1488、“和他的房屋”表示祂收集的记忆知识或事实。这从“房屋”的含义清楚可知，“房屋”在此是指收集的记忆知识或事实。收集记忆知识或事实，并通过它们构筑外在人，把外在人建造起来，这和建造房屋没什么不同；因此，在圣言的许多经文中，“建造”和“建造房屋”就表示这类事物，如以赛亚书：
我创造新天新地；他们要建造房屋，住在其中；栽种葡萄园，吃其中的果子。并不是他们建造而别人来住。（以赛亚书65:17，21-22）
此处“房屋”表示有智慧和聪明的地方，因而表示有良善和真理的知识或认知的地方；因为此处论述的是主的国，即新天新地。耶利米书：
你们要建造房屋，住在其中；栽种园子，吃它们的果子。（耶利米书29:5）
此处意思也一样。诗篇：
敬畏耶和华，以祂的诫命为大乐的，这人便为有福！他房中有财物，有钱财，他的公义存到永远！（诗篇112:1，3）
“财物和钱财”表示智慧和聪明、因而知识的财物和钱财；这些东西在“他房中”，就是在他里面。
在西番雅书，“房屋”用于反面意义：
我必惩罚那些心里说，耶和华没有行善，也没有作恶的人。他们的资财必成为掠物，他们的房屋必变为荒场；他们必建造房屋，却不得住在其内；栽种葡萄园，却不得喝所出的酒。（西番雅书1:12-13）
哈该书：
你们要上山取木料建造这房屋（译注：这房屋是指耶路撒冷圣殿，在先知哈该的时代，这殿已经成为废墟，需要重建）。你们盼望多得，看哪，所得的却少。你们收到房中，我就吹去。为什么？这是耶和华说的。因为我的房屋被弃，你们各人却奔到自己的房屋。所以你们上面的诸天就停降甘露。（哈该书1:8-10）
“房屋”表示记忆知识或事实，虚假通过推理从记忆知识或事实中产生。以赛亚书：
耶和华的葡萄园，就是以色列的房屋。祸哉！那些以房接房、以田连田，以致没有房间的，你们只好独居地中间。必有许多又大又美的房屋成为荒凉，无人居住。（以赛亚书5:7-9）
此处“房屋”也表示记忆知识或事实，虚假从它们产生。阿摩司书：
看哪，耶和华发令，要以裂缝击打大房，以缺口击打小屋。马岂能在崖石上奔跑？人岂能在那里用牛耕种呢？你们却使公平变为苦胆，使公义的果子变为茵陈。（阿摩司书6:11-12）
此处“房屋”同样表示虚假和衍生的邪恶；“马”表示推理；“公平”表示“变为苦胆”的真理；“公义的果子”表示“变为茵陈”的良善。
因此，在圣言的各个部分，“房屋或家”都表示人类心智，其中应有聪明和智慧。此处“法老的房屋”表示记忆知识或事实，聪明、因而智慧通过它们而来。所罗门为法老的女儿建造的房屋所表相同（列王纪上7:8等）。由于“房屋或家”表示心智，而心智拥有聪明和智慧，以及属于意愿的情感在里面，所以在圣言中，“房屋或家”这个词具有广泛的含义；至于它具体表示什么，这可从它所论及的事物清楚看出来。人本身也被称为一个“房屋或家”。
New Century Edition
Cooper(2008,2013)
[NCE]1488. The symbolism of and his household as the facts he had collected can be seen from the symbolism of a house or household here as facts that are being collected. Accumulating facts and using them to construct or "build" an outer self is much like building a house. Accordingly, houses and the building of houses{*1} have this same symbolism throughout the Word, as in Isaiah:
I am creating new heavens and a new earth. They will build houses and inhabit them. And they will plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. They will not build, and another inhabit. (Isaiah 65:17, 21-22)
A house here is a place where there is wisdom and understanding and so where goodness and truth are known, since it is talking about the Lord's kingdom 钬?that is to say, about new heavens and a new earth. In Jeremiah:
Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce. (Jeremiah 29:5)
The meaning is the same. In David:
Happy is the man who fears Jehovah; in Jehovah's commandments he takes great pleasure. Wealth and riches are in his house, and his virtue will be standing forever. (Psalms 112:1, 3)
The wealth and riches stand for the wealth and riches of wisdom and understanding and so for religious concepts, which are "in his house," that is, inside the person.
