Dialogue with Trypho 134.3 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: Jacob's two wives prefigure the synagogue (Leah) and the church (Rachel), for whom Christ serves.

Greek text · Archambault 2:282

Τῆς ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μελλούσης ἀπαρτίζεσθαι πράξεως τύποι ἦσαν οἱ γάμοι τοῦ Ἰακώβ. Δύο γὰρ ἀδελφὰς κατὰ τὸ αὐτὸ οὐ θεμιτὸν γαμῆσαι τὸν Ἰακώβ· καὶ δουλεύει δὲ τῷ Λάβαν ὑπὲρ τῶν θυγατέρων, καὶ ψευσθεὶς ἐπὶ τῇ νεωτέρᾳ πάλιν ἐδούλευσεν ἑπτὰ ἔτη. Ἀλλὰ Λεία μὲν ὁ λαὸς ὑμῶν καὶ ἡ συναγωγή, Ῥαχὴλ δὲ ἡ ἐκκλησία ἡμῶν. Καὶ ὑπὲρ τούτων δουλεύει μέχρι νῦν ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ τῶν ἐν ἀμφοτέραις δούλων.

English · Claude translation

“The marriages of Jacob were types of what Christ was to accomplish. For it was not lawful for Jacob to marry two sisters at the same time; and he serves Laban for his daughters, and being deceived about the younger, he served again seven years. Leah is your people and the synagogue, and Rachel our church. And for these Christ serves even now, and for the servants in both.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 2:282 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Text

As printed in Archambault. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Compare

Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made)

Scripture

Gen 29:18 · allusion, high confidence
Gen 29:25 · allusion, high confidence
Gen 29:30 · allusion, high confidence
Lev 18:18 · allusion, medium confidence

Topics

Christology, Marriage

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 134.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/134/3/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 134.3 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/134/3/).