The Bible

 

Genesis 13

Study

   

1 αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S δε-X *αβραμ-N---NSM εκ-P *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF αυτος- D--NSM και-C ο- A--NSF γυνη-N3K-NSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN αυτος- D--GSM και-C *λωτ-N---NSM μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--ASF ερημος-N2--ASF

2 *αβραμ-N---NSM δε-X ειμι-V9--IAI3S πλουσιος-A1A-NSM σφοδρα-D κτηνος-N3E-DPN και-C αργυριον-N2N-DSN και-C χρυσιον-N2N-DSN

3 και-C πορευομαι-VCI-API3S οθεν-D ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--ASF ερημος-N2--ASF εως-P *βαιθηλ-N---GS εως-P ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM ου-D ειμι-V9--IAI3S ο- A--NSF σκηνη-N1--NSF αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--ASN προτερος-A1A-ASN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM *βαιθηλ-N---GS και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM *αγγαι-N---GS

4 εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ο- A--GSN θυσιαστηριον-N2N-GSN ου-D ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S εκει-D ο- A--ASF αρχη-N1--ASF και-C επικαλεω-VAI-AMI3S εκει-D *αβραμ-N---NSM ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM

5 και-C *λωτ-N---DSM ο- A--DSM συνπορευομαι-V1--PMPDSM μετα-P *αβραμ-N---GSM ειμι-V9--IAI3S προβατον-N2N-NPN και-C βους-N3--NPM και-C σκηνη-N1--NPF

6 και-C ου-D χωρεω-V2I-IAI3S αυτος- D--APM ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF καταοικεω-V2--PAN αμα-D οτι-C ειμι-V9--IAI3S ο- A--NPN υποαρχω-V1--PAPNPN αυτος- D--GPM πολυς-A1--NPN και-C ου-D δυναμαι-V6I-IMI3P καταοικεω-V2--PAN αμα-D

7 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S μαχη-N1--NSF ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPM ποιμην-N3--GPM ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GSM *αβραμ-N---GSM και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPM ποιμην-N3--GPM ο- A--GPN κτηνος-N3E-GPN ο- A--GSM *λωτ-N---GSM ο- A--NPM δε-X *χαναναιος-N2--NPM και-C ο- A--NPM *φερεζαιος-N2--NPM τοτε-D καταοικεω-V2I-IAI3P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF

8 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *αβραμ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM *λωτ-N---DSM μη-D ειμι-V9--PAD3S μαχη-N1--NSF ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM εγω- P--GS και-C συ- P--GS και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPM ποιμην-N3--GPM εγω- P--GS και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ο- A--GPM ποιμην-N3--GPM συ- P--GS οτι-C ανθρωπος-N2--NPM αδελφος-N2--NPM εγω- P--NP ειμι-V9--PAI1P

9 ου-D ιδου-I πας-A1S-NSF ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF εναντιον-P συ- P--GS ειμι-V9--PAI3S διαχωριζω-VS--APD2S απο-P εγω- P--GS ει-C συ- P--NS εις-P αριστερος-A1A-APN εγω- P--NS εις-P δεξιος-A1A-APN ει-C δε-X συ- P--NS εις-P δεξιος-A1A-APN εγω- P--NS εις-P αριστερος-A1A-APN

10 και-C επιαιρω-VA--AAPNSM *λωτ-N---NSM ο- A--APM οφθαλμος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM οραω-VBI-AAI3S πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF περιχωρος-A1B-ASF ο- A--GSM *ιορδανης-N1M-GSM οτι-C πας-A1S-NSF ειμι-V9--IAI3S ποτιζω-V1--PMPNSF προ-P ο- A--GSN καταστρεφω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM θεος-N2--ASM *σοδομα-N1--AS και-C *γομορρα-N---AS ως-C ο- A--NSM παραδεισος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM και-C ως-C ο- A--NSF γη-N1--NSF *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF εως-C ερχομαι-VB--AAN εις-P *ζογορα-N---AS

11 και-C εκλεγω-VAI-AMI3S εαυτου- D--DSM *λωτ-N---NSM πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF περιχωρος-A1B-ASF ο- A--GSM *ιορδανης-N1M-GSM και-C αποαιρω-VAI-AAI3S *λωτ-N---NSM απο-P ανατολη-N1--GPF και-C διαχωριζω-VSI-API3P εκαστος-A1--NSM απο-P ο- A--GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM

12 *αβραμ-N---NSM δε-X καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P γη-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S *λωτ-N---NSM δε-X καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P πολις-N3I-DSF ο- A--GPM περιχωρος-A1B-GPM και-C σκηνοω-VAI-AAI3S εν-P *σοδομα-N1--DS