[2] Houses with an opposite meaning come up in Zephaniah:
I will exact punishment on those who say, "Jehovah has not done good and has not done evil." And their riches will become plunder, and their houses a ruin; and they will build houses and not live in them, and plant vineyards and not drink the wine. (Zephaniah 1:12-13)
In Haggai:
"Go up onto the mountain and bring wood and build a house.{*2} To look for much ... ! And here, it became little. And you brought it into [your] house and I blew it away. Why?" says Jehovah. "Because of my House, which has been deserted, while you go running each to your own house. Therefore the heavens above you have been shut off from their dew." (Haggai 1:8, 9, 10)
A house here stands for facts from which we produce falsity by means of twisted logic. In Isaiah:
Doom to those attaching house to house; field to field they bring together, until there is no room and you live alone in the middle of the land. If many houses are not made desolate 钬?large ones, and good 钬?without any inhabitant, ... !{*3} Jehovah's vineyard is the house of Israel.{*4} (Isaiah 5:7, 8, 9)
Here too the house stands for facts from which we produce falsities. In Amos:
Look! Jehovah is issuing commands, and he will strike the large house with cracks and the small house with crevices. Will horses run on rock? Will anyone plow it with oxen? For you have transformed integrity into poison, and the fruit of justice into wormwood. (Amos 6:11-12)
The house again stands for falsity and the evil that falsity gives rise to; horses stand for skewed logic; integrity stands for truth that is transformed into poison; and the fruit of justice stands for virtues that are transformed into wormwood.
[3] Throughout the Word, then, houses stand for human minds, which ought to hold understanding and wisdom. Pharaoh's house here stands for the facts on which understanding and therefore wisdom are based. The house that Solomon built for Pharaoh's daughter (1 Kings 7:8 and following verses) also has the same symbolism. Since houses stand for our minds, which contain understanding and wisdom, and which also contain the emotions that belong to our will, the symbolism of a house in the Word is broad. The particular symbolism can be deduced from the context in which it is mentioned. People themselves are also called houses.
Footnotes:
{*1} The translation here assumes the reading domos, et aedificare domos ("houses and the building of houses") for the first edition's aedificare, et aedificare domos ("building and the building of houses"). [LHC]
{*2} The house in this context is the Temple at Jerusalem, which at the time of this prophet (Haggai) was in ruins and needed to be rebuilt. [LHC]
{*3} The implied completion to this oath beginning with the phrase "If many houses are not made desolate" would be some contrary-to-fact statement, such as "then I am not God." Threats with an "if" clause but no explicit "then" clause 钬?what could be called an "elliptical threat" 钬?are a fairly common feature of the Hebrew Bible. For some examples of this feature, see 2 Samuel 19:13; 1 Kings 2:23; 19:2; 2 Kings 6:31. [LHC]
{*4} The material quoted here does not follow its biblical order. The last sentence is from verse 7, the two before it are from verses 8, 9. Furthermore, the first Latin edition cites only verses 8, 9. The third Latin edition describes these problems as "possibly a printer's error" (Swedenborg [1749-1756] 1949-1973), while Elliott (Swedenborg [1749-1756] 1983-1999) says that the last sentence was apparently "added as an afterthought." [LHC]
Potts(1905-1910) 1488
1488. And his house. That this signifies which He had collected, is evident from the signification of a "house," as being, in this place, the memory-knowledges that are collected. To collect memory-knowledges, and by their means frame the external man, and build it up, is not unlike building a house; and therefore such things are signified in many passages of the Word by "building," and by "building houses," as in Isaiah:
I create new heavens and a new earth; they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them; they shall not build and another inhabit (Isa. 65:17, 21-22);
here "houses" mean where there are wisdom and intelligence, thus where there are the knowledges of good and truth; for the Lord's kingdom is here treated of, namely, the new heavens and the new earth. In Jeremiah:
Build ye houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them (Jer. 29:5);
where the meaning is similar. In David:
Blessed is the man that feareth Jehovah, that delighteth greatly in His commandments; wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness endureth forever (Ps. 112:1, 3);
where "wealth and riches" denote the wealth and riches of wisdom and intelligence, thus knowledges; which are "in his house," that is, are in him. [2] "House" is used in the opposite sense in Zephaniah:
