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1 οραω-VVI-API3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM προς-P ο- A--DSF δρυς-N3U-DSF ο- A--DSF *μαμβρη-N---DSF καταημαι-V5--PMPGSM αυτος- D--GSM επι-P ο- A--GSF θυρα-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM μεσημβρια-N1A-GSF

2 αναβλεπω-VA--AAPNSM δε-X ο- A--DPM οφθαλμος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GSM οραω-VBI-AAI3S και-C ιδου-I τρεις-A3--NPM ανηρ-N3--NPM ιστημι-VXI-YAI3P επανω-P αυτος- D--GSM και-C οραω-VB--AAPNSM προςτρεχω-VBI-AAI3S εις-P συναντησις-N3I-ASF αυτος- D--DPM απο-P ο- A--GSF θυρα-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF αυτος- D--GSM και-C προςκυνεω-VAI-AAI3S επι-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF

3 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--VSM ει-C αρα-X ευρισκω-VB--AAI1S χαρις-N3--ASF εναντιον-P συ- P--GS μη-D παραερχομαι-VB--AAS2S ο- A--ASM παις-N3D-ASM συ- P--GS

4 λαμβανω-VV--APD3S δη-X υδωρ-N3--NSN και-C νιπτω-VA--AAD3P ο- A--APM πους-N3D-APM συ- P--GP και-C καταψυχω-VA--AAD2P υπο-P ο- A--ASN δενδρον-N2N-ASN

5 και-C λαμβανω-VF--FMI1S αρτος-N2--ASM και-C εσθιω-VA--AMD2P και-C μετα-P ουτος- D--ASN παραερχομαι-VF--FMI2P εις-P ο- A--ASF οδος-N2--ASF συ- P--GP ος- --GSM εινεκεν-P εκκλινω-VAI-AAI2P προς-P ο- A--ASM παις-N3D-ASM συ- P--GP και-C ειπον-VAI-AAI3P ουτως-D ποιεω-VA--AAD2S καθως-D ειπον-VX--XAI2S

6 και-C σπευδω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM επι-P ο- A--ASF σκηνη-N1--ASF προς-P *σαρρα-N---ASF και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSF σπευδω-VA--AAD2S και-C φυραω-VA--AAD2S τρεις-A3--APN μετρον-N2N-APN σεμιδαλις-N3I-GSF και-C ποιεω-VA--AAD2S εγκρυφιας-N1T-APM

7 και-C εις-P ο- A--APF βους-N3--APF τρεχω-VBI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S μοσχαριον-N2N-ASN απαλος-A1--ASN και-C καλος-A1--ASN και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM παις-N3D-DSM και-C ταχυνω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--GSN ποιεω-VA--AAN αυτος- D--ASN

8 λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S δε-X βουτυρον-N2N-ASN και-C γαλα-N3--ASN και-C ο- A--ASN μοσχαριον-N2N-ASN ος- --ASN ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C παρατιθημι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DPM και-C εσθιω-VBI-AAI3P αυτος- D--NSM δε-X παραιστημι-VXI-YAI3S αυτος- D--DPM υπο-P ο- A--ASN δενδρον-N2N-ASN

9 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X προς-P αυτος- D--ASM που-D *σαρρα-N---NSF ο- A--NSF γυνη-N3K-NSF συ- P--GS ο- A--NSM δε-X αποκρινω-VC--APPNSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ιδου-I εν-P ο- A--DSF σκηνη-N1--DSF

10 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X επι αναστρεφω-V1--PAPNSM ηκω-VF--FAI1S προς-P συ- P--AS κατα-P ο- A--ASM καιρος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM εις-P ωρα-N1A-APF και-C εχω-VF--FAI3S υιος-N2--ASM *σαρρα-N---NSF ο- A--NSF γυνη-N3K-NSF συ- P--GS *σαρρα-N---NSF δε-X ακουω-VAI-AAI3S προς-P ο- A--DSF θυρα-N1A-DSF ο- A--GSF σκηνη-N1--GSF ειμι-V9--PAPNSF οπισθε-D αυτος- D--GSM

11 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δε-X και-C *σαρρα-N---NSF πρεσβυτερος-A1A-NPMC προβαινω-VX--XAPNPM ημερα-N1A-GPF εκλειπω-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *σαρρα-N---NSF γιγνομαι-V1--PMN ο- A--APN γυναικειος-A1A-APN

