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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 #4307

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4307. In the internal historical sense 'Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray, your name' means evil spirits. This becomes clear from many connections in this sense, in which these words and those that follow have reference to the descendants of Jacob; for the meaning in the internal sense depends on the specific subject under discussion. For not good spirits but evil ones are meant by him who wrestled with Jacob, as becomes clear from the consideration that 'wrestling' means temptation, 3927, 3928, 4274; and no temptation is ever carried out by good spirits, only by evil ones. For temptation consists in the activation of the evil and falsity residing with a person, 741, 751, 761, 1820, 4249, 4299. Good spirits and angels never activate evils and falsities but defend a person against them and turn them to good; for good spirits are led by the Lord, and from the Lord nothing except holy good and holy truth ever proceeds. The Lord does not tempt anyone, as is well known from teaching accepted in the Church; see also 1875, 2768. From this and also from the fact that the descendants of Jacob gave in to every temptation not only in the desert but also after that, it is evident that they were not good spirits but evil ones who are meant by him who wrestled with Jacob. What is more, the nation meant by 'Jacob' here was not governed by any spiritual or celestial love, only by bodily and worldly love, 4281, 4288-4290, 4293. The spirits present with any people depend on the loves governing those people, good spirits and angels being present with those who are governed by spiritual or celestial love, evil spirits with those who are governed solely by bodily or worldly love. So true is this that anyone can know which kind of spirits are present with him merely by noting the nature of his own loves, or what amounts to the same, the nature of his ends in view, since everyone has that which he loves as his end in view.

[2] The reason the one who wrestled with him called himself 'God' is Jacob's own belief that he was. In this he was like his descendants who believed unceasingly that Jehovah was present in their holy external observances, when in fact Jehovah was present solely in what these represented, as will be clear from what follows below. They also believed that Jehovah led them into temptations, was the author of all evil, and was full of anger and fury whenever they were punished. It is because they believed He was like this that such descriptions of Him appear in the Word, when in actual fact Jehovah never leads anyone into temptations, is never the author of anything evil, and is never full of anger, still less of fury, see 223, 245, 592, 696, 1093, 1683, 1874, 1875, 2395, 3605, 3607, 3614. This also explains why the one who wrestled with Jacob was unwilling to reveal his name. The reason why in the internal spiritual sense the one who wrestled with Jacob is used to mean the angelic heaven, 4295, is that the Lord, who in the highest sense is there represented by 'Jacob', allowed even angels to enter in and tempt Him, and that the angels were in that case left alone to their proprium, as has been shown in the paragraph just referred to.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #4293

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4293. In the internal historical sense 'for as a prince you have contended with God and with men, and have prevailed' means on account of the stubborn perverseness which was a product of their false delusions and evil desires. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'God' and the meaning of 'men' as truths and goods, dealt with above in 4287, though here the selfsame words have the opposite meaning because in this internal historical sense they are expressions used in reference to the descendants of Jacob, with whom no truths or goods were present interiorly, as shown above, only falsities and evils. Falsities are false delusions because they are the product of such delusions, and evils are evil desires because they are the product of such desires.

[2] As regards that nation's insistence that they should play the representative part, that is, that they themselves should constitute the Church in preference to all nations throughout the whole world, see above in 4290. More than this it is the fact that they were allowed to do so on account of the stubborn perverseness which was a product of their false delusions and of their evil desires that is meant here. No one can know the nature of those delusions and desires unless he has some contact with them in the next life. To enable me to know, such contact has been granted to me, for I have talked on several occasions to those people there. They love themselves and worldly wealth more than anybody else does, and above all they fear loss of position as well as loss of gain more than anybody else does. Consequently today as in former times they despise everyone else in comparison with themselves; they are also utterly intent on the acquisition of wealth, and in addition are full of fear. Because that nation has been like this since ancient times they were better able than others to be kept in external holiness devoid of all internal holiness, and so in outward form to represent things that constituted the Church It was these false delusions and evil desires that produced such stubborn perverseness.

[3] This is also apparent from many things which are mentioned regarding them in the historical narratives of the Word. After being punished they were able to demonstrate an external humility such as no other nation could do, for they were able for whole days to lie prostrate on the ground and to roll themselves in the dust and not get up until the third day. They were also able for many days to beat their breasts, and to go around in sackcloth, in tattered garments, with ashes or dust sprinkled over their head. They were able to fast continuously for many days, and during that time to burst into bitter tears. But these were the expressions solely of bodily and earthly love, and a fear of losing their pre-eminence and worldly wealth. For there was not anything internal which moved them since they did not know at all, and did not even wish to know, what the internal was, such as the matter of a life after death, or that of eternal salvation.

[4] From this it may be seen that because their nature was such they had to be dispossessed of all internal holiness, for this holiness accords in no way at all with the kind of external holiness that has just been described; indeed the two are utterly contrary to each other. It may also be seen that they were better able than others to play the part of a representative of the Church, that is to say, to represent holy things in external form, devoid of all internal holiness; and that thus by means of that nation some kind of communication with the heavens was possible, see 4288.

  
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