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Genesis 27

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1 Když se pak sstaral Izák, a pošly byly oči jeho, tak že neviděl, povolal Ezau syna svého staršího, a řekl jemu: Synu můj. Kterýžto odpověděl: Aj, teď jsem.

2 I dí: Aj, já jsem se již sstaral, a nevím dne smrti své.

3 Protož nyní vezmi medle nástroje své, toul svůj a lučiště své, a vyjda do pole, ulov mi zvěřinu.

4 A přistroj mi krmi chutnou, jakž já rád jídám, a přines mi, a budu jísti, aťby požehnala duše má, prvé než umru.

5 (Slyšela pak Rebeka, když mluvil Izák s Ezau synem svým.) I odšel Ezau na pole, aby ulovil zvěřinu a přinesl.

6 Tedy řekla Rebeka Jákobovi synu svému takto: Aj, slyšela jsem, když otec tvůj mluvil k Ezau bratru tvému, a pravil:

7 Přines mi něco z lovu, a přistroj mi krmě chutné, abych jedl, a požehnámť před Hospodinem, prvé než umru.

8 Nyní tedy, synu můj, poslechni hlasu mého v tom, což já přikazuji tobě.

9 Jdi medle k stádu, a odtud mi vezmi dva kozelce výborné, abych přistrojila z nich krmě chutné otci tvému, jakž on rád jídá.

10 A přineseš otci svému, a on jísti bude, na to, aby požehnal tobě, prvé než umře.

11 I řekl Jákob Rebece matce své: Víš, že Ezau bratr můj jest člověk chlupatý, a já jsem člověk hladký.

12 Jestliže omaká mne otec můj, tedy zůstanu u něho za podvodného; a tak uvedu na sebe zlořečenství, a ne požehnání.

13 Jemužto odpověděla matka: Nechť jest na mne zlořečenství tvé, synu můj; jen ty poslechni hlasu mého, a jdi, přines mi.

14 Tedy odšed, vzal, a přinesl matce své. I připravila matka jeho krmě chutné, jakž otec jeho rád jídal.

15 A vzala Rebeka nejlepší šaty Ezausyna svého staršího, kteréž měla u sebe v domě, a oblékla Jákoba, syna svého mladšího.

16 A kožkami kozelčími obvinula ruce jeho, a díl hladký hrdla jeho.

17 I dala chléb a krmě chutné, kteréž připravila, v ruce Jákoba syna svého.

18 A on přišed k otci svému, řekl: Otče můj! Kterýžto odpověděl: Aj, teď jsem. Kdož jsi ty, synu můj?

19 I dí Jákob otci svému: Já jsem Ezau,prvorozený tvůj. Učinil jsem, jakž jsi mi poručil. Vstaň, prosím, sedni a jez z lovu mého, aby mi požehnala duše tvá.

20 Tedy řekl Izák synu svému: Což to? Brzys to nalezl, synu můj. A on dí: Nebo Hospodin Bůh tvůj způsobil to, aby mi se pojednou nahodilo.

21 I řekl Izák Jákobovi: Přistupiž, ať omakám tě, synu můj, ty-li jsi syn můj Ezau, či nejsi.

22 Tedy přistoupil Jákob k Izákovi otci svému; a on omakal ho, i řekl: Hlas jest Hlas Jákobův, ale ruce tyto ruce Ezau.

23 A nepoznal ho; nebo byly ruce jeho, jako ruce Ezau bratra jeho, chlupaté. I požehnal mu.

24 A řekl: Ty-liž jsi pak syn můj Ezau? Odpověděl: Já.

25 I řekl: Podejž mi, ať jím z lovu syna svého, aby tobě požehnala duše má. Tedy podal mu, a on jedl. Přinesl mu také vína, a on pil.

26 I řekl jemu Izák otec jeho: Přistupiž nyní, a polib mne, synu můj.

27 I přistoupil a políbil ho. A jakž ucítil Izák vůni roucha jeho, požehnal mu, řka: Pohleď, vůně syna mého jest jako vůně pole, jemuž požehnal Hospodin.

28 Dejž tobě Bůh z rosy nebeské, a z tučnosti zemské, i hojnost obilé a vína.

29 Nechažť slouží tobě lidé, a sklánějí se před tebou národové. Budiž pánem bratří svých, a ať se sklánějí před tebou synové matky tvé. Kdož by zlořečili tobě, nechť jsou zlořečení, a kdo by dobrořečili tobě, požehnaní.

30 A když přestal Izák požehnání dávati Jákobovi, a sotva že vyšel Jákob od Izáka otce svého, Ezau bratr jeho přišel z lovu svého.

