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Genesis第42章

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1 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S πρᾶσις-N3I-NSF ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM υἱός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἵνα-C τίς- I--ASN ῥᾳθυμέω-V2--PAI2P

2 ἰδού-I ἀκούω-VX--XAI1S ὅτι-C εἰμί-V9--PAI3S σῖτος-N2--NSM ἐν-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--DSF καταβαίνω-VZ--AAD2P ἐκεῖ-D καί-C πρίαμαι-VH--AMD2P ἐγώ- P--DP μικρός-A1A-APN βρῶμα-N3M-APN ἵνα-C ζάω-V3--PAI1P καί-C μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VB--AAS1P

3 καταβαίνω-VZI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM ὁ- A--NPM δέκα-M πρίαμαι-VH--AMN σῖτος-N2--ASM ἐκ-P *αἴγυπτος-N2--GSF

4 ὁ- A--ASM δέ-X *βενιαμίν-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM οὐ-D ἀποστέλλω-VAI-AAI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἀδελφός-N2--GPM αὐτός- D--GSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S γάρ-X μήποτε-D συνβαίνω-VZ--AAS3S αὐτός- D--DSM μαλακία-N1A-NSF

5 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM *ἰσραήλ-N---GSM ἀγοράζω-V1--PAN μετά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἔρχομαι-V1--PMPGPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S γάρ-X ὁ- A--NSM λιμός-N2--NSM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

6 *ιωσηφ-N---NSM δέ-X εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἄρχων-N3--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF οὗτος- D--NSM πωλέω-V2I-IAI3S πᾶς-A3--DSM ὁ- A--DSM λαός-N2--DSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἔρχομαι-VB--AAPNPM δέ-X ὁ- A--NPM ἀδελφός-N2--NPM *ιωσηφ-N---GSM προςκυνέω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM ἐπί-P πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN ἐπί-P ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

7 ὁράω-VB--AAPNSM δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S καί-C ἀλλοτριόω-V4I-IMI3S ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C λαλέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM σκληρός-A1A-APN καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM πόθεν-D ἥκω-V1--PAI2P ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P ἐκ-P γῆ-N1--GSF *χανααν-N---GS ἀγοράζω-VA--AAN βρῶμα-N3M-APN

8 ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--APM ἀδελφός-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GSM αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X οὐ-D ἐπιγιγνώσκω-VZI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--ASM

9 καί-C μιμνήσκω-VSI-API3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--GPN ἐνύπνιον-N2N-GPN ὅς- --GPN ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--NSM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P κατανοέω-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APN ἴχνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF χώρα-N1A-GSF ἥκω-V1--PAI2P

10 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P οὐ-D κύριος-N2--VSM ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI1P πρίαμαι-VH--AMN βρῶμα-N3M-APN

11 πᾶς-A3--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P υἱός-N2--NPM εἷς-A3--GSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--GSM εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3P ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM

12 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D ἀλλά-C ὁ- A--APN ἴχνος-N3E-APN ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἔρχομαι-VAI-AAI2P ὁράω-VB--AAN

13 ὁ- A--NPM δέ-X εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P δώδεκα-M εἰμί-V9--PAI1P ὁ- A--NPM παῖς-N3D-NPM σύ- P--GS ἀδελφός-N2--NPM ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSM νέος-A1A-NSMC μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σήμερον-D ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X ἕτερος-A1A-NSM οὐ-D ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S

14 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ιωσηφ-N---NSM οὗτος- D--NSN εἰμί-V9--PAI3S ὅς- --ASN εἶπον-VX--XAI1S σύ- P--DP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὅτι-C κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P

15 ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSN φαίνω-VF2-FMI2P νή-X ὁ- A--ASF ὑγίεια-N1A-ASF *φαραώ-N---GSM οὐ-D μή-D ἐκἔρχομαι-VB--AAS2P ἐντεῦθεν-D ἐάν-C μή-D ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM νέος-A1A-NSMC ἔρχομαι-VB--AAS3S ὧδε-D

