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1 Μετα τα πραγματα ταυτα εγεινε λογος Κυριου προς τον Αβραμ εν οραματι, λεγων, Μη φοβου, Αβραμ· εγω ειμαι ο υπερασπιστης σου, ο μισθος σου θελει εισθαι πολυς σφοδρα.

2 Και ειπεν ο Αβραμ, Δεσποτα Κυριε, τι θελεις δωσει εις εμε, ενω εγω απερχομαι ατεκνος, ο δε κληρονομος της οικιας μου ειναι ουτος ο εκ Δαμασκου Ελιεζερ;

3 ειπε προσετι ο Αβραμ, Ιδου, δεν εδωκας εις εμε σπερμα· και ιδου, οικετης μου θελει με κληρονομησει.

4 Και ιδου, λογος Κυριου εγεινε προς αυτον, λεγων, Δεν θελει σε κληρονομησει ουτος· αλλ' εκεινος οστις θελει εξελθει εκ των σπλαγχνων σου, αυτος θελει σε κληρονομησει.

5 Και εφερεν αυτον εξω και ειπεν, Αναβλεψον τωρα εις τον ουρανον και αριθμησον τα αστρα, εαν δυνασαι να εξαριθμησης αυτα· και ειπε προς αυτον, Ουτω θελει εισθαι το σπερμα σου.

6 Και επιστευσεν εις τον Κυριον· και ελογισθη εις αυτον εις δικαιοσυνην.

7 Και ειπε προς αυτον, Εγω ειμαι ο Κυριος οστις σε εξηγαγον εκ της Ουρ των Χαλδαιων, δια να σοι δωσω την γην ταυτην εις κληρονομιαν.

8 Ο δε ειπε, Δεσποτα Κυριε, Ποθεν να γνωρισω οτι θελω κληρονομησει αυτην;

9 Και ειπε προς αυτον, Λαβε μοι δαμαλιν τριων ετων, και αιγα τριων ετων, και κριον τριων ετων, και τρυγονα, και περιστεραν.

10 Και ελαβεν εις αυτον παντα ταυτα, και διεσχισεν αυτα εις το μεσον, και εθεσεν εκαστον τμημα απεναντι του ομοιου αυτου· τα πτηνα ομως δεν διεσχισε.

11 Κατεβησαν δε ορνεα επι τα πτωματα, και ο Αβραμ εδιωξεν αυτα.

12 Περι δε την δυσιν του ηλιου, επεπεσεν εκστασις επι τον Αβραμ· και ιδου, φοβος σκοτεινος μεγας επιπιπτει επ' αυτον.

13 Και ειπεν ο Κυριος προς τον Αβραμ, Εξευρε βεβαιως οτι το σπερμα σου θελει παροικησει εν γη ουχι εαυτων, και θελουσι δουλωσει αυτους, και θελουσι καταθλιψει αυτους, τετρακοσια ετη·

14 το εθνος ομως, εις το οποιον θελουσι δουλωθη, εγω θελω κρινει· μετα δε ταυτα θελουσιν εξελθει με μεγαλα υπαρχοντα·

15 συ δε θελεις απελθει προς τους πατερας σου εν ειρηνη· θελεις ενταφιασθη εν γηρατι καλω·

16 εν δε τη τεταρτη γενεα θελουσιν επιστρεψει εδω· διοτι ακομη δεν ανεπληρωθη η ανομια των Αμορραιων.

17 Οτε δε ο ηλιος εδυσε και εγεινε πυκνον σκοτος, ιδου, καμινος καπνιζουσα και λαμπας πυρος ητις διεπερασε μεταξυ των διχοτομηματων τουτων.

18 Την ημεραν εκεινην εκαμε διαθηκην ο Κυριος προς τον Αβραμ, λεγων, εις το σπερμα σου εδωκα την γην ταυτην, απο του ποταμου της Αιγυπτου εως του ποταμου του μεγαλου, του ποταμου Ευφρατου·

19 τους Κεναιους, και τους Κενεζαιους, και τους Κεδμωναιους,

20 και τους Χετταιους, και τους Φερεζαιους, και τους Ραφαειμ,

21 και τους Αμορραιους, και τους Χαναναιους, και τους Γεργεσαιους, και τους Ιεβουσαιους.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1860

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1860. That 'there was thick darkness' means when hatred existed in place of charity is clear from the meaning of 'thick darkness'. In the Word 'darkness' means falsities, while 'thick darkness' means evils, as explained immediately below. 'Darkness' is when falsity exists in place of truth, and 'thick darkness' when evil exists in place of good, or what amounts entirely to the same, when hatred exists in place of charity. When hatred exists in place of charity the darkness is so thick that the person is not even aware of its being an evil, let alone of its being so great an evil as to thrust him down in the next life into hell; indeed people who are steeped in hatred find a certain delight and so to speak life in it. This very delight and life have the effect that he hardly knows other than that hatred is good. Whatever favors a person's pleasure and desire, because it favors his love, he feels as good - so much so that when he is told it is of hell he can hardly believe it. Even less can he believe it when he is told that such delight and life is converted in the next life into an utterly foul and corpse-like stench. Even less still can he believe that he is becoming a devil and a dreadful replica of hell; for hell consists of nothing else than varieties of hatred and other such forms.

[2] But of this anyone may know who has any power of thought; for if he were to describe hatred, or to represent it, or to portray it if he were able to in any way, he would not do so except by the use of devil-like forms such as these persons steeped in evil also assume after death. And what is extraordinary, such people can still declare that in the next life they will go to heaven, in some cases for merely saying that they have faith - though in fact the only forms occurring in heaven are those of charity, the nature of which may be seen in what has been told from experience in 553. Let those people now consider how these two forms - of hatred and of charity - can be in agreement in the same place.

[3] That 'darkness' means falsity and 'thick darkness' evil becomes clear from the following places in the Word: In Isaiah,

Behold, darkness is covering the earth, and thick darkness the peoples. Isaiah 60:2.

In Joel,

Let all the inhabitants of the earth tremble, for the day of Jehovah is coming, a day of darkness and thick darkness. Joel 2:1-2.

In Zephaniah,

A day of wrath is that day, a day of vastation and desolation, a day of darkness and thick darkness. Zephaniah 1:15.

In Amos,

Is not the day of Jehovah darkness and not light, and thick darkness, and no brightness in it? Amos 5:20.

In these places 'the day of Jehovah' stands for the final period of the Church, which is also the subject here. 'Darkness' stands for falsities, 'thick darkness' for evils; hence both are mentioned. Otherwise there would be a repetition of the same thing, or a pointless excess of words. The term used in the original language however to express thick darkness in this verse embodies both within itself - falsity as well as evil, or gross falsity that produces evil, as well as gross evil that produces falsity.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.