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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 #4344

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4344. 'And over towards the two servant-girls' means beneath the affection for the things that serve those two affections. This is clear from the meaning of 'the servant-girls' as the affections for knowledge and for cognitions, dealt with in 1895, 2567, 3835, 3849, and as subservient means employed in the joining together of the external man and the internal, dealt with in 3913, 3917; and from the representation of Zilpah and Bilhah, to whom 'the servant-girls' refers here, as subservient exterior affections that are employed as means, dealt with in 3849, 3931.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3913

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3913. 'She said, Behold, my maidservant Bilhah' means the affirming means, which has its place between natural truth and interior truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'a maidservant', and also of 'a servant-girl' as the affection for the cognitions which belong to the exterior man, dealt with in 1895, 2567, 3835, 3849, and in this particular case since that affection is the means by which interior truths become joined to natural or external truths, 'a maidservant' therefore describes the affirming means that has its place between these; and from the representation of 'Bilhah' as the nature of that means. The two servant-girls which Rachel and Leah gave to Jacob as wives for producing offspring represented and meant in the internal sense nothing else than something which is of service, in this case something serving as the means by which those two things are joined together, namely interior truth with external truth, for 'Rachel' represents interior truth, 'Leah' external, 3793, 3819. Indeed by means of the twelve sons of Jacob twelve general or principal requisites are described here by which a person is introduced into spiritual and celestial things while he is being regenerated or becoming the Church.

[2] Actually when a person is being regenerated or becoming the Church, that is, when from being a dead man he is becoming a living one, or from being a bodily-minded man is becoming a heavenly-minded one, he is led by the Lord through many states. These general states are specified by those twelve sons, and later by the twelve tribes, so that the twelve tribes mean all aspects of faith and love - see what has been shown in 3858. For any general whole includes every particular and individual detail, and each detail exists in relation to the general whole. When a person is being regenerated the internal man is to be joined to the external man, and therefore the goods and truths which belong to the internal man are to be joined to those which belong to the external man, for it is truths and goods that make a person a human being. These cannot be joined together without means. These means consist in such things as take something from one side and something from the other, and act in such a way that insofar as a person moves closer to one the other plays a subordinate role. These means are meant by the servant-girls - Rachel's servant-girls being the means available from the internal man, Leah's the means available from the external man.

[3] The necessity for means by which the joining together is effected may be recognized from the consideration that of himself the natural man does not agree at all with the spiritual but disagrees so much as to be utterly opposed to the spiritual. For the natural man regards and loves self and the world, whereas the spiritual man does not, except insofar as to do so leads to the rendering of services in the spiritual world, and so he regards service to it and loves this service because of the use that is served and the end in view. The natural man seems to himself to have life when he is promoted to high positions and so to pre-eminence over others, but the spiritual man seems to himself to have life in self-abasement and in being the least. Not that he despises high positions, provided they are means by which he is enabled to serve the neighbour, society as a whole, and the Church. Neither does the spiritual man view the important positions to which he is promoted in any selfish way but on account of the services rendered which are his ends in view. Bliss for the natural man consists in his being wealthier than others and in his possessing worldly riches, whereas bliss for the spiritual man consists in his having cognitions of truth and good which are the riches he possesses, and even more so in the practice of good in accordance with truths. Not however that he despises riches, because these enable him to render a service in the world.

[4] These few considerations show that on account of their different ends in view the state of the natural man and the state of the spiritual are the reverse of each other, but that the two can be joined one to the other. That conjunction is effected when things which belong to the external man become subordinate and are subservient to the ends which the internal man has in view. In order that a person may become spiritual therefore it is necessary for the things belonging to the external man to be brought into a position of subservience, and so for ends that have self and the world in view to be cast aside and those that have the neighbour and the Lord's kingdom to be adopted. The former cannot possibly be cast aside or the latter adopted, and so the two cannot be joined, except through means. It is these means that are meant by the servant-girls, and specifically by the four sons born to the servant-girls.

[5] The first means is one that affirms, or is affirmative towards, internal truth; that is to say, it affirms that it really is internal truth. Once this affirmative attitude is present, a person is in the first stage of regeneration, good from within being at work and leading to that spirit of affirmation. That good cannot pass into a negative attitude, nor even into one of doubt, until this becomes affirmative. After this, that good manifests itself in affection; that is to say, it causes the person to feel an affection for, and delight in, truth - first through his coming to know this truth, then through his acting in accordance with it. Take for example the truth that the Lord is the human race's salvation. If the person does not develop an affirmative attitude towards this truth, none of the things which he has learned about the Lord from the Word or in the Church and which are included among the facts in his natural memory can be joined to his internal man, that is, to the truths that are able to be truths of faith there. Nor can affection accordingly enter in, not even into the general aspects of this truth which contribute to the person's salvation. But once he develops an affirmative attitude countless things are added and are filled with the good that is flowing in. For good is flowing in constantly from the Lord, but where no affirmative attitude exists it is not accepted. An affirmative attitude is therefore the first means and so to speak first dwelling-place of the good flowing in from the Lord. And the same is so with all other truths called the truths of faith.

  
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