# Selecta in Genesim 76-78

Origen, Selecta in Genesim, 76 to 78. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/selecta-in-genesim/76

Καὶ ὤρυξαν οἱ παῖδες Ἰσαὰκ ἐν τῇ φάραεγγι εράρων καὶ εὗρον ἐκεῖ φρέαρ ὕδατος ζῶντος. θιλοτιμητέον (1) ἑκάστῳ εὐχομένῳ εἶναι τέκνον τοῦ Ἰσαὰκ ταῦτα νοῆσαι τὰ φρέατα, καὶ ὀρύξαι αὐτὰ ἐν ἑαυτῷ. Ἀπάρας δὲ ἐκεῖθεν ὥρυξε φρέαρ ἕτερον, καὶ οὐκ ἐμαχέσαντο περὶ αὐτοῦ. Διὰ δὲ τοῦ (2) μὴ ἀν θίστασθαι τοἵς ἀδικοῦσ. δείκνυσιν, ὅτι ἀληθῶς ἦν ἄπλαστος. Ὅθεν, ἀποδεξάμενος αὐτὸν τῆς ἀνεξικαvκίας ὁ Θεὸς, ἐπιφαίνεται αὐτῷ, καὶ ἐπαγγέλλεται τὴν γῆν, ἵνα μὴ ἀθυμῇ, ὅτι ὡς ξένος πάροικος προῦκειτ τοῖς ἀδικεῖν βουλομένοις, πληρῶν τὸ εἰρημένεν ἑκάστοτε, ἐὰν δώκωσιιν ὑμᾶς. Καὶ εἷπεν·· Ἡ μέν φωνὴ φωνὴ Ἰακώδ. Τὴν εὐσεβῆ (3) φωνὴν οὐκ ἂν λεχθεῖσαν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἠσοῦ Ὅ παρέδωκεν ὁ Θεός σου ἐναντίον μου· ἐπιγνοὺς ὁ Ἰσαὰκ, εἶπεν· φωνὴ σωνὴ Ἰακώβ.

---

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/.