12 γελαω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *σαρρα-N---NSF εν-P εαυτου- D--DSF λεγω-V1--PAPNSF ουπω-D μεν-X εγω- P--DS γιγνομαι-VX--XAI3S εως-P ο- A--GSN νυν-D ο- A--NSM δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS πρεσβυτερος-A1A-NSMC

13 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM προς-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM τις- I--ASN οτι-C γελαω-VAI-AAI3S *σαρρα-N---NSF εν-P εαυτου- D--DSF λεγω-V1--PAPNSF αρα-X γε-X αληθως-D τικτω-VF--FMI1S εγω- P--NS δε-X γηρασκω-VX--XAI1S

14 μη-D αδυνατεω-V2--PAI3S παρα-P ο- A--DSM θεος-N2--DSM ρημα-N3M-NSN εις-P ο- A--ASM καιρος-N2--ASM ουτος- D--ASM αναστρεφω-VF--FAI1S προς-P συ- P--AS εις-P ωρα-N1A-APF και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--DSF *σαρρα-N---DSF υιος-N2--NSM

15 αρνεομαι-VAI-AMI3S δε-X *σαρρα-N---NSF λεγω-V1--PAPNSF ου-D γελαω-VAI-AAI1S φοβεω-VCI-API3S γαρ-X και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ου-D αλλα-C γελαω-VAI-AAI2S

16 εκ αναιστημι-VH--AAPNPM δε-X εκειθεν-D ο- A--NPM ανηρ-N3--NPM καταβλεπω-VAI-AAI3P επι-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN *σοδομα-N1--GS και-C *γομορρα-N---GS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δε-X συνπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετα-P αυτος- D--GPM συν προπεμπω-V1--PAPNSM αυτος- D--APM

17 ο- A--NSM δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S μη-D κρυπτω-VF--FAI1S εγω- P--NS απο-P *αβρααμ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM παις-N3D-GSM εγω- P--GS ος- --APN εγω- P--NS ποιεω-V2--PAI1S

18 *αβρααμ-N---NSM δε-X γιγνομαι-V1--PMPNSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S εις-P εθνος-N3E-ASN μεγας-A1P-ASN και-C πολυς-A1P-ASN και-C ενευλογεω-VC--FPI3P εν-P αυτος- D--DSM πας-A3--NPN ο- A--NPN εθνος-N3E-NPN ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

19 οιδα-VXI-YAI3S γαρ-X οτι-C συντασσω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM μετα-P αυτος- D--ASM και-C φυλασσω-VF--FAI3P ο- A--APF οδος-N2--APF κυριος-N2--GSM ποιεω-V2--PAN δικαιοσυνη-N1--ASF και-C κρισις-N3I-ASF οπως-C αν-X επιαγω-VB--AAS3S κυριος-N2--NSM επι-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM πας-A3--APN οσος-A1--APN λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM

20 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM κραυγη-N1--NSF *σοδομα-N1--GS και-C *γομορρα-N---GS πληθυνω-VM--XMI3S και-C ο- A--NPF αμαρτια-N1A-NPF αυτος- D--GPM μεγας-A1--NPF σφοδρα-D

21 καταβαινω-VZ--AAPNSM ουν-X οραω-VF--FMI1S ει-C κατα-P ο- A--ASF κραυγη-N1--ASF αυτος- D--GPM ο- A--ASF ερχομαι-V1--PMPASF προς-P εγω- P--AS συντελεω-V2--PMI3P ει-C δε-X μη-D ινα-C γιγνωσκω-VZ--AAS1S

22 και-C αποστρεφω-VA--AAPNPM εκειθεν-D ο- A--NPM ανηρ-N3--NPM ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3P εις-P *σοδομα-N1--AS *αβρααμ-N---NSM δε-X ειμι-V9--IAI3S ιστημι-VXI-XAPNSM εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM

23 και-C εγγιζω-VA--AAPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S μη-D συν αποολλυω-VA--AAS2S δικαιος-A1A-ASM μετα-P ασεβης-A3H-GSM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM δικαιος-A1A-NSM ως-C ο- A--NSM ασεβης-A3H-NSM