13 ο- A--NPM δε-X ανθρωπος-N2--NPM ο- A--NPM εν-P *σοδομα-N1--DS πονηρος-A1A-NPM και-C αμαρτωλος-A1B-NPM εναντιον-P ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM σφοδρα-D

14 ο- A--NSM δε-X θεος-N2--NSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM μετα-P ο- A--ASN διαχωριζω-VS--APN ο- A--ASM *λωτ-N---ASM απο-P αυτος- D--GSM αναβλεπω-VA--AAPNSM ο- A--DPM οφθαλμος-N2--DPM συ- P--GS οραω-VB--AAD2S απο-P ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM ου-D νυν-D συ- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI2S προς-P βορεας-N1T-ASM και-C λιψ-N3--ASM και-C ανατολη-N1--APF και-C θαλασσα-N1S-ASF

15 οτι-C πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ος- --ASF συ- P--NS οραω-V3--PAI2S συ- P--DS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--ASF και-C ο- A--DSN σπερμα-N3M-DSN συ- P--GS εως-P ο- A--GSM αιων-N3W-GSM

16 και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASN σπερμα-N3M-ASN συ- P--GS ως-C ο- A--ASF αμμος-N2--ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ει-C δυναμαι-V6--PMI3S τις- I--NSM εκαριθμεω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASF αμμος-N2--ASF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C ο- A--NSN σπερμα-N3M-NSN συ- P--GS εκαριθμεω-VC--FPI3S

17 αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM διαοδευω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF εις-P τε-X ο- A--ASN μηκος-N3E-ASN αυτος- D--GSF και-C εις-P ο- A--ASN πλατος-N3E-ASN οτι-C συ- P--DS διδωμι-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--ASF

18 και-C αποσκηνοω-VA--AAPNSM *αβραμ-N---NSM ερχομαι-VB--AAPNSM καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S παρα-P ο- A--ASF δρυς-N3U-ASF ο- A--ASF *μαμβρη-N---ASF ος- --NSF ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P *χεβρων-N---DS και-C οικοδομεω-VAI-AAI3S εκει-D θυσιαστηριον-N2N-ASN κυριος-N2--DSM

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #1607

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

1607. That 'for all the land which you see I will give to you' means the heavenly kingdom which was to be the Lord's is clear from the meaning of 'land' - the land of Canaan in this context since the words used are 'the land which you see' - as the heavenly kingdom. Indeed the land of Canaan represented the Lord's kingdom in the heavens, which is heaven, and also the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church. This meaning of 'land' has been discussed frequently already. That the kingdom in heaven and on earth was given to the Lord is clear from various places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

A Boy is born, a Son is given to us; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

In Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man was coming, and He came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages will serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not perish. Daniel 7:13-14.

The Lord Himself also says the same: in Matthew,

All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22.

Elsewhere in Matthew,

[All] power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

In John,

You have given to the Son power over all flesh in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. John 17:2-3.

And 'sitting on the right hand' has the same meaning, as in Luke,

From now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

[2] As regards all power in heaven and on earth being given to the Son of Man, it should be recognized that the Lord already had power over all things in heaven and on earth before He came into the world, for He was God from eternity and He was Jehovah, as He Himself plainly declares in John,

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

And in the same gospel,

Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. 1 John 8:58.

In fact He was Jehovah and God to the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood, and was seen by them. He was also Jehovah and God to the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood; and He was the One whom all the religious observances of the Jewish Church represented, and the One they worshipped. The reason the Lord says that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Him, as though it had not been His till then, is that 'the Son of Man' is used to mean His Human Essence which became Jehovah as well after it had been united to His Divine Essence. Power was given to Him at that point, which would not have been possible until He was glorified, that is, until His Human Essence as well, through union with the Divine Essence, had life in Itself and likewise became Divine and Jehovah, as He Himself declares in John,

As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:26.

[3] It is His Human Essence or External Man that is named 'the Son of Man' in the passage quoted from Daniel, and 'a Boy born, a Son given to us' in the passage quoted from Isaiah. The fact that the heavenly kingdom would be given to Him, and all power in heaven and on earth, was shown and promised to Him then, and is the meaning of the statement 'all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed after you for ever'. This was before His Human Essence had been united to His Divine Essence, a union which took place when He had overcome the devil and hell, that is to say, when by His own strength and powers He had cast out all evil, which alone causes the severance.

Footnotes:

1. The Latin means I was, but the Greek means I am, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.