Sophia Scriptura

Dialogue with Trypho 86.5

Justin Martyr · Dialogue with Trypho · ca. 155–160 · Rome · Read in context

Summary: The oak of Mamre, the willows of Elim, David's rod and staff.

Greek text · Archambault 2:64–66

Ἀπὸ ξύλου τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ὤφθη ὁ θεός, ὡς γέγραπται, πρὸς τῇ δρυῒ τῇ Μαμβρῆ. Ἑβδομήκοντα ἰτέας καὶ δώδεκα πηγὰς εὗρεν ὁ λαὸς διαβὰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην. Ἐν ῥάβδῳ καὶ βακτηρίᾳ παρακεκλῆσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ Δαυῒδ λέγει.

English · Claude translation

“God appeared to Abraham from a tree, as it is written, at the oak of Mamre. The people found seventy willows and twelve springs when they had crossed the Jordan. David says he was comforted by God with a rod and a staff.

About this passage

Source
Archambault 2:64–66 · 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 18:1 · allusion, high confidence
  • Exod 15:27 · allusion, medium confidence
  • Ps 23:4 (22:4 LXX) · allusion, high confidence

Notes

Translation notes

  • “Seventy willows”: Exod 15:27 has seventy palm trees and twelve springs at Elim, before the Jordan; Justin's memory is loose here.

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Justin, Dial. 86.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/86/5/).

Plain text
Justin, Dial. 86.5 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/86/5/).

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