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1 γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δε-X μετα-P ο- A--ASN γηραω-VA--AAN *ισαακ-N---ASM και-C αμβλυνω-VCI-API3P ο- A--NPM οφθαλμος-N2--NPM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--GSN οραω-V3--PAN και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *ησαυ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM ο- A--ASM πρεσβυτερος-A1A-ASMC και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM υιος-N2--VSM εγω- P--GS και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ιδου-I εγω- P--NS

2 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ιδου-I γηρασκω-VX--XAI1S και-C ου-D γιγνωσκω-V1--PAI1S ο- A--ASF ημερα-N1A-ASF ο- A--GSF τελευτη-N1--GSF εγω- P--GS

3 νυν-D ουν-X λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--ASN σκευος-N3E-ASN συ- P--GS ο- A--ASF τε-X φαρετρα-N1A-ASF και-C ο- A--ASN τοξον-N2N-ASN και-C εκερχομαι-VB--AAD2S εις-P ο- A--ASN πεδιον-N2N-ASN και-C θηρευω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DS θηρα-N1A-ASF

4 και-C ποιεω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DS εδεσμα-N3M-APN ως-C φιλεω-V2--PAI1S εγω- P--NS και-C φερω-VB--AAD2S εγω- P--DS ινα-C εσθιω-VB--AAS1S οπως-C ευλογεω-VA--AAS3S συ- P--AS ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GS πριν-D αποθνησκω-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS

5 *ρεβεκκα-N---NSF δε-X ακουω-VAI-AAI3S λαλεω-V2--PAPGSM *ισαακ-N---GSM προς-P *ησαυ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM πορευομαι-VCI-API3S δε-X *ησαυ-N---NSM εις-P ο- A--ASN πεδιον-N2N-ASN θηρευω-VA--AAN θηρα-N1A-ASF ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM αυτος- D--GSM

6 *ρεβεκκα-N---NSF δε-X ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προς-P *ιακωβ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--ASM ελαχυς-A3C-ASMC οραω-VB--AAD2S εγω- P--NS ακουω-VAI-AAI1S ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM συ- P--GS λαλεω-V2--PAPGSM προς-P *ησαυ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS λεγω-V1--PAPGSM

7 φερω-VB--AAD2S εγω- P--DS θηρα-N1A-ASF και-C ποιεω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DS εδεσμα-N3M-APN και-C εσθιω-VB--AAPNSM ευλογεω-VF--FAI1S συ- P--AS εναντιον-P κυριος-N2--GSM προ-P ο- A--GSN αποθνησκω-VB--AAN εγω- P--AS

8 νυν-D ουν-X υιος-N2--VSM ακουω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--GS καθα-D εγω- P--NS συ- P--DS εντελλομαι-V1--PMI1S

9 και-C πορευομαι-VC--APPNSM εις-P ο- A--APN προβατον-N2N-APN λαμβανω-VB--AAD2S εγω- P--DS εκειθεν-D δυο-M εριφος-N2--APM απαλος-A1--APM και-C καλος-A1--APM και-C ποιεω-VF--FAI1S αυτος- D--APM εδεσμα-N3M-APN ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM συ- P--GS ως-C φιλεω-V2--PAI3S

10 και-C ειςφερω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM συ- P--GS και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI3S οπως-C ευλογεω-VA--AAS3S συ- P--AS ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM συ- P--GS προ-P ο- A--GSN αποθνησκω-VB--AAN αυτος- D--ASM

11 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM προς-P *ρεβεκκα-N---ASF ο- A--ASF μητηρ-N3--ASF αυτος- D--GSM ειμι-V9--PAI3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS ανηρ-N3--NSM δασυς-A3U-NSM εγω- P--NS δε-X ανηρ-N3--NSM λειος-A1A-NSM

12 μηποτε-D ψηλαφαω-VA--AAS3S εγω- P--AS ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM εγω- P--GS και-C ειμι-VF--FMI1S εναντιον-P αυτος- D--GSM ως-C καταφρονεω-V2--PAPNSM και-C επιαγω-VF--FAI1S επι-P εμαυτου- D--ASM καταρα-N1A-ASF και-C ου-D ευλογια-N1A-ASF

13 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--NSF μητηρ-N3--NSF επι-P εγω- P--AS ο- A--NSF καταρα-N1A-NSF συ- P--GS τεκνον-N2N-VSN μονον-D υποακουω-VA--AAD2S ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF εγω- P--GS και-C πορευομαι-VC--APPNSM φερω-VB--AAD2S εγω- P--DS

