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Genesis 16

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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 #1906

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1906. After ten years of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan. That this signifies the remains of good and of the derivative truth which the Lord procured to Himself, and by means of which that rational was conceived, is evident from the signification of “ten,” as being remains, spoken of before (n. 576). What remains are, has been stated and shown above (n. 468, 530, 560, 561, 661, 798, 1050), namely, that they are all the states of the affection of good and truth with which a man is gifted by the Lord, from earliest infancy even to the end of life; which states are stored up for him for the use of his life after death; for in the other life all the states of his life return in succession, and are then tempered by the states of good and truth with which he has been gifted by the Lord. The more remains therefore that a man has received in the life of the body, that is, the more of good and truth, the more delightful and beautiful do the rest of his states appear when they return. That this is really so may be evident to everyone, if he will consider. When a man is born he has not a particle of good of himself, but is wholly defiled throughout with hereditary evil, and all that is good flows in, such as his love for his parents, his nurses, his companions; and this from innocence. Such are the things that flow in from the Lord through the heaven of innocence and peace, which is the inmost heaven, and thus is man imbued with them in his infancy.

[2] Afterwards, when he grows up, this good, innocent, and peaceful state of infancy recedes little by little; and so far as he is introduced into the world, he comes into its pleasures, and into cupidities, and thus into evils; and so far the celestial or good things of the age of infancy begin to disappear; but still they remain, and the states which the man afterwards puts on or acquires are tempered by them. Without them a man can never be a man, for the states of the cupidities, or of evil, if not tempered by states of the affection of good, would be more atrocious than those of any animal. These states of good are what are called remains, given by the Lord and implanted in one’s natural disposition, and this when the man is not aware of it.

[3] In after life he is also gifted with new states; but these are not so much states of good as states of truth, for as he is growing up he is imbued with truths, and these are in like manner stored up in him in his interior man. By these remains, which are those of truth, born of the influx of spiritual things from the Lord, man has the ability to think, and also to understand what the good and the truth of civic and moral life are, and also to receive spiritual truth or faith; but he cannot do this except by means of the remains of good that he had received in infancy. That there are remains, and that they are stored up in a man in his interior rational, is wholly unknown to man; and this because he supposes that nothing flows in, but that everything is natural to him, and born with him, thus that it is all in him when an infant, when yet the real case is altogether different. Remains are treated of in many parts of the Word, and by them are signified those states by which man becomes a man, and this from the Lord alone.

[4] But the remains that appertained to the Lord were all the Divine states which He procured for Himself, and by which He united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence. These cannot be compared to the remains that pertain to man, for the latter are not Divine, but human. It is the remains appertaining to the Lord that are signified by the “ten years in which Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan.” When angels hear the Word, they do not know what the number ten is, but as soon as it is named by man the idea of remains occurs to them; for by “ten” and “tenths” in the Word are signified remains, as is evident from what was shown above (n. 576, 1738); and when a perception comes to them based on the idea of the end of the ten years that Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, the idea of the Lord comes to them, and at the same time innumerable things that are signified by the remains in the Lord during the time that He was in the world.

  
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