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1 ὁράω-VVI-API3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF δρῦς-N3U-DSF ὁ- A--DSF *μαμβρη-N---DSF καταἧμαι-V5--PMPGSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF θύρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM μεσημβρία-N1A-GSF

2 ἀναβλέπω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X ὁ- A--DPM ὀφθαλμός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I τρεῖς-A3--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ἵστημι-VXI-YAI3P ἐπάνω-P αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM προςτρέχω-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DPM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF θύρα-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

3 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--VSM εἰ-C ἄρα-X εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS μή-D παραἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2S ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM σύ- P--GS

4 λαμβάνω-VV--APD3S δή-X ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καί-C νίπτω-VA--AAD3P ὁ- A--APM πούς-N3D-APM σύ- P--GP καί-C καταψύχω-VA--AAD2P ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN

5 καί-C λαμβάνω-VF--FMI1S ἄρτος-N2--ASM καί-C ἐσθίω-VA--AMD2P καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--ASN παραἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2P εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF σύ- P--GP ὅς- --GSM εἵνεκεν-P ἐκκλίνω-VAI-AAI2P πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM παῖς-N3D-ASM σύ- P--GP καί-C εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὕτως-D ποιέω-VA--AAD2S καθώς-D εἶπον-VX--XAI2S

6 καί-C σπεύδω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF σκηνή-N1--ASF πρός-P *σαρρα-N---ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSF σπεύδω-VA--AAD2S καί-C φυράω-VA--AAD2S τρεῖς-A3--APN μέτρον-N2N-APN σεμίδαλις-N3I-GSF καί-C ποιέω-VA--AAD2S ἐγκρυφίας-N1T-APM

7 καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF βοῦς-N3--APF τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S μοσχάριον-N2N-ASN ἁπαλός-A1--ASN καί-C καλός-A1--ASN καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM παῖς-N3D-DSM καί-C ταχύνω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSN ποιέω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--ASN

8 λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X βούτυρον-N2N-ASN καί-C γάλα-N3--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASN μοσχάριον-N2N-ASN ὅς- --ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C παρατίθημι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C ἐσθίω-VBI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--NSM δέ-X παραἵστημι-VXI-YAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM ὑπό-P ὁ- A--ASN δένδρον-N2N-ASN

9 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM ποῦ-D *σαρρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἰδού-I ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF σκηνή-N1--DSF

10 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐπι ἀναστρέφω-V1--PAPNSM ἥκω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AS κατά-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καί-C ἔχω-VF--FAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM *σαρρα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF σύ- P--GS *σαρρα-N---NSF δέ-X ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--DSF θύρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--GSF σκηνή-N1--GSF εἰμί-V9--PAPNSF ὄπισθε-D αὐτός- D--GSM

11 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X καί-C *σαρρα-N---NSF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NPMC προβαίνω-VX--XAPNPM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF ἐκλείπω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF γίγνομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--APN γυναικεῖος-A1A-APN

12 γελάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF οὔπω-D μέν-X ἐγώ- P--DS γίγνομαι-VX--XAI3S ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN νῦν-D ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS πρεσβύτερος-A1A-NSMC

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM πρός-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM τίς- I--ASN ὅτι-C γελάω-VAI-AAI3S *σαρρα-N---NSF ἐν-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF ἆρα-X γέ-X ἀληθῶς-D τίκτω-VF--FMI1S ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X γηράσκω-VX--XAI1S

14 μή-D ἀδυνατέω-V2--PAI3S παρά-P ὁ- A--DSM θεός-N2--DSM ῥῆμα-N3M-NSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM καιρός-N2--ASM οὗτος- D--ASM ἀναστρέφω-VF--FAI1S πρός-P σύ- P--AS εἰς-P ὥρα-N1A-APF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DSF *σαρρα-N---DSF υἱός-N2--NSM

15 ἀρνέομαι-VAI-AMI3S δέ-X *σαρρα-N---NSF λέγω-V1--PAPNSF οὐ-D γελάω-VAI-AAI1S φοβέω-VCI-API3S γάρ-X καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D ἀλλά-C γελάω-VAI-AAI2S

16 ἐκ ἀναἵστημι-VH--AAPNPM δέ-X ἐκεῖθεν-D ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM καταβλέπω-VAI-AAI3P ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X συνπορεύομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GPM συν προπέμπω-V1--PAPNSM αὐτός- D--APM