16 ἀποστέλλω-VA--AAD2P ἐκ-P σύ- P--GP εἷς-A3--ASM καί-C λαμβάνω-VB--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP σύ- P--NP δέ-X ἀποἄγω-VQ--API2P ἕως-P ὁ- A--GSN φανερός-A1A-APN γίγνομαι-VB--AMN ὁ- A--APN ῥῆμα-N3M-APN σύ- P--GP εἰ-C ἀληθεύω-V1--PAI2P ἤ-C οὐ-D εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D νή-X ὁ- A--ASF ὑγίεια-N1A-ASF *φαραώ-N---GSM ἦ-D μήν-X κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P

17 καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S αὐτός- D--APM ἐν-P φυλακή-N1--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-APF τρεῖς-A3--APF

18 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM ὁ- A--DSF ἡμέρα-N1A-DSF ὁ- A--DSF τρίτος-A1--DSF οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VA--AAD2P καί-C ζάω-VF--FMI2P ὁ- A--ASM θεός-N2--ASM γάρ-X ἐγώ- P--NS φοβέω-V2--PMI1S

19 εἰ-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀδελφός-N2--NSM σύ- P--GP εἷς-A3--NSM καταἔχω-VC--APD3S ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF φυλακή-N1--DSF αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X βαδίζω-VA--AAD2P καί-C ἀποἄγω-VB--AAD2P ὁ- A--ASM ἀγορασμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF σιτοδοσία-N1A-GSF σύ- P--GP

20 καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM νέος-A1A-ASMC ἄγω-VB--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS καί-C πιστεύω-VC--FPI3P ὁ- A--NPN ῥῆμα-N3M-NPN σύ- P--GP εἰ-C δέ-X μή-D ἀποθνήσκω-VF2-FMI2P ποιέω-VAI-AAI3P δέ-X οὕτως-D

21 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ἕκαστος-A1--NSM πρός-P ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM ναί-I ἐν-P ἁμαρτία-N1A-DSF γάρ-X εἰμί-V9--PAI1P περί-P ὁ- A--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὅτι-C ὑπεὁράω-VBI-AAI1P ὁ- A--ASF θλῖψις-N3I-ASF ὁ- A--GSF ψυχή-N1--GSF αὐτός- D--GSM ὅτε-D καταδέω-V2I-IMI3S ἐγώ- P--GP καί-C οὐ-D εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI1P αὐτός- D--GSM ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSN ἐπιἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AP ὁ- A--NSF θλῖψις-N3I-NSF οὗτος- D--NSF

22 ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὐ-D λαλέω-VAI-AAI1S σύ- P--DP λέγω-V1--PAPNSM μή-D ἀδικέω-VA--AAS2P ὁ- A--ASN παιδάριον-N2N-ASN καί-C οὐ-D εἰςἀκούω-VAI-AAI2P ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἰδού-I ὁ- A--NSN αἷμα-N3M-NSN αὐτός- D--GSM ἐκζητέω-V2--PMI3S

23 αὐτός- D--NPM δέ-X οὐ-D οἶδα-VXI-YAI3P ὅτι-C ἀκούω-V1--PAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM γάρ-X ἑρμηνευτής-N1M-NSM ἀνά-P μέσος-A1--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM εἰμί-V9--IAI3S

24 ἀποστρέφω-VD--APPNSM δέ-X ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM κλαίω-VAI-AAI3S *ιωσηφ-N---NSM καί-C πάλιν-D προςἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S πρός-P αὐτός- D--APM καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--DPM καί-C λαμβάνω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM *συμεων-N---ASM ἀπό-P αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C δέω-VAI-AAI3S αὐτός- D--ASM ἐναντίον-P αὐτός- D--GPM

