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1 *σαρα-N---NSF δε-X ο- A--NSF γυνη-N3K-NSF *αβραμ-N---GSM ου-D τικτω-V1I-IAI3S αυτος- D--DSM ειμι-V9--IAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSF παιδισκη-N1--NSF *αιγυπτια-A1--NSF ος- --DSF ονομα-N3M-NSN *αγαρ-N---NSF

2 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *σαρα-N---NSF προς-P *αβραμ-N---ASM ιδου-I συνκλειω-VAI-AAI3S εγω- P--AS κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSN μη-D τικτω-V1--PAN ειςερχομαι-VB--AAD2S ουν-X προς-P ο- A--ASF παιδισκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS ινα-C τεκνοποιεω-VA--AAS2S εκ-P αυτος- D--GSF υποακουω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *αβραμ-N---NSM ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF *σαρα-N---GSF

3 και-C λαμβανω-VB--AAPNSF *σαρα-N---NSF ο- A--NSF γυνη-N3K-NSF *αβραμ-N---GSM *αγαρ-N---ASF ο- A--ASF *αιγυπτια-A1--ASF ο- A--ASF εαυτου- D--GSF παιδισκη-N1--ASF μετα-P δεκα-M ετος-N3E-APN ο- A--GSN οικεω-VA--AAN *αβραμ-N---ASM εν-P γη-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF *αβραμ-N---DSM ο- A--DSM ανηρ-N3--DSM αυτος- D--GSF αυτος- D--DSM γυνη-N3K-ASF

4 και-C ειςερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S προς-P *αγαρ-N---ASF και-C συνλαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S και-C οραω-VBI-AAI3S οτι-C εν-P γαστηρ-N3--DSF εχω-V1--PAI3S και-C ατιμαζω-VSI-API3S ο- A--NSF κυρια-N1A-NSF εναντιον-P αυτος- D--GSF

5 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *σαρα-N---NSF προς-P *αβραμ-N---ASM αδικεω-V2--PPI1S εκ-P συ- P--GS εγω- P--NS διδωμι-VX--XAI1S ο- A--ASF παιδισκη-N1--ASF εγω- P--GS εις-P ο- A--ASM κολπος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS οραω-VB--AAPNSF δε-X οτι-C εν-P γαστηρ-N3--DSF εχω-V1--PAI3S ατιμαζω-VSI-API1S εναντιον-P αυτος- D--GSF κρινω-VA--AAO3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM εγω- P--GS και-C συ- P--GS

6 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *αβραμ-N---NSM προς-P *σαρα-N---ASF ιδου-I ο- A--NSF παιδισκη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS εν-P ο- A--DPF χειρ-N3--DPF συ- P--GS χραομαι-V3--PMD2S αυτος- D--DSF ως-C αν-X συ- P--DS αρεστος-A1--NSN ειμι-V9--PAS3S και-C κακοω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASF *σαρα-N---NSF και-C αποδιδρασκω-VBI-AAI3S απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN αυτος- D--GSF

7 ευρισκω-VB--AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--ASF αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM επι-P ο- A--GSF πηγη-N1--GSF ο- A--GSN υδωρ-N3T-GSN εν-P ο- A--DSF ερημος-N2--DSF επι-P ο- A--GSF πηγη-N1--GSF εν-P ο- A--DSF οδος-N2--DSF *σουρ-N----S

8 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSF ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM *αγαρ-N---VSF παιδισκη-N1--VSF *σαρα-N---GSF ποθεν-D ερχομαι-V1--PMI2S και-C που-D πορευομαι-V1--PMI2S και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN *σαρα-N---GSF ο- A--GSF κυρια-N1A-GSF εγω- P--GS εγω- P--NS αποδιδρασκω-V1--PAI1S

9 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSF ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM αποστρεφω-VD--APD2S προς-P ο- A--ASF κυρια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS και-C ταπεινοω-VC--APD2S υπο-P ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GSF

10 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSF ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM πληθυνω-V1--PAPNSM πληθυνω-VF2-FAI1S ο- A--ASN σπερμα-N3M-ASN συ- P--GS και-C ου-D αριθμεω-VC--FPI3S απο-P ο- A--GSN πληθος-N3E-GSN