14 πορευομαι-VC--APPNSM δε-X λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S και-C φερω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSF μητηρ-N3--DSF και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF μητηρ-N3--NSF αυτος- D--GSM εδεσμα-N3M-APN καθα-D φιλεω-V2I-IAI3S ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSM

15 και-C λαμβανω-VB--AAPNSF *ρεβεκκα-N---NSF ο- A--ASF στολη-N1--ASF *ησαυ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--GSM πρεσβυτερος-A1A-GSMC ο- A--ASF καλος-A1--ASF ος- --NSF ειμι-V9--IAI3S παρα-P αυτος- D--DSF εν-P ο- A--DSM οικος-N2--DSM ενδυω-VAI-AAI3S *ιακωβ-N---NSM ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--ASM νεος-A1A-ASMC

16 και-C ο- A--APN δερμα-N3M-APN ο- A--GPM εριφος-N2--GPM περιτιθημι-VAI-AAI3S επι-P ο- A--APM βραχιων-N3N-APM αυτος- D--GSM και-C επι-P ο- A--APN γυμνος-A1--APN ο- A--GSM τραχηλος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM

17 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APN εδεσμα-N3M-APN και-C ο- A--APM αρτος-N2--APM ος- --APM ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--APF χειρ-N3--APF *ιακωβ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSF

18 και-C ειςφερω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM αυτος- D--GSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X πατηρ-N3--VSM ο- A--NSM δε-X ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ιδου-I εγω- P--NS τις- I--NSM ειμι-V9--PAI2S συ- P--NS τεκνον-N2N-VSN

19 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *ιακωβ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM αυτος- D--GSM εγω- P--NS *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSM συ- P--GS ποιεω-VAI-AAI1S καθα-D λαλεω-VAI-AAI2S εγω- P--DS αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM καταιζω-VA--AAD2S και-C εσθιω-VB--AAD2S ο- A--GSF θηρα-N1A-GSF εγω- P--GS οπως-C ευλογεω-VA--AAS3S εγω- P--AS ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS

20 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM υιος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM τις- I--NSN ουτος- D--ASN ος- --ASN ταχυς-A3U-ASN ευρισκω-VB--AAI2S ω-I τεκνον-N2N-VSN ο- A--NSM δε-X ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ος- --ASN παραδιδωμι-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS εναντιον-P εγω- P--GS

21 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM *ιακωβ-N---DSM εγγιζω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DS και-C ψηλαφαω-VA--AAS1S συ- P--AS τεκνον-N2N-VSN ει-C συ- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI2S ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS *ησαυ-N---NSM η-C ου-D

22 εγγιζω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM προς-P *ισαακ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM πατηρ-N3--ASM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ψηλαφαω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--NSF μεν-X φωνη-N1--NSF φωνη-N1--NSF *ιακωβ-N---GSM ο- A--NPF δε-X χειρ-N3--NPF χειρ-N3--NPF *ησαυ-N---GSM

23 και-C ου-D επιγιγνωσκω-VZI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM ειμι-V9--IAI3P γαρ-X ο- A--NPF χειρ-N3--NPF αυτος- D--GSM ως-C ο- A--NPF χειρ-N3--NPF *ησαυ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM δασυς-A3U-NPF και-C ευλογεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM

24 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S συ- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI2S ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM δε-X ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--NS

25 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S προςαγω-VB--AAD2S εγω- P--DS και-C εσθιω-VF--FMI1S απο-P ο- A--GSF θηρα-N1A-GSF συ- P--GS τεκνον-N2N-VSN ινα-C ευλογεω-VA--AAS3S συ- P--AS ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF εγω- P--GS και-C προςαγω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM και-C εσθιω-VBI-AAI3S και-C ειςφερω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM οινος-N2--ASM και-C πινω-VBI-AAI3S

26 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM *ισαακ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSM εγγιζω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DS και-C φιλεω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--AS τεκνον-N2N-VSN

27 και-C εγγιζω-VA--AAPNSM φιλεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM και-C οσφραινομαι-VCI-API3S ο- A--ASF οσμη-N1--ASF ο- A--GPN ιματιον-N2N-GPN αυτος- D--GSM και-C ευλογεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ιδου-I οσμη-N1--NSF ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS ως-C οσμη-N1--NSF αγρος-N2--GSM πληρης-A3H-GSM ος- --ASM ευλογεω-VAI-AAI3S κυριος-N2--NSM

