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1 καί-C εὐλογέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASM *νωε-N---ASM καί-C ὁ- A--APM υἱός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM αὐξάνω-V1--PMD2P καί-C πληθύνω-V1--PMD2P καί-C πληρόω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C κατακυριεύω-VA--AAD2P αὐτός- D--GSF

2 καί-C ὁ- A--NSM τρόμος-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP καί-C ὁ- A--NSM φόβος-N2--NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN θηρίον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN ὄρνεον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM οὐρανός-N2--GSM καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN κινέω-V2--PMPAPN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C ἐπί-P πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἰχθύς-N3U-APM ὁ- A--GSF θάλασσα-N1S-GSF ὑπό-P χείρ-N3--APF σύ- P--DP δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S

3 καί-C πᾶς-A3--NSN ἑρπετόν-N2N-NSN ὅς- --NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ζάω-V3--PAPNSN σύ- P--DP εἰμί-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P βρῶσις-N3I-ASF ὡς-C λάχανον-N2N-NPN χόρτος-N2--GSM δίδωμι-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DP ὁ- A--APN πᾶς-A3--APN

4 πλήν-D κρέας-N3--ASN ἐν-P αἷμα-N3M-DSN ψυχή-N1--GSF οὐ-D ἐσθίω-VF--FMI2P

5 καί-C γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSN ὑμέτερος-A1A-NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--GPF ψυχή-N1--GPF σύ- P--GP ἐκζητέω-VA--AAS1S ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF πᾶς-A3--GPN ὁ- A--GPN θηρίον-N2N-GPN ἐκζητέω-VA--AAS1S αὐτός- D--ASN καί-C ἐκ-P χείρ-N3--GSF ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ἐκζητέω-VA--AAS1S ὁ- A--ASF ψυχή-N1--ASF ὁ- A--GSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM

6 ὁ- A--NSM ἐκχέω-V2--PAPNSM αἷμα-N3M-ASN ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSN αἷμα-N3M-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκχέω-VF--FPI3S ὅτι-C ἐν-P εἰκών-N3N-DSF θεός-N2--GSM ποιέω-VAI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASM ἄνθρωπος-N2--ASM

7 σύ- P--NP δέ-X αὐξάνω-V1--PMD2P καί-C πληθύνω-V1--PMD2P καί-C πληρόω-VA--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF καί-C πληθύνω-V1--PMD2P ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSF

8 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *νωε-N---DSM καί-C ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM

9 ἐγώ- P--NS ἰδού-I ἀναἵστημι-V6--PAI1S ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--DSN σπέρμα-N3M-DSN σύ- P--GP μετά-P σύ- P--AP

10 καί-C πᾶς-A1S-DSF ψυχή-N1--DSF ὁ- A--DSF ζάω-V3--PAPDSF μετά-P σύ- P--GP ἀπό-P ὄρνεον-N3I-GPN καί-C ἀπό-P κτῆνος-N3E-GPN καί-C πᾶς-A3--DPN ὁ- A--DPN θηρίον-N2N-DPN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ὅσος-A1--NPN μετά-P σύ- P--GP ἀπό-P πᾶς-A3--GPM ὁ- A--GPM ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAPGPM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κιβωτός-N2--GSF

11 καί-C ἵστημι-VF--FAI1S ὁ- A--ASF διαθήκη-N1--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS πρός-P σύ- P--AP καί-C οὐ-D ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI3S πᾶς-A1S-NSF σάρξ-N3K-NSF ἔτι-D ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN ὁ- A--GSM κατακλυσμός-N2--GSM καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἔτι-D κατακλυσμός-N2--NSM ὕδωρ-N3T-GSN ὁ- A--GSN καταφθείρω-VA--AAN πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

12 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM πρός-P *νωε-N---ASM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN σημεῖον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--GSF διαθήκη-N1--GSF ὅς- --ASN ἐγώ- P--NS δίδωμι-V8--PAI1S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σύ- P--GP καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πᾶς-A1S-GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF ζάω-V3--PAPGSF ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S μετά-P σύ- P--GP εἰς-P γενεά-N1A-APF αἰώνιος-A1B-APF

13 ὁ- A--ASN τόξον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS τίθημι-V7--PAI1S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF νεφέλη-N1--DSF καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S εἰς-P σημεῖον-N2N-ASN διαθήκη-N1--GSF ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

14 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN συννεφέω-V2--PAN ἐγώ- P--AS νεφέλη-N1--APF ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF ὁράω-VV--FPI3S ὁ- A--ASN τόξον-N2N-ASN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF νεφέλη-N1--DSF

