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1 Così furono compiuti i cieli e la terra, e tutto l’esercito di quelli.

2 Ora, avendo Iddio compiuta nel settimo giorno l’opera sua, la quale egli avea fatta, si riposò nel settimo giorno da ogni sua opera, che egli avea fatta.

3 E Iddio benedisse il settimo giorno, e lo santificò; perciocchè in esso egli s’era riposato da ogni sua opera ch’egli avea creata, per farla.

4 TALI furono le origini del cielo e della terra, quando quelle cose furono create, nel giorno che il Signore Iddio fece la terra e il cielo;

5 e ogni albero ed arboscello della campagna, avanti che ne fosse alcuno in su la terra; ed ogni erba della campagna, avanti che ne fosse germogliata alcuna; perciocchè il Signore Iddio non avea ancora fatto piovere in su la terra, e non v’era alcun uomo per lavorar la terra.

6 Or un vapore saliva dalla terra, che adacquava tutta la faccia della terra.

7 E il Signore Iddio formò l’uomo del la polvere della terra, e gli alitò nelle nari un fiato vitale; e l’uomo fu fatto anima vivente.

8 Or il Signore Iddio piantò un giardino in Eden, dall’Oriente, e pose quivi l’uomo ch’egli avea formato.

9 E il Signore Iddio fece germogliar dalla terra ogni sorta d’alberi piacevoli a riguardare, e buoni a mangiare; e l’albero della vita, in mezzo del giardino; e l’albero della conoscenza del bene e del male.

10 Ed un fiume usciva di Eden, per adacquare il giardino; e di là si spartiva in quattro capi.

11 Il nome del primo è Pison; questo è quello che circonda tutto il paese di Havila, ove è dell’oro.

12 E l’oro di quel paese è buono; quivi ancora si trovano le perle e la pietra onichina.

13 E il nome del secondo fiume è Ghihon; questo è quello che circonda tutto il paese di Cus.

14 E il nome del terzo fiume è Hiddechel; questo è quello che corre di rincontro all’Assiria. E il quarto fiume è l’Eufrate.

15 Il Signore Iddio adunque prese l’uomo e lo pose nel giardino di Eden, per lavorarlo, e per guardarlo.

16 E il Signore Iddio comandò all’uomo, dicendo: Mangia pur d’ogni albero del giardino.

17 Ma non mangiar dell’albero della conoscenza del bene e del male; perciocchè, nel giorno che tu ne mangerai per certo tu morrai.

18 Il Signore Iddio disse ancora: E’ non è bene che l’uomo sia solo; io gli farò un aiuto convenevole a lui.

19 Or il Signore Iddio, avendo formate della terra tutte le bestie della campagna, e tutti gli uccelli del cielo, li menò ad Adamo, acciocchè vedesse qual nome porrebbe a ciascuno di essi; e che qualunque nome Adamo ponesse a ciascuno animale, esso fosse il suo nome.

20 E Adamo pose nome ad ogni animal domestico, ed agli uccelli del cielo, e ad ogni fiera della campagna; ma non si trovava per Adamo aiuto convenevole a lui.

21 E il Signore Iddio fece cadere un profondo sonno sopra Adamo, onde egli si addormentò; e Iddio prese una delle coste di esso, e saldò la carne nel luogo di quella.

22 E il Signore Iddio fabbricò una donna della costa che egli avea tolta ad Adamo, e la menò ad Adamo.

23 E Adamo disse: A questa volta pure ecco osso delle mie ossa, e carne della mia carne; costei sarà chiamata femmina d’uomo, conciossiachè costei sia stata tolta dall’uomo.

24 Perciò l’uomo lascerà suo padre e sua madre, e si atterrà alla sua moglie, ed essi diverranno una stessa carne.

25 Or amendue, Adamo e la sua moglie, erano ignudi, e non se ne vergognavano.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Arcana Coelestia #9228

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9228. That “seven” signifies an entire period from beginning to end, thus what is full, is evident from many passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

The light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that Jehovah shall bind up the breach of His people (Isaiah 30:26).

The subject here treated of is the salvation of the faithful, and their intelligence and wisdom in the Lord’s kingdom. The “moon” denotes faith from the Lord, thus faith in the Lord; and the “sun,” love from the Lord, thus love to the Lord (see n. 30-38, 1521, 1529, 1531, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4321, 4696, 5377, 7078, 7083, 7171, 8644); “the light of the sun being sevenfold, as the light of seven days” denotes a full state of intelligence and wisdom from love and faith in the Lord.

[2] In Ezekiel:

They that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shield and the buckler, with the bow and with the arrows, and with the handstaff and with the spear; they shall kindle fire with them seven years; so that they shall bring no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; and they shall cleanse the land seven months (Ezekiel 39:9, 12).

The subject here treated of is the destruction of falsity. The “weapons” here enumerated denote the falsities by means of which the evil fight against the truths of the church; “to kindle fire with them seven years” signifies complete destruction through the cupidities of the loves of self and of the world; that “they shall bring no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests” signifies until nothing of good remains, either in the interior or in the exterior man; “to cleanse the land seven months” signifies the complete restoration of good and truth in the church. It has already been shown in many places that “weapons” denote truths fighting against falsities, and in the opposite sense falsities fighting against truths; that “bows with arrows” denote doctrinal things of truth, and in the opposite sense doctrinal things of falsity; that a “handstaff” denotes the power of truth, and in the opposite sense the power of falsity; that “to set on fire and burn” denotes to lay waste through the cupidities of the loves of self and of the world; that “wood out of the field” denotes the interior goods of the church, and “wood out of the forests” the memory-knowledges of good and truth; and that “the land” denotes the church. Everyone can see that other things are here signified than those which appear in the letter, as that they should burn the weapons and kindle a fire with them seven years, and that they should bring no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests. Yet we know that holy and Divine things must be signified, because the Word is holy and from the Divine; but what holy and Divine things are contained in these words cannot possibly be known, unless it is known what is signified by “weapons,” what by “seven years” and by “seven months,” and what by “wood out of the field and wood out of the forests.” It is clear therefore that these prophetic words cannot in the least be apprehended without some acquaintance with the internal sense.

