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Postanak 29

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1 Jakov nastavi put i dođe u zemlju istočnu.

2 Najednom opazi studenac u polju. Tri su stada ovaca oko njega plandovala, jer se na tome studencu napajahu. Velik se kamen nalazio studencu na otvoru.

3 Jedino kad bi se svi pastiri ondje skupili, mogli bi odvaliti kamen s otvora i ovce napojiti; tada bi opet prevalili kamen na njegovo mjesto, na otvor studenca.

4 "Odakle ste, braćo moja?" - zapita ih Jakov. "Iz Harana", odgovore.

5 "Poznajete li", pitaše ih dalje, "Nahorova sina Labana?" "Poznajemo", odgovore.

6 "Je li zdravo?" - opet ih upita. "Zdravo je; a evo mu dolazi kći Rahela sa stadom", odgovore.

7 "Još ima mnogo dana", nastavi on, "nije vrijeme spraćati blago. Zašto ga ne napojite i ne otjerate na pašu?"

8 "Ne možemo dok se ne skupe svi pastiri", odgovoriše, "da odvale kamen s otvora studenca, tako da mognemo napojiti ovce."

9 Dok je on još s njima govorio, dođe Rahela s ovcama svoga oca. Bila je, naime, pastirica.

10 Kako Jakov ugleda Rahelu, kćer Labana, brata svoje majke, sa stadom svoga ujaka Labana, Jakov se primače i odvali kamen s otvora studenca te napoji stado svoga ujaka Labana.

11 Zatim Jakov poljubi Rahelu, a onda briznu u plač.

12 Potom Jakov kaza Raheli da je on sestrić njezina oca, sin Rebekin. Nato ona otrča i obavijesti oca.

13 Kad je Laban čuo vijest o Jakovu, sinu svoje sestre, potrča mu u susret. Zagrli ga i poljubi te dovede u svoju kuću. Ispriča Labanu sve što mu se dogodilo.

14 A onda Laban reče. "Zbilja si ti moja kost i moje meso!" Pošto je Jakov proboravio s Labanom mjesec dana,

15 Laban reče Jakovu: "Zar ćeš me zato što si mi sestrić badava služiti! Kaži mi koliko ćeš tražiti za najam?"

16 A Laban imaše dvije kćeri. Starijoj bijaše ime Lea, a mlađoj Rahela.

17 Lea imala slabe oči, a Rahela bila stasita i lijepa.

18 Kako je Jakov volio Rahelu, reče: "Služit ću ti sedam godina za tvoju mlađu kćer Rahelu."

19 Laban odvrati: "Bolje je da je tebi dam nego kakvu strancu. Ostani sa mnom!"

20 Tako je Jakov služio za Rahelu sedam godina, ali mu se učinile, zbog ljubavi prema njoj, kao nekoliko dana.

21 Poslije toga Jakov reče Labanu: "Daj mi moju ženu, jer se moje vrijeme navršilo pa bih htio k njoj."

22 Laban sabra sav svijet onog mjesta i priredi gozbu.

23 Ali navečer uzme svoju kćer Leu pa nju uvede k Jakovu, i on priđe k njoj.

24 Laban dade svoju sluškinju Zilpu svojoj kćeri Lei za sluškinju.

25 Kad bi ujutro, a to, gle, Lea! Tada Jakov reče Labanu: "Zašto si mi to učinio! Zar te ja nisam služio za Rahelu? Zašto si me prevario?"

26 Laban odgovori: "U našem mjestu nije običaj da se mlađa udaje prije starije.

27 Završi s njom ovu ženidbenu sedmicu, a onda ću ti dati i drugu, za drugih sedam godina službe kod mene." Jakov pristane: navrši onu ženidbenu sedmicu.

28 Onda mu Laban dade i svoju kćer Rahelu za ženu.

29 Laban dade svoju sluškinju Bilhu svojoj kćeri Raheli za sluškinju.

30 Jakov nato priđe Raheli. Rahelu je više volio nego Leu. I tako je služio Labana još sedam godina.

31 Jahve je vidio da Lea nije voljena, te je učini plodnom, dok Rahela ostade nerotkinja.

32 Lea zače i rodi sina; nadjenu mu ime Ruben, a to znači, kako je ona protumačila: "Jahve je vidio moju nevolju i stoga će me sada muž moj ljubiti."

