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1 γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δε-X ο- A--NSF ζωη-N1--NSF *σαρρα-N---GSF ετος-N3E-NPN εκατον-M εικοσι-M επτα-M

2 και-C αποθνησκω-VBI-AAI3S *σαρρα-N---NSF εν-P πολις-N3I-DSF *αρβοκ-N----S ος- --NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN κοιλωμα-N3M-DSN ουτος- D--NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S *χεβρων-N---NS εν-P γη-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM κοπτω-VA--AMN *σαρρα-N---ASF και-C πενθεω-VA--AAN

3 και-C αναιστημι-VHI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM απο-P ο- A--GSM νεκρος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *χετ-N---GSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

4 παροικος-A1B-NSM και-C παρεπιδημος-A1B-NSM εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S μετα-P συ- P--GP διδωμι-VO--AAD2P ουν-X εγω- P--DS κτησις-N3I-ASF ταφος-N2--GSM μετα-P συ- P--GP και-C θαπτω-VA--AAS1S ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS απο-P εγω- P--GS

5 αποκρινω-VCI-API3P δε-X ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *χετ-N---GSM προς-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM

6 μη-D κυριος-N2--VSM ακουω-VA--AAD2S δε-X εγω- P--GP βασιλευς-N3V-NSM παρα-P θεος-N2--GSM ειμι-V9--PAI2S συ- P--NS εν-P εγω- P--DP εν-P ο- A--DPN εκλεκτος-A1--DPN μνημειον-N2N-DPN εγω- P--GP θαπτω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS ουδεις-A3--NSM γαρ-X εγω- P--GP ο- A--ASN μνημειον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM κωλυω-VF--FAI3S απο-P συ- P--GS ο- A--GSN θαπτω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS εκει-D

7 αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM δε-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM προςκυνεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM λαος-N2--DSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM *χετ-N---GSM

8 και-C λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S προς-P αυτος- D--APM *αβρααμ-N---NSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ει-C εχω-V1--PAI2P ο- A--DSF ψυχη-N1--DSF συ- P--GP ωστε-C θαπτω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN εγω- P--GS ακουω-VA--AAD2P εγω- P--GS και-C λαλεω-VA--AAD2P περι-P εγω- P--GS *εφρων-N---DSM ο- A--DSM ο- A--GSM *σααρ-N---GSM

9 και-C διδωμι-VO--AAD3S εγω- P--DS ο- A--ASN σπηλαιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN διπλους-A1C-ASN ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--ASN ειμι-V9--PAPASN εν-P μερος-N3E-DSN ο- A--GSM αγρος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM αργυριον-N2N-GSN ο- A--GSN αξιος-A1A-GSN διδωμι-VO--AAD3S εγω- P--DS αυτος- D--ASN εν-P συ- P--DP εις-P κτησις-N3I-ASF μνημειον-N2N-GSN

10 *εφρων-N---NSM δε-X καθημαι-V1I-IMI3S εν-P μεσος-A1--DSM ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM αποκρινω-VC--APPNSM δε-X *εφρων-N---NSM ο- A--NSM *χετταιος-N2--NSM προς-P *αβρααμ-N---ASM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ακουω-V1--PAPGPM ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM και-C πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM ειςπορευομαι-V1--PMPGPM εις-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

11 παρα-P εγω- P--DS γιγνομαι-VB--AMD2S κυριος-N2--VSM και-C ακουω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASM αγρος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--ASN σπηλαιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN εν-P αυτος- D--DSM συ- P--DS διδωμι-V8--PAI1S εναντιον-P πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM πολιτης-N1M-GPM εγω- P--GS διδωμι-VX--XAI1S συ- P--DS θαπτω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS

12 και-C προςκυνεω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM εναντιον-P ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF

13 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM *εφρων-N---DSM εις-P ο- A--APN ους-N3T-APN ο- A--GSM λαος-N2--GSM ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF επειδη-C προς-P εγω- P--GS ειμι-V9--PAI2S ακουω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--GS ο- A--ASN αργυριον-N2N-ASN ο- A--GSM αγρος-N2--GSM λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S παρα-P εγω- P--GS και-C θαπτω-VA--AAS1S ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS εκει-D

14 αποκρινω-VCI-API3S δε-X *εφρων-N---NSM ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM

15 ου-D κυριος-N2--VSM ακουω-VX--XAI1S γη-N1--NSF τετρακοσιοι-A1A-GPN διδραγμον-N2N-GPN αργυριον-N2N-GSN ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM εγω- P--GS και-C συ- P--GS τις- I--NSN αν-X ειμι-V9--PAO3S ουτος- D--NSN συ- P--NS δε-X ο- A--ASM νεκρος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS θαπτω-VA--AAD2S

16 και-C ακουω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ο- A--GSM *εφρων-N---GSM και-C απο καταιστημι-VHI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM *εφρων-N---DSM ο- A--ASN αργυριον-N2N-ASN ος- --ASN λαλεω-VAI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--APN ους-N3T-APN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM τετρακοσιοι-A1A-APN διδραγμον-N2N-APN αργυριον-N2N-GSN δοκιμος-A1B-GSM εμπορος-N2--DPM

