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1 Ja kärme oli kavalin kaikkia eläimiä maan päällä, jotka Herra Jumala tehnyt oli, ja se sanoi vaimolle: sanoiko Jumala, älkäät syökö kaikkinaisista puista Paradisissa?

2 Niin vaimo sanoi kärmeelle: me syömme niiden puiden hedelmistä, jotka ovat Paradisissa;

3 Mutta sen puun hedelmästä, joka on keskellä Paradisia, on Jumala sanonut: älkäät syökö siitä, ja älkäät ruvetko siihen, ettette kuolis.

4 Niin kärme sanoi vaimolle: ei suinkaan pidä teidän kuolemalla kuoleman.

5 Vaan Jumala tietää, että jona päivänä te syötte siitä, aukenevat teidän silmänne, ja te tulette niinkuin Jumala, tietämään hyvän ja pahan.

6 Ja vaimo näki siitä puusta olevan hyvän syödä, ja että se oli ihana nähdä ja suloinen puu antamaan ymmärryksen: ja otti sen hedelmästä ja söi, ja antoi miehellensä siitä, ja hän söi.

7 Silloin aukenivat molempain heidän silmänsä, ja äkkäsivät, että he olivat alasti; ja sitoivat yhteen fikunalehtiä, ja tekivät heillensä peitteitä.

8 Ja he kuulivat Herran Jumalan äänen, joka käyskenteli Paradisissa, kuin päivä viileäksi tuli. Ja Adam lymyi emäntinensä Herran Jumalan kasvoin edestä puiden sekaan Paradisissa.

9 Ja Herra Jumala kutsui Adamin, ja sanoi hänelle: Kussas olet?

10 Ja hän sanoi: minä kuulin sinun äänes Paradisissa, ja pelkäsin: sillä minä olen alasti, ja sen tähden minä lymyin.

11 Ja hän sanoi: kuka sinulle ilmoitti, ettäs alasti olet? Etkös syönyt siitä puusta, josta minä sinua haastoin syömästä?

12 Niin sanoi Adam: vaimo, jonkas annoit minulle, antoi minulle siitä puusta, ja minä söin.

13 Silloin sanoi Herra Jumala vaimolle: miksis sen teit? Ja vaimo sanoi: kärme petti minut, ja minä söin.

14 Ja Herra Jumala sanoi kärmeelle: ettäs tämän teit, kirottu ole sinä kaikesta karjasta, ja kaikista eläimistä maalla: sinun pitää käymän vatsallas, ja syömän maata kaiken elinaikas.

15 Ja minä panen vainon sinun ja vaimon välille, ja sinun siemenes ja hänen siemenensä välille; sen pitää rikki polkemaan sinun pääs, ja sinä olet pistävä häntä kantapäähän.

16 Ja vaimolle sanoi hän: Minä saatan sinulle paljon tuskaa, koskas raskaaksi tulet: sinun pitää synnyttämän lapsia kivulla, ja sinun tahtos pitää miehes alle annettu oleman, ja hänen pitää vallitseman sinua.

17 Ja Adamille sanoi hän: ettäs kuulit emäntäs ääntä, ja söit puusta, josta minä kielsin sinua sanoen: ei sinun pidä siitä syömän: kirottu olkoon maa sinun tähtes; surulla pitää sinun elättämän itses hänestä kaiken elinaikas.

18 Orjantappuroita ja ohdakkeita pitää hänen kasvaman, ja sinun pitää maan ruohoja syömän.

19 Sinun otsas hiessä pitää sinun syömän leipää, siihen asti kuin sinä maaksi jällensä tulet, ettäs siitä otettu olet: sillä sinä olet maa, ja maaksi pitää sinun jällensä tuleman.

20 Ja Adam kutsui emäntänsä nimen Heva, että hän on kaikkein elävitten äiti.

21 Ja Herra Jumala teki Adamille ja hänen emännällensä nahoista hameet, ja puetti heidän yllensä.

22 Ja Herra Jumala sanoi: katso, Adam on ollut niin kuin yksi meistä, tietäen hyvän ja pahan; mutta nyt ettei hän ojentaisi kättänsä, ja ottaisi myös elämän puusta, söisi ja eläisi ijankaikkisesti:

23 Niin Herra Jumala johdatti hänen ulos Edenin Paradisista maata viljelemään, josta hän otettu oli.

24 Ja ajoi Adamin ulos, ja pani idän puolelle Edenin Paradisia Kerubimin paljaalla, lyöväisellä miekalla elämän puun tietä vartioitsemaan.

