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1 οὗτος- D--NPF δέ-X ὁ- A--NPF γένεσις-N3I-NPF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *νωε-N---GSM *σημ-N---GSM *χαμ-N---GSM *ιαφεθ-N---GSM καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P αὐτός- D--DPM υἱός-N2--NPM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASM κατακλυσμός-N2--ASM

2 υἱός-N2--NPM *ιαφεθ-N---GSM *γαμερ-N---NSM καί-C *μαγωγ-N---NSM καί-C *μαδαι-N---NSM καί-C *ιωυαν-N---NSM καί-C *ελισα-N---NSM καί-C *θοβελ-N---NSM καί-C *μοσοχ-N---NSM καί-C *θιρας-N---NSM

3 καί-C υἱός-N2--NPM *γαμερ-N---GSM *ασχαναζ-N---NSM καί-C *ριφαθ-N---NSM καί-C *θοργαμα-N---NSM

4 καί-C υἱός-N2--NPM *ιωυαν-N---GSM *ελισα-N---NSM καί-C *θαρσις-N---NSM *κίτιος-N2--NPM *ῥόδιος-N2--NPM

5 ἐκ-P οὗτος- D--GPM ἀποὁρίζω-VSI-API3P νήσος-N2--NPF ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἕκαστος-A1--NSM κατά-P γλῶσσα-N1S-ASF ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF φυλή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM

6 υἱός-N2--NPM δέ-X *χαμ-N---GSM *χους-N---NSM καί-C *μεσραιμ-N---N-M *φουδ-N---NSM καί-C *χανααν-N---NSM

7 υἱός-N2--NPM δέ-X *χους-N---GSM *σαβα-N---NSM καί-C *ευιλα-N---NSM καί-C *σαβαθα-N---NSM καί-C *ρεγμα-N---NSM καί-C *σαβακαθα-N---NSM υἱός-N2--NPM δέ-X *ρεγμα-N---GSM *σαβα-N---NSM καί-C *δαδαν-N---NSM

8 *χους-N---NSM δέ-X γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *νεβρωδ-N---ASM οὗτος- D--NSM ἄρχω-VAI-AMI3S εἰμί-V9--PAN γίγας-N3--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

9 οὗτος- D--NSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S γίγας-N3--NSM κυνηγός-N2--NSM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM θεός-N2--GSM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN εἶπον-VF2-FAI3P ὡς-C *νεβρωδ-N---NSM γίγας-N3--NSM κυνηγός-N2--NSM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM

10 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἀρχή-N1--NSF ὁ- A--GSF βασιλεία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM *βαβυλών-N---NSF καί-C *ορεχ-N---NS καί-C *αρχαδ-N---NS καί-C *χαλαννη-N---NS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF *σεννααρ-N----S

11 ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐκεῖνος- D--GSF ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *ασσουρ-N---DS καί-C οἰκοδομέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF *νινευη-N---ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASF *ροωβωθ-N---ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--ASF *χαλαχ-N---ASF

12 καί-C ὁ- A--ASF *δασεμ-N---ASF ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM *νινευη-N---GSF καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM *χαλαχ-N---GSF οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF πόλις-N3I-NSF ὁ- A--NSF μέγας-A1--NSF

13 καί-C *μεσραιμ-N---N-M γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APM *λουδιιμ-N---APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ενεμετιιμ-N---APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *λαβιιμ-N---APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *νεφθαλιιμ-N---APM

14 καί-C ὁ- A--APM *πατροσωνιιμ-N---APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *χασλωνιιμ-N---APM ὅθεν-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐκεῖθεν-D *φυλιστιιμ-N---NPM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *καφθοριιμ-N---APM

15 *χανααν-N---NSM δέ-X γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *σιδῶν-N---ASM πρωτότοκος-A1B-ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *χετταῖος-N2--ASM

16 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *ιεβουσαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *γεργεσαῖος-N2--ASM

17 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *ευαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *αρουκαῖος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *ασενναῖος-N2--ASM

18 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *ἀράδιος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *σαμαραῖος-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *αμαθι-N---ASM καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--ASN διασπείρω-VDI-API3P ὁ- A--NPF φυλή-N1--NPF ὁ- A--GPM *χαναναῖος-N2--GPM

