3024. “不要从迦南人的女子中为我儿子娶一个妻子” 表凡与真理不一致的情感, 神圣理性都不可与之结合. 这从 “娶一个妻子”, “我的儿子”, “女子 (或女儿)”, 以及 “迦南人” 的含义清楚可知: “娶一个妻子” 是指凭婚约联结; “我的儿子”, 就是以撒, 是指主的神圣理性 (参看1893, 2066, 2083, 2630节); “女子 (或女儿)” 是指情感 (参看489-491, 568, 2362节); “迦南人” 是指邪恶 (参看1444, 1573, 1574节); 因此 “迦南人的女子” 是指与真理不一致的情感. 此处论述的主题是要与主神圣理性良善联结的神圣真理, 这从概览 (3013节) 可以看出来. 要凭婚约联结的 “女人” 表示要从属世人经由正常渠道被召唤出来的真理本身. “我的儿子” 表示主理性的良善, 主的理性要与这良善结合或联结. 由此可知 “不要从迦南人的女子中娶一个妻子” 意思是, 凡与真理不一致的情感, 神圣理性都不可与之结合. 真理与良善的一切结合都是藉着情感实现的, 若不藉着情感, 真理绝无可能进入人心智的理性部分, 或与之结合. 因为爱之善在情感里面, 而唯独这善产生结合 (1895节). 只要停下来思考一下, 谁都能知道这一点

至于 “迦南人的女子” 表示与真理不一致的情感, 也就是对虚假的情感, 这从 “女子或女儿” 的含义明显可知. “女子或女儿” 在圣言多处被提及, 谁都能看出, 女子或女儿在那里并不是指女子或女儿. 诸如 “锡安的女子或女儿”, “耶路撒冷的女子或女儿”, “他施的女子或女儿”, “我民的女子或女儿” 这类表述, 均表示对良善与真理的情感, 如上述内容所说明的. 它们因表示对良善与真理的情感, 故也表示教会, 因为教会凭这些情感而成为教会. 因此, “锡安的女子或女儿” 凭对良善的情感而表示属天教会; “耶路撒冷的女子或女儿” 凭对真理的情感而表示属灵教会 (2362节). “我民的女子或女儿” 也一样 (以赛亚书 22:4; 耶利米书 6:14, 26; 8:19, 21-22; 9:1; 14:17; 耶利米哀歌 2:11; 4:6; 以西结书 13:17).

由此明显可知何谓列族 (或列国) 的 “女子或女儿”, 如 “非利士人的女子或女儿”, “埃及的女子或女儿”, “推罗和西顿的女子或女儿”, “以东的女子或女儿”, “摩押的女子或女儿”, “迦勒底人的女子或女儿”, “巴别或巴比伦的女子或女儿”, “所多玛的女子或女儿”. 她们均表示对邪恶与虚假的情感, 正是这些情感孕育出他们的各种宗教体系, 因此, 这些 “女子或女儿” 也表示这些宗教体系本身. 从以下经文可以看出, 这就是 “女子或女儿” 的含义. 以西结书:

列族的女子为埃及悲哀. 你要为埃及群众哀号, 又要将她, 将埃及和名族的女子, 并下坑的人, 都送下低地. (以西结书 32:16, 18)

“名族的女子” 表对邪恶的情感. 撒母耳记:

不要在迦特报告, 不要在亚实基伦街上传扬; 免得非利士的女子快乐, 免得未受割礼之人的女子矜夸. (撒母耳记下 1:20)

以西结书:

你也和埃及人行淫; 我将你交给恨你的非利士众女, 使她们任意待你. 你的罪恶没有被揭露以前, 亚兰众女和亚兰四围的众人受了凌辱的时候, 四围非利士的众女都藐视你. (以西结书 16:26-27, 57)

谁都能看出, 此处并非指女子, 而是指诸如非利士人所表示那类人当中的各种宗教. 这种人反复谈论信, 却根本不追求信所教导的生活 (参看1197, 1198节). 因此, 他们也被称为 “未受割礼之人”, 也就是缺乏仁爱之人.

耶利米书:

埃及的处女哪, 可以上基列取乳香去. 住在埃及的女子哪, 要预备掳去时所用的物件. 埃及的女子必然蒙羞, 必交在北方人的手中. (耶利米书 46:11, 19, 24)

“埃及的女 (子)” 表示对推理的情感, 就是基于记忆知识对信之真理是否真实的推理; 因此她表示由此产生的宗教种类, 这类宗教的性质是, 若不为感官理解, 就什么也不信, 因而不相信任何信之真理 (参看215, 232, 233, 1164, 1165, 1186, 1385, 2196, 2203, 2209, 2568, 2588节). 以赛亚书:

他说, 你必不得再快乐, 你这受欺压西顿的女子哪. (以赛亚书 23:12)

诗篇:

推罗的女子必来送礼, 民中的富足人也必求你的情面. (诗篇 45:12)

从西顿和推罗的含义明显可知何谓 “西顿的女子” 和 “推罗的女子” (参看1201节). 耶利米哀歌:

以东的女子哪, 只管欢喜快乐. 锡安的女子哪, 你罪孽的刑罚受足了. 祂必不使你再流亡; 以东的女子哪, 你的罪孽必追讨. (耶利米哀歌 4:21-22)

以赛亚书:

