כִּ֡י מְעַט֩ אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֨ה לְךָ֤ לְפָנַי֙ וַיִּפְרֹ֣ץ לָרֹ֔ב וַיְבָ֧רֶךְ יְהוָ֛ה אֹתְךָ֖ לְרַגְלִ֑י וְעַתָּ֗ה מָתַ֛י אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה גַם־אָנֹכִ֖י לְבֵיתִֽי׃
Sapagkat kakaunti ang mayroon ka bago ako dumating, ngunit lumago ito nang napakarami, at pinagpala ka ng Walang-Hanggan dahil sa aking pagdating. At ngayon, kailan naman ako gagawa para sa sarili kong sambahayan?”
On the Migration of Abraham
[214] But as for Jacob himself, when at last he has been perfected, he quits, as we shall find, the dwelling-place of the senses, and founds that of the soul in the true sense of the word, the dwelling-place which he pictures to himself while still immersed in his toils and exercises; for he says, “When shall I also make for myself a dwelling-place?” (Gen. 30:30). When shall I, looking beyond things perceived and the senses which perceive them, inhabit mind and understanding, educated in and associating with matters which form reason’s contemplation, even as souls do that are in quest of things out of sight?