Arcana Coelestia # 3162
3162. Verses 52-54 And so it was, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he bowed down to the earth to Jehovah. And the servant brought out vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; and he gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. And they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed the night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me to my master.
'So it was, when Abraham's servant heard their words, that he bowed down to the earth to Jehovah' means the perception of joy in the natural man. 'And the servant brought out vessels of silver and vessels of gold, and garments' means truth and good, and the adornment of these. 'And gave them to Rebekah' means which passed at that point to the affection for truth. 'And he gave precious things to her brother' means spiritual things passing from there to natural good. 'And to her mother' means to natural truth also. 'And they ate and drank' means making one's own the good and truth introduced in this way. 'He and the men who were with him' means the things which were in the natural man. 'And they stayed the night' means its peace. 'And they rose up in the morning' means a degree of raising up. 'And he said, Send me to my master' means the affection desiring the joining together.
Genesis 38
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And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.
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And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. And he took her, and went in unto her.
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And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er.
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And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
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And she yet again bare a son, and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him.
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And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.
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And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah slew him.
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And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother unto her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
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And Onan knew that the seed would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
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And the thing which he did was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and he slew him also.
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Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow in thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown up; for he said, Lest he also die, like his brethren. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
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And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.
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And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah to shear his sheep.
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And she put off from her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she was not given unto him to wife.
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When Judah saw her, he thought her to be a harlot; for she had covered her face.
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And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Come, I pray thee, let me Come in unto thee: for he knew not that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest Come in unto me?
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And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?
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And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet and thy cord, and thy staff that is in thy hand. And he gave them to her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.
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And she arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.
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And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
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Then he asked the men of her place, saying, Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the wayside? And they said, There hath been no prostitute here.
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And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and also the men of the place said, There hath been no prostitute here.
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And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be put to shame: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her.
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And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law hath played the harlot; and moreover, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
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When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and the cords, and the staff.
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And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She is more righteous than I; forasmuch as I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
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And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
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And it came to pass, when she travailed, that one put out a hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first.
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And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, Wherefore hast thou made a breach for thyself? Therefore his name was called Perez.
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And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zerah.
