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Genesis 2

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1 καί-C συντελέω-VSI-API3P ὁ- A--NSM οὐρανός-N2--NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γῆ-N1--NSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κόσμος-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM

2 καί-C συντελέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἕκτος-A1--DSF ὁ- A--APN ἔργον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --APN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C καταπαύω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF ἕβδομος-A1--DSF ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN ἔργον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --GPN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S

3 καί-C εὐλογέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF ἡμέρα-N1A-ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἕβδομος-A1--ASF καί-C ἁγιάζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ὅτι-C ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DSF καταπαύω-VAI-AAI3S ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN ἔργον-N2N-GPN αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --GPN ἄρχω-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ποιέω-VA--AAN

4 οὗτος- D--NSF ὁ- A--NSF βίβλος-N2--NSF γένεσις-N3I-GSF οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C γῆ-N1--GSF ὅτε-D γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὅς- --DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM οὐρανός-N2--ASM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

5 καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN χλωρός-A1A-ASN ἀγρός-N2--GSM πρό-P ὁ- A--GSN γίγνομαι-VB--AMN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASM χόρτος-N2--ASM ἀγρός-N2--GSM πρό-P ὁ- A--GSN ἀνατέλλω-VA--AAN οὐ-D γάρ-X βρέχω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐργάζομαι-V1--PMN ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

6 πηγή-N1--NSF δέ-X ἀναβαίνω-V1I-IAI3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ποτίζω-V1I-IAI3S πᾶς-A3--ASN ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

7 καί-C πλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM χοῦς-N3--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐνφυσάω-VAI-AAI3S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM πνοή-N1--ASF ζωή-N1--GSF καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM εἰς-P ψυχή-N1--ASF ζάω-V3--PAPASF

8 καί-C φυτεύω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM παράδεισος-N2--ASM ἐν-P *εδεμ-N---DS κατά-P ἀνατολή-N1--APF καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S ἐκεῖ-D ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM πλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S

9 καί-C ἐκ ἀνατέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἔτι-D ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πᾶς-A3--ASN ξύλον-N2N-ASN ὡραῖος-A1A-ASN εἰς-P ὅρασις-N3I-ASF καί-C καλός-A1--ASM εἰς-P βρῶσις-N3I-ASF καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ξύλον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--GSF ζωή-N1--GSF ἐν-P μέσος-A1--DSM ὁ- A--DSM παράδεισος-N2--DSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN ξύλον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSN οἶδα-VX--XAN γνωστός-A1--ASN καλός-A1--GSM καί-C πονηρός-A1A-GSM

10 ποταμός-N2--NSM δέ-X ἐκπορεύομαι-V1--PMI3S ἐκ-P *εδεμ-N---GS ποτίζω-V1--PAN ὁ- A--ASM παράδεισος-N2--ASM ἐκεῖθεν-D ἀποὁρίζω-V1--PMI3S εἰς-P τέσσαρες-A3--APF ἀρχή-N1--APF

11 ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSM εἷς-A3--DSM *φισων-N---NS οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κυκλόω-V4--PAPNSM πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF *ευιλατ-N---GS ἐκεῖ-D ὅς- --GSM εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSN χρυσίον-N2N-NSN

12 ὁ- A--ASN δέ-X χρυσίον-N2N-ASN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐκεῖνος- D--GSF καλός-A1--ASM καί-C ἐκεῖ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθραξ-N3K-NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM λίθος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM πράσινος-N2--NSM

13 καί-C ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSM ποταμός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--DSM δεύτερος-A1A-DSM *γηων-N---NS οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κυκλόω-V4--PAPNSM πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF *αἰθιοπία-N1A-GSF

14 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM ποταμός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM τρίτος-A1--NSM *τίγρις-N---NS οὗτος- D--NSM ὁ- A--NSM πορεύομαι-V1--PMPNSM κατέναντι-P *ἀσσύριος-N2--GPM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ποταμός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM τέταρτος-A1--NSM οὗτος- D--NSM *εὐφράτης-N1M-NSM

15 καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM ὅς- --ASM πλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM παράδεισος-N2--DSM ἐργάζομαι-V1--PMN αὐτός- D--ASM καί-C φυλάσσω-V1--PAN

16 καί-C ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *αδαμ-N---DSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM παράδεισος-N2--DSM βρῶσις-N3I-DSF ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2S

17 ἀπό-P δέ-X ὁ- A--GSN ξύλον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSN γιγνώσκω-V1--PAN καλός-A1--ASN καί-C πονηρός-A1A-ASN οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM ὅς- --DSF δέ-X ἄν-X ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐσθίω-VB--AAS2P ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GSM θάνατος-N2--DSM ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2P