31 A připraviv i on krmě chutné, přinesl otci svému a řekl mu: Nechžť vstane otec můj, a z lovu syna svého, aby mi požehnala duše tvá.

32 I řekl jemu Izák otec jeho: Kdo jsi ty? Dí on: Já jsem syn tvůj, prvorozený tvůj Ezau.

33 Tedy zhrozil se Izák hrůzou velikou náramně, a řekl: Kdo pak a kde jest ten, ješto uloviv zvěřinu, přinesl mi? A já jsem jedl ze všeho, prvé než jsi ty přišel, a požehnal jsem mu, a budeť požehnaným.

34 Uslyšev Ezau slova otce svého, zkřikl hlasem velikým, a hořkostí naplněn jest náramně, a řekl otci svému: Požehnejž mně, i mně také, můj otče!

35 Kterýžto řekl: Přišel bratr tvůj podvodně a uchvátil požehnání tvé.

36 Tedy řekl: Právětě nazváno jméno jeho Jákob; nebo již po dvakráte mne podvedl, prvorozenství mé odjal, a teď nyní uchvátil požehnání mé. řekl ještě: Zdali jsi nezachoval i mně požehnání?

37 Odpověděl Izák a řekl k Ezau: Aj, ustavil jsem ho pánem nad tebou, a všecky bratří jeho dal jsem mu za služebníky; obilím také a vínem opatřil jsem ho. Což tedy již tobě učiniti mohu, synu můj?

38 I řekl Ezau otci svému: Zdaliž to jedno toliko máš požehnání, otče můj? Požehnejž mně, i mně také, můj otče! I povýšil Ezau hlasu svého a plakal.

39 Tedy odpověděl Izák otec jeho, a řekl k němu: Aj, v tučnostech země bude bydlení tvé a v rose nebeské s hůry;

40 A v meči svém živ budeš, a bratru svému sloužiti budeš; ale přijde čas, že budeš panovati a svržeš jho jeho s šíje své.

41 Protož v nenávisti měl Ezau Jákoba pro požehnání, jímž požehnal mu otec jeho, a řekl v srdci svém: Přiblížiť se dnové smutku otce mého, a zabiji Jákoba, bratra svého.

42 I oznámena jsou Rebece slova Ezau, staršího syna jejího. Pročež ona poslavši, povolala Jákoba syna svého mladšího, a řekla jemu: Hle, Ezau bratr tvůj těší se tím, že tě zabije.

43 Protož nyní, synu můj, poslechni hlasu mého, a vstana, utec k Lábanovi, bratru mému do Cháran.

44 A pobuď s ním za některý čas, až by se odvrátila prchlivost bratra tvého,

45 A přestalo rozhněvání bratra tvého na tebe, a zapomenul by na to, což jsi mu učinil. Potom já pošli a vezmu tě odtud. Proč mám zbavena býti obou synů jednoho dne?

46 I řekla Rebeka Izákovi: Stýště mi se živu býti pro dcery Het. Vezme-li Jákob ženu ze dcer Het, jako tyto jsou ze dcer země této, k čemu mi život?

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4337

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4337. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Where Jacob is referred to in previous chapters, the subject in the internal sense has been the acquisition of truth within the Natural, an acquisition which is made there so that such truth may be joined to good; for all truth exists for the sake of that end. In the internal sense 'Jacob' is that truth, and 'Esau' is the good to which it is joined. Before the two are joined together truth seems to occupy first place, but after they have been joined good in fact does so, see 3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3603, 3701, 3995.

This is also what is meant by Isaac's prophecy addressed to Esau,

By your sword you will live, and you will serve your brother; and it will be, when you have dominion over him, that you will break his yoke from your neck. Genesis 27:40.

That state foretold there is the actual subject now. And this is why in verses 5, 8, 13-14 of the present chapter Jacob calls Esau his lord and himself Esau's servant

[2] It should be recognized that 'Jacob' at this point represents the good of truth. But regarded in itself such good is simply truth, for as long as truth exists solely in the memory it is referred to as truth. But once it exists in the will and as a consequence in action it is called the good of truth, for the performance of truth is nothing else. Whatever proceeds from the will is called good since in essence the will consists in love and in affection flowing from love, and everything that is done from love and attendant affection is termed good. Nor is truth able to be joined to good which flows in by way of the internal man and is Divine in origin - which good is represented here by 'Esau' - until truth exists as truth in will and action, that is, as the good of truth. For good which flows in by way of the internal man and is Divine in origin flows into the will, and there meets the good of truth which has been introduced by way of the external man.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 3490

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3490. Genesis 27

1. And so it was, that Isaac was old and his eyes were becoming dark so that he could not see; and he called Esau his elder son and said to him, My son; and he said to him, Here I am.