17 και-C ιστημι-VHI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM αγρος-N2--NSM *εφρων-N---GSM ος- --NSM ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSN διπλους-A1C-DSN σπηλαιον-N2N-DSN ος- --NSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN *μαμβρη-N---GS ο- A--NSM αγρος-N2--NSM και-C ο- A--NSN σπηλαιον-N2N-NSN ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DSM και-C πας-A3--NSN δενδρον-N2N-NSN ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P ο- A--DSM αγρος-N2--DSM ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S εν-P ο- A--DPN οριον-N2N-DPN αυτος- D--GSM κυκλος-N2--DSM

18 ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM εις-P κτησις-N3I-ASF εναντιον-P ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM και-C πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM ειςπορευομαι-V1--PMPGPM εις-P ο- A--ASF πολις-N3I-ASF

19 μετα-P ουτος- D--APN θαπτω-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM *σαρρα-N---ASF ο- A--ASF γυνη-N3K-ASF αυτος- D--GSM εν-P ο- A--DSN σπηλαιον-N2N-DSN ο- A--GSM αγρος-N2--GSM ο- A--DSN διπλους-A1C-DSN ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S απεναντι-P *μαμβρη-N---NS ουτος- D--NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S *χεβρων-N---NS εν-P ο- A--DSF γη-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

20 και-C κυροω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSM αγρος-N2--NSM και-C ο- A--NSN σπηλαιον-N2N-NSN ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--IAI3S εν-P αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM εις-P κτησις-N3I-ASF ταφος-N2--GSM παρα-P ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2913

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2913. 'And spoke to the sons of Heth, saying' means those with whom a new spiritual Church was to exist. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'Heth' and of Hittite. Many were the nations inhabiting the land of Canaan who are mentioned one by one in various places in the Word, among them the Hittites, see Genesis 15:20; Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 23:23; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 11:1, 3; 12:8; 24:11; 1 Kings 9:20; and elsewhere. Most of them belonged to the Ancient Church which was spread through many lands, including the land of Canaan, see 1238, 2385. All who belonged to that Church acknowledged charity as the chief thing, and everything they taught was about charity or life. People who cultivated teachings about faith were called Canaanites and were separate from the rest of the inhabitants in the land of Canaan, Numbers 13:29 - see 1062, 1063, 1076.

[2] The Hittites belonged among those in the land of Canaan who were more acceptable. This is also made clear by the fact that Abraham, and subsequently Isaac and Jacob, dwelt among them and had a burial-place there, and also by the fact that they treated Abraham with greatest respect, as is quite clear from what is recorded about them in this chapter, especially verses 5-6, 10-11, 14-15. Since they were an upright nation they therefore represent and mean the spiritual Church, or the truth of the Church. But it happened that like all the others who belonged to the Ancient Church the Hittites fell away in the course of time from charity or good that goes with faith; and this explains why later on they mean the falsity of the Church, as in Ezekiel 16:3, 45, and elsewhere. Yet the Hittites did belong among those who were more honourable, as may be seen from the fact that David had Hittites with him, such as Ahimelech, 1 Samuel 26:6, and Uriah, who was a Hittite, 2 Samuel 11:3, 6, 17, 21 - by whose wife Bathsheba David begot Solomon, 2 Samuel 12:24. 'Heth' means exterior cognitions that have regard to life and which constitute the external truths of the spiritual Church, 1 see 1203.

[3] The subject in the present verse is a new Church which the Lord establishes when the previous one breathes its last, and in the verses which follow the subject is the reception of faith among those people. The subject is not some particular Church among the sons of Heth but in general the re-establishment by the Lord of a spiritual Church after its predecessor fades away and approaches its end. The sons of Heth are simply those who represent and carry a spiritual meaning. Please see what has been stated already about Churches in the following places:

In course of time a Church goes into decline and decay, 494, 501, 1327, 2422.

It departs from charity, and brings forth evils and falsities, 1834, 1835.

At that point the Church is said to be vastated and made desolate, 407-411, 2243.

The Church is established among gentiles; the reason why, 1366.

Within a Church undergoing vastation something of the Church is always preserved as a nucleus, 468, 637, 931, 2422.

If the Church did not exist in the world the human race would perish, ibid.

The Church is like the heart and lungs in that vast body, of which every member of the human race is a part, 637, 931, 2054, 2853.

The nature of the spiritual Church, 765, 2669.

Charity constitutes the Church, not faith separated from charity, 809, 916.

If all possessed charity the Church would be one even though they differ in matters of doctrine and in forms of worship, 1285, 1316, 1798, 1799, 1834, 1844, 2385.

All people on earth who belong to the Lord's Church, though they are scattered throughout the entire world, still so to speak make a single whole, as is the case in heaven, 2853.

Every Church is internal and external, and both together constitute a single Church, 409, 1083, 1098, 1100, 1242.

The external Church is valueless if there is no internal Church, 1795.

The Church is compared to the rise and the setting of the sun, to the seasons of the year, and also to the periods of the day, 1837.

The Last Judgement is the final period of the Church, 900, 931, 1850, 2117, 2118.

Footnotes:

1. Or, reading what Swedenborg has in his rough draft the truths of the external spiritual Church

  
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