1440# “亚伯兰经过那地，直到示剑的地方”象征主进入的第二个状态，即仁爱的属天之物向他显现之时。这一点可以通过前文描述和整个事件的顺序中得到确认。从前文的描述中，我们知道主是为了仁爱的属天之物而启程，并且到达属天境界，这一过程分别通过“他们离开去往迦南地”和“他们到了迦南地”来象征。从整个事情的发展顺序来看，只有在他追求属天之物并最终实现后，仁爱的属天之物才向他显现。天堂中存在灵性的真光明，因为那里充满了神性本身，即耶和华本身。并且，当主达到属天层并将他的人性本质与神性结合时，耶和华自身向他显现是必然的。
1440、“亚伯兰经过那地，直到示剑地方”表示主的第二个状态，这时，示剑所表示的爱的属天事物向祂显现。这从之前发生的事，以及这一切事的整个顺序清楚可知：之前发生的事包括这一事实，祂接近并到达爱的属天事物，这由“他们都出来往迦南地去”和“他们就到了迦南地”来表示；这些事的整个顺序表明，祂接近并到达属天事物之后，就在此时，这些事物向祂显现。属天事物拥有灵魂的真光在里面；因为神性本身，也就是耶和华自己在它们里面。由于当主到达属天事物时，祂要将人性或人身本质与神性本质合一，所以耶和华必然向祂显现。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1440. The symbolism of Abram passed through the land all the way to the place of Shechem as the Lord's second state, when the heavenly qualities of love would appear to him, can be seen from remarks above and from the overall scheme. The remarks above include the fact that he would press on all the way to the heavenly aspects of love and that he arrived at them, symbolized by "they left to go into the land of Canaan" and "they came into the land of Canaan." The overall scheme indicates that after he continued on to heavenly qualities and reached them, they became visible to him. Heavenly traits contain the soul's true light, because they contain divinity itself, that is, Jehovah himself. And since the Lord was going to unite his human essence to his divine essence when he arrived at heavenly qualities, it was inevitable that Jehovah would appear to him.
Potts(1905-1910) 1440
1440. Abram passed through the land, even unto the place Shechem. That this signifies the Lord's second state, when the celestial things of love became apparent to Him, is evident from what precedes and from the order of all these events-from what precedes, in that He advanced to the celestial things of love and attained to them, which is signified by "they went forth to go into the land of Canaan," and by "they came into the land of Canaan;" and from the order of the events, in that after He had advanced to celestial things and had attained to them, they then became apparent to Him. In celestial things there is the very light of the soul; because the Divine itself, that is, Jehovah Himself, is in them; and as the Lord was to conjoin the Human Essence to the Divine Essence, when He attained to celestial things it could not be otherwise than that Jehovah appeared to Him.
Elliott(1983-1999) 1440
1440. 'Abram went through the land as far as the place of Shechem' means the Lord's second state, when the celestial things of love became apparent to Him. This becomes clear from what has gone before and from the whole sequence of events in what has gone before, that He drew closer to and attained to the celestial things of love, meant by 'they came out to go into the land of Canaan' and by 'they came into the land of Canaan'; from the whole sequence of events, that after He had drawn closer to and attained to celestial things, these at that point became apparent to Him. Celestial things have the very light of the soul within them, because they have the Divine itself, that is, Jehovah Himself, within them. And because the Lord was to join the Human Essence to the Divine Essence when He attained to celestial things, it was inevitable that Jehovah should appear to Him.
Latin(1748-1756) 1440
1440. 'Transivit Abram per terram usque ad locum Shechem': quod significet alterum statum Domini cum caelestia amoris Ipsi apparerent, constare potest ab illis quae praecedunt et ex ordine omnium; ex illis quae praecedunt quod pergeret ad caelestia amoris et quod pervenerit ad illa, quae significata sunt per 'quod exiverint ad eundum in terram Canaan, et quod venerint in terram Canaan': ex ordine omnium, quod postquam perrexerit ad caelestia et pervenerit ad illa, tunc apparuerint Ipsi; in caelestibus est ipsa lux animae, quia in illis est ipsum Divinum, hoc est, Ipse Jehovah; et quia Dominus conjungeret Humanam Essentiam Divinae cum ad caelestia pervenit, non potuit aliter quam quod Jehovah Ipsi appareret.