28 και-C διδωμι-VO--AAO3S συ- P--DS ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM απο-P ο- A--GSF δροσος-N2--GSF ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM και-C απο-P ο- A--GSF πιοτης-N3--GSF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF και-C πληθος-N3E-ASN σιτος-N2--GSM και-C οινος-N2--GSM

29 και-C δουλευω-VA--AAD3P συ- P--DS εθνος-N3E-NPN και-C προςκυνεω-VF--FAI3P συ- P--DS αρχων-N3--NPM και-C γιγνομαι-V1--PMD2S κυριος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS και-C προςκυνεω-VF--FAI3P συ- P--DS ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM συ- P--GS ο- A--NSM κατααραομαι-V3--PMPNSM συ- P--AS επικαταρατος-A1B-NSM ο- A--NSM δε-X ευλογεω-V2--PAPNSM συ- P--AS ευλογεω-VM--XPPNSM

30 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S μετα-P ο- A--ASN παυω-VA--AMN *ισαακ-N---ASM ευλογεω-V2--PAPASM *ιακωβ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ως-C εκερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *ιακωβ-N---NSM απο-P προσωπον-N2N-GSN *ισαακ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM αυτος- D--GSM ερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S απο-P ο- A--GSF θηρα-N1A-GSF

31 και-C ποιεω-VAI-AAI3S και-C αυτος- D--NSM εδεσμα-N3M-APN και-C προςφερω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM αναιστημι-VH--AAD3S ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM εγω- P--GS και-C εσθιω-VB--AAD3S ο- A--GSF θηρα-N1A-GSF ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM οπως-C ευλογεω-VA--AAS3S εγω- P--AS ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF συ- P--GS

32 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM *ισαακ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSM τις- I--NSM ειμι-V9--PAI2S συ- P--NS ο- A--NSM δε-X ειπον-VBI-AAI3S εγω- P--NS ειμι-V9--PAI1S ο- A--NSM υιος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS ο- A--NSM πρωτοτοκος-A1B-NSM *ησαυ-N---NSM

33 εκιστημι-VHI-AAI3S δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM εκστασις-N3I-ASF μεγας-A1--ASF σφοδρα-D και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S τις- I--NSM ουν-X ο- A--NSM θηρευω-VA--AAPNSM εγω- P--DS θηρα-N1A-ASF και-C ειςφερω-VA--AAPNSM εγω- P--DS και-C εσθιω-VBI-AAI1S απο-P πας-A3--GPN προ-P ο- A--GSN συ- P--AS ερχομαι-VB--AAN και-C ευλογεω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--ASM και-C ευλογεω-VM--XPPNSM ειμι-V9--PAD3S

34 γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δε-X ηνικα-D ακουω-VAI-AAI3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--APN ρημα-N3M-APN *ισαακ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM αυτος- D--GSM αναβοαω-VAI-AAI3S φωνη-N1--ASF μεγας-A1--ASF και-C πικρος-A1A-ASF σφοδρα-D και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ευλογεω-VA--AAD2S δη-X καιεμος-C+ PAS πατηρ-N3--VSM

35 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM ερχομαι-VB--AAPNSM ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS μετα-P δολος-N2--GSM λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF ευλογια-N1A-ASF συ- P--GS

36 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δικαιως-D καλεω-VCI-API3S ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN αυτος- D--GSM *ιακωβ-N---NSM πτερνιζω-VX--XAI3S γαρ-X εγω- P--AS ηδη-D δευτερος-A1A-ASN ουτος- D--ASN ο- A--APN τε-X πρωτοτοκιον-N2N-APN εγω- P--GS λαμβανω-VX--XAI3S και-C νυν-D λαμβανω-VX--XAI3S ο- A--ASF ευλογια-N1A-ASF εγω- P--GS και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM πατηρ-N3--DSM αυτος- D--GSM ου-D υπολειπω-VBI-AMI2S εγω- P--DS ευλογια-N1A-ASF πατηρ-N3--VSM

37 αποκρινω-VC--APPNSM δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--DSM *ησαυ-N---DSM ει-C κυριος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--ASM ποιεω-VAI-AAI1S συ- P--GS και-C πας-A3--APM ο- A--APM αδελφος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM ποιεω-VAI-AAI1S αυτος- D--GSM οικετης-N1M-APM σιτος-N2--DSM και-C οινος-N2--DSM στηριζω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM συ- P--DS δε-X τις- I--ASN ποιεω-VA--AAS1S τεκνον-N2N-VSN

