦ κυρίου, ἐνεδρεύων τὴν ὁδὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ σωτήρ φησιν ,,ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ὁδὸς τῆς ζωῆς.“ τὸ δὲ , ἐπὶ τρίβου“ τὰ ἴχνη καὶ τὰ βαδίσματα ἐνεδρεύων τοῦ ἐπιδείξαντος ἡμῖν τὴν τρίβον τῆς δικαιοσύνης. ,δάκνων πτέρναν ἵππου" ὅ ἐστιν ὁ διάβολος τῆς ἐν σαρκὶ ἐλεύσεως τοῦ κυρίου" ἔφη γὰρ ὁ κύριος περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ προδότου, ὅτι „ὁ τρώγων μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἄρτον ἐπῆρκεν ἐπ᾽ ἐμὲ πτέρναν.“

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXV. On Gen 49:17] And “Let Dan be a serpent on the road, lying in wait on the path”: this is the devil. And it is shown to us that Judas, the betrayer of our Lord, came from the tribe of Dan; for, hiding in him, the devil betrayed the Lord. And “on the road”: he went about on the road with the Lord, lying in wait for the way of righteousness; and the Savior himself says, “I am the way of life.” And “on the path”: lying in wait for the footprints and steps of him who showed us the path of righteousness. “Biting the heel of the horse,” that is, the devil biting the heel of the Lord's coming in the flesh; for the Lord said of Judas the betrayer, “He who eats bread with me has lifted his heel against me.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:17: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:6: quotation, medium confidence
- John 13:18: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 41:9 (40:10 LXX): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- That Judas came from the tribe of Dan is a tradition, not a biblical statement. John 14:6 (“I am the way”) is cited with “of life” added; John 13:18 (Ps 41:9) is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.35 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-35).

## Fragment 36 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 17°. 4)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-36
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The horseman who falls is Christ, whose death at the end of the times is the fall and rising of many.

### Greek text

Δηλοῦται ἡμῖν εἶναι, ἱππεὺς“ ὃ κύριος ,πτέρνα“ δέ, ὅτι πρὸς ἐσχάτων τῶν καιρῶν. τὸ δέ ὅτι ,,πεσεῖται“, τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ δηλοῖ, καθὼς γέγραπται ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ ,ἰδοὺ οὗτος κεῖται εἰς πτῶσιν καὶ ἀνάστασιν πολλῶν."

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXVI. On Gen 49:17de] It is shown to us that the Lord is the “horseman”; and “heel,” that it is at the end of the times. And that “he will fall” signifies his death, as it is written in the Gospel: “Behold, this one is set for the fall and rising of many.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:17: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 2:34: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Luke 2:34 is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.36 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-36).

## Fragment 37 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 193)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-37
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The raider who attacks Gad is the people that plotted against the Lord.

### Greek text

τὸν, πειρατὴν“ τὸν ἐπίβουλον. οὐδεὶς δὲ ἄλλος ἐπίβουλος ἐγένετο τοῦ κυρίου ἢ ὁ λαός.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXVII. On Gen 49:19a] … the “raider” means the plotter. And no one else became a plotter against the Lord but the people.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:19: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The beginning is lost in the OCR text. LXX Gen 49:19: “Gad, a raiding band shall raid him.”

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.37 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-37).

## Fragment 38 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 19%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-38
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Gad raiding “at the heels” signifies the Lord's swift vengeance on those who plotted against him.

### Greek text

Τουτέστιν ἐπιβουλεύσει αὐτὸν κατὰ πόδας“, δι᾽ ὧν δηλοῦται ἡμῖν ἢ ἀντίληψις ἢ παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου τοῖς ἐπιβουλεύσασιν αὐτῷ. τὸ δὲ κατὰ πόδας", ὅτι (ἐν τάχει ποιήσει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν“ ὁ κύριος.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXVIII. On Gen 49:19b] That is, “he will plot against him at the heels,” by which is shown to us the help that comes from the Lord against those who plotted against him. And “at the heels,” that the Lord will “quickly” carry out the vengeance.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:19: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.38 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-38).

## Fragment 39 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 20)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-39
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Asher's rich bread is Christ the bread of life, who feeds the Gentiles and the faithful of Israel alike.