19 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P ὁ- A--NPN ὅριον-N2N-NPN ὁ- A--GPM *χαναναῖος-N2--GPM ἀπό-P *σιδῶν-N---GS ἕως-C ἔρχομαι-VB--AAN εἰς-P *γεραρα-N2--AS καί-C *γάζα-N---AS ἕως-C ἔρχομαι-VB--AAN *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS *αδαμα-N---GS καί-C *σεβωιμ-N---G ἕως-P *λασα-N---GS

20 οὗτος- D--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *χαμ-N---GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF φυλή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM κατά-P γλῶσσα-N1S-APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χώρα-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM

21 καί-C ὁ- A--DSM *σημ-N---DSM γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S καί-C αὐτός- D--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM *εβερ-N---GSM ἀδελφός-N2--DSM *ιαφεθ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM μέγας-A3C-GSMC

22 υἱός-N2--NPM *σημ-N---GSM *αιλαμ-N---NSM καί-C *ασσουρ-N---NSM καί-C *αρφαξαδ-N---NSM καί-C *λουδ-N---NSM καί-C *αραμ-N---NSM καί-C *καιναν-N---NSM

23 καί-C υἱός-N2--NPM *αραμ-N---GSM *ως-N---NSM καί-C *ουλ-N---NSM καί-C *γαθερ-N---NSM καί-C *μοσοχ-N---NSM

24 καί-C *αρφαξαδ-N---NSM γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *καιναν-N---ASM καί-C *καιναν-N---NSM γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *σαλα-N---ASM *σαλα-N---NSM δέ-X γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *εβερ-N---ASM

25 καί-C ὁ- A--DSM *εβερ-N---DSM γίγνομαι-VCI-API3P δύο-M υἱός-N2--NPM ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM *φαλεκ-N---NSM ὅτι-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GSM διαμερίζω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF καί-C ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM ἀδελφός-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM *ιεκταν-N---NSM

26 *ιεκταν-N---NSM δέ-X γεννάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *ελμωδαδ-N---ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *σαλεφ-N---ASM καί-C *ασαρμωθ-N---ASM καί-C *ιαραχ-N---ASM

27 καί-C *οδορρα-N---ASM καί-C *αιζηλ-N---ASM καί-C *δεκλα-N---ASM

28 καί-C *αβιμεηλ-N---ASM καί-C *σαβευ-N---ASM

29 καί-C *ουφιρ-N---ASM καί-C *ευιλα-N---ASM καί-C *ιωβαβ-N---ASM πᾶς-A3--NPM οὗτος- D--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ιεκταν-N---GSM

30 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSF κατοίκησις-N3I-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM ἀπό-P *μασση-N---GS ἕως-C ἔρχομαι-VB--AAN εἰς-P *σωφηρα-N---AS ὄρος-N3E-ASN ἀνατολή-N1--GPF

31 οὗτος- D--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *σημ-N---GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF φυλή-N1--DPF αὐτός- D--GPM κατά-P γλῶσσα-N1S-APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF χώρα-N1A-DPF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPN ἔθνος-N3E-DPN αὐτός- D--GPM

32 οὗτος- D--NPF ὁ- A--NPF φυλή-N1--NPF υἱός-N2--GPM *νωε-N---GSM κατά-P γένεσις-N3I-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM κατά-P ὁ- A--APN ἔθνος-N3E-APN αὐτός- D--GPM ἀπό-P οὗτος- D--GPM διασπείρω-VDI-API3P νήσος-N2--NPF ὁ- A--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF μετά-P ὁ- A--ASM κατακλυσμός-N2--ASM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1066

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1066. That 'from them the whole earth was overspread' means that from these three all doctrines have been derived, both true and false, is clear from the meaning of 'the earth'. In the Word 'the earth' has various meanings. In the universal sense it stands for the place or region where the Church is or once was, for example, the land of Canaan, the land of Judah, the land of Israel. It thus stands in that universal sense for every member of the Church, for a land takes its name from the people who inhabit it, as is also well known from everyday speech. In ancient times therefore when people spoke of 'the whole earth' they did not mean every land throughout the world but only that part of the earth where the Church existed, and so the Church itself, as becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

Jehovah is emptying the earth, the earth will be utterly emptied. The earth will mourn and be turned upside down. And the earth will be polluted under its inhabitants. Therefore a curse will devour the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth will be scorched and few men left. The floodgates from on high have been opened, and the foundations of the earth have been shaken. The earth has been utterly broken. The earth has been utterly rent asunder. The earth is violently shaken. The earth staggers altogether like a drunken man, and sways to and fro like a hut. Its transgression will lie heavily upon it, and it will fall, and it will not rise again. Isaiah 24:1, 3-6, 18-21.