38 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ησαυ-N---NSM προς-P ο- A--ASM πατηρ-N3--ASM αυτος- D--GSM μη-D ευλογια-N1A-NSF εις-A1A-NSF συ- P--DS ειμι-V9--PAI3S πατηρ-N3--VSM ευλογεω-VA--AAD2S δη-X καιεμος-C+ PAS πατηρ-N3--VSM κατανυττω-VQ--APPGSM δε-X *ισαακ-N---GSM αναβοαω-VAI-AAI3S φωνη-N1--ASF *ησαυ-N---NSM και-C κλαιω-VAI-AAI3S

39 αποκρινω-VC--APPNSM δε-X *ισαακ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM ιδου-I απο-P ο- A--GSF πιοτης-N3--GSF ο- A--GSF γη-N1--GSF ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSF κατοικησις-N3I-NSF συ- P--GS και-C απο-P ο- A--GSF δροσος-N2--GSF ο- A--GSM ουρανος-N2--GSM ανωθεν-D

40 και-C επι-P ο- A--DSF μαχαιρα-N1S-DSF συ- P--GS ζαω-VF--FMI2S και-C ο- A--DSM αδελφος-N2--DSM συ- P--GS δουλευω-VF--FAI2S ειμι-VF--FMI3S δε-X ηνικα-D εαν-C κατααιρεω-VB--AAS2S και-C εκλυω-VF--FAI2S ο- A--ASN ζυγον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM απο-P ο- A--GSM τραχηλος-N2--GSM συ- P--GS

41 και-C ενκοτεω-V2I-IAI3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--DSM *ιακωβ-N---DSM περι-P ο- A--GSF ευλογια-N1A-GSF ος- --GSF ευλογεω-VA--AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM ο- A--NSM πατηρ-N3--NSM αυτος- D--GSM ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ησαυ-N---NSM εν-P ο- A--DSF διανοια-N1A-DSF εγγιζω-VA--AAD3P ο- A--NPF ημερα-N1A-NPF ο- A--GSN πενθος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM εγω- P--GS ινα-C αποκτεινω-VA--AAS1S *ιακωβ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS

42 αποαγγελλω-VDI-API3S δε-X *ρεβεκκα-N---DSF ο- A--NPN ρημα-N3M-NPN *ησαυ-N---GSM ο- A--GSM υιος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--GSM πρεσβυτερος-A1A-GSMC και-C πεμπω-VA--AAPNSF καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *ιακωβ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM υιος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSF ο- A--ASM νεος-A1A-ASMC και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM ιδου-I *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM συ- P--GS αποειλεω-V2--PAI3S συ- P--DS ο- A--GSN αποκτεινω-VA--AAN συ- P--AS

43 νυν-D ουν-X τεκνον-N2N-VSN ακουω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--GS ο- A--GSF φωνη-N1--GSF και-C αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM αποδιδρασκω-VA--AAD2S εις-P ο- A--ASF *μεσοποταμια-N1A-ASF προς-P *λαβαν-N---ASM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM εγω- P--GS εις-P *χαρραν-N---AS

44 και-C οικεω-VA--AAD2S μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM ημερα-N1A-APF τις- I--APF εως-P ο- A--GSN αποστρεφω-VA--AAN ο- A--ASM θυμος-N2--ASM

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Arcana Coelestia #3304

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3304. 'And his hand was grasping Esau's heel' means the lowest level of natural good, to which [truth] clung with some power. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, and as having reference to truth, 3091; from the meaning of 'grasping' as clinging to; from the meaning of 'the heel' as the lowest part of the natural, dealt with in 259; and from the representation of 'Esau' as the good of the natural, dealt with in 3302. From these meanings it is evident that 'his hand was grasping Esau's heel' means the lowest level of natural good, which truth clung to with some power.

[2] The implications of truth clinging with some power to the lowest good of the natural are that when the natural, or the natural man, is being regenerated, the conception of good and truth there is from the rational man, that is, from the spiritual man by way of the rational man, prior to this from the celestial man by way of the spiritual man, and prior to this from the Divine by way of the celestial man. Thus it is an influx which starts with the Divine and, passing through consecutive degrees, terminates in the lowest part of the natural, that is, in the worldly and bodily part. When the lowest natural has been contaminated by what is inherited from the mother, truth is unable to be united to good. It can do no more than cling to it with some power. Nor is truth united to good until the contamination has been eliminated. This is the reason why good but not truth is bred within a human being, and why small children therefore are devoid of all knowledge of truth and why truth has to be acquired through learning and after that joined to good, see 1831, 1832. This also explains why it is said that they struggled together within her, that is, they conflicted, 3289. Consequently when first conceived truth supplants good, as is said regarding Jacob, that he supplanted Esau,

Does he not call his name Jacob, and he has supplanted me these two times. Genesis 27:36.

