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Genesis 30

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1 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSF δέ-X *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὅτι-C οὐ-D τίκτω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM καί-C ζηλόω-VAI-AAI3S *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--ASF ἀδελφή-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS τέκνον-N2N-APN εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D τελευτάω-VF--FAI1S ἐγώ- P--NS

2 θυμόω-VCI-API3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSF *ραχηλ-N---DSF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSF μή-D ἀντί-P θεός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--NS εἰμί-V9--PAI1S ὅς- --NSM στερέω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--AS καρπός-N2--ASM κοιλία-N1A-GSF

3 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSF παιδίσκη-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS *βαλλα-N---NSF εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASF καί-C τίκτω-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GPN γόνυ-N3--GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C τεκνοποιέω-VF--FMI1S καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS ἐκ-P αὐτός- D--GSF

4 καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *βαλλα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF αὐτός- D--DSM γυνή-N3K-ASF εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASF *ἰακώβ-N---NSM

5 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *βαλλα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF παιδίσκη-N1--NSF *ραχηλ-N---GSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM υἱός-N2--ASM

6 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ραχηλ-N---NSF κρίνω-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM καί-C ἐπιἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSF φωνή-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS υἱός-N2--ASM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *δαν-N---GSM

7 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἔτι-D *βαλλα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF παιδίσκη-N1--NSF *ραχηλ-N---GSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM δεύτερος-A1A-ASM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM

8 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ραχηλ-N---NSF συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM καί-C συν ἀναστρέφω-VDI-API1S ὁ- A--DSF ἀδελφή-N1--DSF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C δύναμαι-VSI-API1S καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *νεφθαλι-N---ASM

9 ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λεια-N---NSF ὅτι-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSN τίκτω-V1--PAN καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *ζελφα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSF καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM γυνή-N3K-ASF

10 εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASF *ἰακώβ-N---NSM καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *ζελφα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF παιδίσκη-N1--NSF *λεια-N---GSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM υἱός-N2--ASM

11 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *λεια-N---NSF ἐν-P τύχη-N1--DSF καί-C ἐπιὀνομάζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *γαδ-N---ASM

12 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *ζελφα-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF παιδίσκη-N1--NSF *λεια-N---GSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S ἔτι-D ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM υἱός-N2--ASM δεύτερος-A1A-ASM

13 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *λεια-N---NSF μακάριος-A1A-NSF ἐγώ- P--NS ὅτι-C μακαρίζω-V1--PAI3P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NPF γυνή-N3K-NPF καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ασηρ-N---ASM

14 πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM ἐν-P ἡμέρα-N1A-DPF θερισμός-N2--GSM πυρός-N2--GPM καί-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI3S μῆλον-N2N-APN μανδραγόρας-N2--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM ἀγρός-N2--DSM καί-C φέρω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN πρός-P *λεια-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF μήτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--DSF *λεια-N---DSF δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--GPM μανδραγόρας-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

15 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λεια-N---NSF οὐ-D ἱκανός-A1--NSN σύ- P--DS ὅτι-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI2S ὁ- A--ASM ἀνήρ-N3--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS μή-D καί-C ὁ- A--APM μανδραγόρας-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2S εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ραχηλ-N---NSF οὐ-D οὕτως-D κοιμάω-VC--APD3S μετά-P σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF οὗτος- D--ASF ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GPM μανδραγόρας-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS

16 εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἐκ-P ἀγρός-N2--GSM ἑσπέρα-N1A-GSF καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *λεια-N---NSF εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS εἰςἔρχομαι-VF--FMI2S σήμερον-D μισθόομαι-VM--XMI1S γάρ-X σύ- P--AS ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GPM μανδραγόρας-N2--GPM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C κοιμάω-VCI-API3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSF ὁ- A--ASF νύξ-N3--ASF ἐκεῖνος- D--ASF

17 καί-C ἐπιἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM *λεια-N---GSF καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSF τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM υἱός-N2--ASM πέμπτος-A1--ASM

