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Genesis第29章

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1 καί-C ἐκαἴρω-VA--AAPNSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM πούς-N3D-APM πορεύομαι-VCI-API3S εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF ἀνατολή-N1--GPF πρός-P *λαβαν-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *βαθουηλ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM *σύρος-N2--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM δέ-X *ρεβεκκα-N---GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF *ἰακώβ-N---GSM καί-C *ησαυ-N---GSM

2 καί-C ὁράω-V3--PAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I φρέαρ-N3T-NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN πεδίον-N2N-DSN εἰμί-V9--IAI3P δέ-X ἐκεῖ-D τρεῖς-A3--NPN ποίμνιον-N2N-NPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN ἀναπαύω-V1--PMPNPN ἐπί-P αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκ-P γάρ-X ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN ἐκεῖνος- D--GSM ποτίζω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--APN ποίμνιον-N2N-APN λίθος-N2--NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S μέγας-A1P-NSM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--DSN στόμα-N3M-DSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN

3 καί-C συνἄγω-V1I-IMI3P ἐκεῖ-D πᾶς-A3--NPN ὁ- A--NPN ποίμνιον-N2N-NPN καί-C ἀποκυλίω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN καί-C ποτίζω-V1I-IAI3P ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN καί-C ἀπο καταἵστημι-V6I-IAI3P ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASN στόμα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM τόπος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM

4 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἀδελφός-N2--VPM πόθεν-D εἰμί-V9--PAI2P σύ- P--NP ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P *χαρραν-N---GS εἰμί-V9--PAI1P

5 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM γιγνώσκω-V1--PAI2P *λαβαν-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM *ναχωρ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P γιγνώσκω-V1--PAI1P

6 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM ὑγιαίνω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ὑγιαίνω-V1--PAI3S καί-C ἰδού-I *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF θυγάτηρ-N3--NSF αὐτός- D--GSM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN

7 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἔτι-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ἡμέρα-N1A-NSF πολύς-A1--NSF οὔπω-D ὥρα-N1A-NSF συνἄγω-VQ--APN ὁ- A--APN κτῆνος-N3E-APN ποτίζω-VA--AAPNPM ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ἀποἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM βόσκω-V1--PAI2P

8 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D δύναμαι-VF--FMI1P ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN συνἄγω-VQ--APN πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ποιμήν-N3--APM καί-C ἀποκυλίω-VA--AAS3P ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN καί-C ποτίζω-VF--FAI1P ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN

9 ἔτι-D αὐτός- D--GSM λαλέω-V2--PAPGSM αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C *ραχηλ-N---NSF ὁ- A--NSF θυγάτηρ-N3--NSF *λαβαν-N---GSM ἔρχομαι-V1I-IMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPN πρόβατον-N2N-GPN ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF αὐτός- D--NSF γάρ-X βόσκω-V1I-IAI3S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF

10 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὡς-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF *ραχηλ-N---ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF *λαβαν-N---GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN *λαβαν-N---GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C προςἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNSM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἀποκυλίω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM λίθος-N2--ASM ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSN φρέαρ-N3T-GSN καί-C ποτίζω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN πρόβατον-N2N-APN *λαβαν-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF μήτηρ-N3--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM

11 καί-C φιλέω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF *ραχηλ-N---ASF καί-C βοάω-VA--AAPNSM ὁ- A--DSF φωνή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM κλαίω-VAI-AAI3S

12 καί-C ἀναἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSF *ραχηλ-N---DSF ὅτι-C ἀδελφός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὅτι-C υἱός-N2--NSM *ρεβεκκα-N---GSF εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C τρέχω-VB--AAPNSF ἀποἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSF κατά-P ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN οὗτος- D--APN

13 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ὡς-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S *λαβαν-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN *ἰακώβ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM υἱός-N2--GSM ὁ- A--GSF ἀδελφή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM τρέχω-VBI-AAI3S εἰς-P συνάντησις-N3I-ASF αὐτός- D--DSM καί-C περιλαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM αὐτός- D--ASM φιλέω-VAI-AAI3S καί-C εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM οἶκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C διαἡγέομαι-VAI-AMI3S ὁ- A--DSM *λαβαν-N---DSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM λόγος-N2--APM οὗτος- D--APM

14 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GPN ὀστέον-N2N-GPN ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐκ-P ὁ- A--GSF σάρξ-N3K-GSF ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S σύ- P--NS καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S μετά-P αὐτός- D--GSM μήν-N3--ASM ἡμέρα-N1A-GPF

