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1 προςτιθημι-VE--AMPNSM δε-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S γυνη-N3K-ASF ος- --DSF ονομα-N3M-NSN *χεττουρα-N---NSF

2 τικτω-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--ASM *ζεμραν-N---ASM και-C ο- A--ASM *ιεξαν-N---ASM και-C ο- A--ASM *μαδαν-N---ASM και-C ο- A--ASM *μαδιαμ-N---ASM και-C ο- A--ASM *ιεσβοκ-N---ASM και-C ο- A--ASM *σωυε-N---ASM

3 *ιεξαν-N---NSM δε-X γενναω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM *σαβα-N---ASM και-C ο- A--ASM *θαιμαν-N---ASM και-C ο- A--ASM *δαιδαν-N---ASM υιος-N2--NPM δε-X *δαιδαν-N---GSM γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P *ραγουηλ-N---NSM και-C *ναβδεηλ-N---NSM και-C *ασσουριιμ-N---NPM και-C *λατουσιιμ-N---NPM και-C *λοωμιμ-N---NPM

4 υιος-N2--NPM δε-X *μαδιαμ-N---GSM *γαιφα-N---NSM και-C *αφερ-N---NSM και-C *ενωχ-N---NSM και-C *αβιρα-N---NSM και-C *ελραγα-N---NSM πας-A3--NPM ουτος- D--NPM ειμι-V9--IAI3P υιος-N2--NPM *χεττουρα-N---GSF

5 διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *αβρααμ-N---NSM πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN υποαρχω-V1--PAPAPN αυτος- D--GSM *ισαακ-N---DSM ο- A--DSM υιος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM

6 και-C ο- A--DPM υιος-N2--DPM ο- A--GPF παλλακη-N1--GPF αυτος- D--GSM διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM δομα-N3M-APN και-C εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM απο-P *ισαακ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM ετι-D ζαω-V3--PAPGSM αυτος- D--GSM προς-P ανατολη-N1--APF εις-P γη-N1--ASF ανατολη-N1--GPF

7 ουτος- D--NPN δε-X ο- A--NPN ετος-N3E-NPN ημερα-N1A-GPF ζωη-N1--GSF *αβρααμ-N---GSM οσος-A1--APN ζαω-VAI-AAI3S εκατον-M εβδομηκοντα-M πεντε-M ετος-N3E-NPN

8 και-C εκλειπω-VB--AAPNSM αποθνησκω-VBI-AAI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM εν-P γηρας-N3--DSN καλος-A1--DSM πρεσβυτης-N1M-NSM και-C πληρης-A3H-NSM ημερα-N1A-GPF και-C προςτιθημι-VCI-API3S προς-P ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM

9 και-C θαπτω-VAI-AAI3P αυτος- D--ASM *ισαακ-N---NSM και-C *ισμαηλ-N---NSM ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSM εις-P ο- A--ASN σπηλαιον-N2N-ASN ο- A--ASN διπλους-A1C-ASN εις-P ο- A--ASM αγρος-N2--ASM *εφρων-N---GSM ο- A--GSM *σααρ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM *χετταιος-N2--GSM ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S απεναντι-P *μαμβρη-N---GS

10 ο- A--ASM αγρος-N2--ASM και-C ο- A--ASN σπηλαιον-N2N-ASN ος- --ASN κταομαι-VAI-AMI3S *αβρααμ-N---NSM παρα-P ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *χετ-N---GSM εκει-D θαπτω-VAI-AAI3P *αβρααμ-N---ASM και-C *σαρρα-N---ASF ο- A--ASF γυνη-N3K-ASF αυτος- D--GSM

11 γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δε-X μετα-P ο- A--ASN αποθνησκω-VB--AAN *αβρααμ-N---ASM ευλογεω-VA--AAI3S ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM *ισαακ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM και-C καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S *ισαακ-N---NSM παρα-P ο- A--ASN φρεαρ-N3T-ASN ο- A--GSF ορασις-N3I-GSF

12 ουτος- D--NPF δε-X ο- A--NPF γενεσις-N3I-NPF *ισμαηλ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM ος- --ASM τικτω-VBI-AAI3S *αγαρ-N---NSF ο- A--NSF παιδισκη-N1--NSF *σαρρα-N---GSF ο- A--DSM *αβρααμ-N---DSM

