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1 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P *νωε-N---ASM εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAD2S σύ- P--NS καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--NSM οἶκος-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF ὅτι-C σύ- P--AS ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P δίκαιος-A1A-ASM ἐναντίον-P ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF γενεά-N1A-DSF οὗτος- D--DSF

2 ἀπό-P δέ-X ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPN καθαρός-A1A-GPN εἰςἄγω-VB--AAD2S πρός-P σύ- P--AS ἑπτά-M ἑπτά-M ἄρσην-A3--ASN καί-C θῆλυς-A3U-ASN ἀπό-P δέ-X ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPN μή-D καθαρός-A1A-GPN δύο-M δύο-M ἄρσην-A3--ASN καί-C θῆλυς-A3U-ASN

3 καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GPN καθαρός-A1A-GPN ἑπτά-M ἑπτά-M ἄρσην-A3--ASN καί-C θῆλυς-A3U-ASN καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GPN μή-D καθαρός-A1A-GPN δύο-M δύο-M ἄρσην-A3--ASN καί-C θῆλυς-A3U-ASN διατρέφω-VA--AAN σπέρμα-N3M-ASN ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

4 ἔτι-D γάρ-X ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF ἑπτά-M ἐγώ- P--NS ἐπιἄγω-V1--PAI1S ὑετός-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF τεσσαράκοντα-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C τεσσαράκοντα-M νύξ-N3--APF καί-C ἐκἀλείφω-VA--AAS1S πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF ἐξανάστασις-N3I-ASF ὅς- --ASF ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

5 καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S *νωε-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

6 *νωε-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἔτος-N3E-GPN ἑξακόσιοι-A1A-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--NSM κατακλυσμός-N2--NSM γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

7 εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *νωε-N---NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF γυνή-N3K-NPF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF διά-P ὁ- A--ASN ὕδωρ-N3--ASN ὁ- A--GSM κατακλυσμός-N2--GSM

8 καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPN καθαρός-A1A-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN ὁ- A--GPN μή-D καθαρός-A1A-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN ἑρπετόν-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

9 δύο-M δύο-M εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P πρός-P *νωε-N---ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF ἄρσην-A3--ASN καί-C θῆλυς-A3U-ASN καθά-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM

10 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--APF ἑπτά-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ὁ- A--GSM κατακλυσμός-N2--GSM γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

11 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN ἑξακοσιοστός-A1--DSN ἔτος-N3E-DSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ζωή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--GSM *νωε-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM δεύτερος-A1A-GSM μήν-N3--GSM ἕβδομος-A1--DSF καί-C εἰκάς-N3D-DSF ὁ- A--GSM μήν-N3--GSM ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF οὗτος- D--DSF ῥήγνυμι-VDI-AAI3P πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF πηγή-N1--NPF ὁ- A--GSF ἄβυσσος-N2--GSF καί-C ὁ- A--NPM καταρράκτης-N1M-NPM ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM ἀναοἴγω-VQI-API3P

12 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ὑετός-N2--NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF τεσσαράκοντα-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C τεσσαράκοντα-M νύξ-N3--APF

13 ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF οὗτος- D--DSF εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *νωε-N---NSM *σημ-N---NSM *χαμ-N---NSM *ιαφεθ-N---NSM υἱός-N2--NPM *νωε-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NSF γυνή-N3K-NSF *νωε-N---GSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPF τρεῖς-A3--NPF γυνή-N3K-NPF ὁ- A--GPM υἱός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF

14 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN θηρίον-N2N-NPN κατά-P γένος-N3E-ASN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN κτῆνος-N3E-NPN κατά-P γένος-N3E-ASN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ἑρπετόν-N2N-NSN κινέω-V2--PMPNSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF κατά-P γένος-N3E-ASN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN πετεινόν-N2N-NSN κατά-P γένος-N3E-ASN

15 εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P πρός-P *νωε-N---ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF δύο-M δύο-M ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF ἐν-P ὅς- --DSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πνεῦμα-N3M-NSN ζωή-N1--GSF

16 καί-C ὁ- A--NPN εἰςπορεύομαι-V1--PMPNPN ἄρσην-A3--ASN καί-C θῆλυς-A3U-ASN ἀπό-P πᾶς-A1S-GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S καθά-D ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *νωε-N---DSM καί-C κλείω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἔξωθεν-D αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF

17 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὁ- A--NSM κατακλυσμός-N2--NSM τεσσαράκοντα-M ἡμέρα-N1A-APF καί-C τεσσαράκοντα-M νύξ-N3--APF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C πληθύνω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καί-C ἐπιαἴρω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF κιβωτός-N2--ASF καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

18 καί-C ἐπικρατέω-V2I-IAI3S ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καί-C πληθύνω-V1I-IMI3S σφόδρα-D ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπιφέρω-V1I-IMI3S ὁ- A--NSF κιβωτός-N2--NSF ἐπάνω-P ὁ- A--GSN ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN

19 ὁ- A--NSN δέ-X ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ἐπικρατέω-V2I-IAI3S σφόδρα-D σφοδρῶς-D ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπικαλύπτω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--APN ὑψηλός-A1--APN ὅς- --APN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ὑποκάτω-P ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM

20 δέκα-M πέντε-M πῆχυς-N3--APM ἐπάνω-D ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN καί-C ἐπικαλύπτω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ὄρος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--APN ὑψηλός-A1--APN

