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What the Fathers say

Genesis 25:7

Western Saints

Bede

Isaac, the son of the promise, was born in Abraham's hundredth [year], because the blessing of the inheritance that is promised to all the families of the earth through his seed will doubtless be conferred in the heavenly homeland that is to come. [Abraham] sojourned a hundred years in the land of promise, because all of us who are made children of Abraham through faith ought to live as sojourners in the present church in hope of a heavenly inheritance. …

On the Tabernacle 2.13.85 ↗