15 καί-C μιμνήσκω-VS--FPI1S ὁ- A--GSF διαθήκη-N1--GSF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C σύ- P--GP καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πᾶς-A1S-GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF ζάω-V3--PAPGSF ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF σάρξ-N3K-DSF καί-C οὐ-D εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ἔτι-D ὁ- A--NSN ὕδωρ-N3--NSN εἰς-P κατακλυσμός-N2--ASM ὥστε-C ἐκἀλείφω-VA--AAN πᾶς-A1S-ASF σάρξ-N3K-ASF

16 καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSN τόξον-N2N-NSN ἐγώ- P--GS ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF νεφέλη-N1--DSF καί-C ὁράω-VF--FMI1S ὁ- A--GSN μιμνήσκω-VS--APN διαθήκη-N1--ASF αἰώνιος-A1B-ASF ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πᾶς-A1S-GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF ζάω-V3--PAPGSF ἐν-P πᾶς-A1S-DSF σάρξ-N3K-DSF ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

17 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *νωε-N---DSM οὗτος- D--NSN ὁ- A--NSN σημεῖον-N2N-NSN ὁ- A--GSF διαθήκη-N1--GSF ὅς- --GSF διατίθημι-VEI-AMI1S ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM πᾶς-A1S-GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF ὅς- --NSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἐπί-P ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF

18 εἰμί-V9--IAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *νωε-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPM ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF κιβωτός-N2--GSF *σημ-N---NSM *χαμ-N---NSM *ιαφεθ-N---NSM *χαμ-N---NSM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S πατήρ-N3--NSM *χανααν-N---GSM

19 τρεῖς-A3--NPM οὗτος- D--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *νωε-N---GSM ἀπό-P οὗτος- D--GPM διασπείρω-VDI-API3P ἐπί-P πᾶς-A1S-ASF ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

20 καί-C ἄρχω-VAI-AMI3S *νωε-N---NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM γεωργός-N2--NSM γῆ-N1--GSF καί-C φυτεύω-VAI-AAI3S ἀμπελών-N3W-ASM

21 καί-C πίνω-VBI-AAI3S ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSM οἶνος-N2--GSM καί-C μεθύω-VSI-API3S καί-C γυμνόω-VCI-API3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM οἶκος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM

22 καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S *χαμ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM *χανααν-N---GSM ὁ- A--ASF γύμνωσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSM ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM δύο-M---DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἔξω-D

23 καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNPM *σημ-N---NSM καί-C *ιαφεθ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ἱμάτιον-N2N-ASN ἐπιτίθημι-VEI-AMI3P ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APN δύο-M νῶτον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C πορεύομαι-VCI-API3P ὀπισθοφανῶς-D καί-C συνκαλύπτω-VAI-AAI3P ὁ- A--ASF γύμνωσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN αὐτός- D--GPM ὀπισθοφανής-A3--ASN καί-C ὁ- A--ASF γύμνωσις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GPM οὐ-D ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P

24 ἐκνήφω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *νωε-N---NSM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSM οἶνος-N2--GSM καί-C γιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S ὅσος-A1--APN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ὁ- A--NSM νέος-A1A-NSMC

25 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐπικατάρατος-A1B-NSM *χανααν-N---NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM οἰκέτης-N1M-NSM εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM

26 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S εὐλογητός-A1--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM *σημ-N---GSM καί-C εἰμί-VF--FMI3S *χανααν-N---NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM αὐτός- D--GSM

27 πλατύνω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ιαφεθ-N---DSM καί-C καταοἰκέω-VA--AAD3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DPM οἶκος-N2--DPM ὁ- A--GSM *σημ-N---GSM καί-C γίγνομαι-VC--APD3S *χανααν-N---NSM παῖς-N3D-NSM αὐτός- D--GPM

28 ζάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *νωε-N---NSM μετά-P ὁ- A--ASM κατακλυσμός-N2--ASM τριακόσιοι-A1A-APN πεντήκοντα-M ἔτος-N3E-APN

29 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P πᾶς-A1S-NPF ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF *νωε-N---GSM ἐννακόσιοι-A1--NPN πεντήκοντα-M ἔτος-N3E-NPN καί-C ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1066

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1066. That 'from them the whole earth was overspread' means that from these three all doctrines have been derived, both true and false, is clear from the meaning of 'the earth'. In the Word 'the earth' has various meanings. In the universal sense it stands for the place or region where the Church is or once was, for example, the land of Canaan, the land of Judah, the land of Israel. It thus stands in that universal sense for every member of the Church, for a land takes its name from the people who inhabit it, as is also well known from everyday speech. In ancient times therefore when people spoke of 'the whole earth' they did not mean every land throughout the world but only that part of the earth where the Church existed, and so the Church itself, as becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

Jehovah is emptying the earth, the earth will be utterly emptied. The earth will mourn and be turned upside down. And the earth will be polluted under its inhabitants. Therefore a curse will devour the earth, therefore the inhabitants of the earth will be scorched and few men left. The floodgates from on high have been opened, and the foundations of the earth have been shaken. The earth has been utterly broken. The earth has been utterly rent asunder. The earth is violently shaken. The earth staggers altogether like a drunken man, and sways to and fro like a hut. Its transgression will lie heavily upon it, and it will fall, and it will not rise again. Isaiah 24:1, 3-6, 18-21.

