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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
And behold, his brother came out, and said, why is the wall divided because of you? And he called his name Phares. Concerning the wall, Aquila and Symmachus translated it as division, which in Hebrew is called Phares (). Therefore, he received the name of division because he divided the curtain of the second (also called placenta). Hence the Pharisees, who had separated themselves as if they were righteous from the people, were called the divided ones.
Bonaventure
Again, they are compared two by two: in the Old Testament, there are the times before the Law and under the Law; in the New, the times of the calling of the Gentiles and of the calling of the Israelites that shall be at the end. And these times are symbolized by the two sons of Juda, Zara and Phares. Now, Zara "put out a hand. The midwife took a scarlet thread," and "tied it on his hand. But he drew back his hand," and Phares was born, who opened the breach. …
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