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Genesis 14

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1 At nangyari sa mga kaarawan ni Amraphel, hari sa Sinar, ni Ariok hari sa Elasar, ni Chedorlaomer hari sa Elam, at ni Tidal na hari ng mga Goiim,

2 Na ang mga ito ay nakipagbaka laban kay Bera hari sa Sodoma, at laban kay Birsha hari sa Gomorra, kay Shinab hari sa Adma, at kay Shemeber, hari sa Zeboim, at sa hari sa Bela (na si Zoar).

3 Lahat ng ito'y nagkatipon sa libis ng Siddim (na siyang Dagat na Alat).

4 Labingdalawang taong nagsipaglingkod kay Chedorlaomer, at sa ikalabingtatlong taon ay nagsipaghimagsik.

5 At sa ikalabingapat na taon ay dumating si Chedorlaomer at ang mga haring kasama niya, at sinaktan ang mga Refaim sa Ashteroth-Carnaim, at ang mga Zuzita sa Ham, at ang mga Emita sa Shave-ciriataim.

6 At ang mga Horeo sa kanilang kabundukan ng Seir, hanggang Elparan na nasa tabi ng ilang.

7 At sila'y nangagbalik at nagsiparoon sa Enmispat (na siyang Cades), at kanilang sinaktan ang buong lupain ng mga Amalecita at pati ng mga Amorrheo na nagsisitahan sa Hazezon-tamar.

8 At nagsilabas ang hari sa Sodoma, at ang hari sa Gomorra, at ang hari sa Adma, at ang hari sa Zeboim, at ang hari sa Bela (na dili iba't si Zoar); at sila'y humanay ng pakikipagbaka laban sa kanila sa libis ng Siddim;

9 Laban kay Chedorlaomer, hari sa Elam, at kay Tidal na hari ng mga Goiim at kay Amraphel, hari sa Shinar, at kay Arioch, hari sa Elasar; apat na hari laban sa lima.

10 At ang libis ng Siddim ay puno ng hukay ng betun; at nagsitakas ang mga hari sa Sodoma at sa Gomorra, at nangahulog doon, at ang natira ay nagsitakas sa kabundukan.

11 At kanilang sinamsam ang lahat ng pag-aari ng Sodoma at Gomorra, at ang lahat nilang pagkain, at nagsiyaon.

12 At dinala nila si Lot, na anak ng kapatid ni Abram, na nananahan sa Sodoma at ang kaniyang mga pag-aari at sila'y nagsiyaon.

13 At dumating ang isang nakatanan, at ibinalita kay Abram na Hebreo; na tumatahan nga sa mga puno ng encina ni Mamre na Amorrheo, kapatid ni Eschol, at kapatid ni Aner; at ang mga ito ay kakampi ni Abram.

14 At pagkarinig ni Abram, na nabihag ang kaniyang kapatid ay ipinagsama ang kaniyang mga subok na lalake, na mga ipinanganak sa kaniyang bahay, na tatlong daan at labing walo, at kanilang hinabol sila hanggang sa Dan.

15 At sila'y nangagpangkatpangkat sa kinagabihan, laban sa kaaway, siya at ang kaniyang mga alipin, at kanilang sinaktan sila, at hinabol nila sila hanggang sa Hobah, na nasa kaliwa ng Damasco.

16 At iniuwi niya ang lahat ng pag-aari; at iniuwi rin niya si Lot na kaniyang kapatid, at ang kaniyang mga pag-aari, at gayon din ang mga babae at ang bayan.

17 At nilabas na sinalubong siya ng hari sa Sodoma pagkatapos na siya'y magbalik na mula sa pagpatay kay Chedorlaomer, at sa mga haring kasama niya sa libis ng Shave (na siyang libis ng hari).

18 At si Melquisedec, na hari sa Salem, ay naglabas ng tinapay at alak; at siya'y saserdote ng Kataastaasang Dios.

19 At binasbasan niya siya na sinabi, Pagpalain si Abram ng Kataastaasang Dios, na may-ari ng langit at ng lupa:

20 At purihin ang Kataastaasang Dios, na nagbigay ng iyong mga kaaway sa iyong kamay. At binigyan siya ni Abram ng ikasangpung bahagi ng buong samsam.

