Genesi 29:14
To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.
Arcana Coelestia #3763
3763. Verses 2-3. And he saw, and behold a well in the field, and behold there three droves of the flock lying by it; for out of that well they watered the droves, and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth. And all the droves were gathered together thither; and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock, and they put the stone in its place again upon the well’s mouth. “And he saw” signifies perception; “and behold a well” signifies the Word; “in the field,” signifies for the churches; “and behold there three droves of the flock lying by it,” signifies the holy things of churches and of doctrinal things; “for out of that well they watered the droves,” signifies that the memory-knowledge is thence derived; “and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth” signifies that it was closed; “and all the droves were gathered together thither,” signifies that all churches and their doctrinal things were thence derived; “and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth,” signifies that they opened it; “and watered the flock,” signifies that thence came doctrine; “and they put the stone in its place again upon the well’s mouth,” signifies that meanwhile it was closed.