And in Hosea,

He will make a visitation on Jacob over his ways and requite him according to his deeds; in the womb he supplanted his brother. Hosea 12:2-3.

[3] Those whose attention is fixed solely on the historical details and who cannot take it off these know no more than this, that the details contained here, and also those that have gone before [regarding the circumstances of the twins' birth], foretell what took place between Esau and Jacob, as is also corroborated by what follows. But the Lord's Word is such that the historical details follow their own sequence, while the spiritual details, which belong to the internal sense, follow theirs, so that the historical details are seen by the external man, but the spiritual details by the internal man. This being so a correspondence exists between the two, that is to say, between the external man and the internal man; and this is effected by means of the Word, for the Word serves to unite heaven and earth, as shown many times. Thus when anyone in a holy frame of mind reads the Word, a union is effected of his external man which is on earth with his internal man which is in heaven.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #878

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878. 'He put out his hand' means his own power. 'And he took hold of it, and brought it in to himself into the ark' means that self was the source of the good he did and of the truth he thought. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power. Here therefore his own power from which he acts is meant. Indeed 'putting out his hand and taking hold of the dove and bringing it in to himself' is attaching and attributing to himself the truth meant by the dove. That 'the hand' means power, and also the exercise of power, and resulting self-confidence, is clear from many places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

I will visit upon the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Asshur, for he has said, By the power of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I have understanding. Isaiah 10:12-13.

Here 'hand' clearly stands for his own power to which he attributed what he had done, on account of which visitation was made on him.

[2] In the same prophet,

Moab will stretch out his hands in the midst of him as swimmer does to swim, but He will lay low his pride together with the powerfulness 1 of his hands. Isaiah 25:11.

'Hands' stands for his own power resulting from projection of self above others, and so from pride. In the same prophet,

Their inhabitants were shorn of power, 2 they were dismayed and filled with shame. Isaiah 37:27.

'Shorn of power' 2 stands for having no power. In the same prophet,

Will the clay say to its potter, What are you making? or your work [say], He has no hands? Isaiah 45:9.

'He has no hands' stands for no power to it. In Ezekiel,

The king will mourn, and the prince will be wrapped in stupidity, and the hands of the people of the land will be all atremble. Ezekiel 7:17.

Here 'the hands' stands for power. In Micah,

Woe to those devising iniquity and working out evil upon their beds, which they carry out at morning light, and because they make their own hand their god! Micah 2:1.

'Hand' stands for their own power which they trust in as their god. In Zechariah,

Woe to the worthless shepherd deserting the flock! The sword will fall upon his arm and upon his right eye. His arm will be wholly withered, and his right eye utterly darkened. Zechariah 11:17.

[3] Since 'hands' means powers, men's evils and falsities are throughout the Word therefore called 'the works of their hands'. Evils come from the will side of man's proprium, falsities from the understanding side. The fact that this is the source of evils and falsities becomes quite clear from the nature of the human proprium, that it is nothing but evil and falsity. That this is the nature of the proprium see what has been stated already in 39, 41, 141, 150, 154, 210, 215. Because 'the hands' in general means power, the Word therefore frequently attributes hands to Jehovah, or the Lord. And in those contexts 'hands' in the internal sense means omnipotence, as in Isaiah, Jehovah, Your hand has been lifted up. Isaiah 26:11. 'Hand' stands for Divine power. In the same prophet,

Jehovah stretches out 3 His hand, they are all destroyed. Isaiah 31:3.

'Hand' stands for Divine power. In the same prophet,

Over the work of My hands command Me. My hands stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. Isaiah 45:11-12.

'Hands' stands for Divine power. In the Word regenerate people are often called 'the work of Jehovah's hands'. In the same prophet,

My hand laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand measured out the heavens. Isaiah 48:13.

'Hand' and 'right hand' stand for omnipotence.

[4] In the same prophet,

Has My hand been shortened, that it cannot redeem? Is there no power in Me to deliver? Isaiah 50:2.

'Hand' and 'power' stand for Divine power. In Jeremiah,

You did bring Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm. Jeremiah 32:17, 21.

