# Selecta in Genesim 11

Origen, Selecta in Genesim, ΩΡΙΓΕΝΟΥΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΓΕΝΕΣΙΝ ΕΚΛΟΓΑΙ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/selecta-in-genesim/11

Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Τέθειται ἐν τῇ ἑρμηνείᾳ (38), κῆπον ἐν Ἐδέμ, αὐτῇ χρησαμένῳ τῇ Ἐβραῖκῇ λέξει. Ἔστι μὲν οὗν ἑρμηνεία τοῦ Ἐδὲμ κυρίως ἡδύ. Οὐκοῦν παραδεδώκασιν Ἑβραῖοι, ὅτι ὁ τόπος ἐν ᾧ ἐφύτευσεν τὸν παράδεισον ἢ τὸν κῆπον Κύριος, ὁ Θεὸς, Ἐδὲμ καλεῖται· καὶ φασὶν αὐτὸν μέσον εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου, ὡς κόρην ὀφθαλμοῦ· διὸ καὶ τὸν ποταμὸν τὸν Φεισων, ἑρμηνεύεσθαι στόμα κόρης, ὡς ἐκ τοῦ Ἐδὲμ ἐκπορευομένου τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ πρώτου. Ὅ δὲ παραδιδόασιν, τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν· Ἐδὲμ, ὃς ἑρμηνεύεται ἡδὺ, ἦν πρὶν τὸν κῆπον γενέσθαι· ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ καὶ ὁ κῆπος ἐφυτεύθη.

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Origenes, Selecta in Genesim, ed. Charles de La Rue, Charles Vincent de La Rue. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2042.tlg048.local001/.