18 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM οὐ-D καλός-A1--ASN εἰμί-V9--PAN ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM μόνον-D ποιέω-VA--AAS1P αὐτός- D--DSM βοηθός-N2--ASM κατά-P αὐτός- D--ASM

19 καί-C πλάσσω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἔτι-D ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN θηρίον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πετεινόν-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM *αδαμ-N---ASM ὁράω-VB--AAN τίς- I--ASN καλέω-VF--FAI3S αὐτός- D--APN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ὅς- --ASN ἐάν-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASN *αδαμ-N---NSM ψυχή-N1--ASF ζάω-V3--PAPASF οὗτος- D--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM

20 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S *αδαμ-N---NSM ὄνομα-N3M-APN πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN κτῆνος-N3E-DPN καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN πετεινόν-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN θηρίον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSM ἀγρός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--DSM δέ-X *αδαμ-N---DSM οὐ-D εὑρίσκω-VC--API3S βοηθός-N2--NSM ὅμοιος-A1A-NSM αὐτός- D--DSM

21 καί-C ἐπιβάλλω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἔκστασις-N3I-ASF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASM *αδαμ-N---NSM καί-C ὑπνόω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S εἷς-A1A-ASF ὁ- A--GPF πλευρά-N1A-GPF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἀναπληρόω-VAI-AAI3S σάρξ-N3K-ASF ἀντί-P αὐτός- D--GSF

22 καί-C οἰκοδομέω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF πλευρά-N1A-ASF ὅς- --ASF λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM *αδαμ-N---GSM εἰς-P γυνή-N3K-ASF καί-C ἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM *αδαμ-N---ASM

23 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *αδαμ-N---NSM οὗτος- D--NSN νῦν-D ὀστέον-N2N-NSN ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ὀστέον-N2N-GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σάρξ-N3K-NSF ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS οὗτος- D--NSF καλέω-VC--FPI3S γυνή-N3K-NSF ὅτι-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM ἀνήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF λαμβάνω-VVI-API3S οὗτος- D--NSF

24 ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSN καταλείπω-VF--FAI3S ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--ASF μήτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C προςκολλάω-VC--FPI3S πρός-P ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3P ὁ- A--NPM δύο-M εἰς-P σάρξ-N3K-ASF εἷς-A1A-ASF

25 καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3P ὁ- A--NPM δύο-M γυμνός-A1--NPM ὅς- --NSN τε-X *αδαμ-N---NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C οὐ-D αἰσχύνω-V1I-IMI3P

   

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Conjugial Love #193

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193. 8. A woman is actually transformed into a wife according to the description in the book of creation. We are told in this book that woman was created from the rib of a man, and that when she was brought to him, the man said,

She...is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'Ishshah (Woman) because she was taken from 'Ish (Man). (Genesis 2:22-24)

In the Word, a rib from the breast symbolically means, in its spiritual sense, not a rib but natural truth. This is the symbolism of the ribs which the bear carried between its teeth in Daniel 7:5; for bears symbolize people who read the Word in its natural sense and see truths there without understanding. The breast of a man symbolizes that essential and distinctive quality which makes it different in character from the breast of a woman. This quality is wisdom, as may be seen above in no. 187; for truth supports wisdom, as a rib supports the breast. These distinctive qualities are symbolized, because the breast is where all the qualities of a person are, so to speak, at their center.

[2] It follows from this that woman was created from man by a transmission and replication of his distinctive wisdom, which is formed from natural truth, and that man's love for this wisdom was transferred to woman so as to become conjugial love; moreover, that the purpose of this was to replace love of self in man with love for his wife, who, from a nature innate in her, cannot help but turn the love of self in man to his love for her. I have been told, too, that this comes about as a result of the wife's love, without either the man or the wife being conscious of it. It is because of this that no one is ever able to love his partner with a truly conjugial love so long as he is possessed of a conceit in his own intelligence from a love of self.

[3] Once this secret of the creation of woman from man has been understood, it can be seen that in marriage a woman is similarly created or formed, so to speak, from her husband, and that this transformation is brought about by the wife - or rather, through the wife by the Lord, who infuses into women the inclination to achieve it. For a wife receives into her an image of her husband by assimilating his affections into her (see above, no. 173); by uniting the internal will of her husband with hers (concerning which below); and also by incorporating into her the propagations of his soul (of which also below).

It is apparent from this that a woman is transformed into a wife according to the description in the book of creation understood in respect to its inner meaning, and that she is transformed through the qualities she takes from her husband and his "breast" and implants in herself.

  
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Many thanks to the General Church of the New Jerusalem, and to Rev. N.B. Rogers, translator, for the permission to use this translation.