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1 καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VA--AAPNSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM πούς-N3D-APM πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF ἀνατολή-N1--GPF πρός-P *λαβαν-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *βαθουηλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM *σύρος-N2--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM δέ-X *ρεβεκκα-N---GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM καί-C *ησαυ-N---GSM

2 καί-C ὁράω-V3--PAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I φρέαρ-N3T-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3P δέ-X ἐκεῖ-D τρεῖς-A3--NPN ποίμνιον-N2N-NPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN ἀναπαύω-V1--PMPNPN ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκ-P γάρ-X ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN ἐκεῖνος- D--GSM ποτίζω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--APN ποίμνιον-N2N-APN λίθος-N2--NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S μέγας-A1P-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN στόμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN

3 καί-C συνἄγω-V1I-IMI3P ἐκεῖ-D πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ποίμνιον-N2N-NPN καί-C ἀποκυλίω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN καί-C ποτίζω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN καί-C ἀπο καταἵστημι-V6I-IAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN στόμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

4 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἀδελφός-N2--VPM πόθεν-D εἰμί-V9--PAI2P σύ- P--NP ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P *χαρραν-N---GS εἰμί-V9--PAI1P

5 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM γιγνώσκω-V1--PAI2P *λαβαν-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *ναχωρ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P γιγνώσκω-V1--PAI1P

6 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM ὑγιαίνω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ὑγιαίνω-V1--PAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF θυγάτηρ-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN

7 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἔτι-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF πολύς-A1--NSF οὔπω-D ὥρα-N1A-NSF συνἄγω-VQ--APN ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN ποτίζω-VA--AAPNPM ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM βόσκω-V1--PAI2P

8 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D δύναμαι-VF--FMI1P ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN συνἄγω-VQ--APN πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ποιμήν-N3--APM καί-C ἀποκυλίω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN καί-C ποτίζω-VF--FAI1P ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN

9 ἔτι-D αὐτός- D--GSM λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF θυγάτηρ-N3--NSF *λαβαν-N---GSM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF αὐτός- D--NSF γάρ-X βόσκω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

10 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὡς-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF *ραχηλ-N---ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF *λαβαν-N---GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN *λαβαν-N---GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C προςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἀποκυλίω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN καί-C ποτίζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN *λαβαν-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

11 καί-C φιλέω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF *ραχηλ-N---ASF καί-C βοάω-VA--AAPNSM ὁ- A--DSF φωνή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM κλαίω-VAI-AAI3S

12 καί-C ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSF *ραχηλ-N---DSF ὅτι-C ἀδελφός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὅτι-C υἱός-N2--NSM *ρεβεκκα-N---GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C τρέχω-VB--AAPNSF ἀποἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF κατά-P ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN

13 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὡς-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S *λαβαν-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF ἀδελφή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C περιλαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM αὐτός- D--ASM φιλέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C διαἡγέομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM *λαβαν-N---DSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM οὗτος- D--APM

14 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ὀστέον-N2N-GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM μήν-N3--ASM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF

15 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM ὅτι-C γάρ-X ἀδελφός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S οὐ-D δουλεύω-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS δωρεά-N1A-ASF ἀποἀγγέλλω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS τίς- I--NSM ὁ- A--NSM μισθός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

16 ὁ- A--DSM δέ-X *λαβαν-N---DSM δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSF μέγας-A3C-DSFC *λεια-N---NSF καί-C ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSF νέος-A1A-DSFC *ραχηλ-N---NSF

17 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM *λεια-N---GSF ἀσθενής-A3H-NPM *ραχηλ-N---NSF δέ-X καλός-A1--NSF ὁ- A--DSN εἶδος-N3E-DSN καί-C ὡραῖος-A1A-NSF ὁ- A--DSF ὄψις-N3I-DSF

18 ἀγαπάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF *ραχηλ-N---ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δουλεύω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN περί-P *ραχηλ-N---GSF ὁ- A--GSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF νέος-A1A-GSFC

19 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM βελτίων-A3C-NSN δίδωμι-VO--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--ASF σύ- P--DS ἤ-C δίδωμι-VO--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--ASF ἀνήρ-N3--DSM ἕτερος-A1A-DSM οἰκέω-VA--AAD2S μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS

