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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
Because thus says the Lord God: My people went down into Egypt at the beginning, to dwell there as strangers: and Assur without any cause has oppressed them. And now what have I here, says the Lord? For my people have been taken away for nothing: their rulers have acted unjustly, says the Lord, and my name is constantly blasphemed all day long. Therefore, on that day my people shall know my name, because I myself am the one who spoke, behold, I am here. …
Thomas Aquinas
For thus says the Lord. Here he assigns two causes of their liberation, namely, the calumny of the people and the blasphemy of God. And first, he alleges calumny: my people went down into Egypt in the beginning, in their fathers (Gen 46–47); to be a colonist there, and therefore the Egyptians had some right to oppress them from the benefits bestowed on them; and the Assyrian, under which the Chaldeans are also included, has oppressed them without any cause at all, not furnishing them any benefits. …
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