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Genesis 42

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1 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πρᾶσις-N3I-NSF ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN ῥᾳθυμέω-V2--PAI2P

2 ἰδού-I ἀκούω-VX--XAI1S ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S σῖτος-N2--NSM ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF καταβαίνω-VZ--AAD2P ἐκεῖ-D καί-C πρίαμαι-VH--AMD2P ἐγώ- P--DP μικρός-A1A-APN βρῶμα-N3M-APN ἵνα-C ζάω-V3--PAI1P καί-C μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS1P

3 καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPM δέκα-M πρίαμαι-VH--AMN σῖτος-N2--ASM ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

4 ὁ- A--ASM δέ-X *βενιαμίν-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀδελφός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S γάρ-X μήποτε-D συνβαίνω-VZ--AAS3S αὐτός- D--DSM μαλακία-N1A-NSF

5 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀγοράζω-V1--PAN μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἔρχομαι-V1--PMPGPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM λιμός-N2--NSM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

6 *ιωσηφ-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἄρχων-N3--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF οὗτος- D--NSM πωλέω-V2I-IAI3S πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

7 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S καί-C ἀλλοτριόω-V4I-IMI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM σκληρός-A1A-APN καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM πόθεν-D ἥκω-V1--PAI2P ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *χανααν-N---GS ἀγοράζω-VA--AAN βρῶμα-N3M-APN

8 ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X οὐ-D ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASM

9 καί-C μιμνήσκω-VSI-API3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--GPN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GPN ὅς- --GPN ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--NSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P κατανοέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APN ἴχνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF χώρα-N1A-GSF ἥκω-V1--PAI2P

10 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D κύριος-N2--VSM ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1P πρίαμαι-VH--AMN βρῶμα-N3M-APN

11 πᾶς-A3--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P υἱός-N2--NPM εἷς-A3--GSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM

12 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D ἀλλά-C ὁ- A--APN ἴχνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἔρχομαι-VAI-AAI2P ὁράω-VB--AAN

13 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δώδεκα-M εἰμί-V9--PAI1P ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS ἀδελφός-N2--NPM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM νέος-A1A-NSMC μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σήμερον-D ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ἕτερος-A1A-NSM οὐ-D ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S

14 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ιωσηφ-N---NSM οὗτος- D--NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --ASN εἶπον-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὅτι-C κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P

15 ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSN φαίνω-VF2-FMI2P νή-X ὁ- A--ASF ὑγίεια-N1A-ASF *φαραώ-N---GSM οὐ-D μή-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2P ἐντεῦθεν-D ἐάν-C μή-D ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM νέος-A1A-NSMC ἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S ὧδε-D

16 ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2P ἐκ-P σύ- P--GP εἷς-A3--ASM καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP σύ- P--NP δέ-X ἀποἄγω-VQ--API2P ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN φανερός-A1A-APN γίγνομαι-VB--AMN ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP εἰ-C ἀληθεύω-V1--PAI2P ἤ-C οὐ-D εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D νή-X ὁ- A--ASF ὑγίεια-N1A-ASF *φαραώ-N---GSM ἦ-D μήν-X κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P

17 καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P φυλακή-N1--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF τρεῖς-A3--APF

18 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF τρίτος-A1--DSF οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VA--AAD2P καί-C ζάω-VF--FMI2P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--NS φοβέω-V2--PMI1S

19 εἰ-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀδελφός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP εἷς-A3--NSM καταἔχω-VC--APD3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF φυλακή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X βαδίζω-VA--AAD2P καί-C ἀποἄγω-VB--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASM ἀγορασμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF σιτοδοσία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP

20 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM νέος-A1A-ASMC ἄγω-VB--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C πιστεύω-VC--FPI3P ὁ- A--NPN ῥῆμα-N3M-NPN σύ- P--GP εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2P ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X οὕτως-D

21 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ναί-I ἐν-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-DSF γάρ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI1P περί-P ὁ- A--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὅτι-C ὑπεὁράω-VBI-AAI1P ὁ- A--ASF θλῖψις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅτε-D καταδέω-V2I-IMI3S ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C οὐ-D εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI1P αὐτός- D--GSM ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSN ἐπιἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP ὁ- A--NSF θλῖψις-N3I-NSF οὗτος- D--NSF

