New Christian Bible Study

The Bible

 

Genesis 25

Study

   

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

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #3527

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

3527. And I am a smooth man. That this signifies the quality of natural truth relatively, is evident from the representation of Jacob who is here speaking, as being the natural as to truth (see n. 3305); and from the signification of a “smooth man,” as being its quality, concerning which something shall now be said. Before it can be known what these things signify, it must be known what is meant by “hairy,” and what by “smooth.” The interiors in man present themselves in a kind of image in his exteriors, especially in his face and its expression; at the present day his inmosts are not seen there, but his interiors are in some measure seen there, unless from infancy he has learned to dissemble, for in this case he assumes to himself as it were another lower mind, and consequently induces on himself another countenance; for it is the lower mind that appears in the face. More than others, hypocrites have acquired this from actual life, thus from habit; and this the more in proportion as they are deceitful. With those who are not hypocrites, rational good appears in the face from a certain fire of life; and rational truth from the light of this fire. Man knows these things from a certain connate knowledge, without study; for it is the life of his spirit as to good and as to truth which thus manifests itself; and because man is a spirit clothed with a body, he has such knowledge from the perception of his spirit, thus from himself; and this is the reason why a man is sometimes affected with the countenance of another; although this is not from the countenance, but from the mind which thus shines forth. But the natural appears in the face in a more obscure fire of life, and a more obscure light of life; and the corporeal hardly appears at all except in the warmth and fairness of the complexion, and in the change of their states according to the affections.

[2] Because the interiors thus manifest themselves in especial in the face, as in an image, the most ancient people who were celestial men and utterly ignorant of dissimulation, much more of hypocrisy and deceit, were able to see the minds of one another conspicuous in the face as in a form; and therefore by the “face” were signified the things of the will and of the understanding; that is, interior rational things as to good and truth (n. 358, 1999, 2434); and in fact interior things as to good by the blood and its redness; and interior things as to truths by the resultant form and its fairness; but interior natural things by the outgrowths thence, such as the hairs and the scales of the skin, namely, the things from the natural as to good by the hairs, and the things from the natural as to truth by the scales. Consequently they who were in natural good were called “hairy men,” but they who were in natural truth, “smooth men.” From these considerations it may be seen what is signified in the internal sense by the words, “Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man,” namely, the quality relatively to one another of natural good and natural truth. From all this it is evident what Esau represents, namely, the good of the natural, for he was called “Esau” from being hairy (Genesis 25:25), and “Edom” from being ruddy (Genesis 25:30). Mount Seir, where he dwelt, has the same meaning, namely, what is hairy; and because it had this meaning there was a mountain by which they went up to Seir that was called the bare or smooth mountain (Josh. 11:17; 12:7); which was also representative of truth ascending to good.

[3] That “hairy” is predicated of good, and thence of truth, and also in the opposite sense of evil, and thence of falsity, was shown above (n. 3301); but that “smooth” is predicated of truth, and in the opposite sense of falsity, is evident also from the following passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

Ye that inflame yourselves with gods under every green tree; in the smooth things of the valley is thy portion (Isaiah 57:5-6

where “inflaming” is predicated of evil; and the “smooth things of the valley,” of falsity. Again:

The workman strengthens the smelter, him that smoothes with the hammer along with the beating on the anvil, 1 saying to the joint, It is good (Isaiah 41:7); where the “workman strengthening the smelter” is predicated of evil; and “smoothing with the hammer,” of falsity.

In David:

They make thy mouth smooth as butter; when his heart approacheth his words are softer than oil (Psalms 55:21); where a “smooth or flattering mouth” is predicated of falsity; and the “heart and its soft things,” of evil. Again:

Their throat is an open sepulcher, they speak smooth things with their tongue (Psalms 5:9);

“the throat an open sepulcher” is predicated of evil; “the tongue speaking smooth things,” of falsity.

In Luke:

Every valley shall be filled up; and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough places level ways (Luke 3:5); where “valley” denotes what is lowly (n. 1723, 3417); “mountain and hill,” what is lifted up (n. 1691); “the crooked become straight,” the evil of ignorance turned into good, for “length” and what belongs thereto are predicated of good (n. 1613); the “rough places made level ways,” the falsities of ignorance turned into truths. (That “way” is predicated of truth, see n. 627, 2333.)

Footnotes:

1. This translation of Isaiah 41:7 is made on the basis of Swedenborg’s translation in the Latin text, this being the only time he quotes the passage; but the verse is evidently susceptible of other renderings.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.

©2024 New Christian Bible Study Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed from newchristianbiblestudy.org