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Genesis 47

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1 ἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ἀποἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPN κτῆνος-N3E-NPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPM βοῦς-N3--NPM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN αὐτός- D--GPM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *χανααν-N---GS καί-C ἰδού-I εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *γεσεμ-N----S

2 ἀπό-P δέ-X ὁ- A--GPM ἀδελφός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM παραλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S πέντε-M ἀνήρ-N3--APM καί-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐναντίον-P *φαραώ-N---GSM

3 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *φαραώ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM τίς- I--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἔργον-N2N-NSN σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM ποιμήν-N3--NPM πρόβατον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἐγώ- P--NP καί-C ὁ- A--NPM πατήρ-N3--NPM ἐγώ- P--GP

4 εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM παραοἰκέω-V2--PAN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ἥκω-V1--PAI1P οὐ-D γάρ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI3S νομή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--DPN κτῆνος-N3E-DPN ὁ- A--GPM παῖς-N3D-GPM σύ- P--GS ἐνἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM λιμός-N2--NSM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S νῦν-D οὖν-X καταοἰκέω-VF--FAI1P ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *γεσεμ-N----S

5 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *φαραώ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ιωσφη-N---DSM καταοἰκέω-VA--AAD3P ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *γεσεμ-N----S εἰ-C δέ-X ἐπίσταμαι-V6--PMI2S ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM δυνατός-A1--NPM καταἵστημι-VA--AAD2S αὐτός- D--APM ἄρχων-N3--APM ὁ- A--GPN ἐμός-A1--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X εἰς-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--ASF πρός-P *ιωσηφ-N---ASM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S *φαραώ-N---NSM βασιλεύς-N3V-NSM *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *φαραώ-N---NSM πρός-P *ιωσηφ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM σύ- P--GS ἥκω-V1--PAI3P πρός-P σύ- P--AS

6 ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF βελτίων-A1--DSFS γῆ-N1--DSF καταοἰκίζω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM σύ- P--GS

7 εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM *ἰακώβ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐναντίον-P *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C εὐλογέω-VA--AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASM *φαραώ-N---ASM

8 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *φαραώ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM πόσος-A1A-NPN ἔτος-N3E-NPN ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF σύ- P--GS

9 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ὁ- A--GPN ἔτος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --APF παραοἰκέω-V2--PAI1S ἑκατόν-M τριάκοντα-M ἔτος-N3E-NPN μικρός-A1A-NPF καί-C πονηρός-A1A-NPF γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3P ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ὁ- A--GPN ἔτος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS οὐ-D ἀποἱκνέομαι-VBI-AMI3P εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ὁ- A--GPN ἔτος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPM πατήρ-N3--GPM ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --APF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF παραοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3P

10 καί-C εὐλογέω-VA--AAPNSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASM *φαραώ-N---ASM ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM

11 καί-C καταοἰκίζω-VAI-AAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM κατάσχεσις-N3I-ASF ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF βελτίων-A1--DSFS γῆ-N1--DSF ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *ραμεσση-N----SF καθά-D προςτάσσω-VAI-AAI3S *φαραώ-N---NSM

12 καί-C σιτομετρέω-V2I-IAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM σῖτος-N2--ASM κατά-P σῶμα-N3M-ASN

13 σῖτος-N2--NSM δέ-X οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ἐνἰσχύω-VAI-AAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM λιμός-N2--NSM σφόδρα-D ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF *χανααν-N----S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM λιμός-N2--GSM

14 συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--ASN εὑρίσκω-VC--APPASN ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S ὁ- A--GSM σῖτος-N2--GSM ὅς- --GSM ἀγοράζω-V1I-IAI3P καί-C σιτομετρέω-V2I-IAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C εἰςφέρω-VAI-AAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM *φαραώ-N---GSM

15 καί-C ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *χανααν-N---GS ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--NPM πρός-P *ιωσηφ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DP ἄρτος-N2--APM καί-C ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN ἀποθνήσκω-V1--PAI1P ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS ἐκλείπω-VX--XAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSN ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN ἐγώ- P--GP

16 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ιωσηφ-N---NSM φέρω-V1--PAD2P ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN σύ- P--GP καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP ἄρτος-N2--APM ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN σύ- P--GP εἰ-C ἐκλείπω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN

