Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
First father. Adam, (Lyranus) or rather Abraham sinned, by diffidence, (Genesis xv. 8.; St. Jerome) or was formerly an idolater, Josue xxiv. 2. (Genebrard, the year of the world 2049) (St. Augustine, City of God xvi. 12.) (Calmet) (Tirinus)
Teachers. Literally, "interpreters "(Haydock) Moses and Aaron, Numbers xx. 9. (Calmet)
All the patriarchs and teachers sinned, till Christ, the immaculate lamb, appeared. Adam engaged all in guilt. (Worthington)