### Greek text

Τοῦτον λαμβάνομεν εἰς τύπον τῆς κλήσεως τῆς ἡμετέρας. τὸ γὰρ ,,πῖον“ λιπαρόν ἐστιν. λιπαρὸς δὲ τίνος „ὁ ἄρτος“ ἢ ἡμῶν; ὃ γὰρ κύριός ἐστιν ἡμῶν ὁ ἄρτος, καθὼς λέγει αὐτὸς ,.ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ἄρτος τῆς ζωῆς.“ τίς δὲ ἄλλος ,δώσει τροφὴν ἄρχουσιν“ ἢ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός; οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἐξ ἐθνῶν πιστεύουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐκ περιτομῆς ἐξάρχουσι τῆς πίστεως, τουτέστι πατράσι καὶ πατριἄρχαις καὶ προφήταις καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς τὸ πάθος.

### English translation (Claude)

[XXXIX. On Gen 49:20] This we take as a type of our calling. For “rich” means fat. And whose “bread” is rich but ours? For the Lord is our bread, as he himself says: “I am the bread of life.” And who else “will give food to rulers” but our Lord Jesus Christ? Not only to those who believe from the Gentiles, but also to those of the circumcision who lead in the faith, that is, to fathers, patriarchs, and prophets, and to all who believe in his name and in his passion.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:20: quotation, high confidence
- John 6:35: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- John 6:35 is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.39 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-39).

## Fragment 40 on Genesis (Gen. 49.212)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-40
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Naphtali too is a type of the Gentile church, as the Gospel's quotation of Isaiah on Galilee shows.

### Greek text

Καὶ αὐτὸς εἰς τύπον τῶν ἡμετέρων παραλαμβάνεται, καθὼς δηλοῖ ἡμῖν καὶ ἐπὶ τούτου τὸ εὐαγγέλιον „γῆ Ζαβουλὼν καὶ γῆ Νεφθαλείμ, ὁδὸν θαλάσσης πέραν τοῦ Ιορδάνου. ὁ λαὸς ὁ καθήμενος ἐν σκότει εἶδε φῶς μέγα, καὶ τοῖς καθημένοις ἐν σκότει φῶς ἀνέτειλεν αὐτοῖς."

### English translation (Claude)

[XL. On Gen 49:21a] He too is taken as a type of our people, as the Gospel shows us concerning him as well: “Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan: the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and for those who sat in darkness a light has dawned.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:21: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 4:15: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 4:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Matt 4:15–16 is quoted.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.40 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-40).

## Fragment 41 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 21)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-41
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:67
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Naphtali's stem is the Gentile calling, grafted onto the Lord's tree and bearing fruit.

### Greek text

Ποῖον δὲ ἄλλο „φῶς“ ἢν ἢ ἡ κλῆσις ἡ ἐξ ἐθνῶν; ἥτις ἐστὶ τὸ „στέλεχος“, τουτέστιν ἐπὶ τὸ ξύλον τοῦ κυρίου ἐγκεντρισθεῖσα χαρποφορεῖ. τὸ δὲ ,,ἐπιδιδοὺς ἐν τῷ γεννήματι κάλλος“ τὸ ὑπερβάλλον τῆς κλήσεως δηλοῖ ἡμῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XLI. On Gen 49:21b] What other “light” was there but the calling from the Gentiles? It is the “stem,” that is, grafted onto the tree of the Lord it bears fruit. And “giving beauty in its offspring” shows us the surpassing glory of the calling.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:21: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Light” takes up the Gospel quotation of the preceding fragment (Matt 4:16). LXX Gen 49:21: “Naphtali, a stem let loose, giving beauty in its offspring.”

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.41 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-41).

## Fragment 42 on Genesis (Gen, 49, 22%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-42
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:67
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Joseph, the son grown great, is a type of the Lord who makes the church grow.

### Greek text

Ποῖον ἄλλον „υἱὸν“ ἐν τύπῳ λαμβάνομεν ἢ τὸν κύριον, „ηὐξημένον“ καὶ αὐξοντα τὴν κλῆσιν τὴν ἡμετέραν᾽ τὸ γὰρ ἐπιφερόμενον ἡμῖν σαφέστερον δείκνυσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XLII. On Gen 49:22a] What other “son” do we take in a type but the Lord, “grown great” and making our calling grow? For what follows shows it to us more clearly.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:22: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.42 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-42).