15 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM ὅτι-C γάρ-X ἀδελφός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI2S οὐ-D δουλεύω-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS δωρεά-N1A-ASF ἀποἀγγέλλω-VA--AAD2S ἐγώ- P--DS τίς- I--NSM ὁ- A--NSM μισθός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GS εἰμί-V9--PAI3S

16 ὁ- A--DSM δέ-X *λαβαν-N---DSM δύο-M θυγάτηρ-N3--NPF ὄνομα-N3M-NSN ὁ- A--DSF μέγας-A3C-DSFC *λεια-N---NSF καί-C ὄνομα-N3M-ASN ὁ- A--DSF νέος-A1A-DSFC *ραχηλ-N---NSF

17 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X ὀφθαλμός-N2--NPM *λεια-N---GSF ἀσθενής-A3H-NPM *ραχηλ-N---NSF δέ-X καλός-A1--NSF ὁ- A--DSN εἶδος-N3E-DSN καί-C ὡραῖος-A1A-NSF ὁ- A--DSF ὄψις-N3I-DSF

18 ἀγαπάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--ASF *ραχηλ-N---ASF καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δουλεύω-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN περί-P *ραχηλ-N---GSF ὁ- A--GSF θυγάτηρ-N3--GSF σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--GSF νέος-A1A-GSFC

19 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM βελτίων-A3C-NSN δίδωμι-VO--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--ASF σύ- P--DS ἤ-C δίδωμι-VO--AAN ἐγώ- P--AS αὐτός- D--ASF ἀνήρ-N3--DSM ἕτερος-A1A-DSM οἰκέω-VA--AAD2S μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS

20 καί-C δουλεύω-VAI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM περί-P *ραχηλ-N---GSF ἔτος-N3E-APN ἑπτά-M καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3P ἐναντίον-P αὐτός- D--GSM ὡς-C ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ὀλίγος-A1--NPF παρά-P ὁ- A--ASN ἀγαπάω-V3--PAN αὐτός- D--ASM αὐτός- D--ASF

21 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM πρός-P *λαβαν-N---ASM ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AAD2S ὁ- A--ASF γυνή-N3K-ASF ἐγώ- P--GS πληρόω-VM--XMI3P γάρ-X ὁ- A--NPF ἡμέρα-N1A-NPF ἐγώ- P--GS ὅπως-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VB--AAS1S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASF

22 συνἄγω-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM πᾶς-A3--APM ὁ- A--APM ἀνήρ-N3--APM ὁ- A--GSM τόπος-N2--GSM καί-C ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S γάμος-N2--ASM

23 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ἑσπέρα-N1A-NSF καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSM *λαβαν-N---NSM *λεια-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM εἰςἄγω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASF πρός-P *ἰακώβ-N---ASM καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--ASF *ἰακώβ-N---NSM

24 δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM *λεια-N---DSF ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM *ζελφα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--DSF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF

25 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X πρωΐ-D καί-C ἰδού-I εἰμί-V9--IAI3S *λεια-N---NSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM *λαβαν-N---DSM τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI2S ἐγώ- P--DS οὐ-D περί-P *ραχηλ-N---GSF δουλεύω-VAI-AAI1S παρά-P σύ- P--DS καί-C ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN παραλογίζομαι-VAI-AMI2S ἐγώ- P--AS

26 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S οὕτως-D ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM τόπος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GP δίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--ASF νέος-A1A-ASFC πρίν-D ἤ-C ὁ- A--ASF πρεσβύτερος-A1A-ASFC

27 συντελέω-VA--AAD2S οὖν-X ὁ- A--APN ἕβδομος-A1--APN οὗτος- D--GSF καί-C δίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DS καί-C οὗτος- D--ASF ἀντί-P ὁ- A--GSF ἐργασία-N1A-GSF ὅς- --GSF ἐργάζομαι-VF2-FMI2S παρά-P ἐγώ- P--DS ἔτι-D ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN ἕτερος-A1A-APN

28 ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM οὕτως-D καί-C ἀναπληρόω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--APN ἕβδομος-A1--APN οὗτος- D--GSF καί-C δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM *λαβαν-N---NSM *ραχηλ-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF θυγάτηρ-N3--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--DSM γυνή-N3K-ASF

29 δίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM *ραχηλ-N---DSF ὁ- A--DSF θυγάτηρ-N3--DSF αὐτός- D--GSM *βαλλα-N---ASF ὁ- A--ASF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--DSF παιδίσκη-N1--ASF