2. And he said, Behold now, I am old; I do not know the day of my death.

3. And now take, I beg you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt venison for me.

4. And make me savoury food such as I love, and bring it to me, and I will eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.

5. And Rebekah was listening to Isaac while he spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, to bring it [home].

6. And Rebekah said to Jacob her son - she said - Behold, I listened to your father speaking to Esau your brother, saying,

7. Bring me venison, and make me savoury food, and I will eat, and I will bless you before Jehovah, before my death.

8. And now, my son, hearken to my voice, to what I command you.

9. Go now to the flock, and take for me from there two good kids of the she-goats, and I will make them into savoury food for your father, such as he loves.

10. And bring it to your father, and let him eat, so that he may bless you before his death.

11. And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

12. Perhaps my father will feel me, and I shall be in his eyes as one who misleads, and I shall bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing.

13. And his mother said to him, Upon me be your curse, my son; only hearken to my voice, and go, take them for me.

14. And he went and took them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savoury food such as his father loved.

15. And Rebekah took the best clothes 1 of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son.

16. And she put the skins of the kids of the she-goats on his hands and on the smooth of his neck.

17. And she gave the savoury food and the bread which she had made into the hand of Jacob her son.

18. And he went to his father, and said, My father. And he said, Behold, here I am; who are you, my son?

19. And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me. Rise up now; sit, and eat from my venison, so that your soul may bless me.

20. And Isaac said to his son, Why have you found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because Jehovah your God caused it to come before my face.

21. And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near now, and I will feel you, my son, whether you are my son Esau, or not.

22. And Jacob came near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, and the hands Esau's hands.

23. And he did not recognize him because his hands were hairy like the hands of Esau his brother; and he blessed him.

24. And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am.

25. And he said, Bring it to me, and I will eat from my son's venison, so that my soul may bless you. And he brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank.

26. And Isaac his father said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.

27. And he came near and kissed him. And he smelled the odour of his clothes, and he blessed him, and he said, See, the odour of my son, like the odour of the field that Jehovah has blessed.

28. And God will give to you of the dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the land, and abundance of grain and of new wine.

29. Peoples will serve you, and peoples will bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and your mother's sons will bow down to you. Cursed are those cursing you, and blessed those blessing you.

30. And so it was, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had only just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.

31. And he too made savoury food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat from his son's venison, so that your soul may bless me.

32. And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau.

33. And Isaac trembled very greatly, and he said, Who then is he who has hunted venison and brought it to me, and I have eaten from all of it before you came in, and have blessed him? Indeed, he will be blessed!

34. Even as Esau heard his father's words, he cried out with a great and exceedingly bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, me also, my father.

35. And he said, Your brother came in deceitfully, and has taken away your blessing.

36. And he said, Does he not call his name Jacob? And he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me?

37. And Isaac answered, and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him lord over you, and have given all his brothers to him as servants, and I have sustained him with grain and new wine. And for you therefore, what shall I do, my son?

38. And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, me also, my father. And Esau raised his voice, and wept.

39. And Isaac his father answered, and said to him, Behold, of the fatness of the land will be your dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above.

40. And by your sword you will live, and you will serve your brother; and it will be when you have dominion over him, that you will break his yoke from above your neck.

41. And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are approaching, and I will kill Jacob my brother.

42. And the words of Esau her elder son were pointed out to Rebekah, and she sent and summoned Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, Esau your brother is consoling himself concerning you [by planning] to kill you.

43. And now, my son, hearken to my voice, and arise, flee to Laban my brother, to Haran.

44. And stay with him for a few days, until your brother's wrath turns back,

45. Until your brother's anger turns back from you, and he forgets what you have done to him, and I send and fetch you from there. Why should I be bereft of you both in one day?

46. And Rebekah said to Isaac, I loathe my life on account of the daughters of Heth. If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these of the daughters of the land, what would life hold for me?

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Previously, where Isaac and Rebekah were the subject, the internal sense dealt with the Rational and how the Lord had made it Divine within Himself. The internal sense now deals with the Natural and how the Lord made that Divine within Himself. Esau is the good, Jacob the truth, of the Natural, for while He was in the world the Lord did indeed make Divine within Himself His entire Human, both that which is interior, namely the Rational, and that which is exterior, namely the Natural, and the Bodily as well. He did so according to Divine order. According to the same order also the Lord renews or regenerates man, and this is why the representative sense here deals with a person's regeneration as regards his natural. In that sense also Esau is the good of the natural, and Jacob its truth. Nevertheless both are Divine because all good and truth that a regenerate person has come from the Lord.

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1. literally, clothes of desires

  
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