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1 εν-P αρχη-N1--DSF ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASM ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF

2 ο- A--NSF δε-X γη-N1--NSF ειμι-V9--IAI3S αορατος-A1B-NSM και-C ακατασκευαστος-A1B-NSM και-C σκοτος-N3E-NSN επανω-P ο- A--GSF αβυσσος-N2--GSF και-C πνευμα-N3M-NSN θεος-N2--GSM επιφερω-V1I-IMI3S επανω-P ο- A--GSN υδωρ-N3T-GSN

3 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM γιγνομαι-VC--APD3S φως-N3T-NSN και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S φως-N3T-NSN

4 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN φως-N3T-ASN οτι-C καλος-A1--NSN και-C διαχωριζω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSN φως-N3T-GSN και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSN σκοτος-N3E-GSN

5 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN φως-N3T-ASN ημερα-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--ASN σκοτος-N3E-ASN καλεω-VAI-AAI3S νυξ-N3--ASF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εσπερα-N1A-NSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρωι-D ημερα-N1A-NSF εις-A1A-NSF

6 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM γιγνομαι-VC--APD3S στερεωμα-N3M-NSN εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM ο- A--GSN υδωρ-N3T-GSN και-C ειμι-V9--PAD3S διαχωριζω-V1--PAPNSN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM υδωρ-N3T-GSN και-C υδωρ-N3T-GSN και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D

7 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN στερεωμα-N3M-ASN και-C διαχωριζω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSN υδωρ-N3T-GSN ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--IAI3S υποκατω-P ο- A--GSN στερεωμα-N3M-GSN και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSN υδωρ-N3T-GSN ο- A--GSN επανω-P ο- A--GSN στερεωμα-N3M-GSN

8 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASN στερεωμα-N3M-ASN ουρανος-N2--ASM και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM οτι-C καλος-A1--NSN και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εσπερα-N1A-NSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρωι-D ημερα-N1A-NSF δευτερος-A1A-NSF

9 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συναγω-VQ--APD3S ο- A--NSN υδωρ-N3--NSN ο- A--NSN υποκατω-P ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM εις-P συναγωγη-N1--ASF εις-A1A-ASF και-C οραω-VV--APD3S ο- A--NSF ξηρος-A1A-NSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D και-C συνεχω-VQI-API3S ο- A--NSN υδωρ-N3--NSN ο- A--NSN υποκατω-P ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM εις-P ο- A--APF συναγωγη-N1--APF αυτος- D--GPM και-C οραω-VVI-API3S ο- A--NSF ξηρος-A1A-NSF

10 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASF ξηρος-A1A-ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C ο- A--APN συστημα-N3M-APN ο- A--GPN υδωρ-N3T-GPN καλεω-VAI-AAI3S θαλασσα-N1S-APF και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM οτι-C καλος-A1--NSN

11 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM βλαστανω-VA--AAD3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF βοτανη-N1--ASF χορτος-N2--GSM σπειρω-V1--PAPNSN σπερμα-N3M-ASN κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN και-C κατα-P ομοιοτης-N3T-ASF και-C ξυλον-N2N-ASN καρπιμος-A1B-ASN ποιεω-V2--PAPASN καρπος-N2--ASM ος- --GSM ο- A--NSN σπερμα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSN εν-P αυτος- D--DSM κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D

12 και-C εκφερω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF βοτανη-N1--ASF χορτος-N2--GSM σπειρω-V1--PAPNSN σπερμα-N3M-ASN κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN και-C κατα-P ομοιοτης-N3T-ASF και-C ξυλον-N2N-ASN καρπιμος-A1B-ASN ποιεω-V2--PAPASN καρπος-N2--ASM ος- --GSM ο- A--NSN σπερμα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSN εν-P αυτος- D--DSM κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM οτι-C καλος-A1--NSN

13 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εσπερα-N1A-NSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρωι-D ημερα-N1A-NSF τριτος-A1--NSF

14 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM γιγνομαι-VC--APD3P φωστηρ-N3H-NPM εν-P ο- A--DSN στερεωμα-N3M-DSN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM εις-P φαυσις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN διαχωριζω-V1--PAN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSF νυξ-N3--GSF και-C ειμι-V9--PAD3P εις-P σημειον-N2N-APN και-C εις-P καιρος-N2--APM και-C εις-P ημερα-N1A-APF και-C εις-P ενιαυτος-N2--APM

15 και-C ειμι-V9--PAD3P εις-P φαυσις-N3I-ASF εν-P ο- A--DSN στερεωμα-N3M-DSN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM ωστε-C φαινω-V1--PAN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D

16 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--APM δυο-M φωστηρ-N3H-APM ο- A--APM μεγας-A1--APM ο- A--ASM φωστηρ-N3H-ASM ο- A--ASM μεγας-A1P-ASM εις-P αρχη-N1--APF ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF και-C ο- A--ASM φωστηρ-N3H-ASM ο- A--ASM ελαχυς-A3C-ASMC εις-P αρχη-N1--APF ο- A--GSF νυξ-N3--GSF και-C ο- A--APM αστηρ-N3--APM

