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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 #2280

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2280. Peradventure twenty shall be found there. That this signifies if there be not anything of combat, but still there be good, is evident from the signification of “twenty.” As all the numbers that are mentioned in the Word signify actual things, and states (as before said and shown in many places, see n. 2252), so also does “twenty;” and what it signifies can be seen from its derivation, namely, from twice ten. “Ten” in the Word, as also “tenths,” signify remains, by which is meant everything good and true that the Lord insinuates into man from infancy even to the end of his life, and which are treated of in the following verse. Twice ten, or double tenths, that is, twenty, signify the same, but in a higher degree, namely, good.

[2] Goods of three kinds are signified by remains, namely, the goods of infancy, the goods of ignorance, and the goods of intelligence. The goods of infancy are those which are insinuated into man from his very birth up to the age in which he is beginning to be instructed and to know something. The goods of ignorance are what are insinuated when he is being instructed and is beginning to know something. The goods of intelligence are what are insinuated when he is able to reflect upon what is good and what is true. The good of infancy exists from the man’s infancy up to the tenth year of his age; the good of ignorance, from this age up to his twentieth year. From this year the man begins to become rational, and to have the faculty of reflecting upon good and truth, and to procure for himself the good of intelligence.

[3] The good of ignorance is that which is signified by “twenty,” because those who are in the good of ignorance do not come into any temptation for no one is tempted before he is able to reflect, and in his own way to perceive the nature of good and truth. Those who have received goods by means of temptations have been treated of in the two immediately preceding verses; those who have not been in temptations, and yet have good, are now treated of in this verse.

[4] As those who have this good, which is called the good of ignorance, are signified by “twenty,” all those who went forth from Egypt were reckoned from “a son of twenty years” and upward; or as it is expressed, “everyone going forth into the army,” by whom are meant those who were no longer in the good of ignorance, concerning whom we read in Numbers (1:20, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42 (Numbers 1:42), 45; 26:4); and also that all those who were more than twenty years old died in the wilderness (32:10-11), because evil could be imputed to them, and they represented those who yield in temptations; as well as that the valuing made of a male, from “a son of five years” to “a son of twenty years” was “twenty shekels” (Leviticus 17:5); and another valuing from “a son of twenty years” old to one of sixty was fifty shekels (verse 3).

[5] As regards the before-mentioned goods, namely those of infancy, of ignorance, and of intelligence, the case is this. The good of intelligence is the best, for this is of wisdom the good which precedes it, namely that of ignorance, is indeed good, but as there is but little of intelligence in it, it cannot be called the good of wisdom; and as for the good of infancy, it is indeed good in itself, but still it is less good than the other two; for as yet there is not any truth of intelligence adjoined to it, and thus it has not become any good of wisdom, but it is only a plane for being able to become so; for it is the knowledges of good and truth that cause a man to be wise as a man. Infancy itself, by which is signified innocence, does not belong to infancy, but to wisdom; as can be better seen from what will be said about little children in the other life, at the end of this chapter.

[6] By “twenty,” in this verse, as has been said, there is signified no other good than the good of ignorance which good is not only declared to be with those who are under their twentieth year, as already said, but also with all who are in the good of charity and at the same time in ignorance of truth, as are those within the church who are in the good of charity, but from whatever cause, do not know what the truth of faith is; as is the case with very many of those who think devoutly about God and kindly about the neighbor; and as is also the case with all outside the church, who are called Gentiles, and who in like manner live in the good of charity. Both the latter and the former, although not in the truths of faith, yet being in good, are in the faculty of receiving the truths of faith in the other life equally as are little children; for their understanding has not as yet been tainted with principles of falsity, nor their will so confirmed in a life of evil, because they are ignorant of its being falsity and evil; and the life of charity is attended with this: that the falsity and evil of ignorance may be easily bent to truth and good. Not so is it with those who have confirmed themselves in things contrary to the truth, and at the same time have lived a life in things contrary to good.

[7] In other cases by “two tenths” in the Word is signified good both celestial and spiritual, good celestial and thence spiritual by the two tenths of which every loaf of the showbread or bread of faces was prepared (Leviticus 24:5), and spiritual good by the two tenths of the meat-offering with the sacrifice of the ram (Numbers 15:6; 28:12, 20, 28; 29:3, 9, 14), concerning which, of the Lord’s Divine mercy elsewhere.

  
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