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1 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X *αβραμ-N---NSM ἔτος-N3E-GPN ἐνενήκοντα-M ἐννέα-M καί-C ὁράω-VVI-API3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS εὐαρεστέω-V2--PAD2S ἐναντίον-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C γίγνομαι-V1--PMD2S ἄμεμπτος-A1B-NSM

2 καί-C τίθημι-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS σφόδρα-D

3 καί-C πίπτω-VBI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

4 καί-C ἐγώ- P--NS ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSF διαθήκη-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--GS καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI2S πατήρ-N3--NSM πλῆθος-N3E-GSN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN

5 καί-C οὐ-D καλέω-VC--FPI3S ἔτι-D ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS *αβραμ-N---NSM ἀλλά-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS *αβρααμ-N---NSM ὅτι-C πατήρ-N3--ASM πολύς-A1--GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN τίθημι-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--AS

6 καί-C αὐξάνω-VF2-FAI1S σύ- P--AS σφόδρα-D σφόδρα-D καί-C τίθημι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-APN καί-C βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ἐκ-P σύ- P--GS ἐκἔρχομαι-VF--FMI3P

7 καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM σύ- P--GS καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--AS εἰς-P γενεά-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P διαθήκη-N1--ASF αἰώνιος-A1B-ASF εἰμί-V9--PAN σύ- P--GS θεός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--AS

8 καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS καί-C ὁ- A--DSN σπέρμα-N3M-DSN σύ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὅς- --ASF παραοἰκέω-V2--PAI2S πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF *χανααν-N----S εἰς-P κατάσχεσις-N3I-ASF αἰώνιος-A1B-ASF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI1S αὐτός- D--DPM θεός-N2--NSM

9 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM σύ- P--NS δέ-X ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS διατηρέω-VF--FAI2S σύ- P--NS καί-C ὁ- A--NSN σπέρμα-N3M-NSN σύ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM

10 καί-C οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF διαθήκη-N1--NSF ὅς- --ASF διατηρέω-VF--FAI2S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σύ- P--GP καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM περιτέμνω-VC--FPI3S σύ- P--GP πᾶς-A3--NSN ἀρσενικός-A1--NSN

11 καί-C περιτέμνω-VC--FPI2P ὁ- A--ASF σάρξ-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ἀκροβυστία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P σημεῖον-N2N-DSN διαθήκη-N1--GSF ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σύ- P--GP

12 καί-C παιδίον-N2N-NSN ὀκτώ-M ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF περιτέμνω-VC--FPI3S σύ- P--DP πᾶς-A3--NSN ἀρσενικός-A1--NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF γενεά-N1A-APF σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM οἰκογενής-A3H-NSM ὁ- A--GSF οἰκία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀργυρώνητος-A1B-NSM ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM ἀλλότριος-A1A-GSM ὅς- --NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN σπέρμα-N3M-GSN σύ- P--GS

13 περιτομή-N1--DSF περιτέμνω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSM οἰκογενής-A3H-NSM ὁ- A--GSF οἰκία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀργυρώνητος-A1B-NSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSF διαθήκη-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF σύ- P--GP εἰς-P διαθήκη-N1--ASF αἰώνιος-A1B-ASF

14 καί-C ἀπερίτμητος-A1B-NSM ἄρσην-A3--NSM ὅς- --NSM οὐ-D περιτέμνω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--ASF σάρξ-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ἀκροβυστία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF ὄγδοος-A1--DSF ἐκὀλεθρεύω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSF ψυχή-N1--NSF ἐκεῖνος- D--NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSN γένος-N3E-GSN αὐτός- D--GSF ὅτι-C ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS διασκεδάζω-VAI-AAI3S

15 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM *σαρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS οὐ-D καλέω-VC--FPI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSF *σαρα-N---NSF ἀλλά-C *σαρρα-N---NSF εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὄνομα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSF

16 εὐλογέω-VF--FAI1S δέ-X αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GSF τέκνον-N2N-ASN καί-C εὐλογέω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-APN καί-C βασιλεύς-N3V-NPM ἔθνος-N3E-GPN ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3P

