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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

43 καί-C πλουτέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM σφόδρα-D σφόδρα-D καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM κτῆνος-N3E-NPN πολύς-A1--NPN καί-C βοῦς-N3--NPM καί-C παῖς-N3D-NPM καί-C παιδίσκη-N1--NPF καί-C κάμηλος-N2--NPM καί-C ὄνος-N2--NPM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3927

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3927. And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. That this signifies in the supreme sense own power; in the internal sense, temptation in which there is victory; and in the external sense, resistance by the natural man, is evident from the signification of the “wrestlings of God” and of “wrestling,” as being temptations; for temptations are nothing else than wrestlings of the internal man with the external, or of the spiritual man with the natural; for each desires to rule, and when dominion is in question, combat arises, which is here called “wrestling.” That “to prevail” is to overcome, is evident without explication.

[2] That in the supreme sense these words signify own power, is because the Lord, when He was in the world and in the human there, sustained all temptations from His own power, and conquered from His own power; differently from every man, who never sustains any spiritual temptation and conquers in it from his own power; for it is the Lord who sustains and conquers within him. (See what has been stated and shown on these subjects before, namely, That the Lord sustained the most grievous temptations, beyond all others, n. 1663, 1668, 1690, 1737, 1787, 1789, 1812, 1813, 1815, 1820, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2813, 2816, 3318: That the Lord combated and conquered from His own power, n. 1616, 1692, 1813, 3381: And that the Lord alone combats in man, n. 1692.)

[3] That in the internal sense the “wrestlings of God” and “prevailing” denote the temptations in which man conquers, is evident from what has been said just above. But that in the external sense there is signified resistance by the natural man is because all temptation is nothing else; for as before said in spiritual temptations there is dispute about dominion, as to which shall have the supremacy, the internal man or the external; or what is the same, the spiritual man or the natural, for these are opposed to each other (n. 3913). For when man is in temptations, his internal or spiritual man is ruled by the Lord through angels; but his external or natural man through infernal spirits; and the combat between them is that which is perceived by the man as temptation. When a man is such in faith and life that he can be regenerated, he will conquer in temptations; but when he is such that he cannot be regenerated, he yields in temptations. That there is resistance by the natural man, is signified by its being said that she “wrestled with her sister;” for by “Leah,” who is here the “sister,” is signified the affection of the external man; but by “Rachel,” the affection of the internal man (n. 3793, 3819).

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3318

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3318. And he was weary. That this signifies a state of combat, is evident from the signification of “weary,” or “weariness,” as being the state after combat; here, a state of combat, because the subject is the conjunction of good with truth in the natural man. That “weary” here signifies a state of combat, cannot appear except from the series of things in the internal sense, and especially from the consideration that good cannot be conjoined with truth in the natural man without combats, or what is the same, without temptations. That it may be known how the case herein is in respect to man, it shall be briefly told.

[2] Man is nothing but an organ, or vessel, which receives life from the Lord; for man does not live from himself (n. 290, 1954, 2021, 2536, 2706, 2886-3001). The life which inflows with man from the Lord is from His Divine love. This love, or the life thence derived, inflows and applies itself to the vessels which are in man’s rational, and to those which are in his natural. In consequence of the hereditary evil into which man is born, and of the actual evil which he acquires, these vessels are in a contrary position within him relatively to the inflowing life, yet insofar as the life which flows in can dispose the vessels to receive it, it does so dispose them. These vessels in the rational man, and in the natural, are what are called truths, but in themselves they are merely perceptions of the variations of form of these vessels, and of the changes of state according to which in divers ways these variations come forth, being effected in the most subtle substances, by methods inexpressible (n. 2487). Good itself, which has life from the Lord, or which is life, is that which flows in and disposes.

[3] When therefore these vessels, which are to be varied as to forms, are as before said in a contrary position and direction in respect to the life, it is evident that they must be reduced to a position in accordance with the life, or into compliance with it. This cannot possibly be effected so long as the man is in that state into which he is born, and to which he has reduced himself; for the vessels are not obedient, being obstinately resistant, and hardening themselves against the heavenly order according to which the life acts; for the good which moves them, and with which they comply, is of the love of self and of the world; which good, from the gross heat that is in it, causes them to be of such a quality; and therefore before they can be rendered compliant and fit to receive anything of the life of the Lord’s love, they must be softened. This softening is effected by no other means than temptations; for temptations remove all that is of the love of self and of contempt for others in comparison with self, consequently all that is of self-glory, and also of hatred and revenge on this account. When therefore the vessels have been somewhat tempered and subdued by temptations, they begin to become yielding to, and compliant with, the life of the Lord’s love, which continually flows in with man.

[4] Hence then it is that good begins to be conjoined with truths; first in the rational man, and afterwards in the natural; for as before said truths are nothing else than perceptions of the variations of form according to states that are continually being changed; and these perceptions are from the life which flows in. This is the reason why man is regenerated, that is, made new, by temptations; or what is the same, by spiritual combats; and that he is afterwards gifted with another nature; being made mild, humble, simple, and contrite in heart. From these considerations it may now be seen what use temptations promote, namely, that good from the Lord may not only flow in, but may also dispose the vessels to obedience, and thus conjoin itself with them. That truths are vessels receptive of good, may be seen above (n. 1496, 1832, 1900, 2063, 2261, 2269). Here therefore, because the subject is the conjunction of good and truth in the natural man, and the first of conjunction takes place by means of combats, which are those of temptations, it is evident that by “he was weary” is signified a state of combat.

[5] But as regards the Lord, who in the supreme sense is here treated of, He by the most grievous temptation combats reduced all things in Himself into Divine order, insomuch that there remained nothing at all of the human which He had derived from the mother (n. 1444, 1573, 2159, 2574, 2649, 3036), so that He was not made new as are other men, but altogether Divine. For the man who is made new by regeneration still retains in himself an inclination to evil, and even evil itself; but is withheld from evil by an influx of the life of the Lord’s love, and this with a force exceedingly great; whereas the Lord utterly cast out all the evil that was hereditary to Him from the mother, and made Himself Divine, even as to the vessels, that is, as to truths. This is that which in the Word is called “glorification.”

  
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