17 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D κρύπτω-VF--FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS ἀπό-P *αβρααμ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM παῖς-N3D-GSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --APN ἐγώ- P--NS ποιέω-V2--PAI1S

18 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X γίγνομαι-V1--PMPNSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P ἔθνος-N3E-ASN μέγας-A1P-ASN καί-C πολύς-A1P-ASN καί-C ἐνεὐλογέω-VC--FPI3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ἔθνος-N3E-NPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

19 οἶδα-VXI-YAI3S γάρ-X ὅτι-C συντάσσω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C φυλάσσω-VF--FAI3P ὁ- A--APF ὁδός-N2--APF κύριος-N2--GSM ποιέω-V2--PAN δικαιοσύνη-N1--ASF καί-C κρίσις-N3I-ASF ὅπως-C ἄν-X ἐπιἄγω-VB--AAS3S κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM

20 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM κραυγή-N1--NSF *σοδομα-N1--GS καί-C *γομορρα-N---GS πληθύνω-VM--XMI3S καί-C ὁ- A--NPF ἁμαρτία-N1A-NPF αὐτός- D--GPM μέγας-A1--NPF σφόδρα-D

21 καταβαίνω-VZ--AAPNSM οὖν-X ὁράω-VF--FMI1S εἰ-C κατά-P ὁ- A--ASF κραυγή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GPM ὁ- A--ASF ἔρχομαι-V1--PMPASF πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS συντελέω-V2--PMI3P εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἵνα-C γιγνώσκω-VZ--AAS1S

22 καί-C ἀποστρέφω-VA--AAPNPM ἐκεῖθεν-D ὁ- A--NPM ἀνήρ-N3--NPM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εἰς-P *σοδομα-N1--AS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἵστημι-VXI-XAPNSM ἐναντίον-P κύριος-N2--GSM

23 καί-C ἐγγίζω-VA--AAPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D συν ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS2S δίκαιος-A1A-ASM μετά-P ἀσεβής-A3H-GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀσεβής-A3H-NSM

24 ἐάν-C εἰμί-V9--PAS3P πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-NPM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2S αὐτός- D--APM οὐ-D ἀναἵημι-VF--FAI2S πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-GPM ἐάν-C εἰμί-V9--PAS3P ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF

25 μηδαμῶς-D σύ- P--NS ποιέω-VF--FAI2S ὡς-C ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ὁ- A--GSN ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAN δίκαιος-A1A-ASM μετά-P ἀσεβής-A3H-GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM δίκαιος-A1A-NSM ὡς-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀσεβής-A3H-NSM μηδαμῶς-D ὁ- A--NSM κρίνω-V1--PAPNSM πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF οὐ-D ποιέω-VF--FAI2S κρίσις-N3I-ASF

26 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐν-P *σοδομα-N1--DS πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-APM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF πόλις-N3I-DSF ἀποἵημι-VF--FAI1S πᾶς-A3--ASM ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM διά-P αὐτός- D--APM

27 καί-C ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S νῦν-D ἄρχω-VAI-AMI1S λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--NS δέ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI1S γῆ-N1--NSF καί-C σποδός-N2--NSM

28 ἐάν-C δέ-X ἐλαττονόω-VC--APS3P ὁ- A--NPM πεντήκοντα-M δίκαιος-A1A-NPM πέντε-M ἀποὀλλύω-VF2-FAI2S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM πέντε-M πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF πόλις-N3I-ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐκεῖ-D τεσσαράκοντα-M πέντε-M

29 καί-C προςτίθημι-VAI-AAI3S ἔτι-D λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D τεσσαράκοντα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM τεσσαράκοντα-M

30 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D τις- I--NSN κύριος-N2--VSM ἐάν-C λαλέω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D τριάκοντα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἐάν-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAS1S ἐκεῖ-D τριάκοντα-M

31 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐπειδή-C ἔχω-V1--PAI1S λαλέω-VA--AAN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM κύριος-N2--ASM ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D εἴκοσι-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM εἴκοσι-M

32 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S μή-D τις- I--ASN κύριος-N2--VSM ἐάν-C λαλέω-VA--AAS1S ἔτι-D ἅπαξ-D ἐάν-C δέ-X εὑρίσκω-VC--APS3P ἐκεῖ-D δέκα-M καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D μή-D ἀποὀλλύω-VA--AAS1S ἕνεκεν-P ὁ- A--GPM δέκα-M