25 ἐντέλλομαι-VAI-AMI3S δέ-X *ιωσηφ-N---NSM ἐνπίμπλημι-VA--AAN ὁ- A--APN ἀγγεῖον-N2N-APN αὐτός- D--GPM σῖτος-N2--GSM καί-C ἀποδίδωμι-VO--AAN ὁ- A--ASN ἀργύριον-N2N-ASN ἕκαστος-A1--GSM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASM σάκκος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C δίδωμι-VO--AAN αὐτός- D--DPM ἐπισιτισμός-N2--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF ὁδός-N2--ASF καί-C γίγνομαι-VCI-API3S αὐτός- D--DPM οὕτως-D

26 καί-C ἐπιτίθημι-VE--AAPNPM ὁ- A--ASM σῖτος-N2--ASM ἐπί-P ὁ- A--APM ὄνος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM ἀποἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P ἐκεῖθεν-D

27 λύω-VA--AAPNSM δέ-X εἷς-A3--NSM ὁ- A--ASM μάρσιππος-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM δίδωμι-VO--AAN χόρτασμα-N3M-APN ὁ- A--DPM ὄνος-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM οὗ-D καταλύω-VAI-AAI3P ὁράω-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--ASM δεσμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἐπάνω-P ὁ- A--GSN στόμα-N3M-GSN ὁ- A--GSM μάρσιππος-N2--GSM

28 καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--DPM ἀδελφός-N2--DPM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποδίδωμι-VCI-API3S ἐγώ- P--DS ὁ- A--NSN ἀργύριον-N2N-NSN καί-C ἰδού-I οὗτος- D--NSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM μάρσιππος-N2--DSM ἐγώ- P--GS καί-C ἐκἵστημι-VHI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSF καρδία-N1A-NSF αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ταράσσω-VQI-API3P πρός-P ἀλλήλω- D--APM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM τίς- I--ASN οὗτος- D--ASN ποιέω-VAI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--DP

29 ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3P δέ-X πρός-P *ἰακώβ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM πατήρ-N3--ASM αὐτός- D--GPM εἰς-P γῆ-N1--ASF *χανααν-N----S καί-C ἀποἀγγέλλω-VAI-AAI3P αὐτός- D--DSM πᾶς-A3--APN ὁ- A--APN συνβαίνω-VZ--AAPAPN αὐτός- D--DPM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM

30 λαλέω-VX--XAI3S ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AP σκληρός-A1A-APN καί-C τίθημι-VEI-AMI3S ἐγώ- P--AP ἐν-P φυλακή-N1--DSF ὡς-C κατασκοπεύω-V1--PAPAPM ὁ- A--ASF γῆ-N1--ASF

31 εἶπον-VAI-AAI1P δέ-X αὐτός- D--DSM εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI1P κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM

32 δώδεκα-M ἀδελφός-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI1P υἱός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP ὁ- A--NSM εἷς-A3--NSM οὐ-D ὑποἄρχω-V1--PAI3S ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X μικρός-A1A-NSMC μετά-P ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM ἐγώ- P--GP σήμερον-D ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S

33 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X ἐγώ- P--DP ὁ- A--NSM ἄνθρωπος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--NSM κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSF γῆ-N1--GSF ἐν-P οὗτος- D--DSN γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀδελφός-N2--ASM εἷς-A3--ASM ἀποἵημι-VB--AAD2P ὧδε-D μετά-P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASM δέ-X ἀγορασμός-N2--ASM ὁ- A--GSF σιτοδοσία-N1A-GSF ὁ- A--GSM οἶκος-N2--GSM σύ- P--GP λαμβάνω-VB--AAPNPM ἀποἔρχομαι-VA--AAD2P

34 καί-C ἄγω-VB--AAD2P πρός-P ἐγώ- P--AS ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ὁ- A--ASM νέος-A1A-ASMC καί-C γιγνώσκω-VF--FMI1S ὅτι-C οὐ-D κατάσκοπος-N2--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P ἀλλά-C ὅτι-C εἰρηνικός-A1--NPM εἰμί-V9--PAI2P καί-C ὁ- A--ASM ἀδελφός-N2--ASM σύ- P--GP ἀποδίδωμι-VF--FAI1S σύ- P--DP καί-C ὁ- A--DSF γῆ-N1--DSF ἐνπορεύομαι-V1--PMI2P