17 και-C τιθημι-VEI-AMI3S αυτος- D--APM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM εν-P ο- A--DSN στερεωμα-N3M-DSN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM ωστε-C φαινω-V1--PAN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

18 και-C αρχω-V1--PAN ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF και-C ο- A--GSF νυξ-N3--GSF και-C διαχωριζω-V1--PAN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSN φως-N3T-GSN και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GSN σκοτος-N3E-GSN και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM οτι-C καλος-A1--NSN

19 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εσπερα-N1A-NSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρωι-D ημερα-N1A-NSF τεταρτος-A1--NSF

20 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM εκαγω-VB--AAD3S ο- A--NPN υδωρ-N3T-NPN ερπετον-N2N-APN ψυχη-N1--GPF ζαω-V3--PAPGPF και-C πετεινον-N2N-APN πετομαι-V1--PMPAPN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF κατα-P ο- A--ASN στερεωμα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D

21 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--APN κητος-N3E-APN ο- A--APN μεγας-A1--APN και-C πας-A1S-ASF ψυχη-N1--ASF ζωον-N2N-GPN ερπετον-N2N-GPN ος- --APN εκαγω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--APN υδωρ-N3T-APN κατα-P γενος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GPN και-C πας-A3--ASN πετεινον-N2N-ASN πτερωτος-A1--ASN κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM οτι-C καλος-A1--APN

22 και-C ευλογεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APN ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM αυξανω-V1--PMD2P και-C πληθυνω-V1--PMD2P και-C πληροω-VA--AAD2P ο- A--APN υδωρ-N3T-APN εν-P ο- A--DPF θαλασσα-N1S-DPF και-C ο- A--NPN πετεινον-N2N-NPN πληθυνω-VA--AMD3P επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

23 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εσπερα-N1A-NSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρωι-D ημερα-N1A-NSF πεμπτος-A1--NSF

24 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM εκαγω-VB--AAD3S ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF ψυχη-N1--ASF ζαω-V3--PAPASF κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN τετραποδος-A1B-APN και-C ερπετον-N2N-APN και-C θηριον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D

25 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--APN θηριον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN και-C ο- A--APN κτηνος-N3E-APN κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN και-C πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN ερπετον-N2N-APN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF κατα-P γενος-N3E-ASN αυτος- D--GPN και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM οτι-C καλος-A1--APN

26 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ποιεω-VA--AAS1P ανθρωπος-N2--ASM κατα-P εικων-N3N-ASF ημετερος-A1A-ASF και-C κατα-P ομοιωσις-N3I-ASF και-C αρχω-V1--PAD3P ο- A--GPM ιχθυς-N3U-GPM ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF και-C ο- A--GPN πετεινον-N2N-GPN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN και-C πας-A1S-GSF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN ερπετον-N2N-GPN ο- A--GPN ερπω-V1--PAPGPN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

27 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--ASM ανθρωπος-N2--ASM κατα-P εικων-N3N-ASF θεος-N2--GSM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM αρσην-A3--ASN και-C θηλυς-A3U-ASN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM

28 και-C ευλογεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM αυξανω-V1--PMD2P και-C πληθυνω-V1--PMD2P και-C πληροω-VA--AAD2P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF και-C κατακυριευω-VA--AAD2P αυτος- D--GSF και-C αρχω-V1--PAI2P ο- A--GPM ιχθυς-N3U-GPM ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF και-C ο- A--GPN πετεινον-N2N-GPN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN και-C πας-A1S-GSF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C πας-A3--GPN ο- A--GPN ερπετον-N2N-GPN ο- A--GPN ερπω-V1--PAPGPN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

29 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ιδου-I διδωμι-VX--XAI1S συ- P--DP πας-A3--ASN χορτος-N2--ASM σποριμος-A1B-ASM σπειρω-V1--PAPASN σπερμα-N3M-ASN ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S επανω-P πας-A1S-GSF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C πας-A3--ASN ξυλον-N2N-ASN ος- --NSN εχω-V1--PAI3S εν-P εαυτου- D--DSM καρπος-N2--ASM σπερμα-N3M-GSN σποριμος-A1B-GSN συ- P--DP ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P βρωσις-N3I-ASF

30 και-C πας-A3--DPN ο- A--DPN θηριον-N2N-DPN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C πας-A3--DPN ο- A--DPN πετεινον-N2N-DPN ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C πας-A3--DSN ερπετον-N2N-DSN ο- A--DSN ερπω-V1--PAPDSN επι-P ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ος- --NSN εχω-V1--PAI3S εν-P εαυτου- D--DSM ψυχη-N1--ASF ζωη-N1--GSF πας-A3--ASM χορτος-N2--ASM χλωρος-A1A-ASM εις-P βρωσις-N3I-ASF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ουτως-D

31 και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--APN πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C ιδου-I καλος-A1--APN λιαν-D και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S εσπερα-N1A-NSF και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πρωι-D ημερα-N1A-NSF εκτος-A1--NSF

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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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