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1 Postquam vero nonaginta et novem annorum esse cœperat, apparuit ei Dominus, dixitque ad eum : Ego Deus omnipotens : ambula coram me, et esto perfectus.

2 Ponamque fœdus meum inter me et te, et multiplicabo te vehementer nimis.

3 Cecidit Abram pronus in faciem.

4 Dixitque ei Deus : Ego sum, et pactum meum tecum, erisque pater multarum gentium.

5 Nec ultra vocabitur nomen tuum Abram, sed appellaberis Abraham : quia patrem multarum gentium constitui te.

6 Faciamque te crescere vehementissime, et ponam te in gentibus, regesque ex te egredientur.

7 Et statuam pactum meum inter me et te, et inter semen tuum post te in generationibus suis, fœdere sempiterno : ut sim Deus tuus, et seminis tui post te.

8 Daboque tibi et semini tuo terram peregrinationis tuæ, omnem terram Chanaan in possessionem æternam, eroque Deus eorum.

9 Dixit iterum Deus ad Abraham : Et tu ergo custodies pactum meum, et semen tuum post te in generationibus suis.

10 Hoc est pactum meum quod observabitis inter me et vos, et semen tuum post te : circumcidetur ex vobis omne masculinum :

11 et circumcidetis carnem præputii vestri, ut sit in signum fœderis inter me et vos.

12 Infans octo dierum circumcidetur in vobis, omne masculinum in generationibus vestris : tam vernaculus, quam emptitius circumcidetur, et quicumque non fuerit de stirpe vestra :

13 eritque pactum meum in carne vestra in fœdus æternum.

14 Masculus, cujus præputii caro circumcisa non fuerit, delebitur anima illa de populo suo : quia pactum meum irritum fecit.

15 Dixit quoque Deus ad Abraham : Sarai uxorem tuam non vocabis Sarai, sed Saram.

16 Et benedicam ei, et ex illa dabo tibi filium cui benedicturus sum : eritque in nationes, et reges populorum orientur ex eo.

17 Cecidit Abraham in faciem suam, et risit, dicens in corde suo : Putasne centenario nascetur filius ? et Sara nonagenaria pariet ?

18 Dixitque ad Deum : Utinam Ismaël vivat coram te.

19 Et ait Deus ad Abraham : Sara uxor tua pariet tibi filium, vocabisque nomen ejus Isaac, et constituam pactum meum illi in fœdus sempiternum, et semini ejus post eum.

20 Super Ismaël quoque exaudivi te : ecce, benedicam ei, et augebo, et multiplicabo eum valde : duodecim duces generabit, et faciam illum in gentem magnam.

21 Pactum vero meum statuam ad Isaac, quem pariet tibi Sara tempore isto in anno altero.

22 Cumque finitus esset sermo loquentis cum eo, ascendit Deus ab Abraham.

23 Tulit autem Abraham Ismaël filium suum, et omnes vernaculos domus suæ, universosque quos emerat, cunctos mares ex omnibus viris domus suæ : et circumcidit carnem præputii eorum statim in ipsa die, sicut præceperat ei Deus.

24 Abraham nonaginta et novem erat annorum quando circumcidit carnem præputii sui.

25 Et Ismaël filius tredecim annos impleverat tempore circumcisionis suæ.

26 Eadem die circumcisus est Abraham et Ismaël filius ejus :

27 et omnes viri domus illius, tam vernaculi, quam emptitii et alienigenæ pariter circumcisi sunt.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2081

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2081. ‘Vere Sarah uxor tua’: quod significet Divinum Verum conjunctum Bono, constat a repraesentatione et inde significatione ‘Sarah’ quod sit Divinum Verum conjunctum Bono, de qua supra n. 2063.

  
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This is the Third Latin Edition, published by the Swedenborg Society, in London, between 1949 and 1973.

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Wife

  

The Hebrew of the Old Testament has six different common words which are generally translated as "wife," which largely overlap but have different nuances. Swedenborg uses two different Latin words, which largely overlap but have different nuances. Meanwhile, "wife" is often paired with "man" or "husband," which are also catch-all translations for a basket of Hebrew and Latin terms. So it's hard to pin down one universal meaning for "wife"; context and subject matter have a large effect.

In general, though, marriage in the Bible represents the union we all seek between our hearts and our minds. If we know what is right and pursue it faithfully, the Lord will ultimately help us love doing what is good, and the two aspects of ourselves will be unified. On a higher level, marriage represents the union we can have with the Lord, both individually and collectively as a church. As an intrinsic part of the marriage, the wife plays a key role in that meaning. But that meaning is different depending on what is being described.

If the marriage is describing a person who is spiritual in nature – "spiritual" being the second degree of heavenly life, in which people are led by intellect and knowledge with the desire for good following – the wife represents the desire for good, the affections that drive the person. If the marriage is describing someone who is celestial in nature – "celestial" being the highest degree of heavenly life, in which people are led from love, with the intellect and ideas following – the wife represents the true ideas held by the person or church. If the marriage is describing the union between the Lord and the church, the wife represents the church.

In a way, these are symbolic meanings that actually have little to do with gender. When "wife" describes a church, obviously that church can include both male and female people. When "wife" describes an aspect of a person, that person can obviously be either male or female.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 915, 1468, 1904 [1-2], 3246 [3-4], 3398, 4823 [2])

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