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Genesis 32

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1 αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM δε-X *λαβαν-N---NSM ο- A--ASN πρωι-D καταφιλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--APM υιος-N2--APM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--APF θυγατηρ-N3--APF αυτος- D--GSM και-C ευλογεω-VA--AAI3S αυτος- D--APM και-C αποστρεφω-VD--APPNSM *λαβαν-N---NSM αποερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--ASM τοπος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM

2 και-C *ιακωβ-N---NSM αποερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S εις-P ο- A--ASF εαυτου- D--GSM οδος-N2--ASF και-C αναβλεπω-VA--AAPNSM οραω-VBI-AAI3S παρεμβολη-N1--ASF θεος-N2--GSM παρα ενβαλλω-VX--XAPASF και-C συνανταω-VAI-AAI3P αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--NPM αγγελος-N2--NPM ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM

3 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM ηνικα-D οραω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM *παρεμβολη-N1--NSF θεος-N2--GSM ουτος- D--NSF και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM εκεινος- D--GSM *παρεμβολη-N1--NPF

4 αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM αγγελος-N2--APM εμπροσθεν-P αυτος- D--GSM προς-P *ησαυ-N---ASM ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM αυτος- D--GSM εις-P γη-N1--ASF *σηιρ-N----S εις-P χωρα-N1A-ASF *εδωμ-N----S

5 και-C εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S αυτος- D--DPM λεγω-V1--PAPNSM ουτως-D ειπον-VF2-FAI2P ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS *ησαυ-N---DSM ουτως-D λεγω-V1--PAI3S ο- A--NSM παις-N3D-NSM συ- P--GS *ιακωβ-N---NSM μετα-P *λαβαν-N---GSM παραοικεω-VAI-AAI1S και-C χρονιζω-VAI-AAI1S εως-P ο- A--GSN νυν-D

6 και-C γιγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P εγω- P--DS βους-N3--NPM και-C ονος-N2--NPM και-C προβατον-N2N-NPN και-C παις-N3D-NPM και-C παιδισκη-N1--NPF και-C αποστελλω-VAI-AAI1S ανααγγελλω-VA--AAN ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS *ησαυ-N---DSM ινα-C ευρισκω-VB--AAS3S ο- A--NSM παις-N3D-NSM συ- P--GS χαρις-N3--ASF εναντιον-P συ- P--GS

7 και-C αναστρεφω-VAI-AAI3P ο- A--NPM αγγελος-N2--NPM προς-P *ιακωβ-N---ASM λεγω-V1--PAPNPM ερχομαι-VBI-AAI1P προς-P ο- A--ASM αδελφος-N2--ASM συ- P--GS *ησαυ-N---ASM και-C ιδου-I αυτος- D--NSM ερχομαι-V1--PMI3S εις-P συναντησις-N3I-ASF συ- P--DS και-C τετρακοσιοι-A1A-NPM ανηρ-N3--NPM μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM

8 φοβεω-VCI-API3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM σφοδρα-D και-C απορεω-V2I-IMI3S και-C διααιρεω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM λαος-N2--ASM ο- A--ASM μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM και-C ο- A--APM βους-N3--APM και-C ο- A--APN προβατον-N2N-APN εις-P δυο-M παρεμβολη-N1--APF

9 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *ιακωβ-N---NSM εαν-C ερχομαι-VB--AAS3S *ησαυ-N---NSM εις-P παρεμβολη-N1--ASF εις-A1A-ASF και-C εκκοπτω-VA--AAS3S αυτος- D--ASF ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSF παρεμβολη-N1--NSF ο- A--NSF δευτερος-A1A-NSF εις-P ο- A--ASN σωζω-V1--PMN

10 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM εγω- P--GS *αβρααμ-N---GSM και-C ο- A--NSM θεος-N2--NSM ο- A--GSM πατηρ-N3--GSM εγω- P--GS *ισαακ-N---GSM κυριος-N2--VSM ο- A--NSM ειπον-VAI-AAI2S εγω- P--DS αποτρεχω-V1--PAD2S εις-P ο- A--ASF γη-N1--ASF ο- A--GSF γενεσις-N3I-GSF συ- P--GS και-C ευ-D συ- P--AS ποιεω-VF--FAI1S