18 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *λεια-N---NSF δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM μισθός-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀντί-P ὅς- --GSM δίδωμι-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--DSM ἀνήρ-N3--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ισσαχαρ-N---ASM ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S *μισθός-N2--NSM

19 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἔτι-D *λεια-N---NSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM ἕκτος-A1--ASM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM

20 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *λεια-N---NSF δωρέομαι-VM--XMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM δῶρον-N2N-ASN καλός-A1--ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM νῦν-D καιρός-N2--DSM αἱρετίζω-VF--FAI3S ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS τίκτω-VBI-AAI3P γάρ-X αὐτός- D--DSM υἱός-N2--APM ἕξ-M καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ζαβουλων-N---ASM

21 καί-C μετά-P οὗτος- D--ASN τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSF *δινα-N---ASF

22 μιμνήσκω-VSI-API3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF *ραχηλ-N---GSF καί-C ἐπιἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--GSF ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM καί-C ἀναοἴγω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--GSF ὁ- A--ASF μήτρα-N1A-ASF

23 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSF τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM υἱός-N2--ASM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ραχηλ-N---NSF ἀποαἱρέω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN ὄνειδος-N3E-ASN

24 καί-C καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSF προςτίθημι-VE--AMD3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--DS υἱός-N2--ASM ἕτερος-A1A-ASM

25 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὡς-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---ASM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *λαβαν-N---DSM ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--AS ἵνα-C ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAS1S εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS

26 ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AAD2S ὁ- A--APF γυνή-N3K-APF ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--APN παιδίον-N2N-APN περί-P ὅς- --GPM δουλεύω-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DS ἵνα-C ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAS1S σύ- P--NS γάρ-X γιγνώσκω-V1--PAI2S ὁ- A--ASF δουλεία-N1A-ASF ὅς- --ASF δουλεύω-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DS

27 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM εἰ-C εὑρίσκω-VB--AAI3P χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS οἰωνίζομαι-VAI-AMI1S ἄν-X εὐλογέω-VA--AAI3S γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSF σός-A1--DSF εἴσοδος-N2--DSF

28 διαστέλλω-VA--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASM μισθός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GS πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S

29 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM σύ- P--NS γιγνώσκω-V1--PAI2S ὅς- --APN δουλεύω-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DS καί-C ὅσος-A1--NPN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S κτῆνος-N3E-NPN σύ- P--GS μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS

30 μικρός-A1A-NPN γάρ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὅσος-A1--NPN σύ- P--DS εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐναντίον-P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C αὐξάνω-VCI-API3S εἰς-P πλῆθος-N3E-ASN καί-C εὐλογέω-VAI-AAI3S σύ- P--AS κύριος-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSM πούς-N3D-DSM ἐγώ- P--GS νῦν-D οὖν-X πότε-D ποιέω-VA--AAS1S καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS ἐμαυτοῦ- D--DSM οἶκος-N2--ASM

31 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM τίς- I--ASN σύ- P--DS δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM οὐ-D δίδωμι-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS οὐδείς-A3--ASN ἐάν-C ποιέω-VA--AAS2S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN οὗτος- D--ASN πάλιν-D ποιμαίνω-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS καί-C φυλάσσω-VF--FAI1S

32 παραἔρχομαι-VB--AAD3S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN σύ- P--GS σήμερον-D καί-C διαχωρίζω-VA--AAD2S ἐκεῖθεν-D πᾶς-A3--ASN πρόβατον-N2N-ASN φαιός-A1A-ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM ἀρνός-N3--DPM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN διάλευκος-A1B-ASN καί-C ῥαντός-A1--ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF αἴξ-N3G-DPM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS μισθός-N2--NSM

