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1 μετά-P δέ-X ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S ῥῆμα-N3M-NSN κύριος-N2--GSM πρός-P *αβραμ-N---ASM ἐν-P ὅραμα-N3M-DSN λέγω-V1--PAPNSM μή-D φοβέω-V2--PMD2S *αβραμ-N---VSM ἐγώ- P--NS ὑπερἀσπίζω-V1--PAI1S σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM μισθός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS πολύς-A1P-NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S σφόδρα-D

2 λέγω-V1--PAI3S δέ-X *αβραμ-N---NSM δεσπότης-N1M-VSM τίς- I--ASN ἐγώ- P--DS δίδωμι-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X ἀπολύω-V1--PMI1S ἄτεκνος-A1B-NSM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X υἱός-N2--NSM *μασεκ-N---GSF ὁ- A--GSF οἰκογενής-A3H-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSM *δαμασκός-N2--NS *ελιεζερ-N---NSM

3 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM ἐπειδή-C ἐγώ- P--DS οὐ-D δίδωμι-VAI-AAI2S σπέρμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X οἰκογενής-A3H-NSM ἐγώ- P--GS κληρονομέω-VF--FAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS

4 καί-C εὐθύς-D φωνή-N1--NSF κύριος-N2--GSM γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM οὐ-D κληρονομέω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AS οὗτος- D--NSM ἀλλά-C ὅς- --NSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3S ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSM κληρονομέω-VF--FAI3S σύ- P--AS

5 ἐκἄγω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--ASM ἔξω-D καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAD2S δή-X εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C ἀριθμέω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--APM ἀστήρ-N3--APM εἰ-C δύναμαι-VF--FMI2S ἐκἀριθμέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὕτως-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN σπέρμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS

6 καί-C πιστεύω-VAI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM καί-C λογίζομαι-VSI-API3S αὐτός- D--DSM εἰς-P δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF

7 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ἐγώ- P--NS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἐκἄγω-VB--AAPNSM σύ- P--AS ἐκ-P χώρα-N1A-GSF *χαλδαῖος-N2--GPM ὥστε-C δίδωμι-VO--AAN σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF κληρονομέω-VA--AAN

8 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X δεσπότης-N1M-VSM κύριος-N2--VSM κατά-P τίς- I--ASN γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C κληρονομέω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASF

9 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS δάμαλις-N3I-ASF τριετίζω-V1--PAPASF καί-C αἴξ-N3G-ASF τριετίζω-V1--PAPASF καί-C κριός-N2--ASM τριετίζω-V1--PAPASM καί-C τρυγών-N3N-ASF καί-C περιστερά-N1A-ASF

10 λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--APN οὗτος- D--APN καί-C διααἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN μέσος-A1--APN καί-C τίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN ἀντιπρόσωπος-A1B-APN ἀλλήλω- D--DPM ὁ- A--APN δέ-X ὄρνεον-N2N-APN οὐ-D διααἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S

11 καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S δέ-X ὄρνεον-N2N-NPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN σῶμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--APN διχοτόμημα-N3M-APN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C συν καταἵζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM *αβραμ-N---NSM

12 περί-P δέ-X ἥλιος-N2--GSM δυσμή-N1--APF ἔκστασις-N3I-NSF ἐπιπίπτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM καί-C ἰδού-I φόβος-N2--NSM σκοτεινός-A1--NSM μέγας-A1P-NSM ἐπιπίπτω-V1--PAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM

13 καί-C εἴρω-VCI-API3S πρός-P *αβραμ-N---ASM γιγνώσκω-V1--PAPNSM γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI2S ὅτι-C πάροικος-A1B-NSN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN σπέρμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF οὐ-D ἴδιος-A1A-DSF καί-C δουλόω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C κακόω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C ταπεινόω-VF--FAI3P αὐτός- D--APM τετρακόσιοι-A1A-APN ἔτος-N3E-APN

14 ὁ- A--ASN δέ-X ἔθνος-N3E-ASN ὅς- --DSN ἐάν-C δουλεύω-VA--AAS3P κρίνω-VF2-FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS μετά-P δέ-X οὗτος- D--APN ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P ὧδε-D μετά-P ἀποσκευή-N1--GSF πολύς-A1--GSF