35 γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S δέ-X ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSN κατακενόω-V4--PAN αὐτός- D--APM ὁ- A--APM σάκκος-N2--APM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C εἰμί-V9--IAI3S ἕκαστος-A1--GSM ὁ- A--NSM δεσμός-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSM σάκκος-N2--DSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C ὁράω-VBI-AAI3P ὁ- A--APM δεσμός-N2--APM ὁ- A--GSN ἀργύριον-N2N-GSN αὐτός- D--GPM αὐτός- D--NPM καί-C ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM καί-C φοβέω-VCI-API3P

36 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X αὐτός- D--DPM *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM αὐτός- D--GPM ἐγώ- P--AS ἀτεκνόω-VAI-AAI2P *ιωσηφ-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S *συμεων-N---NSM οὐ-D εἰμί-V9--PAI3S καί-C ὁ- A--ASM *βενιαμίν-N---ASM λαμβάνω-VF--FMI2P ἐπί-P ἐγώ- P--AS γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S πᾶς-A3--NPN οὗτος- D--NPN

37 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ρουβην-N---NSM ὁ- A--DSM πατήρ-N3--DSM αὐτός- D--GSM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM ὁ- A--APM δύο-M υἱός-N2--APM ἐγώ- P--GS ἀποκτείνω-VA--AAD2S ἐάν-C μή-D ἄγω-VB--AAS1S αὐτός- D--ASM πρός-P σύ- P--AS δίδωμι-VO--AAD2S αὐτός- D--ASM εἰς-P ὁ- A--ASF χείρ-N3--ASF ἐγώ- P--GS καΐἐγώ-C+ PNS ἀναἄγω-VF--FAI1S αὐτός- D--ASM πρός-P σύ- P--AS

38 ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S οὐ-D καταβαίνω-VF--FMI3S ὁ- A--NSM υἱός-N2--NSM ἐγώ- P--GS μετά-P σύ- P--GP ὅτι-C ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἀποθνήσκω-VBI-AAI3S καί-C αὐτός- D--NSM μόνος-A1--NSM καταλείπω-VP--XMI3S καί-C συνβαίνω-VF--FMI3S αὐτός- D--ASM μαλακίζομαι-VS--APN ἐν-P ὁ- A--DSF ὁδός-N2--DSF ὅς- --DSF ἄν-X πορεύομαι-V1--PMS2P καί-C καταἄγω-VF--FAI2P ἐγώ- P--GS ὁ- A--ASN γῆρας-N3--ASN μετά-P λύπη-N1--GSF εἰς-P ᾅδης-N1M-GSM

   

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Arcana Coelestia#5541

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5541. 'And Reuben said to his father' means matters of faith in the understanding were discerned by the good of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in the historical narratives of the Word as discerning, often dealt with already; from the representation of 'Reuben' as faith in doctrine and in the understanding, dealt with in 3861, 3866, 5472, and therefore matters belonging to that faith; and from the representation of Jacob, 'his father' whom Reuben addresses here, as the good of truth, dealt with in 3659, 3669, 3677, 3775, 4234, 4273, 4538, 5533. From all this it is evident that 'Reuben said to his father' means matters of faith present in the understanding were discerned by the good of truth. The reason Reuben is the speaker here is that the subject is the Church in which faith present in doctrine and in the understanding seemingly takes the lead and teaches. Here it teaches what must be done if the destruction of what constitutes the Church is to be averted.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#3603

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3603. 'That you will break his yoke from above your neck' means that good would now be the means through which any joining together was effected - and that truth would be the truth of good. This is clear from the meaning of 'breaking the yoke from above the neck' as release. For 'the neck' means influx and communication and consequently a joining together, while 'a yoke above the neck' means a blocking and cutting off, see 3542; so that 'breaking the yoke from above the neck' means release from such blocking and cutting off, and consequently a joining together through good. It also means that truth becomes the truth of good, for when there is no longer any blocking or cutting off, good flows in and joins itself to truth.