'Earth' stands for the people inhabiting it, in particular the people of the Church, and so stands for the Church itself, and the things that are the Church's that have been vastated. These when being vastated are spoken of as 'being emptied', 'being shaken', 'staggering like a drunken man', 'swaying', 'falling and not rising'.

[2] That 'earth' or 'land' means man, and consequently the Church which is made up of men, is seen in Malachi,

All the nations will declare you blessed, for you will be a land of delight. Malachi 3:12.

That 'the earth' stands for the Church is seen in Isaiah,

Do you not understand the foundations of the earth? Isaiah 40:21.

Here 'foundations of the earth' stands for the foundations of the Church. In the same prophet,

Behold I am creating new heavens and a new earth. Isaiah 65:17; 66:22; Revelation 21:1.

'New heavens and a new earth' stands for the Lord's kingdom and the Church. In Zechariah,

Jehovah is He who stretches out the heavens and founds the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. Zechariah 12:1.

'Earth' stands for the Church, as in earlier chapters,

In the beginning God created heaven and earth. Genesis 1:1.

The heavens and the earth were finished. Genesis 2:1.

These are the generations of heaven and earth. Genesis 2:4.

In each instance 'earth' stands for the Church being 'created', 'formed', and 'made'. In Joel,

The earth quaked before Him, the heavens trembled. The sun and the moon were darkened. Joel 2:10.

'Earth' stands for the Church, and for the things that are the Church's. When these things are being vastated, 'heaven and earth' are said to quake, 'the sun and moon' to grow dark, that is, love and faith.

[3] In Jeremiah,

I looked to the earth, when behold, that which is void and empty; and to the heavens, and they had no light. Jeremiah 4:23.

Here 'the earth' plainly stands for the person who does not have anything of the Church within him. In the same prophet,

The whole earth will be desolate, yet I will not bring it to a close. For this the earth will mourn and the heavens be black. Jeremiah 4:27, 18.

Here likewise the Church is meant, whose exterior things are 'the earth' and interior 'the heavens'. These are referred to as 'being black and having no light' when there is no longer any wisdom arising from good or intelligence from truth. In that case the earth is also 'void and empty', as is the member of the Church who ought to be an embodiment of the Church. That 'the whole earth' is also used in other places to mean the Church alone is seen in Daniel,

The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the kingdoms and will devour the whole earth, and trample it down, and break it in pieces. Daniel 7:23.

'The whole earth' stands for the Church and for the things that are the Church's; for the Word does not deal, as secular authors do, with the powers of monarchs, but with sacred matters, and with states of the Church, which are meant by 'kingdoms of the earth'.

[4] In Jeremiah,

A great tempest will be raised up from the sides of the earth, and the slain 1 of Jehovah on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth. Jeremiah 25:32, 33.

Here 'from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth' stands for the Church and for everything that is the Church's. In Isaiah,

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they burst into cries of joy. Isaiah 14:7.

Here 'the whole earth' stands for the Church.

In Ezekiel,

As the whole earth rejoices. Ezekiel 35:14.

Here too 'the whole earth' stands for the Church.

In Isaiah,

I swore that the waters of Noah should go no more over the earth. Isaiah 54:9.

Here 'the earth' stands for the Church since the Church is the subject here. Because in the Word the earth means the Church it also means what is not the Church, for every such expression has a contrary or opposite sense. This applies, for example, to the various lands of the gentiles, in general to all lands outside the land of Canaan. 'Land' also stands therefore for the people and for the individual outside of the Church, and from this for the external man - for his will, for his proprium, and so on.

[5] In the Word 'earth' rarely stands for the whole world except when it is used to mean the state of the whole human race, whether of the Church or not of the Church. And because the earth includes the ground, which also means the Church, and the ground includes the field, the expression 'earth', entailing many things, has many meanings. But what it means is evident from the subject under discussion to which it refers. From this it now becomes clear that here 'the whole earth was overspread by the sons of Noah' does not mean the whole world, that is, the whole human race, but all doctrines, both true and false, which Churches possessed.

Footnotes:

1. literally, the pierced

  
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