30 καί-C εἰςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P *ραχηλ-N---ASF ἀγαπάω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X *ραχηλ-N---ASF μᾶλλον-D ἤ-C *λεια-N---ASF καί-C δουλεύω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DSM ἑπτά-M ἔτος-N3E-APN ἕτερος-A1A-APN

31 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X κύριος-N2--NSM ὅτι-C μισέω-V2--PMI3S *λεια-N---NSF ἀναοἴγω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASF μήτρα-N1A-ASF αὐτός- D--GSF *ραχηλ-N---NSF δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S στεῖρα-N1A-NSF

32 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S *λεια-N---NSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM καλέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ρουβην-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSF διότι-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--GS κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--ASF ταπείνωσις-N3I-ASF νῦν-D ἐγώ- P--AS ἀγαπάω-VF--FAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS

33 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S πάλιν-D *λεια-N---NSF καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM δεύτερος-A1A-ASM ὁ- A--DSM *ἰακώβ-N---DSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὅτι-C ἀκούω-VAI-AAI3S κύριος-N2--NSM ὅτι-C μισέω-V2--PMI1S καί-C προςδίδωμι-VAI-AAI3S ἐγώ- P--DS καί-C οὗτος- D--ASM καλέω-VAI-AAI3S δέ-X ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *συμεων-N---ASM

34 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ἔτι-D καί-C τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM νῦν-D καιρός-N2--DSM πρός-P ἐγώ- P--GS εἰμί-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἀνήρ-N3--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS τίκτω-VBI-AAI1S γάρ-X αὐτός- D--DSM τρεῖς-A3--APM υἱός-N2--APM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *λευί-N---ASM

35 καί-C συνλαμβάνω-VB--AAPNSF ἔτι-D τίκτω-VBI-AAI3S υἱός-N2--ASM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S νῦν-D ἔτι-D οὗτος- D--ASN ἐκὁμολογέω-VF--FMI1S κύριος-N2--DSM διά-P οὗτος- D--ASN καλέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASN ὄνομα-N3M-ASN αὐτός- D--GSM *ιουδα-N---ASM καί-C ἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--GSN τίκτω-V1--PAN

   

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Arcana Coelestia#3813

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3813. As regards 'flesh', this means in the highest sense the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, which is Divine Good, and in the relative sense means the will side of the human proprium when made alive by the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, that is, by His Divine Good. This proprium is the one called the heavenly proprium which, in itself the Lord's alone, is appropriated to those who are governed by good and consequently by truth. Such a proprium exists with angels in heaven, and also with men whose interiors, that is, their spirits, are in the Lord's kingdom. But in the contrary sense 'flesh' means the will side of the human proprium, which in itself is nothing but evil, and not having been made alive by the Lord is called dead; and the individual himself is for that reason called dead.

[2] That 'flesh' in the highest sense means the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, and so His Divine Good, is clear from the Lord's words in John,

Jesus said, I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread he will live for ever. The bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. The Jews disputed with one another, saying, How can this man give his flesh to eat? Jesus therefore said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you will have no life in yourselves. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day; for My flesh is truly food, and My blood is truly drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. This is the bread which came down from heaven. John 6:51-58.

Here it is quite evident that 'flesh' means the Proprium of the Lord's Divine Human, and so the Divine Good - His flesh in the Holy Supper being called 'the body'. His body or flesh in the Holy Supper is the Divine Good, and His blood the Divine Truth, see 1798, 2165, 2177, 3464, 3735. And since bread and wine have the same meaning as flesh and blood - that is to say, 'bread' is the Lord's Divine Good, and 'wine' His Divine Truth - bread and wine were commanded in place of flesh and blood. This is why the Lord says, 'I am the living bread; the bread which I will give is My flesh; he who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him; this is the bread which came down from heaven'. 'Eating' means being communicated, being joined to, and being made one's own, see 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513 (end), 3596.

[3] The same was represented in the Jewish Church by the law that the flesh of sacrifices was to be eaten by Aaron and his sons, by those persons who brought the sacrifice, and by others who were clean; and that this flesh was holy, see Exodus 12:7-9; 29:30-34; Leviticus 7:15-21; 8:31; Deuteronomy 12:27; 16:4. That being so, if any unclean person ate some of that flesh he was to be cut off from his people, Leviticus 7:21. The fact that these sacrifices were called 'bread', see 2165, and that that sacrificial flesh was called 'holy flesh', Jeremiah 11:15; Haggai 2:12. And in Ezekiel 40:43 where the new Temple is the subject, it is called 'the flesh of the offering which is on the tables in the Lord's kingdom', by which clearly worship of the Lord in His kingdom is meant.