33 καί-C ἐπιἀκούω-VF--FMI3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSF δικαιοσύνη-N1--NSF ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF αὔριον-D ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM μισθός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS ἐνώπιον-P σύ- P--GS πᾶς-A3--NSN ὅς- --NSN ἐάν-C μή-D εἰμί-V9--PAS3S ῥαντός-A1--NSN καί-C διάλευκος-A1B-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF αἴξ-N3G-DPM καί-C φαιός-A1A-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM ἀρνός-N3--DPM κλέπτω-VM--XMPNSN εἰμί-VF--FMI3S παρά-P ἐγώ- P--DS

34 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM εἰμί-V9--PAD3S κατά-P ὁ- A--ASN ῥῆμα-N3M-ASN σύ- P--GS

35 καί-C διαστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ἐκεῖνος- D--DSF ὁ- A--APM τράγος-N2--APM ὁ- A--APM ῥαντός-A1--APM καί-C ὁ- A--APM διάλευκος-A1B-APM καί-C πᾶς-A1S-APF ὁ- A--APF αἴξ-N3G-APF ὁ- A--APF ῥαντός-A1--APF καί-C ὁ- A--APF διάλευκος-A1B-APF καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S λευκός-A1--NSN ἐν-P αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S φαιός-A1A-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM ἀρνός-N3--DPM καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S διά-P χείρ-N3--GSF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM

36 καί-C ἀποἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁδός-N2--ASF τρεῖς-A3--GPF ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM δέ-X ποιμαίνω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN *λαβαν-N---GSM ὁ- A--APN ὑπολείπω-VV--APPAPN

37 λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ῥάβδος-N2--ASF στυράκινος-A1--ASF χλωρός-A1A-ASF καί-C καρύινος-A1--ASF καί-C πλάτανος-N2--GSF καί-C λεπίζω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APF *ἰακώβ-N---NSM λέπισμα-N3--APN λευκός-A1--APN περισύρω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--ASN χλωρός-A1A-ASN φαίνω-V1I-IMI3S δέ-X ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DPF ῥάβδος-N2--DPF ὁ- A--NSN λευκός-A1--NSN ὅς- --ASN λεπίζω-VAI-AAI3S ποικίλος-A1--NSN

38 καί-C παρατίθημι-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APF ῥάβδος-N2--APF ὅς- --APF λεπίζω-VAI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ληνός-N2--DPF ὁ- A--GPN ποτιστήριον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSN ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN ἵνα-C ὡς-C ἄν-X ἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN πίνω-VB--AAN ἐνώπιον-P ὁ- A--GPF ῥάβδος-N2--GPF ἔρχομαι-VB--AAPGPN αὐτός- D--GPN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASN πίνω-VB--AAN

39 ἐνκισσάω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APF ῥάβδος-N2--APF καί-C τίκτω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN διάλευκος-A1B-APN καί-C ποικίλος-A1--APN καί-C σποδοειδής-A3H-APN ῥαντός-A1--APN

40 ὁ- A--APM δέ-X ἀμνός-N2--APM διαστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM καί-C ἵστημι-VAI-AAI3S ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN κριός-N2--ASM διάλευκος-A1B-ASM καί-C πᾶς-A3--ASN ποικίλος-A1--ASN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM ἀμνός-N2--DPM καί-C διαχωρίζω-VAI-AAI3S ἑαυτοῦ- D--DSM ποίμνιον-N2N-APN κατά-P ἑαυτοῦ- D--ASM καί-C οὐ-D μίγνυμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--APN εἰς-P ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN *λαβαν-N---GSM

41 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM καιρός-N2--DSM ὅς- --DSM ἐνκισσάω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN ἐν-P γαστήρ-N3--DSF λαμβάνω-V1--PAPNPN τίθημι-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APF ῥάβδος-N2--APF ἐναντίον-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPF ληνός-N2--DPF ὁ- A--GSN ἐνκισσάω-VA--AAN αὐτός- D--APN κατά-P ὁ- A--APF ῥάβδος-N2--APF

42 ἡνίκα-D δέ-X ἄν-X τίκτω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--NPN πρόβατον-N2N-NPN οὐ-D τίθημι-V7I-IAI3S γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--NPN ἄσημος-A1B-NPN ὁ- A--GSM *λαβαν-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPN δέ-X ἐπίσημος-A1B-NPN ὁ- A--GSM *ἰακώβ-N---GSM