17 καί-C πίπτω-VBI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN καί-C γελάω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF διάνοια-N1A-DSF αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM εἰ-C ὁ- A--DSM ἑκατονταετής-A3H-DSM γίγνομαι-VF--FMI3S καί-C εἰ-C *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐνενήκοντα-M ἔτος-N3E-GPN εἰμί-V9--PAPNSF τίκτω-VF--FMI3S

18 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM *ισμαηλ-N---NSM οὗτος- D--NSM ζάω-V3--PAD3S ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS

19 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM ναί-I ἰδού-I *σαρρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS τίκτω-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DS υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C καλέω-VF--FAI2S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ισαακ-N---ASM καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P διαθήκη-N1--ASF αἰώνιος-A1B-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--DSN σπέρμα-N3M-DSN αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--ASM

20 περί-P δέ-X *ισμαηλ-N---GSM ἰδού-I ἐπιἀκούω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--GS ἰδού-I εὐλογέω-VA--AAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C αὐξάνω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C πληθύνω-VF2-FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM σφόδρα-D δώδεκα-M ἔθνος-N3E-APN γεννάω-VF--FAI3S καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μέγας-A1P-ASN

21 ὁ- A--ASF δέ-X διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ἵστημι-VF--FAI1S πρός-P *ισαακ-N---ASM ὅς- --ASM τίκτω-VF--FMI3S σύ- P--DS *σαρρα-N---NSF εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἐνιαυτός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM ἕτερος-A1A-DSM

22 συντελέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C ἀναβαίνω-VZI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἀπό-P *αβρααμ-N---GSM

23 καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM *ισμαηλ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM οἰκογενής-A3H-APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἀργυρώνητος-A1B-APM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ἄρσην-A3--ASN ὁ- A--GPM ἀνήρ-N3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM καί-C περιτέμνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APF ἀκροβυστία-N1A-APF αὐτός- D--GPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF ἐκεῖνος- D--GSF καθά-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

24 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐνενήκοντα-M ἐννέα-M ἔτος-N3E-GPN ἡνίκα-D περιτέμνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF σάρξ-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ἀκροβυστία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

25 *ισμαηλ-N---NSM δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἔτος-N3E-GPN δέκα-M τρεῖς-A3--GPN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἡνίκα-D περιτέμνω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--ASF σάρξ-N3K-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ἀκροβυστία-N1A-GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

26 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-GSF ἐκεῖνος- D--GSF περιτέμνω-VCI-API3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM καί-C *ισμαηλ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM

27 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPM ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM οἰκογενής-A3H-NPM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM ἀργυρώνητος-A1B-NPM ἐκ-P ἀλλογενής-A3H-GPN ἔθνος-N3E-GPN περιτέμνω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2187

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2187. 'And they ate' means communication in this manner. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated, and also being joined together, as is also evident from the Word. The injunction that Aaron, and his sons the Levites, and also the people were to eat the consecrated elements of the sacrifices in a holy place meant nothing other than the communication, conjunction, and making one's own, as stated above in 2177, at the point where Leviticus 6:16-17, is referred to. For it was celestial and spiritual food that was meant by the consecrated elements, and thus making that food their own by eating those elements. These consecrated elements were those parts of the sacrifices which were not burned on the altar but were eaten either by the priests or by the people who brought the offering, as becomes clear from very many places where the sacrifices are the subject. The consecrated elements that were to be eaten by the priests are referred to in Exodus 29:32-33; Leviticus 6:16, 26; 7:6, 15-16, 18; 8:31; 10:12-13; Numbers 18:9-11; and those to be eaten by the people, in Leviticus 19:5-6; Deuteronomy 12:27; 27:7; and elsewhere. And that those who were unclean were not to eat of them is referred to in Leviticus 7:19-21; 22:4-7. These ritual feasts took place in a holy place near the altar, either at the gate or in the court outside the tent. And they meant nothing else than the communication, conjunction, and making of celestial goods one's own, for those feasts represented celestial food. For what celestial food is, see 56-58, 680, 681, 1480, 1695. And all those consecrated elements were called 'bread', for the meaning of which see above in 2165. Something similar was represented by Aaron and his sons eating the loaves of the presence, or the shewbread, in a holy place, Leviticus 24:9.