[4] That 'flesh' in the relative sense means the will side of man's proprium when made alive by the Lord is Divine Good is clear also from the following places: In Ezekiel,

I will give them one heart, and will put a new spirit in your midst; and I will remove the heart of stone out of their flesh and will give them a heart of flesh. Ezekiel 11:19; 36:26.

'The heart of stone out of their flesh' stands for a will and proprium when not made alive, 'a heart of flesh' for a will and proprium when made alive; for 'the heart' is a representative of good in the will, see 2930, 3313, 3635. In David,

O God, You are my God; in the morning I seek You. My soul thirsts for You, my flesh in a dry land longs for You, and I am weary without water. Psalms 63:1.

In the same author,

My soul longs for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh shout for joy to the living God. Psalms 84:2.

[5] In Job,

I have come to know my Redeemer; He is alive; and at the last He will rise above the dust; and afterwards these things will be encompassed by my skin, and out of my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall see for myself; and my eyes will behold, and no other. Job 19:25-27.

'Being encompassed by skin' stands for the natural, such as a person possesses after death, dealt with in 3539. 'Out of his flesh seeing God' stands for the proprium when made alive, which is why Job says, 'Whom I shall see for myself; and my eyes will behold, and no other'. Since it was well known in the ancient Churches that 'flesh' meant the proprium, and since the Book of Job is a book of the Ancient Church, 3540 (end), he accordingly followed the custom of the day and drew on meaningful signs to speak of these, as of many other matters. Those therefore who conclude from what Job said that their dead body is going to be reassembled from the four winds and is going to rise again do not know the internal sense of the Word. Those who are conversant with that sense know that they will enter the next life in a body, but in a purer one. In that life people have purer bodies, for they behold one another, talk to one another, and are endowed with each of the senses, which though like those in the physical body are now keener. The body which a person carries around on earth is designed for activities on earth and therefore consists of flesh and bones, whereas the body that a spirit carries around in the next life is designed for activities in that life and does not consist of flesh and bones but of such things as correspond to these, see 3726.

[6] That 'flesh' in the contrary sense means the will side of the human proprium which in itself is nothing but evil is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Every man will eat the flesh of his own arm. Isaiah 9:20.

In the same prophet,

I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, and they will be drunk with their blood as with new wine. Isaiah 49:26.

In Jeremiah,

I will feed them with the flesh of their sons and with the flesh of their daughters, and every man will eat the flesh of his companion. Jeremiah 19:9.

In Zechariah,

Those that are left will eat, every one the flesh of another. Zechariah 11:9.

In Moses,

I will chastise you seven times for your sins, and you will eat the flesh of your sons: and the flesh of your daughters will you eat. Leviticus 26:28-29.

The will side of the human proprium, or man's own natural inclinations, is described in this way because it is nothing but evil and consequent falsity, and so hatred against every form of truth or good, that are meant by 'eating the flesh of their own arm', 'the flesh of sons and daughters', and 'the flesh of another'.

[7] In John,

I saw an angel standing in the sun, who called out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds flying in mid-heaven, Come and gather yourselves to the supper of the great God, so that you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses and those seated on them, and the flesh of all free men and slaves, both small and great. Revelation 19:17-18; Ezekiel 39:17-20.

Anyone may see that the flesh of kings, captains, mighty men, horses and those seated on them, free men and slaves, is not meant by such expressions. 'Flesh' accordingly has another meaning which has not been known up to now. The fact that evils resulting from falsities, and evils producing falsities, are meant - which evils originate on the will side of the human proprium - is evident from each expression used here.

[8] Since falsity which springs from the understanding side of man's proprium is meant by 'blood' in the internal sense, and evil which springs from the will side of his proprium by 'flesh', the Lord speaks of the person who is to be regenerated as follows,

As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, to those believing in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13.

For this reason 'flesh' is used to mean in general all mankind, see 574, 1050 (end). For whether you speak of man or of man's proprium it amounts to the same.

[9] That 'flesh' in the highest sense means the Lord's Divine Human is evident from the verses quoted above, as well as from the following in John,

The Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the Only Begotten from the Father. John 1:14.

It is by virtue of this flesh that all other flesh is made alive, that is, by virtue of the Lord's Divine Human, every human being is made alive, through making His love his own, which is meant by 'eating the flesh of the Son of Man', John 6:51-58, and by eating the bread in the Holy Supper - for the bread is His body or flesh, Matthew 26:26-27.

  
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