21 At sinabi ng hari sa Sodoma kay Abram, Ibigay mo sa akin ang mga tao at kunin mo sa ganang iyo ang mga pag-aari.

22 At sinabi ni Abram sa hari sa Sodoma, Itinaas ko ang aking kamay sa Panginoong Dios na Kataastaasan, na may ari ng langit at ng lupa.

23 Isinumpa kong hindi ako kukuha maging isang sinulid, o maging isang panali ng pangyapak, o ng anomang nauukol sa iyo, baka iyong sabihin, Pinayaman ko si Abram:

24 Liban na lamang ang kinain ng mga binata at ang bahagi ng mga lalaking kinasama ko; si Aner, si Eschol, at si Mamre, ay pakunin mo ng kanilang bahagi.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1691

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1691. That 'a mountain' means self-love and love of the world becomes clear from the meaning of 'a mountain', dealt with immediately below. All evil and falsity arise from self-love and love of the world; they have no other origin. Indeed self-love and love of the world are the reverse of celestial and spiritual love. And being the reverse they are loves which endeavour all the time to destroy the celestial and spiritual things of God's kingdom. From self-love and love of the world all kinds of hatred arise, and from hatred all kinds of revenge and cruelty, and from both the former and the latter all kinds of deception, in short, all the hells.

[2] That 'mountains' in the Word means self-love and love of the world becomes clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

The eyes of man's (homo) loftiness will be humbled, and the height of men (homo) brought low; the day of Jehovah Zebaoth will be against everyone that is lofty and high, against all high mountains, and against all hills that are lifted up, and against every lofty tower. Isaiah 2:11-12, 14-15.

'High mountains' plainly stands for self-love, and 'hills that are lifted up' for love of the world.

[3] In the same prophet,

Every valley will be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low. Isaiah 40:4.

This too plainly stands for self-love and love of the world. In the same prophet,

I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up every plant on them. Isaiah 42:15.

Here similarly 'mountains' stands for self-love, and 'hills' for love of the world. In Ezekiel,

The mountains will be overturned, and the terraced ridges will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground. Ezekiel 38:20.

[4] In Jeremiah,

Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, destroying the whole earth, and I will stretch out My hand against you and roll you down from the rocks and make you into a mountain of burning. Jeremiah 51:25.

This refers to Babel and Chaldea, which, as shown already, mean self-love and love of the world. In the Song of Moses,

A fire has flared up in My anger, and will burn right down to the lowest hell, and will devour the land and its increase, and will set on fire the foundations of the mountains. Deuteronomy 32:22.

'The foundations of the mountains' stands for the hells, as is explicitly stated. They are called 'the foundations of the mountains' because self-love and love of the world reign there and have their origin in them.

[5] In Jonah,

The waters surrounded me, even to my soul, the deep closed around me, seaweed was wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the bars of the land were upon me for ever. Yet You brought up my life 1 from the pit, O Jehovah my God. Jonah 2:5-6.

The Lord's temptations against the hells are described in this prophetic manner by Jonah when in the stomach of the great fish, as also in other parts of the Word, especially in David. A person undergoing temptation is within the hells. Being in the hells is not at all a question of place but of state.

[6] Since 'mountains' and 'towers' mean self-love and love of the world, it may therefore become clear what is meant by the reference to the Lord being led by the devil on to a high mountain and on to the pinnacle of the temple, namely that He was led into conflicts that constitute temptations - the most extreme conflicts of all - against self-love and love of the world, that is, against the hells. Mountains are also used, as is usual, in the contrary sense; in that sense they mean celestial and spiritual love, as shown already in 795, 796.

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1. literally, my lives

  
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795. 'All the high mountains beneath the whole sky were covered' means that all goods stemming from charity were done away with. This is clear from the meaning of 'mountains' among the most ancient people. Among them 'mountains' meant the Lord, for they conducted their worship of Him on mountains because these were the loftiest parts of the earth. Consequently 'mountains' meant heavenly things which they also called 'the most high', and accordingly love and charity, and so the goods that stem from love and charity, which are heavenly things. In the contrary sense also, the people who are haughty are called 'mountains' in the Word, and so mountains also mean self-love. The Most Ancient Church also is meant in the Word by 'mountains' from the fact that mountains rose up above the earth and were nearer so to speak to heaven, where things have their origins.

