[671]. παρ’ οἷς τὰ ποικίλα ἤθη ἐπίσημα γενόμενα, τῷ λογῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ πολιτεύεται, δυθέντα κτῆσις τῷ τροπικῶς καλουμένῳ Ἰακώβ: ἐπίσημα is the term employed to denote the “spotted” cattle of Laban, and is here used by Origen in its figurative sense of “distinguished,” thus playing on the double meaning of the word.
[672]. φρέατα.
[673]. λάκκους.
[674]. τὴν ἐνυπάρχουσαν γῆν καὶ ἀρχὴν τῶν ποτίμων ἀγαθῶν. Boherellus proposes: τὴν ἐνυπάρχουσαν πηγὴν καὶ ἀρχὴν τῶν ποτίμων ὑδάτων.
[675]. Cf. Prov. v. 15-17.
[676]. Cf. Gen. xxvi. 15.
[677]. νύμφας.
[678]. Cf. Gal. iv. 21-24.
[679]. τὰ ἀπεμφαίνοντα.
[680]. Gen. xix. 17.