'Earth' stands for the people inhabiting it, in particular the people of the Church, and so stands for the Church itself, and the things that are the Church's that have been vastated. These when being vastated are spoken of as 'being emptied', 'being shaken', 'staggering like a drunken man', 'swaying', 'falling and not rising'.

[2] That 'earth' or 'land' means man, and consequently the Church which is made up of men, is seen in Malachi,

All the nations will declare you blessed, for you will be a land of delight. Malachi 3:12.

That 'the earth' stands for the Church is seen in Isaiah,

Do you not understand the foundations of the earth? Isaiah 40:21.

Here 'foundations of the earth' stands for the foundations of the Church. In the same prophet,

Behold I am creating new heavens and a new earth. Isaiah 65:17; 66:22; Revelation 21:1.

'New heavens and a new earth' stands for the Lord's kingdom and the Church. In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

'Earth' stands for the Church, as in earlier chapters,

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Genesis 1:1.

The heavens and the earth were finished. Genesis 2:1.

These are the generations of heaven and earth. Genesis 2:4.

In each instance 'earth' stands for the Church being 'created', 'formed', and 'made'. In Joel,

The earth quaked before Him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened. Joel 2:10.

'Earth' stands for the Church, and for the things that are the Church's. When these things are being vastated, 'heaven and earth' are said to quake, 'the sun and moon' to grow dark, that is, love and faith.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I looked to the earth, when behold, that which is void and empty; and to the heavens, and they had no light. Jeremiah 4:23.

Here 'the earth' plainly stands for the person who does not have anything of the Church within him. In the same prophet,

The whole earth will be desolate, yet I will not bring it to a close. For this the earth will mourn and the heavens be black. Jeremiah 4:27, 18.

Here likewise the Church is meant, whose exterior things are 'the earth' and interior 'the heavens'. These are referred to as 'being black and having no light' when there is no longer any wisdom arising from good or intelligence from truth. In that case the earth is also 'void and empty', as is the member of the Church who ought to be an embodiment of the Church. That 'the whole earth' is also used in other places to mean the Church alone is seen in Daniel,

The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it in pieces. Daniel 7:23.

'The whole earth' stands for the Church and for the things that are the Church's; for the Word does not deal, as secular authors do, with the powers of monarchs, but with sacred matters, and with states of the Church, which are meant by 'kingdoms of the earth'.

[4] In Jeremiah,

A great tempest will be raised up from the sides of the earth, and the slain 1 of Jehovah on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. Jeremiah 25:32, 33.

Here 'from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth' stands for the Church and for everything that is the Church's. In Isaiah,

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they burst into cries of joy. Isaiah 14:7.

Here 'the whole earth' stands for the Church.

In Ezekiel,

As the whole earth rejoices. Ezekiel 35:14.

Here too 'the whole earth' stands for the Church.

In Isaiah,

I swore that the waters of Noah should go no more over the earth. Isaiah 54:9.

Here 'the earth' stands for the Church since the Church is the subject here. Because in the Word the earth means the Church it also means what is not the Church, for every such expression has a contrary or opposite sense. This applies, for example, to the various lands of the gentiles, in general to all lands outside the land of Canaan. 'Land' also stands therefore for the people and for the individual outside of the Church, and from this for the external man - for his will, for his proprium, and so on.

[5] In the Word 'earth' rarely stands for the whole world except when it is used to mean the state of the whole human race, whether of the Church or not of the Church. And because the earth includes the ground, which also means the Church, and the ground includes the field, the expression 'earth', entailing many things, has many meanings. But what it means is evident from the subject under discussion to which it refers. From this it now becomes clear that here 'the whole earth was overspread by the sons of Noah' does not mean the whole world, that is, the whole human race, but all doctrines, both true and false, which Churches possessed.

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1. literally, the pierced

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

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Isaiah 24:1

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1 Behold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.

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