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1 Mose 2

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1 So wurden vollendet der Himmel und die Erde und all ihr Heer.

2 Und Gott hatte am siebten Tage sein Werk vollendet, (Eig. vollendete… sein Werk) das er gemacht hatte; und er ruhte am siebten Tage von all seinem Werk, das er gemacht hatte.

3 Und Gott segnete den siebten Tag und heiligte ihn; denn an demselben ruhte er von all seinem Werk, das Gott geschaffen hatte, indem er es machte.

4 Dies ist die Geschichte (Eig. sind die Erzeugungen, Geschlechter; so auch Kap. 6,9;37,2) des Himmels und der Erde, als sie geschaffen wurden, an dem Tage, da Jehova Gott Erde und Himmel machte,

5 und ehe alles Gesträuch des Feldes auf der Erde war, und ehe alles Kraut des Feldes sproßte; denn Jehova Gott hatte nicht regnen lassen auf die Erde, und kein Mensch war da, um den Erdboden zu bebauen.

6 Ein Dunst aber stieg auf von der Erde und befeuchtete die ganze Oberfläche des Erdbodens.

7 Und Jehova Gott bildete den Menschen, Staub von dem Erdboden, und hauchte in seine Nase den Odem des Lebens; und der Mensch wurde eine lebendige Seele.

8 Und Jehova Gott pflanzte einen Garten in Eden (Wonne, Lieblichkeit) gegen Osten, und er setzte dorthin den Menschen, den er gebildet hatte.

9 Und Jehova Gott ließ aus dem Erdboden allerlei Bäume wachsen, lieblich anzusehen und gut zur Speise; und den Baum des Lebens in der Mitte des Gartens, und den Baum der Erkenntnis des Guten und Bösen.

10 Und ein Strom ging aus von Eden, den Garten zu bewässern; und von dort aus teilte er sich und wurde zu vier Flüssen. (W. Häuptern, d. i. Flußanfängen)

11 Der Name des ersten ist Pison; dieser ist es, der das ganze Land Hawila umfließt, wo das Gold ist;

12 und das Gold dieses Landes ist gut; daselbst ist das Bdellion (Hebr. Bedolach; ein durchsichtiges, wohlriechendes Harz) und der Stein Onyx. (O. Beryll)

13 Und der Name des zweiten Flusses: Gihon; dieser ist es, der das ganze Land Kusch umfließt.

14 Und der Name des dritten Flusses: Hiddekel; (der Tigris) dieser ist es, der vor Assyrien fließt. Und der vierte Fluß, das ist der Phrath. (der Euphrath)

15 Und Jehova Gott nahm den Menschen und setzte ihn in den Garten Eden, ihn zu bebauen und ihn zu bewahren.

16 Und Jehova Gott gebot dem Menschen und sprach: Von jedem Baume des Gartens darfst du nach Belieben essen;

17 aber von dem Baume der Erkenntnis des Guten und Bösen, davon sollst du nicht essen; denn welches Tages du davon issest, wirst du gewißlich sterben.

18 Und Jehova Gott sprach: Es ist nicht gut, daß der Mensch allein sei; ich will ihm eine Hülfe machen, seines Gleichen. (Eig. ihm entsprechend)

19 Und Jehova Gott bildete aus dem Erdboden alles Getier des Feldes und alles Gevögel des Himmels, und er brachte sie zu dem Menschen, um zu sehen, wie er sie nennen würde; und wie irgend der Mensch ein lebendiges Wesen nennen würde, so sollte sein Name sein.

20 Und der Mensch gab Namen allem Vieh und dem Gevögel des Himmels und allem Getier des Feldes. Aber für Adam fand er keine Hülfe seines Gleichen.

21 Und Jehova Gott ließ einen tiefen Schlaf auf den Menschen fallen, und er entschlief. Und er nahm eine von seinen ippen und verschloß ihre Stelle mit Fleisch;

22 und Jehova Gott baute aus der ippe, die er von dem Menschen genommen hatte, ein Weib, (dasselbe Wort wie Männin in v 23; so auch v 24 und später) und er brachte sie zu dem Menschen.

23 Und der Mensch sprach: Diese ist einmal Gebein von meinen Gebeinen und Fleisch von meinem Fleische; diese soll Männin heißen, denn vom Manne ist diese genommen.

24 Darum wird ein Mann seinen Vater und seine Mutter verlassen und seinem Weibe anhangen, und sie werden ein (Eig. zu einem) Fleisch sein.

25 Und sie waren beide nackt, der Mensch und sein Weib, und sie schämten sich nicht.

   

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Dust

  

Dust, in Ezekiel 26:12, signifies the lowest things which are of the sensual principle of man. They can be either good or bad, depending on the context.

In Isaiah 40:12, the dust signifies exterior or natural truths and goods of heaven and the church.

