Annals (variant readings)

2545. after codex claromontanus: And Abraham with Sarah begot Isaac, and with Hagar, Ishmael. And Isaac with Rebekah begot Esau and Jacob, who because of the threat of Esau moved to Laban, his maternal uncle, whose daughters Leah and Rachel he also took as wives. This Jacob, therefore, begot the twelve patriarchs, that is, the twelve tribes of Israel. It should be known that after the three men were entertained by Abraham, the two arrived for the burning of Sodom, who also came to the dwelling of Lot. When the licentious Sodomites learned this, they arrived there, seeking out the strangers in order to fulfill their unlawful act. But Lot opposed them to the utmost; but being greatly pressed by them, he gave out his daughter for that foul misuse, only that such a shameful thing might not happen to the strangers. But the licentious men were not persuaded, and seeking to take the strangers by force, they fought with Lot. But the strangers, opening the doors of the gate and having only appeared to them, burned them all with fire. Lot, being astonished at what had happened, and falling on his face, besought them to learn who they were. And they said to him, "1Take all those with you, and go out of this place; for tomorrow all will be burned up, and the place will be winnowed and will vanish because of the foul licentiousness of its inhabitants."2 And having done this quickly, Lot fled to Mount Segor. And afterwards, the Lord having rained down fire, they were all burned up according to the prophecy of the angels. But Lot's wife, being a woman and not hesitating at the command of the angels, and turning to see what happened, was immediately turned to stone and became as a pillar of salt. But the daughters of Lot, thinking that the whole world had already perished and that seed would no longer be born to them, made their father drunk with wine, and he had intercourse with them, not knowing from his drunkenness what was done by him. Therefore, his uncle Abraham, having learned this from him and being grieved, sent him away to the parts of the river Nile, to fetch from there supposedly three firebrands, but in truth so that he might be devoured by wild beasts, and atone for the sin. But Lot, making haste by the providence of God, brought to Abraham three firebrands, that is, of cypress, of pine, and of cedar. And Abraham, marveling that he was saved from the beasts 255 unharmed, glorified God. And both going up with the firebrands to the mountain, Abraham planted them on a rock, apart from each other, but near, so as to form the shape of a triangle. And he commanded Lot to go and draw water from the Jordan, and to water them daily; which indeed he did. And the mountain was about 24 miles from the Jordan. And within three months the firebrands sprouted. And Lot, going down, told this to Abraham. And going up to see what had happened, they found that the three firebrands had united and become one, but the roots alone remained as they had also been planted, separate. And Abraham, seeing what had happened to the dry pieces of wood, falling down worshipped the Lord, and said, "1This wood will be the condemnation of sin."

2 And the wood became a great tree, which itself lasted until the reign of Solomon. And Abraham received full assurance concerning the forgiveness of Lot's sin. And when the temple of Jerusalem was being built, the tree itself was also cut down with the others, and having been hewn, it lay unused in the temple, this too by the providence of God. And when Christ our God was about to suffer the passion that brings salvation for the world, he was crucified on it by the Jews.

Annales (lectiones variae)