15 σύ- P--NS δέ-X ἀποἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S πρός-P ὁ- A--APM πατήρ-N3--APM σύ- P--GS μετά-P εἰρήνη-N1--GSF θάπτω-VA--APPNSM ἐν-P γῆρας-N3--DSN καλός-A1--DSN

16 τέταρτος-A1--NSF δέ-X γενεά-N1A-NSF ἀποστρέφω-VD--FPI3P ὧδε-D οὔπω-D γάρ-X ἀναπληρόω-VX--XMI3P ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF ὁ- A--GPM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--GPM ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D

17 ἐπεί-C δέ-X γίγνομαι-V1I-IMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἥλιος-N2--NSM πρός-P δυσμή-N1--DPF φλόξ-N3G-NSF γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S καί-C ἰδού-I κλίβανος-N2--NSM καπνίζω-V1--PMPNSM καί-C λαμπάς-N3D-NPF πῦρ-N3--GSN ὅς- --NPF διαἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GPN διχοτόμημα-N3M-GPN οὗτος- D--GPM

18 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF διατίθημι-VEI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM διαθήκη-N1--ASF λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--DSN σπέρμα-N3M-DSN σύ- P--GS δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSM μέγας-A1--GSM ποταμός-N2--GSM *εὐφράτης-N1M-GSM

19 ὁ- A--APM *καιναῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *κενεζαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *κεδμωναῖος-N2--APM

20 καί-C ὁ- A--APM *χετταῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *φερεζαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ραφαϊν-N---APM

21 καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ἀμορραῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *χαναναῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ευαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *γεργεσαῖος-N2--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM *ιεβουσαῖος-N2--APM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1860

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1860. That 'there was thick darkness' means when hatred existed in place of charity is clear from the meaning of 'thick darkness'. In the Word 'darkness' means falsities, while 'thick darkness' means evils, as explained immediately below. 'Darkness' is when falsity exists in place of truth, and 'thick darkness' when evil exists in place of good, or what amounts entirely to the same, when hatred exists in place of charity. When hatred exists in place of charity the darkness is so thick that the person is not even aware of its being an evil, let alone of its being so great an evil as to thrust him down in the next life into hell; indeed people who are steeped in hatred find a certain delight and so to speak life in it. This very delight and life have the effect that he hardly knows other than that hatred is good. Whatever favors a person's pleasure and desire, because it favors his love, he feels as good - so much so that when he is told it is of hell he can hardly believe it. Even less can he believe it when he is told that such delight and life is converted in the next life into an utterly foul and corpse-like stench. Even less still can he believe that he is becoming a devil and a dreadful replica of hell; for hell consists of nothing else than varieties of hatred and other such forms.

[2] But of this anyone may know who has any power of thought; for if he were to describe hatred, or to represent it, or to portray it if he were able to in any way, he would not do so except by the use of devil-like forms such as these persons steeped in evil also assume after death. And what is extraordinary, such people can still declare that in the next life they will go to heaven, in some cases for merely saying that they have faith - though in fact the only forms occurring in heaven are those of charity, the nature of which may be seen in what has been told from experience in 553. Let those people now consider how these two forms - of hatred and of charity - can be in agreement in the same place.

[3] That 'darkness' means falsity and 'thick darkness' evil becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

Behold, darkness is covering the earth, and thick darkness the peoples. Isaiah 60:2.

In Joel,

Let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble, for the day of Jehovah is coming, a day of darkness and thick darkness. Joel 2:1-2.

In Zephaniah,

A day of wrath is that day, a day of vastation and desolation, a day of darkness and thick darkness. Zephaniah 1:15.

In Amos,

Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, and thick darkness, and no brightness in it? Amos 5:20.

In these places 'the day of Jehovah' stands for the final period of the Church, which is also the subject here. 'Darkness' stands for falsities, 'thick darkness' for evils; hence both are mentioned. Otherwise there would be a repetition of the same thing, or a pointless excess of words. The term used in the original language however to express thick darkness in this verse embodies both within itself - falsity as well as evil, or gross falsity that produces evil, as well as gross evil that produces falsity.

  
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