11 ικανοω-V4--PMI3S εγω- P--DS απο-P πας-A1S-GSF δικαιοσυνη-N1--GSF και-C απο-P πας-A1S-GSF αληθεια-N1A-GSF ος- --GSF ποιεω-VAI-AAI2S ο- A--DSM παις-N3D-DSM συ- P--GS εν-P γαρ-X ο- A--DSF ραβδος-N2--DSF εγω- P--GS διαβαινω-VZI-AAI1S ο- A--ASM *ιορδανης-N1M-ASM ουτος- D--ASM νυν-D δε-X γιγνομαι-VX--XAI1S εις-P δυο-M παρεμβολη-N1--APF

12 εκαιρεω-VB--AMD2S εγω- P--AS εκ-P χειρ-N3--GSF ο- A--GSM αδελφος-N2--GSM εγω- P--GS *ησαυ-N---GSM οτι-C φοβεω-V2--PMI1S εγω- P--NS αυτος- D--ASM μηποτε-D ερχομαι-VB--AAPNSM πατασσω-VA--AAS3S εγω- P--AS και-C μητηρ-N3--ASF επι-P τεκνον-N2N-DPN

13 συ- P--NS δε-X ειπον-VAI-AAI2S καλως-D ευ-D συ- P--AS ποιεω-VF--FAI1S και-C τιθημι-VF--FAI1S ο- A--ASN σπερμα-N3M-ASN συ- P--GS ως-C ο- A--ASF αμμος-N2--ASF ο- A--GSF θαλασσα-N1S-GSF ος- --NSF ου-D αριθμεω-VC--FPI3S απο-P ο- A--GSN πληθος-N3E-GSN

14 και-C κοιμαω-VCI-API3S εκει-D ο- A--ASF νυξ-N3--ASF εκεινος- D--ASF και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ος- --GPM φερω-V1I-IAI3S δωρον-N2N-APN και-C εκ αποστελλω-VAI-AAI3S *ησαυ-N---DSM ο- A--DSM αδελφος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM

15 αιξ-N3G-APF διακοσιοι-A1A-APF τραγος-N2--APM εικοσι-M προβατον-N2N-APN διακοσιοι-A1A-APN κριος-N2--APM εικοσι-M

16 καμηλος-N2--APF θηλαζω-V1--PAPAPF και-C ο- A--APN παιδιον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GPM τριακοντα-M βους-N3--APM τεσσαρακοντα-M ταυρος-N2--APM δεκα-M ονος-N2--APM εικοσι-M και-C πωλος-N2--APM δεκα-M

17 και-C διδωμι-VAI-AAI3S δια-P χειρ-N3--GSF ο- A--DPM παις-N3D-DPM αυτος- D--GSM ποιμνιον-N2N-ASN κατα-P μονος-A1--APF ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X ο- A--DPM παις-N3D-DPM αυτος- D--GSM προπορευομαι-V1--PMD2P εμπροσθεν-P εγω- P--GS και-C διαστημα-N3M-ASN ποιεω-V2--PAI2P ανα-P μεσος-A1--ASM ποιμνη-N1--GSF και-C ποιμνη-N1--GSF

18 και-C εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ο- A--DSM πρωτος-A1--DSMS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM εαν-C συ- P--DS συνανταω-VA--AAS3S *ησαυ-N---NSM ο- A--NSM αδελφος-N2--NSM εγω- P--GS και-C ερωταω-V3--PAI3S συ- P--AS λεγω-V1--PAPNSM τις- I--GSM ειμι-V9--PAI2S και-C που-D πορευομαι-V1--PAS3S και-C τις- I--GSN ουτος- D--NPN ο- A--NPN προπορευομαι-V1--PMPAPN συ- P--GS

19 ειπον-VF2-FAI2S ο- A--GSM παις-N3D-GSM συ- P--GS *ιακωβ-N---GSM δωρον-N2N-APN αποστελλω-VX--XAI3S ο- A--DSM κυριος-N2--DSM εγω- P--GS *ησαυ-N---GSM και-C ιδου-I αυτος- D--NSM οπισω-P εγω- P--GP

