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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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3921. 'Rachel said, God has judged me, and also has heard my voice' in the highest sense means righteousness and mercy, in the internal sense the holiness of faith, in the external sense the good of life. This is clear from the meaning of 'God's judging me', and from the meaning of 'hearing my voice'. 'God's judging me' means the Lord's righteousness, as may be seen without explanation, while 'hearing my voice' means mercy, as may likewise be seen; for the Lord judges everyone from righteousness, and hears everyone from mercy. He judges from righteousness in that He does so from Divine Truth, and hears from mercy in that He does so from Divine Good. He judges from righteousness those who do not receive Divine Good, and hears from mercy those who do. Yet when He judges from righteousness He does so at the same time from mercy since all Divine righteousness includes mercy within itself, even as Divine Truth includes Divine Good within it. But as these arcana are too deep for brief comment, they will in the Lord's Divine mercy be explained more fully elsewhere.

[2] The reason why 'God has judged me, and also has heard my voice' in the internal sense means the holiness of faith is that faith, which is associated with truth, corresponds to Divine righteousness, and holiness, which is goodness, corresponds to the Lord's Divine mercy; and in addition to this, judging or judgement is associated with the truth of faith, 2235. And since it is God who is said to have judged, that which is good or holy is meant. From this it is evident that the holiness of faith, at the same time as righteousness and mercy, is meant by these two expressions - 'God has judged me' and 'has heard my voice'. And because the two together mean a single entity they are joined by the words 'and also'. The reason the good of life is meant in the external sense is also rooted in correspondence, for the good of life corresponds to the holiness of faith. Without the internal sense no one can know what 'God has judged me, and also has heard me' means, and this is evident from the consideration that in the sense of the letter the two phrases do not fit together very easily to present one complete and intelligible idea.

[3] The reason why in this verse and in those that follow as far as 'Joseph' the name God is used and why in the verses immediately before these Jehovah is used is that in this and the following verses the regeneration of the spiritual man is the subject, whereas in those before them the regeneration of the celestial man was the subject. For God is used when the good of faith which is an attribute of the spiritual man is the subject, but Jehovah when the good of love which is an attribute of the celestial man is the subject, see 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822. For Judah, down to whom the births of sons went in the previous chapter, represented the celestial man, see 3881, whereas Joseph, down to whom those births go in the present chapter, represents the spiritual man, dealt with below in verses 23-24. The name Jehovah is used down to Judah, see Genesis 29:32-33, 35, but God down to Joseph, see verses 6, 8, 17-18, 20, 22-23 of the present chapter, after which Jehovah occurs again because the subject moves on from the spiritual man to the celestial. This is the arcanum which lies concealed in these words and which no one can know except from the internal sense, and also unless he knows what the celestial man is and what the spiritual.

  
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