## Fragment 43 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 330)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-43
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:67
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The envied son is Christ, envied to this day.

### Greek text

Ἱππολύτου. Τίς δὲ ἄλλος ,ζηλωτὸς“ ἕως τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας, εἰ μὴ ὃ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστός;

### English translation (Claude)

[XLIII. On Gen 49:22b] Of Hippolytus. Who else is “envied” to this day, if not our Lord Jesus Christ?

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:22: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.43 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-43).

## Fragment 44 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 22c—242)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-44
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:68
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Joseph the youngest son is Christ, the man from heaven, who ascended to the Father and whose persecutors' bows were broken by the resurrection.

### Greek text

Τίς ἄλλος οὗτος. καθὼς δείκνυται ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ ἀποστόλου, ὅτι „ὁ δεύτερος ἄνθρωπος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ. καὶ ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ δὲ τὸν ποιήσαντα τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πατρὸς εἶπεν „ὁ ἔσχατος.“ τὸ δὲ ,πρὸς μὲ ἀνάστρεψον“ δηλοῦται ἡμῖν ἡ μετὰ τὸ πάθος ἀνάληψις εἰς τὸν οὐραγὸν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα. τὸ δὲ .εεἰς ὃν διαβουλευόμενοι ἐλοιδόρουν" τίνες εἰ μὴ ὃ λαὸς κατὰ τοῦ χυρίου ἡμῶν; (καὶ ἐνεῖχον αὐτῷ“ τίνες ἐνεῖχον αὐτῷ; οἱ καὶ μέχρι σήμερον ἐνέχουσιν. οὗτοι (κύριοι τοξευμάτων“, οἱ καταπολεμεῖν τὸν κύριον δοχοῦντες. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἐνίσχυσαν τοῦ ἀναιρεθῆναι αὐτόν. ἀλλὰ „καὶ συνετρίβη μετὰ κράτους τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν“. φανερῶς δὲ ἡμῖν δηλοῦται, ὅτι μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν συντέτριπται τὰ τόξα αὐτῶν μετὰ χράτους. ;

### English translation (Claude)

[XLIV. On Gen 49:22c–24a] Who else is this … as is shown to us through the apostle, that “the second man is from heaven”; and in the Gospel too he called him who did the will of the Father “the last.” And “turn back to me” shows us his ascension into heaven to the Father after the passion. And “against whom, taking counsel, they reviled”: who, if not the people, against our Lord? “And they pressed upon him”: who pressed upon him? Those who press upon him even to this day. These are the “masters of the arrows,” who think they make war against the Lord. For even if they prevailed to have him killed, yet “their bows were broken with might.” It is shown to us clearly that after the resurrection their bows were broken with might.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:22: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 49:23: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 49:24: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 15:47: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 21:31: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- 1 Cor 15:47 is quoted; “the last” refers to the parable of the two sons, Matt 21:31, in the form of the text that calls the obedient son “the last.” The opening words are lost in the OCR text.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.44 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-44).

## Fragment 45 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 24%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-45
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:68
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The persecutors' strength has been undone by the power of the Father and the Son.

### Greek text

γὰρ δοκοῦσα ἰσχὺς αὐτῶν ἐκλέλυται διὰ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

[XLV. On Gen 49:24b] For their apparent strength has been undone through the power of the Father and of the Son.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:24: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The first word (the article) is lost in the OCR text.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.45 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-45).

## Fragment 46 on Genesis (ı Gen. 49, 24°. 25%)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-46
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:69
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The help given to Joseph is the Father's help to the Son, and “my God” is the Spirit speaking through Jacob.

### Greek text

Σαφῶς ἡμῖν δείκνυται, ὅτι ἡ »βοήθεια΄ καὶ ἢ ἀντίληψις τοῦ παιδὸς οὐ παρ᾽ ἄλλου τινὸς ἢ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ θεοῦ ἡμῶν τοῦ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς. τὸ δὲ ,,(θὲεός μου δηλοῦται ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα λέγει διὰ τοῦ Ἰακώβ.