11 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSF ο- A--NSM αγγελος-N2--NSM κυριος-N2--GSM ιδου-I συ- P--NS εν-P γαστηρ-N3--DSF εχω-V1--PAI2S και-C τικτω-VF--FMI2S υιος-N2--ASM και-C καλεω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM *ισμαηλ-N---ASM οτι-C επιακουω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--DSF ταπεινωσις-N3I-DSF συ- P--GS

12 ουτος- D--NSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S αγροικος-A1B-NSM ανθρωπος-N2--NSM ο- A--NPF χειρ-N3--NPF αυτος- D--GSM επι-P πας-A3--APM και-C ο- A--NPF χειρ-N3--NPF πας-A3--GPM επι-P αυτος- D--ASM και-C κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM αδελφος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSM καταοικεω-VF--FAI3S

13 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *αγαρ-N---NSF ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN κυριος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSM λαλεω-V2--PAPGSM προς-P αυτος- D--ASF συ- P--NS ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM επιοραω-VB--AAPNSM εγω- P--AS οτι-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S και-C γαρ-X ενωπιον-P οραω-VBI-AAI1S οραω-VV--APPASM εγω- P--DS

14 ενεκεν-P ουτος- D--GSM καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN φρεαρ-N3T-ASN *φρεαρ-N3T-NSN ος- --GSM ενωπιον-P οραω-VBI-AAI3P ιδου-I ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM *καδης-N---GS και-C ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM *βαραδ-N---GS

15 και-C τικτω-VBI-AAI3S *αγαρ-N---NSF ο- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM υιος-N2--ASM και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *αβραμ-N---NSM ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM ος- --ASM τικτω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM *αγαρ-N---NSF *ισμαηλ-N---ASM

16 *αβραμ-N---NSM δε-X ειμι-V9--IAI3S ογδοηκοντα-M εξ-M ετος-N3E-GPN ηνικα-D τικτω-VBI-AAI3S *αγαρ-N---NSF ο- A--ASM *ισμαηλ-N---ASM ο- A--DSM *αβραμ-N---DSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3667

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3667. 'God Shaddai will bless you' means the temptations to which that truth and good was subjected and by means of which the joining together was effected. This is clear from the meaning of 'God Shaddai' as temptations, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'being blessed' as a joining together, dealt with in 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584. Since Jacob' now represents the good of truth, as shown above in 3659, that good and truth is here meant by 'you'. The reason why 'God Shaddai' means temptations is that in ancient times people gave the Supreme Deity, or the Lord, various illustrious names. They used these in accordance with His attributes and in accordance with the kinds of good derived from Him, as well as in accordance with the kinds of truth, which are manifold, as everyone knows. By all those descriptive names members of the Ancient Church meant none but the one God, namely the Lord, whom they called Jehovah. But after the Church fell away from goodness and truth, and at the same time from such wisdom, they started to worship as many gods as there were descriptive names of the one God - so much so that each nation, and at length each family, acknowledged one of them as its own god. This was how so many gods came into being, who are also referred to in various places in the Word.

[2] The same happened in the family of Terah, Abraham's father, and also in Abraham's house. The fact that they worshipped other gods, see 1356, 2559, and in particular God Shaddai, 1992. And the fact that the worship of that God persisted in that house is also clear from the following places in Moses,

I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Shaddai, and by My name Jehovah I was not known to them. Exodus 6:3.

This explains why Abraham was told, I am God Shaddai; walk before Me and be blameless. Genesis 17:1.

And in the present case Isaac told Jacob, 'God Shaddai will bless you'. The truth of this is also quite evident from this chapter in which, after the Lord had said in a dream, 'I am Jehovah, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac', in verse 13, Jacob then said,

If God will be with me, and guard me on this road on which I am walking, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear, and I come back in peace to my father's house, then Jehovah will be my God. Verses 20-21.

From this it is evident that neither did the house of Jacob acknowledge Jehovah, but that Jacob would acknowledge Him as his God if He conferred benefits on him. It was just the same as it is in Christian Gentilism at the present day.

[3] But as regards the specific name God Shaddai, the Lord had been called by this in the Ancient Church in respect to temptations, and to the blessings and benefits following temptations, as shown in Volume Two, in 1992. This is why here in the internal sense 'God Shaddai' means temptations. Temptations are the means by which the conjunction of good and truth is effected - see what has been stated and shown already about temptations, in the paragraphs referred to in 2819.

  
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