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The Fathers on Genesis 1

252 passages from Fathers received by the Coptic Orthodox Church. Open a group of verses to read.

1 1–31 2 3 3–4 4 5 6 6–7 7 8 9 9–10 10 11 12 13 14 14–15 16 20 21 22 24 24–25 26 26–27 27 28 29–30 29 31

Verse 120 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom, Tertullian, Hippolytus of Rome, Jerome, Ephrem the Syrian, Nemesius of Emesa, Augustine of Hippo

Verses 1–311 passage

Ambrosiaster

Verse 223 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Augustine of Hippo, Ephrem the Syrian, Ambrosiaster, Ambrose of Milan, Jerome, Tertullian

Verse 37 passages

Ephrem the Syrian, Augustine of Hippo, Tertullian, Basil of Caesarea, Ambrose of Milan

Verses 3–41 passage

Ambrosiaster

Verse 45 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Augustine of Hippo, Ambrose of Milan

Verse 511 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Ephrem the Syrian, Hippolytus of Rome, Ambrosiaster, Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo

Verse 67 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Tertullian, Hippolytus of Rome, Ephrem the Syrian, Cyril of Jerusalem

Verses 6–71 passage

Hippolytus of Rome

Verse 76 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Augustine of Hippo, Ephrem the Syrian

Verse 82 passages

Ephrem the Syrian, Augustine of Hippo

Verse 97 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Augustine of Hippo, Tertullian, Ephrem the Syrian, Gregory of Nyssa

Verses 9–101 passage

John Chrysostom

Verse 109 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Tertullian, Jerome

Verse 1115 passages

Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Augustine of Hippo

Verse 129 passages

Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, Tertullian, Ephrem the Syrian, Gregory of Nyssa, Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo

Verse 131 passage

Tertullian

Verse 1414 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Ambrosiaster, Augustine of Hippo, Ephrem the Syrian

Verses 14–154 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Cyril of Jerusalem, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom

Verse 167 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Victorinus of Pettau, Ephrem the Syrian, Augustine of Hippo

Verse 2019 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Tertullian, Ephrem the Syrian, Ambrose of Milan, Augustine of Hippo

Verse 215 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Ambrose of Milan

Verse 226 passages

Gregory of Nyssa, Ambrose of Milan, Tertullian, Augustine of Hippo

Verse 2411 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Ephrem the Syrian, Augustine of Hippo

Verses 24–255 passages

Basil of Caesarea, Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom

Verse 2623 passages

Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian, Athanasius of Alexandria, Ephrem the Syrian, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, Ambrose of Milan, John Cassian

Verses 26–272 passages

Ambrosiaster

Verse 278 passages

Ephrem the Syrian, Gregory of Nyssa, Tertullian, Basil of Caesarea, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom

Verse 2813 passages

Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine of Hippo, Tertullian, Ephrem the Syrian, Ambrosiaster, John Chrysostom

Verses 29–301 passage

Gregory of Nyssa

Verse 291 passage

Augustine of Hippo

Verse 317 passages

Augustine of Hippo, Ambrosiaster, Gregory of Nazianzus, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom

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Commentary

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Arabic

English: Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty’s commentary in its English translation, as printed. Arabic commentaries by Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Fr. Antonios Fekry and the priests and servants of St. Mark’s, Heliopolis.