[2] What is implied in all this may be seen from what has been stated and shown so far. But because few understand what is meant by the apparent priority of truth, and by the inferiority for the time being of good - the chief reason for their not understanding being that few stop to reflect on such matters, indeed they do not even reflect on the idea that good is distinct and separate from truth - [let some explanation be offered here]. None of those who pursue a life of self-love and love of the world are aware of what good is, for they do not believe in the existence of any other kind of good than that which is a product of that life. And being unaware of what good is they are also unaware of what truth is, for truth is the companion of good. They do, it is true, know from revelation that good consists in loving God and the neighbour, and truth in matters of doctrine drawn from the Word. But because they do not live according to those things they have no perception of that good and truth; for these are known to them but are not actually present in them. Indeed even those persons who are in the process of being regenerated do not know what good is until they have been regenerated. For prior to their regeneration they have supposed that truth is good and that acting in accordance with truth is good, when in fact it is not good that they are doing at that time but truth. While a person is passing through this state he is passing through that state which is described as Jacob and the blessing conferred on him. But once he passes on into the state in which he performs a good action from an affection for good, that is, once he has been regenerated, he passes into that state which is described in the blessing conferred on Esau.

[3] This may be illustrated from what happens to a person in the first and second stages of life, and after that in the third and fourth stages. During the first stage nothing more than his memory is involved in his knowing things in the Word and likewise matters of doctrine regarding faith. During this stage also he believes he is good when he knows many things from the Word and from doctrine and is able to apply some of them not to his own life but to the lives of others. During the second stage when he is more grown up he is not content to know only with his memory things in the Word and matters of doctrine but now begins to reflect on these with his own ability to think, and insofar as he adds anything to these from his own thought he is pleased by it. Consequently he is moved by an affection for truth which originates in some worldly love, which is also a means to his learning further things which would be neglected by him but for that worldly love. During the third stage however, if he is among such people as are able to be regenerated he starts to think about use, and in that case to reflect on what he reads in the Word and absorbs from doctrine for the sake of the use these serve. While he is passing through this state order is reversed; that is to say, truth is no longer placed first quite so much. But during the fourth stage, when it is the stage of his regeneration, because now the state is complete, dealt with in 2636, he loves the Word and matters of doctrine drawn from the Word - that is, he loves truth - for the sake of the good of life, and therefore loves them from a desire for the good of life. Thus good, which up to that time has apparently taken second place, now comes to occupy the first.

[4] The reason why good has apparently taken second place is that it has lain concealed inmostly within the person's entire affection. Nor has it been able to show itself because it has been surrounded by such things as those with which it could not accord, that is to say, by vain and worthless things like those that constitute worldly glory and self-glory. But once he has been regenerated these things depart and the good that has lain inmostly comes so to speak out of prison and enters into those things which are outside, and takes truths to itself, makes them the truths of good, and in this way manifests itself.

[5] During all this time the good present with a person is something which so to speak he does not consciously will, yet is present within his will - present in every detail of his thought and consequently in every detail of his activity. He is not aware of possessing this which he does not consciously will because he does not perceive anything present with himself apart from that which is his own, that is, which he does will. That which he does not will is twofold: on the one hand there is that which he has inherited from father and mother, on the other that which flows in from the Lord by way of heaven. While a person is growing up that which he has inherited from parents manifests itself more and more, if he is such that he does not allow himself to be regenerated. For he draws on evils from his heredity and makes them properly his own. But that which is not consciously willed yet flows from the Lord by way of heaven manifests itself in adult years with those who are being regenerated. With the latter this activity has in the meantime arranged and governed every single detail of thought, and also of will, though that activity has not been apparent.

  
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