24 εαν-C ειμι-V9--PAS3P πεντηκοντα-M δικαιος-A1A-NPM εν-P ο- A--DSF πολις-N3I-DSF αποολλυω-VF2-FAI2S αυτος- D--APM ου-D αναιημι-VF--FAI2S πας-A3--ASM ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM ενεκεν-P ο- A--GPM πεντηκοντα-M δικαιος-A1A-GPM εαν-C ειμι-V9--PAS3P εν-P αυτος- D--DSF

25 μηδαμως-D συ- P--NS ποιεω-VF--FAI2S ως-C ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN ο- A--GSN αποκτεινω-VA--AAN δικαιος-A1A-ASM μετα-P ασεβης-A3H-GSM και-C ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSM δικαιος-A1A-NSM ως-C ο- A--NSM ασεβης-A3H-NSM μηδαμως-D ο- A--NSM κρινω-V1--PAPNSM πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ου-D ποιεω-VF--FAI2S κρισις-N3I-ASF

26 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM εαν-C ευρισκω-VB--AAS1S εν-P *σοδομα-N1--DS πεντηκοντα-M δικαιος-A1A-APM εν-P ο- A--DSF πολις-N3I-DSF αποιημι-VF--FAI1S πας-A3--ASM ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM δια-P αυτος- D--APM

27 και-C αποκρινω-VC--APPNSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S νυν-D αρχω-VAI-AMI1S λαλεω-VA--AAN προς-P ο- A--ASM κυριος-N2--ASM εγω- P--NS δε-X ειμι-V9--PAI1S γη-N1--NSF και-C σποδος-N2--NSM

28 εαν-C δε-X ελαττονοω-VC--APS3P ο- A--NPM πεντηκοντα-M δικαιος-A1A-NPM πεντε-M αποολλυω-VF2-FAI2S ενεκεν-P ο- A--GPM πεντε-M πας-A1S-ASF ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D αποολλυω-VA--AAS1S εαν-C ευρισκω-VB--AAS1S εκει-D τεσσαρακοντα-M πεντε-M

29 και-C προςτιθημι-VAI-AAI3S ετι-D λαλεω-VA--AAN προς-P αυτος- D--ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εαν-C δε-X ευρισκω-VC--APS3P εκει-D τεσσαρακοντα-M και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D αποολλυω-VA--AAS1S ενεκεν-P ο- A--GPM τεσσαρακοντα-M

30 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S μη-D τις- I--NSN κυριος-N2--VSM εαν-C λαλεω-VA--AAS1S εαν-C δε-X ευρισκω-VC--APS3P εκει-D τριακοντα-M και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D αποολλυω-VA--AAS1S εαν-C ευρισκω-VB--AAS1S εκει-D τριακοντα-M

31 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S επειδη-C εχω-V1--PAI1S λαλεω-VA--AAN προς-P ο- A--ASM κυριος-N2--ASM εαν-C δε-X ευρισκω-VC--APS3P εκει-D εικοσι-M και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D αποολλυω-VA--AAS1S ενεκεν-P ο- A--GPM εικοσι-M

32 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S μη-D τις- I--ASN κυριος-N2--VSM εαν-C λαλεω-VA--AAS1S ετι-D απαξ-D εαν-C δε-X ευρισκω-VC--APS3P εκει-D δεκα-M και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D αποολλυω-VA--AAS1S ενεκεν-P ο- A--GPM δεκα-M

33 αποερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X κυριος-N2--NSM ως-C παυω-VAI-AMI3S λαλεω-V2--PAPNSM ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM και-C *αβρααμ-N---NSM αποστρεφω-VAI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2184

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2184. That 'butter' is the celestial part of the rational, 'milk' the spiritual deriving from this, and 'the young bull' the corresponding natural part, is clear from the meaning of 'butter', and of 'milk', and also of 'a young bull'. As regards 'butter', this in the Word means that which is celestial, and this because of the fat present in butter; for 'fat' means that which is celestial, as shown in Volume One, in 353, and 'oil', being fat, means the celestial itself, in 886. That 'butter' has the same meaning becomes clear in Isaiah,

Behold, a virgin is bearing a son, and will call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey will he eat that he may know to refuse the evil and choose the good. Isaiah 7:14-15.