### English translation (Claude)

[XLVI. On Gen 49:24c–25a] It is clearly shown to us that the “help” and support of the Son is from no one else than from the Father, our God who is in heaven. And “my God” shows that the Spirit speaks through Jacob.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:24: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 49:25: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “The Son”: παῖς, “child” or “servant,” used of Christ.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.46 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-46).

## Fragment 47 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 25% 56, 268)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-47
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:69
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The blessings of heaven, of breasts and womb, and of father and mother signify the Spirit's descent, the virgin's motherhood, and the Father's blessing on the church.

### Greek text

Τοῦτο ἡμῖν δηλοῦται, ὅτι ἢ μὲν ,εὐλογία ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐστι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ χατελθὸν διὰ τοῦ λόγου ἐπὶ τὴν σάρκα. «μαστῶν δὲ καὶ μήτρας“ τῆς παρθένου εὐλογίας λέγει. τὸ δὲ (πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς σου“ τοῦτο λέγει εὐλογίαν πατρὸς, ἣν ἐλάβομεν ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

[XLVII. On Gen 49:25b–26a] This is shown to us, that “the blessing from heaven” is the Spirit who came down through the Word upon the flesh; and “of breasts and of womb” he calls the blessings of the virgin; and “of your father and mother”: this he calls the blessing of the Father, which we have received upon the church through our Lord Jesus Christ.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:25: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 49:26: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.47 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-47).

## Fragment 48 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 20})

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-48
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:69
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The everlasting mountains and hills signify the greatness and permanence of the blessing of salvation.

### Greek text

Ὕψος καὶ μέγεθος τῆς εὐλογίας προκηρυσσει τὸ „ὑπὲρ εὐλογίας ὀρέων μονίμων“. τὸ δὲ .,θινῶν αἰωνίων“ τὸ βέβαιον καὶ ἰσχυρὸν τῆς σωτηρίας καὶ τὸ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας διαμεῖναι.

### English translation (Claude)

[XLVIII. On Gen 49:26b] “Above the blessing of the enduring mountains” proclaims beforehand the height and greatness of the blessing; and “of the everlasting hills,” the firmness and strength of salvation, and its abiding for ever.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:26: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.48 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-48).

## Fragment 49 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 26»)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-49
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:70
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The hills and mountains signify the distinction that makes Joseph visible to all.

### Greek text

Περιφάνειαν αὐτῷ ἐπεύχεται, ὥστε γενέσθαι αὐτὸν παρὰ πᾶσιν ἐπίσημον, διὰ τοῦ ,(βουνῶν καὶ ὀρέων“, ἀτινά εἶσι περίοπτα πᾶσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

[XLIX. On Gen 49:26c] He prays that he may have distinction, so as to become conspicuous among all, by the words “of hills and mountains,” which are visible to all.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:26: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.49 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-49).

## Fragment 50 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 26°)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-50
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:70
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Joseph's head points to Christ, the head of all believers.

### Greek text

Δηλοῖ ἡμῖν καὶ οὐδὲ περὶ τοῦ κυρίου. λέγων γὰρ ἄλλως „κεφαλὴ Ἰωσὴφ καὶ πάντῶν ἡμῶν ἣν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός", τοῦτο ἡμῖν δηλοῖ, ὅτι πάντων ἡμῶν ἔστι χεφαλὴ ὁ χύριος ἡμῶν.
Περὶ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ταῦτά φησιν, ὅς ἐστι κεφαλὴ πάντων ἡμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

[L. On Gen 49:26d] This too shows us something about the Lord. For in another reading it says, “On the head of Joseph and of all of us was Jesus Christ”; this shows us that our Lord is the head of all of us. [Another form of this fragment, printed by Bonwetsch in small type:] [L, another witness] These words too he says concerning the Lord, who is the head of all of us.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:26: quotation, medium confidence
- Gen 49:26: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “In another reading” (ἄλλως): the fragment cites a different form of Gen 49:26 that names Jesus Christ; the wording is uncertain in the witnesses.
- Bonwetsch prints this shorter form, from another manuscript, under the same number L.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.50 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-50).

## Fragment 52 on Genesis (Gen. 49; 91)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-51
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:70
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Benjamin devouring in the morning signifies Saul of Benjamin, who persecuted David, a type of the Lord.