[2] That 'mountains' means the Lord, and all heavenly things deriving from Him, that is, goods that stem from love and charity, is clear from the following places in the Word. These show what 'mountains' means in particular, for every single detail takes its meaning from the matter to which it applies. In David,

The mountains will bring peace, and the hills, in righteousness. Psalms 72:3.

'Mountains' stands for love to the Lord, 'hills' for love towards the neighbour, such as existed with the Most Ancient Church, which, since it was of such a nature, is also meant in the Word by 'mountains' and therefore 'hills'. In Ezekiel,

On My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, said the Lord Jehovih, there all the house of Israel, all of them that are in the land, will serve Me. Ezekiel 20:40.

Here 'holy mountain' stands for love to the Lord, 'mountain height of Israel' for charity towards the neighbour. In Isaiah,

It will be in the latter days that the mountain of the house Jehovah will be established on the top of the mountains, and raised above the hills. Isaiah 2:2.

This stands for the Lord and consequently for everything heavenly.

[3] In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will make for all peoples on this mountain a feast of fat things, and He will swallow up on this mountain the face 1 of the covering. Isaiah 25:6-7.

'Mountain' stands for the Lord and consequently for everything heavenly. In the same prophet,

It will be that on every high mountain, and on every lofty hill, there will be brooks, streams of water. Isaiah 30:25.

'Mountains' stands for goods that stem from love, 'hills' for goods that stem from charity, such goods being the source of truths of faith, which are 'brooks and streams of water'. In the same prophet,

You will have a song as in the night when a feast is hallowed, and joy of heart as when one goes with a flute to come to the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. Isaiah 30:29.

'Mountain of Jehovah' stands for the Lord with reference to goods that stem from love, 'Rock of Israel' for the Lord with reference to goods that stem from charity.

[4] In the same prophet,

Jehovah Zebaoth will come down to fight on Mount Zion and on its hill. Isaiah 31:4.

Here and in many other places 'Mount Zion' stands for the Lord and consequently for everything celestial, which is love, and 'hill' for what is celestial but lower, which is charity.

In the same prophet,

Get you up on to the high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings. Isaiah 40:9.

'Getting up on to the high mountain and declaring good tidings' is worshipping the Lord from love and charity, which are inmost things, and are therefore also called most high. That which is inmost is referred to as the most high. In the same prophet,

Let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. Isaiah 42:11.

'Inhabitants of the rock' stands for those who abide in charity, 'shouting from the top of the mountains' for worshipping the Lord from love. In the same prophet,

How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of Him who is bringing good tidings, causing peace to be heard, bringing good tidings of good, causing salvation to be heard. Isaiah 52:7

'Bringing good tidings on the mountains' in like manner stands for preaching about the Lord from doctrine concerning love and charity, and for worshipping from these. In the same prophet,

The mountains and the hills will resound before you with song, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12.

This stands for worshipping the Lord from love and charity, which are 'the mountains and the hills', and from faith deriving from these, which is 'the trees of the field'.

[5] In the same prophet,

I will set all My mountains as a way, and My pathways will be raised up. Isaiah 49:11.

'Mountains' stands for love and charity, 'way' and 'pathway' for the truths of faith deriving from these, which are said to be 'raised up' when they stem from love and charity, which are inmost. In the same prophet,

He who trusts in Me will take possession in the land, and will inherit My holy mountain. Isaiah 57:13.

This stands for the Lord's kingdom where there is nothing other than love and charity. In the same prophet,

I will bring forth seed from Jacob, and from Judah the heir of My mountains, and My chosen ones will possess it. Isaiah 65:9.

'Mountains' stands for the Lord's kingdom and for celestial goods, and 'Judah' for the celestial Church. In the same prophet,

Thus said the High and Lofty One inhabiting eternity, whose name is the Holy One. I dwell as the High and Holy One Isaiah 57:15.

Here 'high' stands for holy. Consequently 'mountains', on account of their height above the earth, meant the Lord, and holy heavenly things that are His. This also is why it was from Mount Sinai that the Lord proclaimed the Law. Love and charity are also what the Lord means by 'mountains' when, in reference to the close of the age, He says that those who were then in Judaea were to flee to the mountains, Matthew 24:16; Luke 21:21; Mark 13:14. Here 'Judaea' stands for the vastated Church.

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1. literally, the faces

  
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