20 και-C εντελλομαι-VAI-AMI3S ο- A--DSM πρωτος-A1--DSMS και-C ο- A--DSM δευτερος-A1A-DSM και-C ο- A--DSM τριτος-A1--DSM και-C πας-A3--DPM ο- A--DPM προπορευομαι-V1--PMPDPM οπισω-P ο- A--GPN ποιμνιον-N2N-GPN ουτος- D--GPN λεγω-V1--PAPNSM κατα-P ο- A--ASN ρημα-N3M-ASN ουτος- D--ASN λαλεω-VA--AAD2P *ησαυ-N---DSM εν-P ο- A--DSN ευρισκω-VB--AAN συ- P--AP αυτος- D--ASM

21 και-C ειπον-VF2-FAI2P ιδου-I ο- A--NSM παις-N3D-NSM συ- P--GS *ιακωβ-N---NSM παραγιγνομαι-V1--PMI3S οπισω-P εγω- P--GP ειπον-VBI-AAI3S γαρ-X εκιλασκομαι-VF--FMI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM εν-P ο- A--DPN δωρον-N2N-DPN ο- A--DPN προπορευομαι-V1--PMPDPN αυτος- D--GSM και-C μετα-P ουτος- D--ASN οραω-VF--FMI1S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM ισως-D γαρ-X προςδεχομαι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--ASN προσωπον-N2N-ASN εγω- P--GS

22 και-C παραπορευομαι-V1I-IMI3P ο- A--APN δωρον-N2N-APN κατα-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN αυτος- D--GSM αυτος- D--NSM δε-X κοιμαω-VCI-API3S ο- A--ASF νυξ-N3--ASF εκεινος- D--ASF εν-P ο- A--DSF παρεμβολη-N1--DSF

23 αναιστημι-VH--AAPNSM δε-X ο- A--ASF νυξ-N3--ASF εκεινος- D--ASF λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--APF δυο-M γυνη-N3K-APF και-C ο- A--APF δυο-M παιδισκη-N1--APF και-C ο- A--APN ενδεκα-M παιδιον-N2N-APN αυτος- D--GSM και-C διαβαινω-VZI-AAI3S ο- A--ASF διαβασις-N3I-ASF ο- A--GSM *ιαβοκ-N---GSM

24 και-C λαμβανω-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--APM και-C διαβαινω-VZI-AAI3S ο- A--ASM χειμαρρους-N2--ASM και-C διαβιβαζω-VAI-AAI3S πας-A3--APN ο- A--APN αυτος- D--GSM

25 υπολειπω-VVI-API3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM μονος-A1--NSM και-C παλαιω-VBI-AAI3S ανθρωπος-N2--NSM μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM εως-P πρωι-D

26 οραω-VBI-AAI3S δε-X οτι-C ου-D δυναμαι-V6--PMI3S προς-P αυτος- D--ASM και-C απτομαι-VAI-AMI3S ο- A--GSN πλατος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSM μηρος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--GSM και-C ναρκαω-VAI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN πλατος-N3E-ASN ο- A--GSM μηρος-N2--GSM *ιακωβ-N---GSM εν-P ο- A--DSN παλαιω-VB--AAN αυτος- D--ASM μετα-P αυτος- D--GSM

27 και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S αυτος- D--DSM αποστελλω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--AS αναβαινω-VZI-AAI3S γαρ-X ο- A--NSM ορθρος-N2--NSM ο- A--NSM δε-X ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ου-D μη-D συ- P--AS αποστελλω-VA--AAS1S εαν-C μη-D εγω- P--AS ευλογεω-VA--AAS2S

28 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM τις- I--NSN ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN συ- P--GS ειμι-V9--PAI3S ο- A--NSM δε-X ειπον-VBI-AAI3S *ιακωβ-N---NSM

29 ειπον-VBI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM ου-D καλεω-VC--FPI3S ετι-D ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN συ- P--GS *ιακωβ-N---NSM αλλα-C *ισραηλ-N---NSM ειμι-VF--FMI3S ο- A--NSN ονομα-N3M-NSN συ- P--GS οτι-C ενισχυω-VA--AAPNSM μετα-P θεος-N2--GSM και-C μετα-P ανθρωπος-N2--GPM δυνατος-A1--NSM

30 ερωταω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X *ιακωβ-N---NSM και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ανααγγελλω-VA--AAD2S εγω- P--DS ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN συ- P--GS και-C ειπον-VBI-AAI3S ινα-C τις- I--ASN ουτος- D--ASN ερωταω-V3--PAI2S ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN εγω- P--GS και-C ευλογεω-VAI-AAI3S αυτος- D--ASM εκει-D