[3] In David:

Seven times a day do I praise Thee, because of the judgments of Thy righteousness (Psalms 119:164).

Render unto our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom (Psalms 79:12).

“Sevenfold” denotes to the full. In like manner in Moses, that they should be “punished sevenfold if they transgressed the commandments and the statutes” (Leviticus 26:18, 21, 24, 28). He who does not know that “seven” signifies an entire period from beginning to end, consequently what is full, must believe that “seven weeks” signify seven periods of time in the following passage in Daniel:

Know thou and perceive that from the going forth of the Word even unto the restoring and building of Jerusalem, even to Messiah the Prince, shall be seven weeks (Daniel 9:25);

but the “seven weeks even to Messiah the Prince,” signify that which is said of the Lord, that He will come “in the fullness of the times,” thus they signify an entire period. From this it is evident that “the seven spirits before the throne of God” (Revelation 1:4); the “book sealed with seven seals” (Revelation 5:1); and the “seven angels having seven vials which are the seven last plagues” (Revelation 15:1, 6-7; 21:9), do not mean seven spirits, nor seven seals, nor seven angels, nor seven vials, nor seven plagues; but all things in fullness. So by “the barren one bearing seven” (1 Samuel 2:5) is not meant seven, but much, even to fullness.

[4] Because “seven” had such a signification, it was therefore ordained that a priest, at his initiation, should “put on the garments seven days” (Exodus 29:30); that “his hands should be filled seven days” (verses 24-35); that “the altar should be sanctified seven days” (verse 37); and that “those who were initiated into the priesthood should not go out from the tent for seven days” (Leviticus 8:33). In like manner, “when the unclean spirit goeth out of a man and returneth with seven others” (Matthew 12:43-45; Luke 11:24-26); “if a brother sin seven times in the day, and seven times turn again, he should be forgiven” (Luke 17:4); and that “the heart of Nebuchadnezzar should be changed from a man’s, and a beast’s heart be given to him, until seven times had passed over him” (Daniel 4:16, 23, 25). From this also it was that Job’s friends “sat down with him upon the earth seven days and seven nights, and spoke nothing unto him” (Job 2:13). (That “seventy” in like manner signifies what is full, see n. 6508; and also a “week,” that is, seven days, n. 2044, 3845.) From all this it can now be seen that by “the eighth day” is signified the beginning of the following state.

  
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1097. And Canaan shall be his servant. That this signifies that such as make worship consist solely in externals are among those who may perform vile services to the men of the church, is evident especially from the representatives in the Jewish Church. In the Jewish Church the internal church was represented by Judah and Israel; by Judah the celestial church, by Israel the spiritual church, and by Jacob the external church. But those who made worship consist solely in externals were represented by the Gentiles, whom they called strangers, and who were their servants, and performed menial services in the church. As in Isaiah:

Strangers shall stand and feed your flock, and the sons of the stranger shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers; but ye shall be called the priests of Jehovah; the ministers of our God shall ye be called; ye shall eat the wealth of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves (Isaiah 61:5-6).

Here celestial men are called the “priests of Jehovah” spiritual men the “ministers of our God;” those who make worship consist solely in externals are called the “sons of the stranger” who should serve in their fields and vineyards.

[2] Again:

The sons of the stranger shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee (Isaiah 60:10), where in like manner their services are mentioned.

In Joshua concerning the Gibeonites:

Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall not be cut off from you a servant, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God; and Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, especially for the altar of Jehovah (Joshua 9:23, 27).It may be seen elsewhere who were represented by the Gibeonites, because of the covenant made with them, in spite of which however they were among those who served in the church. Concerning strangers, a law was delivered, that if they would receive peace and open their gates, they should be tributary and serve (Deuteronomy 20:11; 1 Kings 9:21-22). Everything written in the Word concerning the Jewish Church was representative of the kingdom of the Lord. The kingdom of the Lord is such that everyone in it, whosoever and whatsoever he may be, must perform some use. Nothing but use is regarded by the Lord in His kingdom. Even the infernals must perform some use, but the uses which they perform are most vile. Among those who in the other life perform vile uses are those who have had merely external worship, separated from internal.

[3] Moreover the representatives in the Jewish Church were of such a nature that there was no thought about the person that represented, but only about the thing represented thereby; as for instance in the case of the Jews, who were by no means celestial men, and yet represented them; and Israel again was by no means a spiritual man, yet represented him; and so it was with Jacob and the rest. The same was the case with the kings and priests, by whom was represented the royalty and holiness of the Lord. This is very evident from the use of inanimate things for representation, as Aaron’s garments, the altar itself, the tables for bread, the lamps, the bread and wine, besides oxen, bullocks, goats, sheep, kids, lambs, pigeons, and turtledoves. And because the sons of Judah and Israel only represented the internal and external worship of the Lord’s church, and yet more than others made all worship consist in externals, they above all others may be called “Canaan” according to his signification here.

  
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