摩押的女子必像游飞的鸟, 离散的巢. (以赛亚书 16:2)

又:

巴比伦的处女啊, 下来坐在尘埃; 迦勒底的女儿啊, 没有宝座, 要坐在地上. 迦勒底的女儿啊, 你要默然静坐, 进入黑暗中, 因为你不再称为列国的主母. (以赛亚书 47:1, 5)

耶利米书:

巴比伦的女子哪, 有一种民从北方而来, 都列阵如上战场的人, 要攻击你. (耶利米书 50:41-42)

同一先知书:

巴比伦女子好像踹谷的禾场; 收割她的时候到了. (耶利米书 51:33)

撒迦利亚书:

嗨! 与巴比伦的女子同住的锡安哪, 应当逃脱. (撒迦利亚书 2:7)

诗篇:

巴比伦的女子被毁灭. (诗篇 137:8)

以西结书:

你的妹妹所多玛和她的众女必恢复原状; 撒马利亚和她的众女, 你和你的众女也必必恢复原状. (以西结书 16:55)

谁都能看出, 在上述经文中, “女子” 并非指女子, 而是指与真理不一致的情感, 因而是指源于这些情感的宗教种类. 不过, 这些宗教的具体种类从这些人民的含义明显可知, 如以东, 摩押, 迦勒底人, 巴别或巴比伦, 所多玛, 撒玛利亚. 我们解释创世记前面的章节时已在各处论述了这些名字的含义. 由此明显可知, 此处 “迦南人的女子” 是什么意思.

以色列人不可与迦南人的女子通婚, 这个命令还与属灵的法则有关, 即: 良善与虚假, 邪恶与真理不可联结, 因为这类联结会导致亵渎. 这个禁令也是申命记 (7:3) 所提及之事的代表. 在玛拉基书:

犹大人亵渎耶和华的圣洁, 因为他喜爱并娶了外邦神的女子. (玛拉基书 2:11)

3928. 'And she called his name Naphtali' means the essential nature of it, that is to say, of the temptation in which one overcomes and also of the resistance offered by the natural man. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' and of 'calling the name' as the essential nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3421. The particular nature is that which is meant by 'Naphtali', for the name Naphtali is derived from the word 'wrestlings'. And for the same reason 'Naphtali' represents this second general truth of the Church. Temptation is the means by which the internal man is joined to the external, for they are at variance with each other but are made to agree and to correspond by means of temptations. The external man is indeed such that of itself it does not desire anything except bodily and worldly things; these are the delights of the natural man's life. But the internal man - when opened towards heaven and desiring the things of heaven, as is the case with those who are able to be regenerated - takes delight in heavenly things. And when a person undergoes temptations these two types of delight conflict with each other. The person is not directly aware of the conflict, because he is not aware of what heavenly delight is and of what hellish delight is, let alone that they are so utterly contrary to each other. But celestial angels cannot be present at all with a person in his bodily and worldly delight until this has been made subservient, that is to say, until bodily and worldly delight is no longer regarded as an end in itself but something which is meant to be subservient to heavenly delight, as shown above in 3913. Once this has been achieved the angels are able to reside with that person in both; but in this case his delight becomes blessedness, and at length happiness in the next life.

[2] Anyone who believes that the delight of the natural man prior to regeneration is not hell-like, and that devilish spirits are not in possession there, is much mistaken. He is unaware of what the situation is with man - that prior to regeneration genii and spirits from hell have possession of his natural man, no matter how much he seems to himself to be like any other person, and also that he is able to participate with everybody else in what is holy and to reason about the truths and goods of faith, indeed is able to believe that he has become strong in these. If this person does not feel within himself some measure of affection for what is right and fair in his daily work, and for what is good and true in society and in life, let him recognize that his kind of delight in things is the kind that exists with those in hell, for his delight entails no other love than self-love and love of the world. And when these constitute his delight no charity or any faith is present within it. The only means that will weaken and dispel this delight once it has become predominant is the affirmation and acknowledgement of the holiness of faith and of the good of life, which is the first means meant, as shown above, by Dan, and after this by temptation, which is the second means and is meant by Naphtali; for this second means follows the other. Indeed people who do not affirm and acknowledge the goodness and the truth which constitute faith and charity are unable to enter any conflict brought about by temptation as there is nothing within to oppose the evil and falsity towards which natural delight gravitates.

[3] In other places in the Word where Naphtali is mentioned he means a person's state following temptations, as in the prophecy of Jacob, who by then was Israel,

Naphtali is a hind let loose, giving beautiful words. Genesis 49:21.

'A hind let loose' stands for the affection for natural truth in a state that is free, which arises following temptation. This state is also what is at stake within temptations, which are meant by 'Naphtali', for the battle fought in temptations is a struggle for freedom. Likewise in Moses' prophecy,

To Naphtali he said, Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and full with the blessing of Jehovah, will possess the west and the south. Deuteronomy 33:23.

For the representations of Jacob's sons, and of the tribes, depend on the order in which they are mentioned, 3862. And in the prophecy of Deborah and Barak,

Zebulun is a people that consigned its soul to die, as did Naphtali, on the heights of the field. Judges 5:18.

This too refers in the internal sense to the conflicts brought about by temptations, and to a person's presence among those who do not fear anything evil because they are rooted in forms of truth and good, meant by 'being on the heights of the field'.