This refers to the Lord, who is Immanuel; and anyone may see that butter is not meant by 'butter', nor honey by 'honey'. But by 'butter' is meant His celestial, and by 'honey' that which is derived from that celestial.

[2] In the same chapter,

And it will be, because of the abundance of milk which they give, that he will eat butter, for butter and honey will everyone eat that is left in the midst of the land. Isaiah 7:22.

This refers to the Lord's kingdom, and to those on earth who are members of the Lord's kingdom. 'Milk' here stands for spiritual good, 'butter' for celestial good, and 'honey' for the happiness derived from this.

[3] In Moses,

Jehovah alone leads him, and there is no foreign god with him. He causes him to ride on the heights of the land, and He feeds [him] with the produce of the fields, and He causes him to suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock - butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs and of rams, the breed 1 of Bashan, and of goats, with the kidney-fat of wheat; and of the blood of the grape you will drink unmixed wine. Deuteronomy 32:12-14.

No one is able to understand what all these things mean unless he knows the internal sense of each one. It seems like a pile of expressions such as belong to the oratory employed by the wise men of the world. But yet each expression means that which is celestial and that which is spiritual going with it, and also the blessing and happiness which flow from these, and all of them in a co-ordinated sequence. 'Butter from the herd' is the celestial-natural, 'milk from the flock' the celestial-spiritual of the rational.

[4] As regards 'milk' however, this means, as has been stated, that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial, that is, the celestial-spiritual. What the celestial-spiritual is, see Volume One, in 1577, 1824, and in various other places. The reason 'milk' means that which is spiritual derived from that which is celestial is that 'water' means that which is spiritual, 680, 739, while milk, because of the fat in it, means the celestial-spiritual; or (what amounts to the same) truth rooted in good; or (also amounting to the same) faith grounded in love or charity; or (yet the same) the understanding part of the good present in the will; or (likewise amounting to the same) the affection for truth that has the affection for good within it; or (still yet the same) the affection for cognitions and facts that springs from the affection that belongs to charity towards the neighbour, such as exists with those who love the neighbour and confirm themselves in this love from the cognitions of faith and also from factual knowledge, which they love because they love the neighbour. All these are the same as the celestial-spiritual, and may be used in reference to any particular matter under discussion.

[5] That the celestial-spiritual is meant is also evident from the Word, as in Isaiah,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend money on that which is not bread? Isaiah 55:1-2.

Here 'wine' stands for the spiritual element of faith, 'milk' for the spiritual element of love. In Moses,

He washes his garment in wine and his vesture in the blood of grapes. His eyes are redder than wine, and his teeth are whiter than milk. Genesis 49:11-12.

This is the prophecy of Jacob, who by now was Israel, regarding Judah - 'Judah' being used here to describe the Lord. By 'teeth whiter than milk' is meant the celestial-spiritual which belonged to His Natural.

[6] In Joel,

It will be, on that day, that the mountains will drip new wine, and the hills will run with milk, and all the streams of Judah will run with water. Joel 3:18.

Here, where the subject is the Lord's kingdom, 'milk' stands for the celestial-spiritual. Also in the Word the land of Canaan, which represents and means the Lord's kingdom, is called 'a land flowing with milk and honey', as in Numbers 13:27; 14:8; Deuteronomy 26:9, 15; 27:3; Jeremiah 11:5; 32:22; Ezekiel 20:6, 15. In these places nothing else is meant by 'milk' than the abundance of celestial-spiritual things, and by 'honey' the abundant happiness derived from these. 'Land' is the celestial part itself of the kingdom from which they come.

[7] As regards 'a young bull' meaning the celestial-natural, this has been shown just above in 2180. The celestial-natural is the same as natural good, that is, good within the natural. Man's natural, like his rational, has its own good and its own truth, for then a marriage of good and truth exists everywhere, as stated above in 2173. The good that belongs to the natural is the delight which is perceived from charity, that is, from the friendship that is the product of charity; and from that delight springs the joy or satisfaction which belongs properly to the body. The truth of the natural consists in that factual knowledge which gives support to that delight. All this shows what the celestial-natural is.

Footnotes:

1. literally, sons

  
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