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Origen · Annotations on Genesis §37.10

Joseph's Dream as a Typology of Christ's Adoration

Passage 4 of 6 · Greek

Summary

The author discusses Jacob's words in Genesis 37:10, pointing out that Joseph's mother was already deceased, and suggests that this passage prophesies Mary and Joseph's worship of Christ.

§37.10(7) Στίχ. ι΄.
(7) Verse 10.
Ἆρά γε ἐλθόντες ἐλευσόμεθα ἐγώ τεκαὶ ἡ μήτηρ σου, καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοί σου προσκυνῆσαί σοι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν; Σαφῶς ἡ μήτηρ τοῦ Ἰωσὴφ πρὸ τῶν ἐνυπνίων ἐτελεύτησεν.
"Shall we indeed come, I and your mother and your brothers, to bow down before you to the earth?" Clearly, the mother of Joseph had died before the dreams.
Μήποτε οὖν δυνάμεθα τὴν Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ εἰπεῖν προφητεύεσθαι προσκυνήσειν τῷ Χριστῷ;
Can we, then, say that Mary and Joseph are prophesied to worship Christ?

Notes

  1. §37.10μήποτε — This adverb is used here with a rhetorical nuance to introduce a tentative positive suggestion or question ('whether perhaps', 'could it be that...'), prompting a typological interpretation of the Genesis text.
  2. §37.10προφητεύεσθαι — Present passive infinitive. It takes the accusative 'tὴν Μαριὰμ καὶ τὸν Ἰωσὴφ' as its subject, and governs the future infinitive 'προσκυνήσειν', forming a nested infinitive construction meaning 'that Mary and Joseph are prophesied to worship'.

Cite this passage

Origen, Annotations on Genesis §37.10. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg066.humanitext-grc1:37.10

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