33 Opet zače i rodi sina te izjavi: "Jahve je čuo da nisam voljena, stoga mi je dao i ovoga." Zato mu nadjenu ime Šimun.

34 Opet zače i rodi sina te izjavi: "Sad će se moj muž meni prikloniti: tri sam mu sina rodila." Zato mu nadjenu ime Levi.

35 A kad je još jednom začela i sina rodila, izjavi: "Ovaj put hvalit ću Jahvu." Stoga sinu nadjenu ime Juda. Potom prestade rađati.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3830

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3830. 'For my days are completed, so that I may go [in] to her' means that that state has now been reached. This is clear from the meaning of 'days' as states, dealt with in 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, 2788, 3462, 3785 - 'days having been completed, so that I may go [in] to her' meaning, as is evident without explanation, that that state had now been reached.

  
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488. As has been stated, 'days' means states in general, and 'years' states in particular. This too becomes clear from the Word, as in Ezekiel,

You have brought your days near, and you have come even to your years. Ezekiel 22:4.

This refers to people who behave abominably and sin to the fullest extent, and so 'days' has reference in this case to such people's state in general, 'years' to that state in particular.

In David,

You will add days to the king's days; and his years as generation after generation! Psalms 61:6.

This refers to the Lord and His kingdom, where again 'days' and 'years' stand for the state of His kingdom.

In the same author,

I have considered the days of old, the years of long ago. Psalms 77:5.

Here 'days of old' is states of the Most Ancient Church, and 'years of long ago' states of the Ancient Church. In Isaiah,

The day of vengeance was in My heart, and the year of My redeemed has come. Isaiah 63:4.

This stands for the final times, where 'the day of vengeance' stands for a state of condemnation, and 'the year of the redeemed' for a state of blessedness.

Similarly, in the same prophet,

To proclaim the year of Jehovah's good pleasure, and the day of vengeance for our God; to comfort all who mourn. Isaiah 61:2.

Here again 'days' and also 'years' are mentioned and mean states.

In Jeremiah,

Renew our days as of old. Lamentations 5:21.

Here 'days' plainly stands for state.

[2] In Joel,

The day of Jehovah is coming, for it is near, a day of darkness and thick darkness, a tiny of cloud and gloom, as has never happened of old, nor will be again after it through the years of generation after generation. Joel 2:1-2, 11.

Here 'day' stands for a state of darkness, thick darkness, cloud and gloom - a state of individuals in particular and of all in general.

In Zechariah,

I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. On that day you will shout, each to his companion, under his vine and under his fig tree. Zechariah 3:9-10.

And elsewhere in Zechariah,

There will be one tiny, it is known to Jehovah, which is neither day nor night, and at evening time there will be light. Zechariah 14:7.

State is clearly meant here, for it is said that 'it will be a day, which is neither day nor night; at evening time there will be light'.

The same meaning is also clear from the following in the Decalogue,

Honour your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged, and that it may be well with you in the land. Deuteronomy 5:16; 25:15.

Here 'a prolonging of days' does not mean living on into old age but a state that is happy.

[3] In the sense of the letter 'day' cannot be seen to mean anything other than a period of time, but in the internal sense it means a state. Angels, who abide in the internal sense of the Word, do not know what a period of time is, for the activity of the sun and moon with them does not produce divisions of time. As a consequence they do not know what a day or a year is, but only what states and changes of state are. This is why among angels, who abide in the internal sense of the Word, anything connected with matter, space, and time, goes unnoticed, as with the following usages in the sense of the letter in Ezekiel,

The day is near, even the day of Jehovah is near, a day of cloud; it will be a time of the nations. Ezekiel 30:3.

And in Joel,

Alas for the day! For the day of Jehovah is near, and as destruction. Joel 1:15.

Here 'a day of cloud' stands for cloud or falsity, 'a day of the nations' for the nations or wickedness, and 'the day of Jehovah' for vastation. When the concept of time is removed there remains the concept of the state of the things existing during that period of time. The same applies to the days and the years that are mentioned so many times in this chapter.

  
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