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3923. Therefore she called his name Dan. That this signifies its quality, is evident from the signification of a “name” and of “calling a name,” as being quality (see n. 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3421). The quality itself is within the name “Dan,” for he was so called from “judging.” But though the name was given to him from “judging,” it nevertheless involves what is signified by all these words of Rachel: “God hath judged me, and also hath heard my voice,” that is, the good of life, and the holy of faith, and also in the supreme sense the justice and mercy of the Lord. It is this general principle of the church that is signified by “Dan,” and that is represented by the tribe named from Dan. This general principle is the first that is to be affirmed or acknowledged, before a man can be regenerated or made a church. Unless these things are affirmed and acknowledged, the rest of the things both of faith and of life cannot possibly be received, and therefore cannot be affirmed, still less acknowledged. For he who affirms mere faith with himself, and not the holy of faith, that is, charity (for this is the holy of faith), and does not affirm this by the good of life, that is, by the works of charity, can no longer have a relish for the essence of faith, because he rejects it. Affirmation together with acknowledgment is the first general principle with the man who is being regenerated, but is the last with him who has been regenerated; and therefore “Dan” is the first with him who is to be regenerated, and “Joseph” is the last; for “Joseph” is the spiritual man himself. But “Joseph” is the first with him who has been regenerated, and “Dan” the last; because the man who is to be regenerated commences from the affirmation that it is so, namely, the holy of faith and the good of life. But the regenerate man, who is spiritual, is in spiritual good itself, and from this he regards such affirmation as last; for with him the holy things of faith and goods of life have been confirmed.

[2] That “Dan” is the affirmative which must be the first thing when a man is being regenerated, may also be seen from other passages in the Word where “Dan” is named; as from the prophecy of Jacob, then Israel, respecting his sons:

Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel; Dan shall be a serpent upon the way, an adder upon the path, that biteth the horse’s heels, and his rider falleth backward. I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah (Genesis 49:16-18).

“Dan” here denotes the affirmative of truth, concerning which it is said that it will be “a serpent upon the way, and an adder upon the path,” when anyone reasons about truth from sensuous things; “biting the horse’s heels,” when it consults the lowest intellectual things or memory-knowledges, and draws conclusions from them; and that it is then led away from the truth, is signified by “his rider falling backward;” for which reason it is said, “I wait for thy salvation, O Jehovah.” That the “serpent” is the man who reasons from sensuous things and memory-knowledges concerning Divine arcana, may be seen above (n. 195-197); and that “way” and “path” signify truth (n. 627, 2333); and that the “horse’s heels” are the lowest intellectual things or memory-knowledges (n. 259); for a “horse” is the intellectual (n. 2761, 2762); the lowest part of which is the “heel.”

[3] Again in the prophecy of Moses concerning the twelve tribes:

Of Dan he said, Dan is a lion’s whelp, he leapeth forth from Bashan (Deuteronomy 33:22);

a “lion” in the internal sense of the Word signifies the truth of the church, from his strength, for truth is that which fights and conquers; hence a “lion’s whelp” denotes the first of truth, which is affirmation and acknowledgment. It is said “from Bashan,” because it is from the good of the natural.

In Jeremiah:

Wash thine heart from wickedness, O Jerusalem, that thou mayest be saved. How long makest thou the thoughts of thine iniquity to lodge in the midst of thee? For a voice declareth from Dan, and causeth to hear iniquity from Mount Ephraim (Jeremiah 4:14-15);

“from Dan,” denotes the truth that is to be affirmed; “from Mount Ephraim,” that it is from the affection of it.

