A Bíblia

 

Genèse 3:12

Estude

       

12 L'homme répondit: La femme que tu as mise auprès de moi m'a donné de l'arbre, et j'en ai mangé.

Das Obras de Swedenborg

 

Spiritual Experiences # 1960

  
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1960. What the fig leaf is with which Adam girded himself

I spoke with spirits about the fig leaf Adam girded himself with [Gen. 3:7], and it was confirmed that it symbolized earthly knowledge, or faith based on reason or understanding, beneath which was nakedness, that is, filthy loves, which were concealed by that leaf. 1748, 14 May.

  
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Thanks to the Academy of the New Church, and Bryn Athyn College, for the permission to use this translation.