13 και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN ονομα-N3M-NPN ο- A--GPM υιος-N2--GPM *ισμαηλ-N---GSM κατα-P ονομα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GPF γενεα-N1A-GPF αυτος- D--GSM πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSM *ισμαηλ-N---GSM *ναβαιωθ-N---NSM και-C *κηδαρ-N---NSM και-C *ναβδεηλ-N---NSM και-C *μασσαμ-N---NSM

14 και-C *μασμα-N---NSM και-C *ιδουμα-N---NSM και-C *μασση-N---NSM

15 και-C *χοδδαδ-N---NSM και-C *θαιμαν-N---NSM και-C *ιετουρ-N---NSM και-C *ναφες-N---NSM και-C *κεδμα-N---NSM

16 ουτος- D--NPM ειμι-V9--PAI3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισμαηλ-N---GSM και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN ονομα-N3M-NPN αυτος- D--GPM εν-P ο- A--DPF σκηνη-N1--DPF αυτος- D--GPM και-C εν-P ο- A--DPF επαυλις-N3E-DPF αυτος- D--GPM δωδεκα-M αρχων-N3--NPM κατα-P εθνος-N3E-APN αυτος- D--GPM

17 και-C ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN ετος-N3E-NPN ο- A--GSF ζωη-N1--GSF *ισμαηλ-N---GSM εκατον-M τριακοντα-M επτα-M ετος-N3E-APN και-C εκλειπω-VB--AAPNSM αποθνησκω-VBI-AAI3S και-C προςτιθημι-VCI-API3S προς-P ο- A--ASN γενος-N3E-ASN αυτος- D--GSM

18 καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X απο-P *ευιλατ-N---GS εως-P *σουρ-N---GS ος- --NSF ειμι-V9--PAI3S κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN *αιγυπτος-N2--GSF εως-C ερχομαι-VB--AAN προς-P *ασσυριος-N2--APM κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN πας-A3--GPM ο- A--GPM αδελφος-N2--GPM αυτος- D--GSM καταοικεω-VAI-AAI3S

19 και-C ουτος- D--NPF ο- A--NPF γενεσις-N3I-NPF *ισαακ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM *αβρααμ-N---GSM *αβρααμ-N---NSM γενναω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM *ισαακ-N---ASM

20 ειμι-V9--IAI3S δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM ετος-N3E-GPN τεσσαρακοντα-M οτε-D λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF *ρεβεκκα-N---ASF θυγατηρ-N3--ASF *βαθουηλ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM *συρος-N2--GSM εκ-P ο- A--GSF *μεσοποταμια-N1A-GSF αδελφη-N1--ASF *λαβαν-N---GSM ο- A--GSM *συρος-N2--GSM εαυτου- D--DSM γυνη-N3K-ASF

21 δεω-V2I-IMI3S δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM κυριος-N2--GSM περι-P *ρεβεκκα-N---GSF ο- A--GSF γυνη-N3K-GSF αυτος- D--GSM οτι-C στειρα-N1A-NSF ειμι-V9--IAI3S επιακουω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S εν-P γαστηρ-N3--DSF *ρεβεκκα-N---NSF ο- A--NSF γυνη-N3K-NSF αυτος- D--GSM

22 εσκιρτων-V1--PAPNSM δε-X ο- A--NPN παιδιον-N2N-NPN εν-P αυτος- D--DSF ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X ει-C ουτως-D εγω- P--DS μελλω-V1--PAI3S γιγνομαι-V1--PMN ινα-C τις- I--NSN εγω- P--DS ουτος- D--ASN πορευομαι-VCI-API3S δε-X πυνθανομαι-VB--AMN παρα-P κυριος-N2--GSM

23 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--DSF δυο-M εθνος-N3E-NPN εν-P ο- A--DSF γαστηρ-N3--DSF συ- P--GS ειμι-V9--PAI3P και-C δυο-M λαος-N2--NPM εκ-P ο- A--GSF κοιλια-N1A-GSF συ- P--GS διαστελλω-VD--FPI3P και-C λαος-N2--NSM λαος-N2--GSM υπερεχω-VF--FAI3S και-C ο- A--NSM μεγας-A3C-NSMC δουλευω-VF--FAI3S ο- A--DSM ελαχυς-A3C-DSMC