'Power' in verse Jeremiah 32:17 and 'hand' in verse Jeremiah 32:21 stand for Divine power. It is quite often stated that 'they were brought out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm': in Ezekiel,

Thus said the Lord Jehovih, On the day I chose Israel and lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, I lifted up My hand to them, to lead them out of the land of Egypt. Ezekiel 20:5-6, 23.

In Moses,

Israel saw the great work 4 which Jehovah did on the Egyptians. Exodus 14:31.

[5] All these quotations plainly show that 'the hand' means power. Indeed so much was the hand the symbol of power that it also became its representative, as is clear from the miracles performed in Egypt, when Moses was commanded to stretch out his rod or his hand and they were accomplished -

Moses stretched out his hand and there was hail all over Egypt. Exodus 9:22-23.

Moses stretched out his hand and there was darkness. Exodus 10:21-22.

Moses stretched out his hand and rod over the Sea Suph and it was dried up, and he stretched out his hand and it returned. Exodus 14:11, 27. 5

No mentally normal person can believe that any power resided in Moses' hand or rod. Rather, because the lifting up and stretching out of the hand symbolized Divine power, that action also became its representative in the Jewish Church.

[6] The same applies to Joshua's stretching out his javelin, described as follows,

Jehovah said, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand towards Ai, for I will give it into your hand. When Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand, they entered the city and took it. And Joshua did not draw back the hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. Joshua 8:18-19, 26.

This also makes clear the nature of the representatives which comprised the external features of the Jewish Church. Consequently the Word is such that details recorded in its external sense do not give the appearance of being representatives of the Lord and His kingdom, such as the reference in these quotations to Moses or Joshua stretching out his hand, and all other details recorded there. In these it is never evident that such things are being represented as long as the mind is fixed solely on the historical details of the letter. From this it is also evident how far the Jews had receded from a true understanding of the Word and of the religious practices of their Church by focusing the whole of their worship purely on things of an external nature, even to the extent of attributing power to Moses' rod and to Joshua's javelin, when in fact these had no more power in them than a piece of wood. Yet because they did symbolize the Lord's omnipotence, which was at the time understood in heaven, signs and miracles were accomplished when by command they stretched out their hand or rod. Something similar happened when Moses on the hilltop held up his hands. When he did so Joshua was winning, but when he dropped them he was losing. So they held his hands up for him. Exodus 17:9-13.

[7] It was similar with the laying on of hands when men were being consecrated, as the people did to the Levites, Numbers 8:9-10, 12, and as Moses did to Joshua when the latter was to succeed him, Numbers 27:18, 23 - the purpose being to confer power. And this is why in our own times the ceremonies of ordination and of blessing are accompanied by the laying on of hands. To what extent the hand meant and represented power becomes clear from the following references in the Word to Uzzah and Jeroboam,

Of Uzzah it says that he reached out (his hand) to the Ark of God and took hold of it, and as a consequence died. 2 Samuel 6:6-7.

'The Ark' represented the Lord, and so everything holy and heavenly. 'Uzzah reached out to the Ark' represented man's own power, which is his proprium. And because the proprium is unholy the word 'hand' is left out but nevertheless understood. It is left out to prevent angels perceiving anything so profane as his touching with his hand that which was holy. And because he 'reached out' he died.

[8] In reference to Jeroboam,

It happened, when he heard the saying of the man of God which he cried out against the altar, that Jeroboam reached out his hand from above the altar saying, Lay hold of him. And his hand which he reached out against him dried up, and he could not draw it back to himself. He said to the man of God, Entreat now the face 6 of Jehovah your God, that my hand may be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the face 6 of Jehovah and his hand was restored to him, and became as it was before. 1 Kings 13:4-6.

Here similarly 'reaching out his hand' means man's own power, or proprium, which is unholy. He was willing to violate what was holy by stretching out his hand against the man of God, as a consequence of which his hand was dried up. Yet because he was an idolater and therefore not able to profane, as stated already, his hand was restored. The fact that 'the hand' means and represents power becomes clear from representatives in the world of spirits. In that world a bare arm sometimes comes into sight possessing so much strength that it can break bones to bits and crush their inner marrow to nothing at all. It consequently strikes so much terror as to cause heart-failure. It really does possess such strength.

Footnotes:

1. literally, with the cataracts or the floodgates

2. literally, short in the hand

3. or has stretched out

4. literally, the great hand

5. Exodus 14:15, 16 were possibly intended in this reference, as well as verses 21, 27.

6. literally, the faces

  
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