22 ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM μή-D ἀδικέω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--ASN παιδάριον-N2N-ASN καί-C οὐ-D εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI2P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκζητέω-V2--PMI3S

23 αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X οὐ-D οἶδα-VXI-YAI3P ὅτι-C ἀκούω-V1--PAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X ἑρμηνευτής-N1M-NSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S

24 ἀποστρέφω-VD--APPNSM δέ-X ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM κλαίω-VAI-AAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM καί-C πάλιν-D προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *συμεων-N---ASM ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C δέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐναντίον-P αὐτός- D--GPM

25 ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ἐνπίμπλημι-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APN ἀγγεῖον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM σῖτος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ἕκαστος-A1--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM σάκκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C δίδωμι-VO--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM ἐπισιτισμός-N2--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὕτως-D

26 καί-C ἐπιτίθημι-VE--AAPNPM ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ὄνος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκεῖθεν-D

27 λύω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X εἷς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--ASM μάρσιππος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM δίδωμι-VO--AAN χόρτασμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--DPM ὄνος-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM οὗ-D καταλύω-VAI-AAI3P ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM δεσμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐπάνω-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSM μάρσιππος-N2--GSM

28 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποδίδωμι-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSN ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN καί-C ἰδού-I οὗτος- D--NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM μάρσιππος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐκἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ταράσσω-VQI-API3P πρός-P ἀλλήλω- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--DP

29 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X πρός-P *ἰακώβ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *χανααν-N----S καί-C ἀποἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN συνβαίνω-VZ--AAPAPN αὐτός- D--DPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM

30 λαλέω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AP σκληρός-A1A-APN καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐν-P φυλακή-N1--DSF ὡς-C κατασκοπεύω-V1--PAPAPM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

31 εἶπον-VAI-AAI1P δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI1P κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM

32 δώδεκα-M ἀδελφός-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P υἱός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM οὐ-D ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X μικρός-A1A-NSMC μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σήμερον-D ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

33 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSN γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀδελφός-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM ἀποἵημι-VB--AAD2P ὧδε-D μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM δέ-X ἀγορασμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF σιτοδοσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNPM ἀποἔρχομαι-VA--AAD2P

34 καί-C ἄγω-VB--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM νέος-A1A-ASMC καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C οὐ-D κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀλλά-C ὅτι-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ἐνπορεύομαι-V1--PMI2P

35 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κατακενόω-V4--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--APM σάκκος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἕκαστος-A1--GSM ὁ- A--NSM δεσμός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM σάκκος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APM δεσμός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GPM αὐτός- D--NPM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C φοβέω-VCI-API3P

36 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐγώ- P--AS ἀτεκνόω-VAI-AAI2P *ιωσηφ-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S *συμεων-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *βενιαμίν-N---ASM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2P ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πᾶς-A3--NPN οὗτος- D--NPN

37 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--APM δύο-M υἱός-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAD2S ἐάν-C μή-D ἄγω-VB--AAS1S αὐτός- D--ASM πρός-P σύ- P--AS δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS ἀναἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM πρός-P σύ- P--AS

38 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D καταβαίνω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--GP ὅτι-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM μόνος-A1--NSM καταλείπω-VP--XMI3S καί-C συνβαίνω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--ASM μαλακίζομαι-VS--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X πορεύομαι-V1--PMS2P καί-C καταἄγω-VF--FAI2P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN γῆρας-N3--ASN μετά-P λύπη-N1--GSF εἰς-P ᾅδης-N1M-GSM

   