31 και-C καλεω-VAI-AAI3S *ιακωβ-N---NSM ο- A--ASN ονομα-N3M-ASN ο- A--GSM τοπος-N2--GSM εκεινος- D--GSM *ειδος-N3E-NSN θεος-N2--GSM οραω-VBI-AAI1S γαρ-X θεος-N2--ASM προσωπον-N2N-ASN προς-P προσωπον-N2N-ASN και-C σωζω-VCI-API3S εγω- P--GS ο- A--NSF ψυχη-N1--NSF

32 ανατελλω-VAI-AAI3S δε-X αυτος- D--DSM ο- A--NSM ηλιος-N2--NSM ηνικα-D παραερχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ο- A--ASN *ειδος-N3E-ASN ο- A--GSM θεος-N2--GSM αυτος- D--NSM δε-X επισκαζω-V1I-IAI3S ο- A--DSM μηρος-N2--DSM αυτος- D--GSM

33 ενεκεν-P ουτος- D--GSM ου-D μη-D εσθιω-VB--AAS3P ο- A--NPM υιος-N2--NPM *ισραηλ-N---GSM ο- A--ASN νευρον-N2N-ASN ος- --ASN ναρκαω-VAI-AAI3S ος- --NSN ειμι-V9--PAI3S επι-P ο- A--GSN πλατος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSM μηρος-N2--GSM εως-P ο- A--GSF ημερα-N1A-GSF ουτος- D--GSF οτι-C απτομαι-VAI-AMI3S ο- A--GSN πλατος-N3E-GSN ο- A--GSM μηρος-N2--GSM *ιακωβ-N---GSM ο- A--GSN νευρον-N2N-GSN και-C ναρκαω-VAI-AAI3S

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4287

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4287. 'For as a prince you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed' means repeated victories in conflicts over truths and goods. This is clear from the meaning of 'contending as a prince' as overcoming in conflicts, in this case conflicts that accompany temptations since these are the subject at present; and from the meaning of 'with God and with men' as conflicts over truths and goods, to be dealt with below.

[2] The subject in the highest sense being the Lord, it is He who is meant in that sense by 'one contending as a prince with God and with men', for by His own power He suffered all temptations and through them overcame the hells. Indeed He allowed into Himself all the hells in their order, and even the angels, as will be explained later on. In so doing he brought into order everything in the heavens and in the hells, and at length glorified Himself, that is, made the Human within Him Divine.

[3] From this it is evident that in the highest sense the Lord is meant by Jacob and Israel, as shown immediately above in 4286. Not only has He Himself 'contended as a prince', that is, has suffered all the conflicts brought about by temptations and has overcome in them, but also He suffers them in every individual human being. But see what has been stated many times already on these matters in the following references,

The Lord suffered the severest temptations, greater than anybody else has done, 1663, 1668, 1787, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2816.

Unlike any others the Lord fought out of Divine love, 1690, 1691 (end), 1789, 1812, 1813, 1820.

The Lord fought against hereditary evil from the mother, so that at length He was not her son; even so, no evil of His own doing was attached to Him, 1444, 1573, 2025, 2574, 2649, 3318 (end).

Through the conflicts brought about by temptations and through repeated victories the Lord arranged all things into the form which heaven possesses, 1928.

And through repeated victories in conflicts brought about by temptations He united the Divine Essence to the Human Essence, 1616, 1737, 1813, 1921, 2025, 2026, 2500, 2523, 2632, 2776.

The Lord suffers the temptations that take place in man, subduing evil and the hells, 987, 1661, 1692 (end).

[4] The arcanum that 'contending with God and with men' means being tempted over truths and over goods is one that is not open to view in the letter. It is clear to anyone, and will also be evident from the explanation given below, that it was not God with whom Jacob contended, for it cannot be said of anyone that he contends with God and prevails. But the internal sense teaches what 'God' and 'men' mean here - that 'God' means truth, and 'men' good. The reason for this is that 'God' in the internal sense means truth, and therefore whenever truth is dealt with the name God is used, 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822, whereas the term 'man' is used to mean good. And 'man' means good because the Lord is the only Man and anyone else is called such by virtue of Him, 49, 288, 565, 1894. A further reason is that by virtue of Him heaven is man and is called the Grand Man, 684, 1276, 3624-3649, 3741-3750. And this also was why the Most Ancient Church which was governed by celestial good was referred to as Man, 478.