17 ἄγω-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN πρός-P *ιωσηφ-N---ASM καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ἄρτος-N2--APM ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GPM ἵππος-N2--GPM καί-C ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN καί-C ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GPM βοῦς-N3--GPM καί-C ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GPM ὄνος-N2--GPM καί-C ἐκτρέφω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P ἄρτος-N2--DPM ἀντί-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--DSM ἐκεῖνος- D--DSM

18 ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSN ἔτος-N3E-NSN ἐκεῖνος- D--NSN καί-C ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ὁ- A--DSN δεύτερος-A1A-DSN καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM μήποτε-D ἐκτρίβω-VD--APS1P ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP εἰ-C γάρ-X ἐκλείπω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSN ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN καί-C ὁ- A--NPN ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAPNPN καί-C ὁ- A--NPN κτῆνος-N3E-NPN πρός-P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM καί-C οὐ-D ὑπολείπω-V1--PPI3S ἐγώ- P--DP ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ἀλλά-C ἤ-C ὁ- A--NSN ἴδιος-A1A-NSN σῶμα-N3M-NSN καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GP

19 ἵνα-C οὖν-X μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS1P ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἐρημόω-VC--APS3S κτάομαι-VA--AMD2S ἐγώ- P--AP καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GP ἀντί-P ἄρτος-N2--GPM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI1P ἐγώ- P--NP καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GP παῖς-N3D-NPM *φαραώ-N---GSM δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S σπέρμα-N3M-ASN ἵνα-C σπείρω-VA--AAS1P καί-C ζάω-V3--PAI1P καί-C μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS1P καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF οὐ-D ἐρημόω-VC--FPI3S

20 καί-C κτάομαι-VAI-AMI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--GPM ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI3P γάρ-X ὁ- A--NPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--NPM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM ἐπικρατέω-VAI-AAI3S γάρ-X αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--NSM λιμός-N2--NSM καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF *φαραώ-N---DSM

21 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM λαός-N2--ASM καταδουλόω-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM εἰς-P παῖς-N3D-APM ἀπό-P ἄκρος-A1A-GPN ὅριον-N2N-GPN *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἕως-P ὁ- A--GPN ἄκρος-A1A-GPN

22 χωρίς-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPM ἱερεύς-N3V-GPM μόνον-D οὐ-D κτάομαι-VAI-AMI3S οὗτος- D--ASF *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ἐν-P δόσις-N3I-DSF γάρ-X δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S δόμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DPM ἱερεύς-N3V-DPM *φαραώ-N---GSM καί-C ἐσθίω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--ASF δόσις-N3I-ASF ὅς- --ASF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *φαραώ-N---NSM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN οὐ-D ἀποδίδωμι-VOI-AMI3P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM

23 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM *αἰγύπτιος-N2--DPM ἰδού-I κτάομαι-VM--XMI1S σύ- P--AP καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF σύ- P--GP σήμερον-D ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DPM σπέρμα-N3M-ASN καί-C σπείρω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

24 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NPN γένημα-N3M-NPN αὐτός- D--GSF δίδωμι-VF--FAI2P ὁ- A--ASN πέμπτος-A1--ASN μέρος-N3E-ASN ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM ὁ- A--NPN δέ-X τέσσαρες-A3--NPN μέρος-N3E-NPN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DP αὐτός- D--DPM εἰς-P σπέρμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF καί-C εἰς-P βρῶσις-N3I-ASF σύ- P--DP καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPM ὁ- A--DPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM οἶκος-N2--DPM σύ- P--GP

25 καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P σώζω-VX--XAI2S ἐγώ- P--AP εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI1P χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GSM κύριος-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI1P παῖς-N3D-NPM *φαραώ-N---GSM

26 καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *ιωσηφ-N---NSM εἰς-P πρόσταγμα-N3M-ASN ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF οὗτος- D--GSF ἐπί-P γῆ-N1--ASF *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM ἀποπεμπτόω-V4--PAPNSM χωρίς-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPM ἱερεύς-N3V-GPM μόνον-D οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *φαραώ-N---DSM

27 καταοἰκέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF *γεσεμ-N----S καί-C κληρονομέω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C αὐξάνω-VCI-API3P καί-C πληθύνω-VCI-API3P σφόδρα-D

28 ἐπιζάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF δέκα-M ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἑκατόν-M τεσσαράκοντα-M ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN

29 ἐγγίζω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSN ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAN καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM εἰ-C εὑρίσκω-VX--XAI1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS ὑποτίθημι-VE--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF σύ- P--GS ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASM μηρός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS ἐλεημοσύνη-N1--ASF καί-C ἀλήθεια-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--GSN μή-D ἐγώ- P--AS θάπτω-VA--AAN ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF

30 ἀλλά-C κοιμάω-VC--FPI1S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM πατήρ-N3--GPM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C αἴρω-VF2-FAI2S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF καί-C θάπτω-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--AS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τάφος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-VA--AAS1S κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS

31 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὄμνυμι-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C ὄμνυμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰσραήλ-N---NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN ἄκρος-A1A-ASN ὁ- A--GSF ῥάβδος-N2--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6160

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6160. 'And for food for your young children' means in those things that are forms of innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'food' as the good of truth, as immediately above in 6159; and from the meaning of 'young children' as innocence, dealt with in 430, 3183, 5608.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 3183

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3183. 'And her nurse' means from the innocence belonging to that affection, that is to say, which also they sent away, or separated from themselves. This is clear from the meaning of 'a nurse' or wet nurse, as innocence. Sucklings and those who suckle them are mentioned frequently in the Word, where they mean the first state that young children pass through, which is plainly a state of innocence. For as soon as anyone is born he is brought into a state of innocence. This state then serves as the basis of all other states and is the inner core of them all; and this state is meant in the Word by 'a suckling'. After he has been brought into a state of innocence he is led into a state of affection for celestial good, that is, into a state of love towards parents, which with them exists in place of love to the Lord; this state is meant by 'a young child'. After that he is led into a state of affection for spiritual good, which is mutual love, or charity towards those who are children like himself, which state is meant by the expression 'boys'. When he grows up further still he is led into a state of affection for truth; this is meant by the expression 'young men'. Subsequent states however are meant by 'men' and at last 'old men'. This final state, which is meant by the expression 'old men', is a state of wisdom which has the innocence of earliest childhood within it, and so the first state and the last are united. And when he is old, being so to speak a small child again yet one who is now wise, that person is led into the Lord's kingdom.

[2] From this it becomes clear that innocence is the first state, which is that of 'a suckling'. A woman who suckles an infant other than her own also means innocence therefore, for the state of giver and receiver, as with the one who acts and the other who is acted upon, is perceived as being similar. The reason why here it is said that they sent away 'the nurse' or wet nurse too is so that the affection for truth might be described, that is to say, that it sprang from innocence; for it is not the affection for truth unless it has innocence within it, 2526, 2780, 3111. Indeed it is by means of innocence that the Lord flows into that affection, doing so together with wisdom since true innocence is wisdom itself, see 2305, 2306; and those who possess it are seen in the eyes of angels as infants or small children, 154, 2306.

[3] That 'a suckling' in the Word means innocence is also evident from other places, as in David,

Out of the mouth of infants and sucklings You have founded strength. Psalms 8:2; Matthew 21:16.

Here 'infants' stands for celestial love, 'sucklings' for innocence. In Jeremiah,

Why are you committing great evil against your own souls, to cut off from you man and woman, infant and suckling from the midst of Judah, so that I cause no remnant to be left to you? Jeremiah 44:7.

Here similarly 'infant and suckling' stands for celestial love and its innocence. When these cease to exist no remnants exist any longer, that is, no good or truth that has been stored away by the Lord in the internal man remains any longer, remnants being good and truth stored away there by Him, see 1906, 2284. For when innocence perishes so do all goods and truths, for innocence comes directly from the Divine Himself, and so is the essential element in them. In the same prophet,

The infant and the suckling faint in the streets of the city. Lamentations 2:11.

Here the meaning is similar. In the same prophet,

The sea monsters give the breast, they suckle their young; the daughter of My people is cruel, the tongue of the suckling has cleaved to the roof of its mouth for thirst; the little children begged for bread, none held it out to them. Lamentations 4:3-4.

Again 'suckling' stands for innocence, 'little children' for affections for good. In Moses,

Outside the sword will bereave - and out of the chambers terror - both young man and virgin, and suckling together with old man. Deuteronomy 32:25.

'The sword will bereave young man, virgin, and suckling together with old man' stands for the fact that falsity will destroy the affection for truth and the affection for good, and also innocence together with wisdom. In Isaiah,

They will bring your sons in their bosom, and your daughters will be carried on their shoulder; and kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your wet nurses. Isaiah 49:22-23.

'Kings as foster fathers' stands for intelligence, 'queens as wet nurses' for wisdom, which, as stated above, is the wisdom that goes with innocence.

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