[4] In the same:

Wait for peace, but there is no good; and for a time of healing, and behold terror. The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan; at the sound of the neighings of his strong ones the whole land trembled; and they came and devoured the land and the fullness thereof, the city and them that dwell therein. For behold I will send among you serpents, basilisks, against which there is no enchantment, and they shall bite you (Jeremiah 8:15-17);

“the snorting of horses heard from Dan” denotes reasoning concerning truth from what is non-affirmative; the “land that trembled,” and their “devouring the fullness thereof,” denotes the church and all the things of the church; for they who reason concerning truth from what is non-affirmative (that is, negative) destroy all things of faith; the “basilisk serpents” denote reasonings, as above.

[5] In Ezekiel:

Dan and Javan coming in gave bright iron in thy fairs; cassia and calamus were in thy trading (Ezekiel 27:19); where Tyre is the subject treated of, by which are signified the knowledges of truth and good (n. 1201). “Dan” denotes the first truths that are affirmed; “fairs” and “trading,” the acquisitions of truth and good (n. 2967); the “bright iron,” natural truth which is the first (n. 425, 426); “cassia and calamus,” natural truth from which there is good.

[6] In Amos:

In that day shall the fair virgins and the young men faint for thirst. They that swear by the guilt of Samaria, and have said, Thy God, O Dan, liveth; and the way of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and shall rise up no more (Amos 8:13-14);

“Thy God, O Dan, liveth, and the way of Beersheba liveth” denotes that they are in the denial of all things of faith and its doctrine. (That “way” denotes truth, see above, (627) n. 627, 2333; and “Beersheba,” doctrine, n. 2723, 2858, 2859, 3466.) That there is signified the denial of all things of faith, is because Dan was the last boundary of the land of Canaan, and Beersheba the first, that is, the midst or inmost of the land; for by the “land of Canaan” was represented and signified the Lord’s kingdom, and thus the church (n. 1607, 3038, 3481), and accordingly all things of love and faith, because these are of the Lord’s kingdom and church. Hence all things in the land of Canaan were representative, according to their distances, situations, and boundaries (n. 1585, 1866, 3686).

[7] The first boundary, that is, the midst or inmost of the land, was Beersheba, before Jerusalem became so, because Abraham was there, and also Isaac; but the last boundary, or the outermost of the land, was Dan; and hence when all things in one complex were signified, it was said, “from Dan even to Beersheba;” as in the second book of Samuel:

To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba (2 Samuel 3:10).

In the same:

All Israel gathering was gathered together from Dan even to Beersheba (2 Sam 17:11).

And again:

David said to Joab, Pass through all the tribes of Israel from Dan even to Beersheba (2 Samuel 24:2, 15).

And in the first book of Kings:

Judah and Israel dwelt in security, every man under his vine and under his fig-tree, from Dan even to Beersheba (1 Kings 4:25).

By this expression are meant in the historic sense all things of the land of Canaan; but in the internal sense all things of the Lord’s kingdom, and also all things of the church.

[8] The reason why, as before said, “Dan” is the first boundary, and also the last, is that the affirmative of truth and good is the first of all things when faith and charity are beginning with man, and the last when man is in charity and thereby in faith. It was from this also that the last lot fell to Dan when the land of Canaan was divided for inheritance (Josh. 19:40, etc.); for the lot was cast before Jehovah (Josh. 18:6); and hence it fell according to the representation of each tribe.

[9] And because the lot did not fall to Dan among the inheritances of the rest of the tribes, but beyond their borders (Judges 18:1), that tribe was omitted by John in the Revelation (Revelation 7:5-8), where the twelve thousand that were sealed are mentioned; for they who are only in the affirmative of truth and also of good, and go no further, are not in the Lord’s kingdom, that is, among the “sealed.” Even the worst men are able to know truths and goods, and also to affirm them; but the quality of the affirmation is known from the life.

[10] “Dan” is also mentioned as a boundary in Genesis 14:14, where Abraham is described as having pursued the enemy thus far, and where “Dan” has a similar signification. The city called “Dan” was not indeed built by the posterity of Dan at that time, but afterwards (Josh. 19:47; Judges 18:29); yet even then it was called the first boundary with respect to entering into the land of Canaan, or the last with respect to going out; and the inmost of the land was Hebron, and afterwards Beersheba, where Abraham and Isaac dwelt.

  
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