   


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Arcana Coelestia #9941

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9941. Verses 39-40 And you shall weave the tunic in checker work of fine linen, 1 and you shall make the turban of fine linen; and the belt you shall make with the work of an embroiderer. And for Aaron's sons you shall make tunics, and you shall make belts for them, and you shall make headdresses for them, for glorious adornment. 2

'And you shall weave the tunic in checker work of fine linen' means the inmost things of the spiritual kingdom, emanating from the truths of celestial love. 'And you shall make the turban of fine linen' means the wisdom there. 'And the belt' means a bond, and a separation from the outward things of that kingdom. 'You shall make with the work of an embroiderer' means through cognitions or knowledge of goodness and truth. 'And for Aaron's sons' means Divine Truths emanating in the heavens from the Lord's Divine Good. 'You shall make tunics' means the things that belong to faith there. 'And you shall make belts for them' means a holding in connection. 'And you shall make headdresses for them' means the intelligence there. 'For glorious adornment' means the spiritual Church's truth.

Footnotes:

1. i.e. an all-white garment made of linen containing checks in the weave

2. literally, for glory and for adornment (decus)

  
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Arcana Coelestia #9199

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9199. 'Or orphan' means those who possess truth but not as yet good, and still have a desire for good. This is clear from the meaning of 'orphan' as those who possess truth and have a desire for good. Such people are meant by 'orphans' because sons bereft of father and mother, that is, those deprived of interior goodness and truth, are orphans. For 'father' in the Word means interior good, and 'mother' truth joined to that good, 5581; but 'sons' means truths derived from them. For the meaning of 'sons' as truths, see 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2813, 3373, 6583. The fact that sons and not daughters are meant here by 'orphans' is evident from verse 24 below, where it says, And your sons will be orphans. The reason why sons who are orphans are those who desire good is that the Lord then stands in place of their father, according to the following words in David,

A father of the orphans, and a judge of the widows, is God in the habitation of His holiness. Psalms 68:5.

[2] 'Orphans' are those who have received instruction in the Church's truths of faith which come from the Word, and who are then led by means of those truths to good. This is also evident from the Lord's words in John,

I will ask the Father to give you another Paraclete, to remain with you forever, the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you know Him, because He remains with you and is among you. I will not leave you orphans, I will come to you. These things I have spoken to you, while I remain with you; but the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, He will teach you all things. John 14:16-18, 24-26.

[3] Every detail of these verses makes it clear that those are 'orphans' who possess truths and have a desire for good. 'The Paraclete' is used to mean Divine Truth, which the Lord was when He was in the world and which has emanated from Him ever since He glorified His Human and went away from the world. Therefore He says that He will send the Paraclete and that He Himself will come. 'Sending the Paraclete' means enlightening and instructing them in the truths of faith, and 'coming to them' means leading them on to good. This is why He says, I will not leave you orphans. As has been stated, 'the Paraclete' is used to mean Divine Truth, which the Lord was when He was in the world and which has emanated from Him ever since He glorified His Human and went away from the world. This was something the Lord taught plainly several times; yet those who identify persons in the Godhead and not essences united into one do not grasp it. For the explanation of the Word and the understanding of it by a person depend on the ideas he already has. The same applies to places where the Lord says that He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him; that the Father and He are One; also that all that is His is the Father's, and all that is the Father's is His, John 10:30; 14:1-11, 20; 16:15; 17:11.

[4] But let these truths stated above receive further explanation.

The Paraclete is used to mean Divine Truth

This is evident from the Lord's actual words; for the Paraclete is called 'the Spirit of truth' by Him, and also He says, 'the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, will teach you all things'.

The Lord was Divine Truth when He was in the world

This too is evident from the Lord's words there; for He says that He will send 'another Paraclete' (that is, another in place of Himself), who will be the Spirit of truth, and - referring to Himself - that they know Him 'because He remains with you and is among you'. He also says, I tell you the truth. If I do not go away the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go away I will send Him to you, John 16:7. Another place, John 7:39, states, 'This He said concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified'. And other places again state that He is the way and the truth, John 14:6; also that He is the Word, that God is the Word, and that the Word became flesh, John 1:1-3, 14, 'the Word' being Divine Truth. For more about the Lord's being Divine Truth when He was in the world, see 3195, 4687, 4727, 6716, 6864, 7499, 8127, 8724.

[5] Divine Truth has emanated from the Lord ever since He glorified His Human and went away from the world This too is evident from the Lord's words, 'When I go away I will send the Spirit of truth to you' ('sending' means going out and emanating from, 2397, 4710), and also 'When He comes He will guide you into all truth; 1 for He will not speak from Himself, but whatever He hears He will speak. He will glorify Me, for He will receive from what is Mine and declare it to you', John 16:7, 13-15.

When the Lord went away from the world His Human became Divine Good as well as Divine Truth, see 3704, 3712, 3737, 3969, 4577, 5704, 6864, 7014, 7499, 8241, 8724, 8760, 9167. And since then Divine Truth has emanated from Divine Good, which He Himself is, as the light of all creation emanates from the sun, 3636, 3643, 3969, 5704, 7083, 8127. The references listed above in 9194 may be added to these.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means He will teach you in all truth but the Greek means He will guide you into all truth, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
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