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5223. 'And he sent and called all the magi of Egypt, and its wise men means in consulting factual knowledge, interior as well as exterior. This is clear from the meaning of 'the magi' in the good sense as interior factual knowledge, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'wise men' as exterior factual knowledge, also dealt with below. The reason 'the magi and wise men of Egypt' means factual knowledge is that Egypt had been one of the kingdoms where the representative Ancient Church existed, 1278, 2385. But in Egypt the facts known to that Church were the particular objects of care and attention, being knowledge about correspondences, representatives, and meaningful signs. For that knowledge was used to explain what had been written in the books of the Church, and to explain the things that were done in their sacred worship, 4749, 4964, 4966. This was how it came about that 'Egypt' meant factual knowledge in general, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, as did 'Pharaoh' its king too. The leading people among them who were well-versed in and imparted that knowledge were called magi and wise men. The magi were those well-versed in mystical knowledge, the wise men those well-versed in non-mystical, so that the facts known to the magi were interior ones, while those known to the wise men were exterior. This explains why such factual knowledge is meant in the Word by those two kinds of men. But after they began to misuse the Church's interior factual knowledge and to turn it into magic, Egypt', and likewise 'the magi of Egypt and its wise men', began to mean factual knowledge that led to perversions.

[2] The magi in those times had a knowledge of the kinds of things that belong to the spiritual world, and in their teaching about these they employed the correspondences and the representatives known to the Church. For this reason many of those magi also communicated with spirits and learned the arts of illusion which they used to perform miracles that involved magic. But those who were called the wise men had no interest in anything like this. Instead they provided the answers to hard questions and taught about the causes lying behind natural things. It was primarily in arts such as these that the wisdom of those times consisted, and the ability to practise them was called wisdom. This becomes clear from what is recorded about Solomon in the first Book of Kings,

Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east, and all the wisdom of the Egyptians, so much so that he was wiser than all people - than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were one thousand and five. In addition he spoke about trees, from the cedars which are in Lebanon even to the hyssop which comes out of the wall. He also spoke about beasts, and about birds, and about creeping things, and about fish. Therefore they came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth who had heard about his wisdom. 1 Kings 4:30-34.

Also there is what is recorded about the queen of Sheba in the same book,

She came to test him with hard questions; and Solomon gave her an explanation for every matter she mentioned. 1 There was not a matter 2 hidden from the king for which he could not give her an explanation. 1 Kings 10:1 and following verses.

[3] From this one may see what was described in those times as wisdom and who exactly those people were who were called wise men, not only in Egypt but also elsewhere - in Syria, Arabia, and Babel. But in the internal sense 'the wisdom of Egypt' means nothing else than knowledge about natural things, while 'that of the magi' means knowledge about spiritual realities, so that exterior factual knowledge is meant by 'the wise men', and interior factual knowledge by 'the magi', 'Egypt' meaning knowledge in general, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1462, 4749, 4964, 4966.

Egypt and its wise men had no other meaning in Isaiah,

The princes of Zoan are foolish, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How does one say to Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of the kings of old? Where are your wise men now? Isaiah 19:11-12.

[4] The fact that the term 'magi' was applied to those who had a knowledge of spiritual realities, and who also for that reason received revelations, is clear from the magi who came from the east to Jerusalem, asking where the King of the Jews was to be born and saying that they had seen His star in the east and had come to worship Him, Matthew 2:1-2. The same is also clear from Daniel, who is called the chief of the magi in Daniel 4:9. And in another place,

The queen said to King Belshazzar, There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. And in the days of your father, light and intelligence and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him. Therefore King Nebuchadnezzar your father set him up as chief of the magi, diviners, Chaldeans, and determiners. Daniel 5:11.

And in yet another place,

Among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; for when they were to stand before the king, every matter of wisdom [and] understanding which the king asked of them exceeded ten times [that of] all the magi, the diviners who were in his kingdom. Daniel 1:19-20.

[5] It is well known that in the contrary sense 'magi' 3 is used to mean those who pervert spiritual realities and thereby practise magic, like those mentioned in Exodus 7:9-12; 8:7, 19; 9:11. For magic is nothing else than a perversion, being the perverted use of those kinds of things that constitute true order in the spiritual world, a perverted use that gives rise to magic. But at the present day such magic is called natural, for the reason that no recognition exists any longer of anything above or beyond the natural order. People refuse to accept the existence of anything spiritual unless one means by this an interior dimension of what is natural.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, all her words

2. literally, word

3. The same Latin noun magus describes a wise man or philosopher in a good sense, but a magician in a bad sense.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.