21 καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF σάρξ-N3K-NSF κινέω-V2--PMPNSF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--GPN κτῆνος-N3E-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ἑρπετόν-N2N-NSN κινέω-V2--PMPASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM

22 καί-C πᾶς-A3--APN ὅσος-A1--APN ἔχω-V1--PAI3S πνοή-N1--ASF ζωή-N1--GSF καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSM ὅς- --NSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF ξηρός-A1A-GSF ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S

23 καί-C ἐκἀλείφω-VAI-AAI3S πᾶς-A3--NSN ὁ- A--NSN ἀνάστημα-N3M-NSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN πᾶς-A1S-GSF ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἀπό-P ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἕως-P κτῆνος-N3E-GSN καί-C ἑρπετόν-N2N-GPN καί-C ὁ- A--GPN πετεινόν-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ἐκἀλείφω-VVI-API3P ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C καταλείπω-VVI-API3S μόνος-A1--NSM *νωε-N---NSM καί-C ὁ- A--NPM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF κιβωτός-N2--DSF

24 καί-C ὑψόω-VCI-API3S ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF ἑκατόν-M πεντήκοντα-M

   

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Arcana Coelestia #566

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566. 'The face 1 of the ground' means the whole of that area where the Church was. This is clear from the meaning of 'the ground', for in the Word a careful distinction is made between ground (humus) and land or earth (terra). Whenever 'ground' is used it means the Church or some aspect of the Church. This too is the derivation of the name Man or Adam, which means ground. But when 'land' or earth' occurs in the Word it frequently means where the Church or some aspect of the Church does not exist, as in Chapter 1 where the word 'land' alone is used, because the Church or regenerate person did not as yet exist. Not until Chapter 2 is the word 'ground' used because the Church has by now come into being. The same applies in the present verse and in verses 4, 23, of the next chapter, where it is said that every being was to be wiped off the face 1 of the ground, meaning within that area where the Church was; and in verse 7 of the next chapter, where the subject is the Church that is to be created, 'to keep their seed alive on the face 1 of the ground'. 2 The same applies elsewhere in the Word, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and will set them on their own ground. And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will inherit them on Jehovah's ground. Isaiah 14:1-2.

This refers to the Church once it has come into being; but when in the same chapter the Church does not exist it is called the land, verses 9, 12, 16, 20, 21, 25, 26.

[2] In the same prophet,

And the ground of Judah will be a terror to Egypt. On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language 3 of Canaan. Isaiah 19:17-18.

Here 'the ground' means where the Church exists, and 'the land' where it does not. In the same prophet,

The land will surely stagger like a drunken man. Jehovah will visit the host of the height on high, and the kings of the ground on the ground. Isaiah 24:20-21.

Here the meaning is similar. In Jeremiah,

Because of the ground which was cracked since there was no rain on the land, the farmers were put to shame, and covered their heads. Even the hind in the field has calved. Jeremiah 14:4-5.

Here 'the land' stands for that which includes the ground, and 'the ground' for that which includes the field.

[3] In the same prophet,

He led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north land and out of all the lands to where I have driven them. And they will dwell on their own ground. Jeremiah 23:8.

Here 'land' and 'lands' mean where Churches do not exist, 'the ground' where the Church or true worship does exist. In the same prophet,

I will render the remnants of Jerusalem, those who are left in this land, and those who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, and I will render them as a horror for evil to all the kingdoms of the land. And I will send sword, famine, and pestilence upon them, until they are consumed from the ground which I gave to them and their fathers. Jeremiah 24:8-10.

'The ground' stands for doctrine and worship arising out of it. And something similar is found in 25:5 of the same book.

[4] In Ezekiel,

I will gather you out of the lands into which you have been scattered. And you will acknowledge that I am Jehovah when I bring you back to the ground of Israel, into the land which I lifted up My hand to give to your fathers. Ezekiel 20:41-42.

'The ground' stands for internal worship. It is called 'the land' when internal worship does not exist. In Malachi,

I will rebuke the devourer for you, and he will not ruin for you the fruit of the ground, nor will the vine in the field fail you. And all the nations will call you blessed, for you will be a land of that which is pleasing. Malachi 3:11-12.

Here 'land' stands for that which includes, and so plainly stands for man who is actually called 'the land', when 'ground' stands for the Church or doctrine.

[5] In Moses,

Sing, O Nations, His people. He will reconcile His ground, His people. Deuteronomy 32:43.

This clearly stands for the Church of the gentiles, which is called 'the ground'. In Isaiah,

Before the boy knows to refuse evil and to choose good, the ground will be deserted which you loathe in the presence of its two kings. Isaiah 7:16.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. 'The ground will be deserted' stands for the Church or true doctrine of faith. The words 'ground 'and 'field' are clearly used in this way because they are places that are sown, as in Isaiah,

He will give rain for your seed with which you may sow the ground. Oxen and young asses tilling the ground . . . Isaiah 30:23-24.

And in Joel,

The field has been laid waste, and the ground has been mourning because the corn has been laid waste. Joel 1:10.

From these quotations it is now clear that 'man', who in Hebrew is called Adam from the word for ground, means the Church.

Footnotes:

1. literally, faces

2. The Hebrew in Genesis 7:3 in fact means earth or land. cf 722 below.

3. literally, lip.

  
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