33 ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὡς-C παύω-VAI-AMI3S λαλέω-V2--PAPNSM ὁ- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM καί-C *αβρααμ-N---NSM ἀποστρέφω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2252

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2252. Peradventure there be fifty righteous in the midst of the city. That this signifies that the truths may possibly be full of goods, is evident from the signification of “fifty,” as being what is full; from the signification of “righteous” as being good (see n. 612, 2235); from that of the “midst,” as being what is within (n. 1074); and from that of “city,” as being truth (n. 402). Thus “fifty righteous in the midst of the city,” means in the internal sense that truths may possibly be full of goods within. That there is this meaning in these words cannot be seen from the letter, for the historicals of the literal sense lead the mind in quite a different direction, that is, to different thoughts; and yet that these words are so perceived by those who are in the internal sense, I know of a certainty. The numbers themselves also, as here “fifty,” and in what follows “forty-five,” “forty,” “thirty,” “twenty,” and “ten,” are by no means perceived as numbers by those who are in the internal sense, but as real things or states (as is shown, n. 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 2075).

[2] For the ancients marked the states of their church-in one way-by numbers; and the nature of their computation in so doing is evident from the signification of the numbers in the places just referred to. They had the signification of numbers from the representatives which exist in the world of spirits, where, when anything appears as numbered, it does not signify anything that is determined by the numbers, but the thing or state itself; as is evident from the things that have been adduced (n. 2129, 2130, also n. 2089) concerning “twelve,” as meaning all the things of faith. It is similar with the numbers which now follow. This shows what is the nature of the Word in the internal sense.

[3] That “fifty” signifies what is full, comes from its following next after the product of seven into seven, or forty-nine, so that it is the impletion of this number, on which account there was in the Representative Church the festival of the Seven Sabbaths on the fiftieth day, and the Jubilee in the fiftieth year. As regards the festival of the seven sabbaths we read in Moses:

Ye shall count unto you from the morrow of the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave-offering, seven entire sabbaths shall there be, even unto the morrow of the seventh sabbath shall ye count fifty days, and ye shall offer a new offering unto Jehovah (Leviticus 23:15).

And concerning the Jubilee:

Thou shalt count for thee seven sabbaths of years, seven years seven times, and they shall be to thee seven sabbaths of years, nine and forty years, and ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty in the land to all the inhabitants thereof; it shall be a jubilee unto you (Leviticus 25:8, 10),

which shows that the fiftieth is what is full in relation to sabbaths.

[4] Moreover, wherever “fifty” is mentioned in the Word, it signifies what is full; as when it is said that:

The Levites were numbered from a son of thirty years and upward, even unto a son of fifty years (Numbers 4:23, 34, 35, 39, 43, 47; 8:25);

meaning the full or final state of discharging the ministry.

That a man lying with a damsel, a virgin, shall give unto the damsel’s father fifty pieces of silver, and she should be to him for a wife, nor could he put her away (Deuteronomy 22:29),

which denotes a full fine and full restitution.

David’s giving to Araunah for the threshing-floor where he built the altar to Jehovah, fifty shekels of silver (2 Samuel 24:24)

denotes a full price and a full purchase.

Absalom’s preparing for himself a chariot and horses, and having fifty men running before him (2 Samuel 15:1),

and in like manner:

Adonijah’s having chariots and horsemen, and fifty men running before him (1 Kings 1:5),

denotes full excellence and greatness. For they had from the ancients certain representative and significative numbers, which they observed, and which were also commanded in their rites; but most of them did not know what they signified.

[5] And in the same way, as “fifty” signifies what is full, and as this number was also representative-already said-the same thing is signified by it in the Lord’s parable of the steward, who said to him that owed the oil:

How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, a hundred baths of oil. And he said unto him, take thy bond, and sit down quickly, and write fifty (Luke 16:6);

“fifty” denoting full payment. As fifty is a number, it indeed appears to involve nothing beyond the number; whereas in the internal sense what is full is everywhere meant by it, as in Haggai:

One came to the wine-press to draw out fifty out of the wine-press; there were twenty (Haggai 2:16),

that is, instead of fullness there was not much. “Fifty” could not have been mentioned here in the Prophet unless it had been significative.

  
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