### Greek text

Δηλοῦται ἡμῖν καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁτι ἡ Βενιαμὶν φυλὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς, ὅπερ ἐστὶ τὸ „πρωινόν“, διώκει. ὁ γὰρ Σαοὺλ ὧν ἐκ τῆς Βενιαμὶν φυλῆς τὸν εἰς τύπον τοῦ κυρίου χείμενον Δαβὶδ ἐδίωκεν.

### English translation (Claude)

[LI. On Gen 49:27] This too is shown to us through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that the tribe of Benjamin in the beginnings, which is “in the morning,” persecutes. For Saul, being of the tribe of Benjamin, persecuted David, who stood as a type of the Lord.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:27: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The edition's apparatus at the end, run into the text, is removed by a logged correction.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.51 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-51).

## Fragment 53 on Genesis (Gen. 49, 27)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-52
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:71
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Benjamin dividing the spoil at evening signifies Paul, the persecutor who later fed the church with spiritual food.

### Greek text

Δηλοῦται. ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ ἀποστόλου Παύλου" καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς (ἐκ) τῆς Βενιαμὶν φυλῆς ὧν ἐν ἀρχῇ ἐδίωκε τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα. ὅπερ ἐστὶ ,οπρὸς ξἑσπέραν“, τουτέστιν ἐπ᾿ ἐσχάτων, δίδωσιν ἡμῖν πᾶσι τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον διὰ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν πνευματικὴν τροφήν.

### English translation (Claude)

[LII. On Gen 49:27] It is shown to us through the apostle Paul. For he too, being of the tribe of Benjamin, at first persecuted the church; and after this, which is “toward evening,” that is, at the last, he gives to all of us who believe in the Lord, through the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the spiritual food.

### Scripture references

- Gen 49:27: quotation, high confidence
- Phil 3:5: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Paul of the tribe of Benjamin: Rom 11:1; Phil 3:5.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 1.52 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-1-52).

## From the Blessings of Balaam (Num 24:17; 23:19)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-2-1
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:82
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ, as mediator between God and humanity, has both the divine essence and the human, as a pledge from both sides.

### Greek text

Βαλααμ. ἵνα δὲ δειχθῇ τὸ συναμφότερον ἔχων ἔν ἑαυτῷ, τήν τε τοῦ θεοῦ οὐσίαν καὶ τὴν ἐξ ἀνθρώπων, ος καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολος λέγει „μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄνθρωπος Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς". „ὁ δὲ μεσίτης ἕνος ἀνθρώπου οὐ γίνεται", ἀλλὰ δυο. ἔδει οὖν τὸν Χριστὸν θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων μεσίτην γενόμενον παρ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων ἀρραβῶγνά τινα εἰληφέναι. ἵνα φανῇ δύο προσώπων μεσίτης.

### English translation (Claude)

… Balaam. And that he might be shown to have both in himself, the essence of God and the essence from human beings, as the apostle also says: “mediator of God and human beings, the man Christ Jesus.” “But a mediator is not of one,” but of two. Christ, then, having become mediator of God and human beings, had to receive from both a kind of pledge, so that he might appear as the mediator of two persons.

### Scripture references

- Num 24:17: allusion, low confidence
- 1 Tim 2:5: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 3:20: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- From the work on the blessings of Balaam (Num 23–24), in Bonwetsch's edition; the opening is lost. 1 Tim 2:5 and Gal 3:20 are quoted. Clear OCR slips are corrected by logged corrections.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 2.1 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-2-1).

## On the Great Ode (Deut 32), fragment 1 (Deut 32:26?)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-3-1
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ, the firstborn Word, descended to Hades and into the virgin's womb to raise Adam, and by his obedience on the tree made the conquered man victorious over the serpent.