I will visit upon them that say in their heart, Jehovah hath not done good, and hath not done evil; and their wealth shall be for a spoil, and their houses a desolation; and they shall build houses and shall not inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards but shall not drink the wine thereof (Zeph. 1:12-13). In Haggai:
Go up into the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house. Ye looked for much, and lo, it came to little; and ye brought it into the house, and I did blow it away. Why? saith Jehovah. Because of My house, which is deserted, while ye run everyone to his own house; therefore upon you are the heavens shut from dew (Hag. 1:8-10);
"houses" denote memory-knowledges by which, through reasoning, come falsities. In Isaiah:
Woe unto them that join house to house, that cause field to draw near to field, till there be no place, and ye dwell alone in the midst of the land. Shall not many houses be for a desolation, great and good, without an inhabitant? The vineyard of Jehovah is the house of Israel (Isa. 5:7-9);
also denoting memory-knowledges by means of which come falsities. In Amos:
Behold, Jehovah commandeth, and will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? that ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood (Amos 6:11-12);
where "houses" denote in like manner falsities and the derivative evils; "horses," reasoning; "judgment," truths, which are "turned into gall;" and "the fruit of righteousness," goods which are "turned into wormwood." [3] Thus throughout the Word, "houses" denote human minds, in which there should be intelligence and wisdom. In the passage before us, "the house of Pharaoh" denotes memory-knowledges by means of which comes intelligence, and thereby wisdom. The like is also signified by the house which Solomon built for the daughter of Pharaoh (1 Kings 7:8, etc.). Because "houses" denote minds, in which are intelligence and wisdom, and in which are affections belonging to the will, the word "house" in the Word is of a wide signification; but what its specific signification is, may be seen from the things of which it is predicated. Man himself is also called "a house."
Elliott(1983-1999) 1488
1488. 'And his house' means which He had gathered together. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'house' here as facts that are gathered together. Gathering facts together and by means of them raising and building up the external man is not unlike building a house, and therefore similar ideas are meant in various parts of the Word by 'building', and by 'building houses', as in Isaiah,
I am creating new heavens and a new earth. They will build houses and inhabit them; and they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They will not build and another inhabit. Isa 65:17, 21, 22.
Here 'houses' means where there are wisdom and intelligence, thus where there are the cognitions of good and truth, for the Lord's kingdom is the subject, that is, 'new heavens and a new earth'. In Jeremiah,
Build houses and inhabit them; and plant gardens and eat their fruit. Jer 29:5.
Here the meaning is similar. In David,
Blessed is the man who fears Jehovah, who delights greatly in His commandments! Wealth and riches are in his house, and his righteousness stands for ever. Ps 112:1, 3.
Here 'wealth and riches' stands for the wealth and riches of wisdom and intelligence, thus for cognitions, which are 'in his house', that is, residing with him.
[2] 'House' is also used in the contrary sense: in Zephaniah,
I will visit those who say in their hearts, Jehovah has not done good nor has He done evil; and their wealth will be for plunder, and their houses for desolation, and they will build [rouses and not inhabit them, and they will plant vineyards and not drink [their] wine. Zeph 1:12, 13.
In Haggai,
Go up into the mountain and bring wood and build the house. You looked for much, and behold it was little; and when you brought it homea I blew it away. For what reason? said Jehovah. Because of My house which has been left derelict while you run each to his own house. Therefore above you the heavens have withheld their dew. Hagg 1:8-10.
'Houses' stands for facts through which, by means of reasoning, falsities come. In Isaiah,
The vineyard of Jehovah is the house of Israel.b Woe to those who join house to house, who add field to field until there is no room and you dwell alone in the midst of the land! Will not many houses be a desolation, large and good ones, without inhabitant? Isa 5:7-9.
Here also 'houses' stands for facts through which come falsities. In Amos,
Behold, Jehovah commands, and He will smite the great house with breaches and the little house with clefts. Will horses run upon the rock? Will one plough there with oxen? that you turn judgement into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood. Amos 6:11, 12.
Here similarly 'houses' stands for falsities and derivative evils, 'horses' for reasoning, 'judgement' for truths which are 'turned into poison', and 'the fruits of righteousness' for goods which are 'turned into wormwood'.