24 και-C πληροω-VCI-API3P ο- A--NPF ημερα-N1A-NPF ο- A--GSN τικτω-VB--AAN αυτος- D--ASF και-C οδε- D--DSF ειμι-V9--IAI3S διδυμος-A1--NPN εν-P ο- A--DSF κοιλια-N1A-DSF αυτος- D--GSF

25 εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSM πυρρακης-A1--NSM ολος-A1--NSM ωσει-D δορα-N1A-NSF δασυς-A3U-NSM επιονομαζω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM *ησαυ-N---ASM

26 και-C μετα-P ουτος- D--ASN εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--NSF χειρ-N3--NSF αυτος- D--GSM επιλαμβανω-VP--XMPNSF ο- A--GSF πτερνα-N1S-GSF *ησαυ-N---GSM και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN αυτος- D--GSM *ιακωβ-N---ASM *ισαακ-N---NSM δε-X ειμι-V9--IAI3S ετος-N3E-GPN εξηκοντα-M οτε-D τικτω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM *ρεβεκκα-N---NSF

27 αυξανω-VCI-API3P δε-X ο- A--NPM νεανισκος-N2--NPM και-C ειμι-V9--IAI3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ανθρωπος-N2--NSM οιδα-VX--XAPNSM κυνηγεω-V2--PAN αγροικος-A1B-NSM *ιακωβ-N---NSM δε-X ειμι-V9--IAI3S ανθρωπος-N2--NSM απλαστος-A1B-NSM οικεω-V2--PAPNSM οικια-N1A-ASF

28 αγαπαω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM ο- A--ASM *ησαυ-N---ASM οτι-C ο- A--NSF θηρα-N1A-NSF αυτος- D--GSM βρωσις-N3I-NSF αυτος- D--DSM *ρεβεκκα-N---NSF δε-X αγαπαω-V3I-IAI3S ο- A--ASM *ιακωβ-N---ASM

29 εψω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM εψεμα-N3M-ASN ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ησαυ-N---NSM εκ-P ο- A--GSN πεδιον-N2N-GSN εκλειπω-V1--PAPNSM

30 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM *ιακωβ-N---DSM γευω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--AS απο-P ο- A--GSN εψεμα-N3M-GSN ο- A--GSM πυρρος-A1A-GSM ουτος- D--GSM οτι-C εκλειπω-V1--PAI1S δια-P ουτος- D--ASN καλεω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSM *εδωμ-N---NSM

31 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM *ησαυ-N---DSM αποδιδωμι-VO--AMD2S εγω- P--DS σημερον-D ο- A--APN πρωτοτοκιον-N2N-APN συ- P--GS εγω- P--DS

32 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ησαυ-N---NSM ιδου-I εγω- P--NS πορευομαι-V1--PMI1S τελευταω-V3--PAN και-C ινα-C τις- I--NSN εγω- P--DS ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN πρωτοτοκιον-N2N-NPN

33 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM *ιακωβ-N---NSM ομνυμι-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DS σημερον-D και-C ομνυμι-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM αποδιδωμι-VOI-AMI3S δε-X *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--APN πρωτοτοκιον-N2N-APN ο- A--DSM *ιακωβ-N---DSM

34 *ιακωβ-N---NSM δε-X διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM *ησαυ-N---DSM αρτος-N2--ASM και-C εψεμα-N3M-ASN φακος-N2--GSM και-C εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S και-C πινω-VBI-AAI3S και-C αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM οιχομαι-V1I-IMI3S και-C φαυλιζω-VAI-AAI3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--APN πρωτοτοκιον-N2N-APN

