Philonis Judaei Paralipomena Armena

where it is hinted that the things said about the created world pertain to the truth itself.

What is, And God made all the green of the field before it was upon the earth; and all hay, before it had sprouted?

II. Decorative initial I It assimilates incorporeal species through these things: because that, before it was, hints at the perfection of every shrub and herb, of seed-bearing plants and trees. But that he says, before it had sprouted upon the earth, he made the green and the hay and the rest, it is clear that he created incorporeal species as indicative (before) according to an intellectual nature; which those things, which are sensible on earth, were about to imitate.

What is, A fountain was ascending from the earth, and was irrigating all the face of the earth?

III. Decorative initial A And how could it be that from one fountain the whole earth was irrigated, not only because of its size, but also because of the unevenness of the mountain and plain site? Lest perhaps, as the horse of the king is said to be the entire power of the cavalry, so the fountain (may be said to be) the entire vein of the earth administering potable water, which gushes forth like a fountain. It is well said, however, that it did not irrigate all (the earth), but its face; just as in a living creature...