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创世记 28

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1 以撒雅各来,给他祝福,并嘱咐他:你不要娶迦南的女子为妻。

2 你起身往巴旦亚兰去,到你外祖彼土利家里,在你母舅拉班的女儿中娶一女为妻。

3 全能的神赐福给你,使你生养众多,成为多族,

4 将应许亚伯拉罕的福赐你和你的後裔,使你承受你所寄居的为业,就是亚伯拉罕的

5 以撒打发雅各走了,他就往巴旦亚兰去,到亚兰人彼土利的儿子拉班那里。拉班雅各以扫的母舅。

6 以扫以撒已经给雅各祝福,而且打发他往巴旦亚兰去,在那里娶妻,并见祝福的时候嘱咐他说:不要娶迦南的女子为妻,

7 又见雅各从父母的话往巴旦亚兰去了,

8 以扫就晓得他父亲以撒不中迦南的女子,

9 便往以实玛利那里去,在他二妻之外又娶了玛哈拉为妻。他是亚伯拉罕儿子以实玛利的女儿,尼拜约的妹子。

10 雅各出了别是巴,向哈兰走去;

11 到了一个地方,因为太阳落了,就在那里住宿,便拾起那地方的一块石头枕在头,在那里躺卧睡了,

12 梦见一个梯子立在上,梯子的顶着,有的使者在梯子上,上去来。

13 耶和华站在梯子以上(或作站在他旁边),:我是耶和华─你祖亚伯拉罕的,也是以撒的;我要将你现在所躺卧之你和你的後裔。

14 你的後裔必像上的尘沙那样多,必向东西开展;上万族必因你和你的後裔得福。

15 我也与你同在。你无论往那里去,我必保佑你,领你归回这地,总不离弃你,直到我成全了向你所应许的。

16 雅各睡醒了,耶和华真在这里,我竟不知道

17 就惧:这地方何等可畏!这不是别的,乃是的殿,也是

18 雅各起来,把所枕的石头立作柱子,浇在上面。

19 他就给那地方起名伯特利(就是神殿的意思);但那地方起先名路斯。

20 雅各许愿若与我同在,在我所行的上保佑我,又我食物衣服穿,

21 使我平平安安地回到我父亲的家,我就必以耶和华为我的

22 我所立为柱子的石头也必作的殿,凡你所赐我的,我必将十分之一献你。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3670

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3670. And He will give thee the blessing of Abraham. That this signifies the conjunction of the Divine Itself with the good and truth of the natural, is evident from the signification of a “blessing,” as being conjunction (n. 3660, 3667); and from the representation of Abraham, as being the Lord’s Divine Itself which is called the “Father” (concerning which see n. 2011, 3251, 3439). And inasmuch as these words are spoken to Jacob, by whom there would be represented the Lord’s Divine natural as to the Divine good and truth therein, therefore the conjunction of the Divine Itself with the good and truth of the natural is what is signified, in the internal sense, by “He will give thee the blessing of Abraham.” In the sense of the letter, it is the possession of the land of Canaan that is meant by the “blessing of Abraham,” and also by the words which follow: “to cause thee to inherit the land of thy sojournings, which God gave unto Abraham;” and according to this sense do all apprehend the words who believe that the historicals of the Word do not contain within them things more heavenly and secret: and especially so do the Jewish nation, who on the strength of these words claim for themselves privileges above every other nation and people. Their fathers understood the words in the same manner, and especially were they so understood by Jacob, whose quality is evident from what was said just above (n. 3667), in that he would not have known Jehovah, nor have been willing to acknowledge Him, unless He had given him corporeal and worldly blessings. But that neither Abraham, nor Isaac, nor Jacob was meant, and that by Jacob is represented the Lord as to the natural which He would make Divine, is abundantly manifest from the explications given above. That it is immaterial what is the quality of the man who represents, as to whether he is evil or good, and that evil men equally with good men can represent and have represented the Lord’s Divine, may be seen above (n. 665, 1097, 1361).

[2] The same may be seen from the representatives which exist even to this day; for all kings, whoever they may be, and of whatever quality, by the royalty itself that appertains to them represent the Lord; in like manner all priests, whoever and of whatever quality they may be, by the priestly office itself. The royal and the priestly office itself is holy, whatever be the quality of him who ministers therein; and this is the reason why the Word taught by an evil man is equally holy, and also the sacrament of baptism and the Holy Supper, and other such things. And from this it is also evident that no king can possibly claim for himself anything of the sanctity that belongs to his royalty; nor any priest anything of the sanctity that belongs to his priesthood. Insofar as either claims anything thereof to himself, or attributes it to himself, so far he brands himself with the character of a spiritual thief, or with the mark of spiritual theft; and also insofar as he does evil, that is, acts contrary to what is just and equitable, and contrary to what is good and true, so far a king puts off the representative of holy royalty, and a priest the representative of holy priesthood, and represents the opposite. For this reason in the representative Jewish Church there were so many laws enjoined concerning the holiness in which priests especially should be during their ministration-on which subject, of the Lord’s Divine mercy, more will be said in what follows.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.