De Somniis (lib. i-ii)

for it is said in them, where the words are put into the mouth of God, "I stand here and there, before you were dwelling upon the rock," [*](Exodus xvii. 6. ) which is an expression equivalent to, Thus am I who am visible to you, and am here: and I am there and everywhere, filling all places, standing and abiding in the same condition, being unchangeable, before you or any one of the objects of creation had any existence, being beheld upon the highest and most ancient authority of power, from which the creation of all existing things was shed forth, and the stream of wisdom flowed;

"for I am he who brought the stream of water out of the solid rock," [*](Deut. viii. 15. ) is said in another place. And Moses also bears witness to the [*](Genesis xli. 17. ) [*](Exodus xvii. 6. ) [*](Deut. viii. 15. )