[5] Therefore whenever good is dealt with in the Word, 'man' (homo) means good, as in Isaiah,

I will make the male person (vir homo) more rare than gold, and man (homo) than the gold of Ophir. Isaiah 13:12.

In the same prophet,

The inhabitants of the land will be scorched and few male persons (vir homo) left. Isaiah 24:6.

'Male persons' stands for spiritual good or the good of truth. 'Man' stands for good. In the same prophet, The highways have been laid waste, the wayfarer has ceased. He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he has no regard for the male person (vir homo). Isaiah 33:8.

In Jeremiah,

I looked to the earth, and behold, that which is void and empty, and towards the heavens, and they had no light I looked, and behold, there was no man; and all the birds of the air had flown away. Jeremiah 4:23, 25.

In the same prophet, behold, the days are coming, said Jehovah, in which I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and the seed of beast. Jeremiah 31:27.

In Ezekiel,

Your merchants [traded] in the souls of men and vessels of bronze, giving these for your merchandise. Ezekiel 27:13.

In the same prophet, You, O my flock, the flock of My pasture, you are men; I am your God. Ezekiel 34:31.

In the same prophet, They will be cities laid waste, filled with the flock of mankind. Ezekiel 36:38.

In these places 'man' (homo) stands for people who are governed by good, and so stands for good, since good is what causes anyone to be 'man'. Truth however which is grounded in good is referred to in the Word as 'a male person' (vir homo) and also as 'the son of man'.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #1813

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1813. 'He reckoned it to him as righteousness' means that in this the Lord first became righteousness. This too becomes clear from the train of thought in the internal sense, in which the Lord is the subject. That the Lord alone became righteousness for the sake of the whole human race becomes clear from the consideration that He alone has fought out of Divine Love, that is to say, out of love towards the whole human race, whose salvation, that and nothing else, He desired and longed for in His conflicts. The Lord was not born righteousness as regards the Human Essence but became righteousness through the conflicts brought about by temptations and through victories, something He achieved by His own power. And as often as He fought and won the victory, this was reckoned to Him as righteousness, that is, it was added to the righteousness He was becoming, as an increase to it every time, until He became perfect righteousness.

[2] When one who is begotten from a human father, that is, from the seed of a human father, fights for himself, he cannot possibly do so out of any other love than love of self and love of the world, thus not out of heavenly love but out of hellish, for such is the nature of the proprium he possesses from his father in addition to the proprium he has acquired by his own actions. Consequently the person who imagines that he fights the devil from himself is grossly mistaken. So too the person who wishes to make himself righteous by his own powers, that is, to believe that the goods of charity and the truths of faith come from himself, and consequently to merit heaven through them, is acting and thinking contrary to the good and truth of faith. For it is a truth of faith, that is, it is the truth itself, that the Lord is the one who does battle. Thus because he is acting and thinking contrary to a truth of faith, he deprives the Lord of what is His and makes what is the Lord's his own; or what amounts to the same, he replaces the Lord with himself and so with that in himself which is from hell. It is for this reason that people wish to become great or the greatest in heaven, and thus it is that they believe quite wrongly that the Lord fought against the hells so that He might be the greatest. The human proprium has delusions such as these within it which have all the appearance of being truths but which are quite the reverse.

[3] That the Lord came into the world so as to become righteousness, and that He alone is righteousness, was also foretold by the Prophets. Thus it was possible to know of this even before His Coming, and also to know that He could not become righteousness except by means of temptations and victories over all evils and over all the hells, as in Jeremiah,

In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell with confidence. And this is His name which they will call Him. Jehovah our Righteousness. Jeremiah 23:6.

In the same prophet,

In those days and at that time I will cause a shoot of righteousness to sprout forth for David, and he will execute judgement and righteousness in the land. In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell with confidence. And this is what they will call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness. Jeremiah 33:15-16.

In Isaiah,

He saw and there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor, and His own arm brought salvation to Him, and His righteousness upheld Him. And He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation upon His head. Isaiah 59:16-17.

And see especially Isaiah 63:3, 5. 'His own arm' stands for His own power. Since the Lord alone is righteousness, the expression a habitation of righteousness is also used, in Jeremiah 31:23; 50:7.

  
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