20 καί-C δουλεύω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM περί-P *ραχηλ-N---GSF ἔτος-N3E-APN ἑπτά-M καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3P ἐναντίον-P αὐτός- D--GSM ὡς-C ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ὀλίγος-A1--NPF παρά-P ὁ- A--ASN ἀγαπάω-V3--PAN αὐτός- D--ASM αὐτός- D--ASF

21 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM πρός-P *λαβαν-N---ASM ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS πληρόω-VM--XMI3P γάρ-X ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅπως-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASF

22 συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἀνήρ-N3--APM ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S γάμος-N2--ASM

23 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἑσπέρα-N1A-NSF καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM *λαβαν-N---NSM *λεια-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF πρός-P *ἰακώβ-N---ASM καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASF *ἰακώβ-N---NSM

24 δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM *λεια-N---DSF ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM *ζελφα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--DSF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF

25 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X πρωΐ-D καί-C ἰδού-I εἰμί-V9--IAI3S *λεια-N---NSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *λαβαν-N---DSM τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS οὐ-D περί-P *ραχηλ-N---GSF δουλεύω-VAI-AAI1S παρά-P σύ- P--DS καί-C ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN παραλογίζομαι-VAI-AMI2S ἐγώ- P--AS

26 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S οὕτως-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GP δίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--ASF νέος-A1A-ASFC πρίν-D ἤ-C ὁ- A--ASF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-ASFC

27 συντελέω-VA--AAD2S οὖν-X ὁ- A--APN ἕβδομος-A1--APN οὗτος- D--GSF καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS καί-C οὗτος- D--ASF ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἐργασία-N1A-GSF ὅς- --GSF ἐργάζομαι-VF2-FMI2S παρά-P ἐγώ- P--DS ἔτι-D ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN ἕτερος-A1A-APN

28 ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM οὕτως-D καί-C ἀναπληρόω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN ἕβδομος-A1--APN οὗτος- D--GSF καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM *ραχηλ-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--DSM γυνή-N3K-ASF

29 δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM *ραχηλ-N---DSF ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM *βαλλα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--DSF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF

30 καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P *ραχηλ-N---ASF ἀγαπάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ραχηλ-N---ASF μᾶλλον-D ἤ-C *λεια-N---ASF καί-C δουλεύω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN ἕτερος-A1A-APN

31 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὅτι-C μισέω-V2--PMI3S *λεια-N---NSF ἀναοἴγω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF μήτρα-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF *ραχηλ-N---NSF δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S στεῖρα-N1A-NSF

32 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *λεια-N---NSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM καλέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ρουβην-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSF διότι-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--GS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF ταπείνωσις-N3I-ASF νῦν-D ἐγώ- P--AS ἀγαπάω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS

33 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S πάλιν-D *λεια-N---NSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM δεύτερος-A1A-ASM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὅτι-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅτι-C μισέω-V2--PMI1S καί-C προςδίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C οὗτος- D--ASM καλέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *συμεων-N---ASM

34 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἔτι-D καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM νῦν-D καιρός-N2--DSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS τίκτω-VBI-AAI1S γάρ-X αὐτός- D--DSM τρεῖς-A3--APM υἱός-N2--APM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *λευί-N---ASM

35 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSF ἔτι-D τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S νῦν-D ἔτι-D οὗτος- D--ASN ἐκὁμολογέω-VF--FMI1S κύριος-N2--DSM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ιουδα-N---ASM καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSN τίκτω-V1--PAN

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3761

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3761. And Jacob lifted up his feet. That this signifies the elevation of the natural, is evident from the signification of “lifting up,” as being elevation; and from the signification of the “feet,” as being the natural, concerning which in what follows. The elevation here signified is that treated of in this chapter, which is from external truth to internal good. In the supreme sense it is shown how the Lord elevated His natural even to the Divine, according to order, by ascending from external truth through the degrees to internal good; and in the representative sense, how the Lord makes new the natural of man when He regenerates him, according to a similar order. That the man who is being regenerated in adult age advances according to the order described in the internal sense in this and the following chapters, is known to few, for the reason that few reflect upon it, and also that few at this day can be regenerated. For these are the last times of the church, when there is no longer any charity, consequently not any faith; and this being the case, it is not even known what faith is, although it is on the lips of all that man is saved by faith. Still less is it known what charity is; and as these two are known merely as terms, and are unknown in respect to their essence, it is on this account said that few can reflect upon the order according to which man is made new, or is regenerated, and also that few can be regenerated.