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3310

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3310. 'A man of the field' means the good of life that has its origin in matters of doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'the field'. In the Word reference is made in many places to the earth (or the land), the ground, and the field. When used in a good sense 'the earth' means the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, and so the Church, which is the Lord's kingdom on earth. 'The ground' is used in a similar though more limited sense, 566, 662, 1066-1068, 1262, 1413, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928; and the same things are also meant by 'the field', though in a more limited sense still, 368, 2971. And since the Church is not the Church by virtue of matters of doctrine except insofar as these have the good of life as the end in view, or what amounts to the same, unless matters of doctrine are joined to the good of life, 'the field' therefore means primarily the good of life. But in order that such good may be that of the Church, matters of doctrine from the Word which have been implanted within that good must be present. In the absence of matters of doctrine the good of life does indeed exist, but it is not as yet that of the Church, and so not as yet truly spiritual, except in the sense that it has the potentiality to become so, like the good of life as this exists with gentiles who do not possess the Word and therefore do not know the Lord.

[2] That 'the field' is the good of life in which the things of faith, that is, spiritual truths existing with the Church, are implanted, becomes quite clear from the Lord's parable about the sower in Matthew,

A sower went out to sow, And as he sowed some fell on the pathway, and the birds came and devoured them. Some fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil, 1 and immediately they sprang up, since they had no depth of soil 2 , but when the sun rose they were scorched; and since they had no root they withered away. Some fell among thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them. But some fell on good soil 2 and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He who has an ear to hear let him hear. Matthew 13:4-9; Mark 4:3-9; Luke 8:5-8.

This describes four types of land or ground within the field, that is, within the Church. The fact that here 'the seed' is the Lord's Word, and so the truth which is called the truth of faith, and that 'the good soil' is the good which is called the good of charity is evident to anyone, for it is the good in man that receives the Word. 'The pathway' is falsity, 'rocky ground' is truth which is not rooted in good, 'thorns' are evils.

[3] With regard to the good of life which has its origin in matters of doctrine being meant by 'a man of the field', the position is that those who are being regenerated first of all do good as matters of doctrine direct them, for they do not of themselves know what good is. They learn to do good from matters of doctrine concerning love and charity; from these they know who the Lord is, who the neighbour is, what love is, and what charity is, and so what good is. Those who have come into this stage are stirred by the affection for truth and are called 'men (vir) of the field'. But after that, once they have been regenerated they do good not from matters of doctrine but from love and charity, for the good itself which they have learned about through matters of doctrine exists with them, and they are in that case called 'men (homo) of the field'. It is like someone who is by nature inclined to commit adultery, steal, and murder but who learns from the Ten Commandments that such practices belong to hell and so refrains from them. In this state he is influenced by the Commandments, for he fears hell and learns from those Commandments and similarly from much else in the Word how he ought to conduct his life. In his case when he does what is good he does it from the Commandments. But when good exists with him he starts to loathe adultery, theft, and murder to which he was previously inclined. In this state he no longer does what is good from the Commandments but from the good which by now resides with him. In the first state the truth he learns directs him to good, but in the second state good is the source of truth taught by him.

[4] The same also applies to spiritual truths which are called doctrinal and are more interior Commandments still. For matters of doctrine are interior truths which the natural man possesses, the first truths there being sensory ones, the second truths being factual, and interior truths matters of doctrine. The latter are based on factual truths inasmuch as a person can have and retain no idea, notion, or concept of them except from factual truths. But the foundations on which factual truths are based are sensory truths, for without sensory truths nobody is able to possess factual ones. Such truths, that is to say, factual and sensory, are meant by 'a man skilled in hunting', but matters of doctrine are meant by 'a man of the field'. Such is the order in which those kinds of truths stand in relation to one another in man. Until a person has become adult therefore, and through sensory and factual truths possesses matters of doctrine, he is incapable of being regenerated, for he cannot be confirmed in the truths contained in matters of doctrine except through ideas based on factual and sensory truths - for nothing is ever present in a person's thought, not even the deepest arcanum of faith there, which does not involve some natural or sensory idea, though generally a person is not aware of the essential nature of such ideas. But in the next life the nature of them is revealed before his understanding, if he so desires, and also a visual representation before his sight, if he wants it; for in the next life such things can be presented before one's eyes in a visual form. This seems unbelievable but it is nevertheless what happens there.

Footnotes:

1. literally, ground

2. literally, earth or land

  
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