2545. postcodex claromontanus: ὁ δὲ Ἀβραὰμ μετὰ τῆς Σάρρας ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ μετὰ τῆς Ἄγαρ τὸν Ἰσμαήλὁ δὲ Ἰσαὰκ μετὰ τῆς Ῥεβέκας τὸν Ἠσαῦ καὶ τὸν Ἰακώβ, ὃς διατοῦ Ἠσαῦ τὴν ἀπειλὴν μετῴκησε πρὸς τὸν Λάβαν τὸν πρὸς μητρὸς αὐτοῦ θεῖον, οὗ καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας τὴν Λείαν καὶ τὴν Ῥαχὴλ ἔλαβεν εἰς γυναῖκας. οὗτος οὖν ὁ Ἰακὼβ ἐγέννησε τοὺς δώδεκα πατριάρχας ητοι τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. Ἰστέον οτι μετὰ τὸ ξενισθῆναι τοὺς τρεῖς ἄνδρας παρὰ του Ἀβραὰμ κατέλαβον οἱ δύο εἰς τὴν τῶν Σοδόμων κατάπρησιν, οι καὶ πρὸς τὴν τοῦ Λὼτ κατοικίαν κατήντησαν. ὅπερ οἱ ἀσελγεῖς Σοδομῖται μαθόντες ἐκεῖσε κατέλαβον ἐκζητοῦντες τοὺς ξένους πρὸς τὸ τὴν ἀθεμιτοπραξίαν πληρῶσαι αὑτῶν. ὁ δὲ Λὼτ τούτοις εἰς ἄκρον ἀπήντα· βιαζόμενος δὲ πολλὰ παρ' αὐτῶν ἐξέδοτο τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὴν μιαρὰν ἐκείνην παράχρησιν, μόνον μὴ εἰς τοὺς ξένους τοιοῦτον αἰσχρόν τι γενήσεται. οἱ δὲ ἀσελγεῖς οὐκ ἐπείθοντο, ζητοῦντες δὲ τοὺς ξένους ἆραι βιαίως μετὰ τοῦ Λὼτ κατεμάχοντο. οἱ δὲ ξένοι τὰς θύρας τοῦ πυλῶνος ἀνοίξαντες καὶ φανέντες τούτοις μόνον πυρὶ τοὺς πάντας ἐνέπρησαν. ἐκπλαγεὶς δὲ ὁ Λὼτ ἐπὶ τὸ γεγονός, καὶ πεσὼν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον, παρεκάλει αὐτοὺς μαθεῖν τίνες εἰσίν. οἱ δὲ πρὸς αὐτόν "1ἔπαρον τοὺς μετὰ σὲ ἅπαντας, καὶ ἔξελθε ἐκ τοῦ τόπου τούτου· αὔριον γὰρ οἱ πάντες κατακαυθήσονται, καὶ ὁ τόπος ἐκλικμισθήσεται καὶ ἀφανισθήσεται διὰ τὰς τῶν κατοίκων μιαρὰς ἀσελγείας."2 ὃ καὶ ταχέως ποιήσας ὁ Λὼτ πρὸς τὸ Σιγὼρ ὄρος ἐξέφυγε. κατόπισθεν δὲ βρέξας τὸ πῦρ ὁ κύριος, κατεκαύθησαν ἅπαντες κατὰ τὴν τῶν ἀγγέλων πρόρρησιν. ἡ δὲ γυνὴ τοῦ Λώτ, οἷα γυνὴ οὖσα καὶ πρὸς τὴν πρόσταξιν τῶν ἀγγέλων μὴ δειλιάσασα, καὶ στραφεῖσα τὸ γεγονὸς ἰδεῖν, εὐθὺς ἀπελιθώθη καὶ ὡς στήλη ἐγεγόνει ἁλός. αἱ δὲ θυγατέρες τοῦ Λὼτ νομίσασαι ὅτι ὁ κόσμος ἅπας ἤδη ἀπώλετο καὶ σπέρμα ταύταις οὐκέτι γενήσεται, ἐμέθυσαν τὸν πατέρα αὑτῶν οἴνῳ, καὶ συνουσιάσθη αὐταῖς, μὴ εἰδὼς ἐκ τῆς μέθης τὸ γεγονὸς παρ' αὐτοῦ. τουτο γοῦν γνωρίσας ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὁ θεῖος αὐτοῦ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ λυπηθεὶς ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὰ μέρη τοῦ ποταμοῦ Νείλου, ἐπαίρειν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὡς δῆθεν δαλοὺς τρεῖς, τῇ δ' ἀληθείᾳ ἵνα θηριόβρωτος γένηται, καὶ ἐξιλεώσας τὸ ἁμάρτημα. ὁ δὲ Λὼτ ταχυδρομήσας οἰκονομίᾳ θεοῦ προσήνεγκε τῷ Ἀβραὰμ δαλοὺς τρεῖς, ηγουν ἐκ κυπαρίσσου, ἐκ πεύκης καὶ εκ κέδρου. καὶ θαυμάσας ὁ Ἀβραὰμ ὅτι διεσώθη ἐκ τῶν θηρίων 255 ἀλώβητος, ἐδόξασε τὸν θεόν. ἀνελθόντες δὲ ἀμφότεροι μετὰ τῶν δαλῶν εἰς τὸ ὄρος, ἔπηξεν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ πέτραν ὁ Ἀβραὰμ χωρὶς ἀπ' ἀλλήλων, πλησίον δέ, ὡς φέροντας σχῆμα τρίγωνον. προσέταξε δὲ τῷ Λὼτ ἀπέρχεσθαι, καὶ ἀντλεῖν ὕδωρ ἐκ τοῦ Ιορδάνου, καὶ ποτίζειν αὐτὰ καθ' ἡμέραν· ὃ δὴ καὶ ἐποίει. ἀπεῖχε δὲ τὸ ὄρος ἐκ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ὡσεὶ μίλια κδʹ. ἐντὸς δὲ μηνῶν τριῶν ἐβλάστησαν οἱ δαλοί. καὶ κατελθὼν ὁ Λὼτ ἐξεῖπε τοῦτο τῷ Ἀβραάμ. καὶ ἀνελθόντες ἰδεῖν τὸ γεγονός, εὕροσαν ὅτι ἡνώθησαν οἱ τρεῖς δαλοὶ καὶ εἰς ἓν ἐγεγόνεισαν, αἱ ῥίζαι δὲ μόνον ἐναπελείφθησαν, ὡς καὶ ἐφυτεύθησαν, κεχωρισμέναι. ἰδὼν δὲ Ἀβραὰμ τὸ γεγονὸς ἐν τοῖς ξηροῖς ξύλοις, πεσὼν προσεκύνησε τῷ κυρίῳ, καὶ ειπε "1τοῦτο τὸ ξύλον ἔσται ἁμαρτίας ἀπόφασις."

2 τὸ δὲ ξύλον εἰς μέγα δένδρον ἐγένετο, διαρκέσαν αὐτὸ μέχρι καὶ τῆς βασιλείας Σολομῶντος. ἔλαβε δὲ πληροφορίαν ὁ Ἀβραὰμ περὶ της ἀφέσεως τῆς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ Λώτ. ὅτε δὲ ὁ ναὸς τῶν Ἱεροσολύμων ἐκτίζετο, μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐξεκόπη καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ δένδρον, καὶ πελεκηθὲν ἔκειτο ἀργὸν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ, οἰκονομίᾳ καὶ τοῦτο θεοῦ. ὅτε δὲ ἔμελλε παθεῖν τὸ ὑπὲρ τοῦ κόσμου σωτήριον πάθος ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ θεὸς ἡμῶν, ἐσταυρώθη ἐν αὐτῷ παρὰ τῶν Ἰουδαίων.