[2] The reason for the law given to the Nazirite that during the days of his Naziriteship he was forbidden to eat anything that is produced from the grape - from which wine is made - from pips even to skin, Numbers 6:4, is that the Nazirite represented the celestial man, and the celestial man is such as is not willing even to mention spiritual things, see Volume One, in 202, 337, 880 (end), 1647. And because 'wine' and 'the grape', and also whatever came from the grape, meant that which is spiritual, the Nazirite was therefore forbidden to eat of them, that is, to have any communication with spiritual things, to join himself to them, or to make them his own.

[3] Something similar is meant by 'eating' in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread, and your labour on that which does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me and eat what is good, and your soul will delight itself in fatness. Isaiah 55:1-2.

And also what is said in John,

To him who conquers I will grant to eat from the tree of life which is in the middle of the Paradise of God. Revelation 2:7.

'The tree of life' is the celestial itself, and in the highest sense it is the Lord Himself since He is the source of everything celestial, that is, of all love and charity. Thus 'eating from the tree of life' is the same as feeding on the Lord; and 'feeding on the Lord' is being endowed with love and charity, thus with those things that belong to heavenly life, as the Lord Himself declares in John,

I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. He who feeds on Me will live through Me. John 6:51, 57. But they said, This is a hard saying. Jesus said however, The words that I speak to you, they are spirit and they are life. John 6:60, 63.

From this it is evident what is meant by 'eating' in the Holy Supper, Matthew 26:26-28; Mark 14:22-23; Luke 22:19-20 - having communication, being joined together, and making one's own.

[4] From this it is also plain what is meant by the Lord's statement that

Many will come from the east and from the west and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Matthew 8:11.

The Lord did not mean that they were going to feast with these three in the kingdom of God but that they were to enjoy the celestial goods meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That is to say, they were to enjoy the inmost celestial goods of love, meant by -Abraham'; also a lower type of goods, which are intermediate, as those are which belong to the rational, meant by 'Isaac'; and a still lower type of goods which are celestial-natural, such as occur in the first heaven, meant by 'Jacob'. These are the things which constitute the internal sense of these words. That such things are meant by Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, see 1893, and wherever else they are the subject. For whether one speaks of enjoying those celestial things, or whether one speaks of enjoying the Lord, whom they represent, it amounts to the same since the Lord is the source of all those things, and the Lord is their All in all.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #1695

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1695. That 'all their food' means the power to think what was false is clear from the meaning of 'food'. What the celestial, spiritual, and natural food are which people enjoy in the next life has been shown already in 56, 58, 680, 681. These also correspond to food for the body, and therefore they are also represented in the Word by food and are actually called food. The food of evil and hellish spirits however is that which is the reverse of wisdom, intelligence, and true knowledge, namely all falsity; and what is remarkable, evil spirits are also sustained by this food. The reason they are sustained by it is that it is their life. Unless they are given the opportunity to revile the truth, and indeed to blaspheme it, they cannot live. Yet they are not given the freedom to think and speak anything false except that which subsists from their own evil; they are not free to think or speak that which is contrary to their own evil, for this is deception. Insofar as their own evil is the origin of the falsity they express, their own life is the source of it; and in this case it is also forgiven them, since their nature is such that they could not otherwise live at all.

[2] With regard to their being stripped of the power to do evil and to think falsity, the situation is that in the conflicts brought about by temptations evil spirits are permitted to draw forth all the evil and falsity residing in a person, and to fight from that person's evil and falsity. But once they have been overcome they are no longer allowed to do so, for, being within that person, they instantly perceive that good and truth have been confirmed. Such perception exists more completely with spirits than with men. From the very sphere of a person confirmed in truth and good they recognize in an instant what the situation is, what response they will get, and much else. This is quite clear in the case of a spiritual and regenerate person, with whom evil spirits are present just as much as they are with one who is not regenerate; but with the regenerate person they have been subdued and are subservient. These are the things meant by their being stripped of the power to do evil and to think falsity.

  
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