[3] Thus in various parts of the Word 'houses' stands for human minds in which intelligence and wisdom ought to be present. Here 'the house of Pharaoh' stands for facts by means of which comes intelligence and by means of this wisdom. Similar things were also meant by 'the house which Solomon built for Pharaoh's daughter', 1 Kings 7:8 and following verses. Because 'a house' stands for minds that have intelligence and wisdom within them, and that have within them affections that belong to the will, therefore the word 'house' in the Word has a wide range of meaning, but what it means in a specific instance becomes clear from the things to which it has reference. In addition man himself is called 'a house'.
Latin(1748-1756) 1488
1488. 'Et domum ejus': quod significet quae collegit, constare potest a significatione 'domus' quod hic sint scientifica quae colliguntur; scientifica colligere et per illa exstruere externum hominem ac aedificare illum, non dissimiliter se habet ac domum aedificare, quare etiam per aedificare, et aedificare domos, in Verbo passim similia significantur, ut apud Esaiam, Ego creans caelos novos, et terram novam,... aedificabunt domos, et inhabitabunt; et plantabunt vineas, et comedent fructum illarum; non aedificabunt, et alius inhabitabit, lxv 17, 21, 22;'domus' hic ubi sapientia et intelligentia, ita ubi cognitiones boni et veri, nam de regno Domini agitur, nempe de novis caelis et nova terra: apud Jeremiam, Aedificate domos, et inhabitate; et plantate hortos, et comedite fructus illorum, xxix 5;
similiter: apud Davidem, Beatus vir qui timet Jehovam, praeceptis Ipsius delectatur valde; opes et divitiae in domo illius, et justitia illius stans in perpetuum, Ps. cxii 1, 3;
ubi 'opes et divitiae' pro opibus et divitiis sapientiae et intelligentiae, ita pro cognitionibus, quae in domo ejus, hoc est, apud illum. [2] Domus in contrario sensu, apud Zephaniam, Visitabo super... dicentes corde suo, Non benefecit Jehovah, et non malefecit; et erunt opes eorum in direptionem, et domus eorum in desolationem, et aedificabunt domos, et non inhabitabunt; et plantabunt vineas, et non bibent vinum, i 12, 13:
apud Haggaeum, Ascendite in montem, et adducite lignum, et aedificate domum:... spectare ad multum, et ecce in parum, et induxistis in domum, et difflavi id; propter quid, dictum Jehovae, propter Domum Meam, quae illa deserta, et vos currentes, quilibet ad domum suam; propterea sunt super vobis clausi caeli a rore, i 8-10;
'domus' pro scientificis per quae, media ratiocinatione, falsa: apud Esaiam, Vae adjungentibus domum domui, agrum agro appropinquare faciunt, usque ut non locus, et habitetis soli in medio terrae:... si non domus multae in desolationem erunt, magnae, et bonae, absque habitatore; vinea Jehovae domus Israelis, v 8 {1}, 9 [7];
etiam pro scientificis per quae falsitates: apud Amos, Ecce Jehovah praecipiens, et percutiet domum magnam rimis, et domum parvam rupturis. Num current in petra equi? num arabit bobus? quod convertistis in fel judicium, et fructum justitiae in absinthium, vi 11, 12;
similiter 'domus' pro falsis et malis inde, 'equi' pro ratiocinatione, 'judicium' pro veris 'quae convertuntur in fel,' et 'fructus justitiae' pro bonis, 'quae convertantur in absinthium.' [3] Ita passim in Verbo domus pro mentibus humanis in quibus erit intelligentia et sapientia; hic 'domus Pharaonis' pro scientificis per quae intelligentia et sic sapientia; similia quoque significata sunt per 'domum quam aedificavit Salomo filiae Pharaonis,' I Reg. vii 8 seq. Quia domus pro mentibus in quibus intelligentia et sapientia et quibus affectiones quae sunt voluntatis, ideo vox 'domus' in Verbo latae significationis est, sed quid significat in specie, constare potest ab illis de quibus praedicatur; ipse homo quoque appellatur 'domus.' @1 I has only 8, 9, but vinea... Israelis is from v. 7. Possibly a printer's error.$