[2] Because the natural is here treated of, and this is represented by Jacob, it is not said that he “arose,” and went to the land of the sons of the east, but that he “lifted up his feet.” Both expressions signify elevation (that “arising” has this signification may be seen above, n. 2401, 2785, 2912, 2927, 3171). But the reason why it is here said, “he lifted up his feet,” is that this is said with respect to the natural; for “feet” signify the natural (n. 2162, 3147). That “feet” signify the natural, or natural things, comes from the correspondence with the Grand Man which has been spoken of at the close of the preceding chapters, in which Grand Man they who belong to the province of the feet are those who are in natural light and but little in spiritual; consequently the parts under the feet, as the soles and the heels, signify the lowest natural things (see n. 259); and hence the shoe, which is also occasionally mentioned in the Word, signifies the corporeal natural which is the ultimate (n. 1748).

  
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Arcana Coelestia #1748

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1748. That from a thread even to the thong [or latchet] of a shoe. That this signifies all natural and corporeal things that were unclean, is evident from the signification of “the thong of a shoe.” In the Word the sole of the foot and the heel signify the ultimate natural (as before shown, n. 259). A shoe is that which covers the sole of the foot and the heel; a “shoe” therefore signifies what is natural still further, thus the corporeal itself. The signification of a “shoe” is according to the subject. When predicated of goods it is taken in a good sense; and when of evil, in a bad sense; as here in treating of the substance of the king of Sodom, by whom evil and falsity are signified, the “thong of a shoe” signifies unclean natural and corporeal things. By the “thread of a shoe” falsity is signified, and by the “thong of a shoe” evil, and this the most worthless of all, because the word is a diminutive.

[2] That such things are signified by a “shoe,” is evident also from other passages in the Word; as when Jehovah appeared to Moses out of the midst of the bush, and said to Moses:

Draw not nigh hither; put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground (Exodus 3:5).

The prince of the army of Jehovah said in like manner to Joshua:

Put off thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holiness (Josh. 5:15).

Here everyone can see that the shoe would take away nothing from the holiness, provided the man were holy in himself; but that it was said for the reason that the shoe represented the ultimate natural and corporeal which was to be put off.

[3] That it is the unclean natural and corporeal, is also plain in David:

Moab is my washpot, upon Edom will I cast My shoe (Psalms 60:8).

The command to the disciples involves what is similar:

Whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as ye go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet (Matthew 10:14; Mark 6:11; Luke 9:5); where the “dust of the feet” has a signification like that of a “shoe,” namely, uncleanness from evil and falsity, because the sole of the foot is the ultimate natural. They were commanded to do this because they were at that time in representatives, and thought that heavenly arcana were stored up in these alone, and not in naked truths.

[4] Because a “shoe” signified the ultimate natural, the putting off of the shoe, or the shoe-loosing, signified that one should be divested of the ultimate things of nature; as in the case of him who was not willing to fulfill the duty of brother-in-law, spoken of in Moses:

If the man is not willing to fulfill the duties of a husband’s brother, then his brother’s wife shall come unto him in the eyes of the elders, and draw his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done to the man that doth not build up his brother’s house. And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe taken off (Deuteronomy 25:5-10);

meaning that which is devoid of all natural charity.

[5] That a “shoe” signifies the ultimate natural, in a good sense also, is likewise evident from the Word; as in Moses, concerning Asher:

Blessed be Asher above the sons; let him be acceptable unto his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil; iron and brass shall thy shoe be (Deuteronomy 33:24-25); where the “shoe” denotes the ultimate natural; a “shoe of iron” natural truth, a “shoe of brass” natural good, as is evident from the signification of iron and brass (see n. 425, 426). And because a “shoe” signified the ultimate natural and corporeal, it became a symbol of what is least and most worthless; for the ultimate natural and corporeal is the most worthless of all things in man. This was meant by John the Baptist, when he said,

There cometh One that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose (Luke 3:16; Mark 1:7; John 1:27).

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