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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 # 6098

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6098. And they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers. That this signifies that it has not been uplifted to the state of their life, is evident from the signification of “attaining to,” as here being to be uplifted (of which in what follows) and from the signification of “days” and of “years of life,” as being states of spiritual life (see n. 6093, 6095, 6097). That “attaining to” is here to be uplifted, is because his fathers Isaac and Abraham represented more uplifted, that is, more interior things, than he; for in the supreme sense Abraham represented the Lord’s Divine Itself, Isaac the Lord’s Divine rational, and Jacob His Divine natural. (That Abraham represented the Lord’s Divine Itself, see n. 1965, 1989, 2011, 3245, 3251, 3305, 3439, 3703, 4615; that Isaac represented the Divine rational, n. 1893, 2066, 2072, 2083, 2630, 2774, 3012, 3194, 3210, 4615; and that Jacob represented the Divine natural as to truth and as to good, n. 3305, 3509, 3525, 3546, 3576, 3599, 4286, 4538, 4570, 4615.) Therefore also by Abraham is represented the celestial with man, by Isaac the spiritual, and by Jacob the natural, for the reason that the regeneration of man is an image of the glorification of the Lord (see n. 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402, 5688). From all this it is now plain that by the words “and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers” is signified that it has not been uplifted to the state of their life.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4538

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4538. And God said unto Jacob. That this signifies the perception of natural good, such as Jacob now represents, from the Divine, is evident from the signification in the historicals of the Word of “to say,” as being to perceive (n. 1602, 1791, 1815, 1822, 1898, 1919, 2061, 2080, 2238, 2260, 2619, 2862, 3395, 3509), wherefore that “God said” denotes perception from the Divine; and from the representation of Jacob, who here in the supreme sense is the Lord as to natural good. In the preceding pages it has been shown what Jacob represents in the Word; and as he represents various things, the subject shall be briefly explained.

[2] In the supreme sense Jacob represents in general the Lord’s Divine natural. But as the Lord glorified His natural, it was different in the beginning from what it was in the progression, and at the end. Therefore Jacob represented various things, namely, in the beginning the Lord’s natural as to truth, in the progression the Lord’s natural as to the good of truth, and at the end the Lord’s natural as to good. For the Lord’s glorification proceeded from truth to the good of truth, and finally to good, as has already been frequently shown. Now as this is the end, Jacob represents the Lord as to natural good. (See what has already been shown on these points, namely, that in the supreme sense Jacob represents the Lord’s Divine natural, in the beginning as to truth, n. 3305, 3509, 3525, 3546, 3576, 3599; and in the progression, the Lord’s Divine natural as to the good of truth, n. 3659, 3669, 3677, 4234, 4273, 4337.) The reason why Jacob now represents the Lord’s Divine natural as to good, is that this is the end, as before said.

[3] This was the process when the Lord made His natural Divine, and the process is similar also when the Lord regenerates man; for it pleased the Lord to make His Human Divine in the same order as that in which He makes man new. It is for this reason that it has been repeatedly stated that man’s regeneration is an image of the Lord’s glorification (n. 3138, 3212, 3296, 3490, 4402). When the Lord makes man new He first instructs him in the truths of faith, for without the truths of faith man does not know what the Lord is, what heaven is, and what hell is, nor even that they exist; and still less does he know the innumerable things relating to the Lord, to His kingdom in heaven, and to His kingdom on earth, that is, to the church; neither does he know what and of what nature are the things opposite to these, which relate to hell.

[4] Before he has learned these things, he cannot know what good is, by which is not meant civil good and moral good, for these are learned in the world by means of laws and statutes, and by reflections upon the morals of men, and therefore the nations outside the church also know such things; but by good is meant spiritual good, which good is called in the Word charity; and this good is in general to will and do good to others for no selfish reason, but from the delight of the affection. This good is spiritual good, and to it no man can attain except by means of the truths of faith, which are taught by the Lord by means of the Word and preachings of the Word.

[5] After a man has been instructed in the truths of faith, he is gradually led by the Lord to will the truth, and also from willing to do it. This truth is called the good of truth, for the good of truth is truth in will and act; and it is called the good of truth because the truth which has been of doctrine then becomes of the life. At last, when the man perceives delight in willing good and in doing it from will, it is no longer called the good of truth, but good; for he is then regenerate, and no more wills and does good from truth, but truth from good; and the truth which he then does is also as it were good, for it derives its essence from its origin, which is good. From all this it is evident why and whence it is that Jacob in the supreme sense represents the Lord’s natural as to good. The reason why Jacob here represents this good, is that in the internal sense further progress is now treated of, namely, toward the interior things of the natural, which are “Israel” (n. 4536). No one who is being regenerated by the Lord can be led to these interior things until the truth with him has become good.

  
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