In Genesis 2:7, the dust is good, and we see some interesting nuances:

First, there's this: 'To form the man, dust from the ground' is to form his external man, which had not previously been man... (Arcana Coelestia 94)

Here, this formation of our external body and mind is a precursor, setting the stage for God to "breathe into our nostrils".

In Arcana Coelestia 1610, we find this passage, where again, dust has a good signification:

'Dust of the earth' has regard to those things that are celestial, for, as shown already, 'the earth' means the celestial aspect of love; 'dust of the sea' has regard to those things that are spiritual, for 'the sea', as has also been shown, means the spiritual aspect of love; while 'as the stars of heaven' means both but in a higher degree. And because these things cannot be numbered they therefore became common expressions to describe growth and multiplication beyond measure.

Then, in Arcana Coelestia 3707, these ideas get pulled together:

The reason the dust of the earth symbolizes goodness is that the earth, [or land,] symbolizes the Lord’s kingdom and therefore goodness, as shown just above in §3705. The dust of that land, then, means goodness, but earthly goodness, since the land symbolizes what is lowest in the Lord’s kingdom....

But there are bad connotations, too. In Micah 7:14-17, licking dust symbolizes being only sensual - bodily and external, worldly, and selfish. It's much the same in Psalms 72:9, where "Barbarians will bow down before God, and His enemies lick the dust...". See Arcana Coelestia 249, 3413 for interesting explanations of this.

(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 1145)


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Arcana Coelestia # 3705

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3705. 'The land on which you are lying I will give to you' means that the good on which the Natural rested was His own in origin. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' here as the good of the natural, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'on which you are lying' as on which it rested; and from the meaning of 'giving it to you' as His own in origin, also dealt with below. The reason 'the land' means the good of the natural, which Jacob will represent from now on, is that 'the land of Canaan' means the Lord's kingdom, 1413, 1437, 1585, 1607, 1866. And since it means the Lord's kingdom it also means in the highest sense the Lord, 3038 - for the Lord is the All in all of His kingdom, and anything there which does not originate in Him and have regard to Him is not part of His kingdom. The Lord's kingdom is also meant in the Word by 'heaven and earth', 1 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), though in this case the interior of that kingdom is meant by 'heaven' and the exterior by 'earth', 82, 1411, 1733, 3355 (end). Consequently 'heaven' in the highest sense means the Lord as regards His Divine Rational and 'earth' as regards His Divine Natural. Here therefore 'the land on which you are lying' means the Good of the Natural on which the Natural, represented by 'Jacob', rested. For 'Jacob' represents the Lord's Divine Natural, as stated many times above.

[2] Furthermore the word 'land' has various meanings, see 620, 636, 1066, 2571, 3368, 3379, the reason being that Canaan, which is called the Holy Land, means the Lord's kingdom in general; and when 'heaven' is mentioned together with 'earth', 'heaven' in that case means, as has been stated, that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior. This being so it also means the Lord's kingdom on earth, that is, the Church; and having that meaning, it also means a person who is the Lord's kingdom or who is the Church. With that person 'heaven' accordingly means that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior; or what amounts to the same, 'heaven' is the rational and 'earth' the natural since the rational exists more interiorly with man and the natural more exteriorly. And since 'land' [or 'earth'] has all these meanings it also means that which a person puts into effect - namely the good of love which he receives from the Divine - so that he may become the Lord's kingdom. From this it is evident in what way the meaning of 'land' in the Word varies.

[3] 'I will give to you' means that in origin it was His own. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'giving' in the Word when used in reference to the Lord, for as shown just above, the Lord is Divine Good and also Divine Truth, the former being called 'the Father' and the latter 'the Son'. Now because Divine Good is His and consequently that which is His own, it follows that 'giving to you', when spoken by Jehovah and used in reference to the Lord, means that which was His own in origin. From this one may see what is meant in the internal sense by the Lord's frequent reference to the Father's having given to Him - that is to say, to Himself, the Lord - as in John,

Father, glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him power over all flesh, in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. I have glorified You on earth; I have accomplished the work which You gave Me to do. I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; Yours they were, and You gave them to Me. Now they know that everything which You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them. I am praying for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours; for all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine. John 17:1-2, 4, 6-10.

Each reference here to the Father's giving means originating in the Divine Good that was His, and so in that which was His own.

[4] From this one may see how great an arcanum lies within the particular words spoken by the Lord, and also how greatly different the sense of the letter is from the internal sense, and more so from the highest sense. The Lord spoke in this fashion in order that mankind which at that time had no knowledge at all of any Divine truth might nevertheless be enabled in its own way to grasp and so accept the Word, while angels did so in theirs, for the angels knew that Jehovah and He were one and that the Father was Divine Good. For this reason also they knew that when He spoke of the Father giving to Him He would be giving to Himself and so drawing on what was His own.

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