### Greek text

τὸν ἀπολωλότα ἐκ γῆς πρωτόπλαστον ἄνθρωπον καὶ ἐν δεσμοῖς θανάτου κρατούμενον ἐξ ᾅδου κατωτάτου ἑλχύσας᾽ ὃ ἄνωθεν κατελθὼν καὶ τὸν κάτω εἰς τὰ ἄνω ἀνενέγκας" ὁ τῶν νεκρῶν εὐαγγελιστὴς καὶ τῶν ψυχῶν λυτρωτής, καὶ ἀνάστασις τῶν τεθαμμένων γινόμενος. οὗτος ἿΣ ὁ τοῦ νενικημένου ἀνθρώπου γεγενημένος βοηθός. κατ᾽ αὐτὸν ὅμοιος αὐτῷ. πρωτότοκος λόγος· τὸν πρωτόπλαστον ᾿Αδὰμ ἐν τῇ παρθένῳ ἐπισκεπτόμενος· ὃ πνευματικὸς τὸν χοϊκὸν ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ ἐπιζητῶν᾽ ὁ ἀεὶ ζῶν τὸν διὰ παρακοῆς ἀποθανόντα' ὁ οὐράνιος τὸν ἐπίγειον εἰς τὰ ἄνω καλῶν ὁ εὐγενὴς τὸν δοῦλον διὰ τῆς ἰδίας ὑπακοῆς ἐλεύθερον ἀποδεῖξαι θέλων᾽ ὃ τὸν εἰς γῆν λυόμενον ἄνθρωπον καὶ βρῶμα ὄφεως γεγενημένον, εἰς ἀδάμαντα τρέψας, καὶ τοῦτον ἐπὶ ξύλου χρεμασθέντα, κύριον κατὰ τοῦ νενικηκότος ἀποδείξας, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο διὰ ξύλου νικηφόρος εὑρίσκεται.

### English translation (Claude)

… who drew up from the lowest Hades the first-formed man, who had perished from the earth and was held in the bonds of death; who came down from above and brought the one below up to the heights; the evangelist of the dead and the redeemer of souls, who became the resurrection of the buried. He it is who became the helper of the vanquished man, a helper like him, corresponding to him: the firstborn Word, visiting the first-formed Adam in the virgin; the spiritual seeking the earthy in the womb; the ever-living seeking the one who died through disobedience; the heavenly calling the earthly to the heights; the free-born wishing to declare the slave free through his own obedience; he who turned the man who was dissolving into earth and had become food for the serpent into adamant, and declared him, hung on a tree, lord over the one who had conquered him; and for this reason he is found victorious through a tree.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:18: allusion, medium confidence
- Rom 5:19: allusion, medium confidence
- Gen 3:14: allusion, low confidence
- 1 Pet 3:19: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- From Hippolytus's work on the Great Ode (the Song of Moses, Deut 32), in Bonwetsch's edition; the opening is lost. “A helper like him, corresponding to him” echoes Gen 2:18 (“a helper corresponding to him”). Clear OCR slips are corrected by logged corrections; one word before “the helper” (ἿΣ) is unreadable.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 3.1 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-3-1).

## On the Great Ode (Deut 32), fragment 2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-3-2
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those who now reject the incarnate Son will recognize him when he comes as judge in glory.

### Greek text

γὰρ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἔνσαρκον νῦν μὴ ἐπιγινώσκοντες ἐπιγνώσονται αὐτὸν χριτὴν ἐν δόξῃ παραγινόμενον, τὸν νῦν ἐν ἀδόξῳ σώματι ὑβριζόμενον.

### English translation (Claude)

… for those who do not now recognize the Son of God in the flesh will recognize him as judge, coming in glory, him who is now insulted in an inglorious body.

### Scripture references

- Deut 32:39: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The opening is lost in the OCR text.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 3.2 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-3-2).

## On the Great Ode (Deut 32), fragment 3 (Deut 34:6)

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-3-3
- Source: Bonwetsch GCS 1:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: As Israel could not find Moses' grave, the apostles found Christ's tomb empty on the third day.

### Greek text

Καὶ γὰρ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ἐλθόντες εἰς τὸ μνημεῖον τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ οὐχ εὕρισκον τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ὃν τρόπον υἱοὶ τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ τὴν ταφὴν τοῦ Μωυσέως ἀναβάντες ἐν τῷ ὄρει ἐζήτουν καὶ οὐχ εὑρισκον.

### English translation (Claude)

For the apostles too, coming to the tomb on the third day, did not find the body of Jesus, just as the sons of Israel went up into the mountain and sought the burial place of Moses and did not find it.

### Scripture references

- Deut 34:6: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 24:3: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Deut 34:6 (“no one knows his burial place”); the Israelites' search for it on the mountain is not in the biblical text.

### Citation (SBL)

Hippolytus, Ben. 3.3 (Bonwetsch GCS 1:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-benedictiones/1-1/#p-3-3).