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Genesis 49

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1 Povolal pak Jákob synů svých, a řekl: Sejděte se, a oznámím vám, co se s vámi díti bude potomních dnů.

2 Shromažďte se a slyšte synové Jákobovi, poslyšte Izraele otce svého.

3 Ruben, prvorozený můj jsi ty, síla má, a počátek moci mé, vyvýšenost důstojenství a vyvýšenost síly.

4 Prudce sběhneš jako voda. Nebudeš vyvýšen, proto že jsi vstoupil na lůže otce svého; a jakž jsi poškvrnil postele mé, zmizelo vyvýšení tvé.

5 Simeon a Léví bratří, nástrojové nepravosti jsou v příbytcích jejich.

6 Do tajné rady jejich nevcházej duše má, k shromáždění jejich nepřipojuj se slávo má; nebo v prchlivosti své zbili muže, a svévolně vyvrátili zed.

7 Zlořečená prchlivost jejich, nebo neustupná; i hněv jejich, nebo zatvrdilý jest. Rozdělím je v Jákobovi, a rozptýlím je v Izraeli.

8 Judo, ty jsi, tebe chváliti budou bratří tvoji; ruka tvá bude na šíji nepřátel tvých; klaněti se budou tobě synové otce tvého.

9 Lvíče Juda, z loupeže, synu můj, vrátil jsi se; schýliv se, ležel jako lev a jako lvice; kdo zbudí ho?

10 Nebude odjata berla od Judy, ani vydavatel zákona od noh jeho, dokudž nepřijde Sílo; a k němu se shromáždí národové.

11 Uváže k vinnému kmenu osle své, a k výbornému kmenu oslátko oslice své. Práti bude u víně roucho své, a v červeném víně oděv svůj.

12 Červenějších očí bude nad víno, a zubů bělejších nad mléko.

13 Zabulon bydliti bude na břehu mořském, a na přístavu lodí, a pomezí jeho až k Sidonu.

14 Izachar osel silný, ležící mezi dvěma břemeny.

15 A vida odpočinutí, že jest dobré, a zemi, že jest rozkošná, sehne rameno své k nošení, a dávati bude daně.

16 Dan souditi bude lid svůj, jako jedno z pokolení Izraelských.

17 Budeť Dan jako had podlé cesty, jako had rohatý podlé stezky, štípaje kopyta koně, aby spadl jezdec jeho zpět.

18 Spasení tvého očekávám, ó Hospodine!

19 Gád, vojsko přemůže jej, však on svítězí potom.

20 Asser, tučný bude pokrm jeho, a onť vydávati bude rozkoše královské.

21 Neftalím jako laň vypuštěná, vydávaje výmluvnosti krásné.

22 Ratolest rostoucí Jozef, ratolest rostoucí podlé studnice; ratolesti vycházely nad zed.

23 Ačkoli hořkostí naplnili jej, a stříleli na něj, a v tajné nenávisti měli ho střelci:

24 Však zůstalo v síle lučiště jeho, a zsilila se ramena rukou jeho z rukou mocného Jákobova; odkudž byl pastýř a kámen Izraelův;

25 Od silného Boha, jemuž sloužil otec tvůj, kterýž spomáhá tobě, a od všemohoucího, kterýž požehná tobě požehnáními nebeskými s hůry, požehnáními propasti ležící hluboko, požehnáním prsů a života.

26 Požehnání otce tvého silnější budou nad požehnání předků mých, až k končinám pahrbků věčných; budou nad hlavou Jozefovou, a na vrchu hlavy Nazarejského mezi bratřími jeho.

27 Beniamin, vlk dravý, ráno bude jísti loupež, a večer rozdělí kořisti.

28 Všech těchto pokolení Izraelských jest dvanácte; a to jest, což mluvil jim otec jejich; požehnal jim také, jednomu každému vedlé požehnání jeho požehnal.

29 A poroučeje jim, řekl: Já připojen budu k lidu svému; pochovejte mne s otci mými v jeskyni té, kteráž jest na poli Efrona Hetejského,

30 V jeskyni, kteráž jest na poli Machpelah, jenž jest naproti Mamre v zemi Kananejské, kterouž koupil Abraham spolu s polem tím od Efrona Hetejského k dědičnému pohřbu.

31 Tam pochovali Abrahama a Sáru ženu jeho; tam pochovali Izáka a Rebeku ženu jeho; tam také pochovali Líu.

32 Koupeno pak bylo pole a jeskyně, kteráž na něm, od synů Het.

33 A když přestal Jákob přikazovati synům svým, složil nohy své na ložci a umřel; a připojen jest k lidu svému.

   

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6366. 'Your father's sons will bow down to you' means that truths will submit themselves of their own accord. This is clear from the meaning of 'bowing down' as submitting oneself, and from the meaning of 'father's sons' as truths that spring from spiritual good; for 'the sons of Israel' are spiritual truths, 5414, 5879, 5951, and 'Israel' is spiritual good, 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833. The reason why those truths submit themselves of their own accord is that when celestial love, represented by 'Judah', flows into spiritual truths, represented by 'the sons of Israel', it rearranges them into order and submits them in that condition to the Lord. For by flowing into spiritual things what is celestial has the capacity to produce that effect; that is, good has that capacity by flowing into truth. This also explains why the Lord's celestial kingdom is the inmost or third heaven, thus is the one closest to the Lord, while His spiritual kingdom is the middle or second heaven, and so is further away from the Lord. It is because they are arranged in this order that the Lord flows indirectly into the spiritual kingdom by way of the celestial kingdom, as well as directly. The nature of His inflow is such that the spiritual kingdom is maintained in order by means of the celestial and in that condition made submissive to the Lord. The inflow takes place from the celestial kingdom through love towards the neighbour, since that love is the exterior of the celestial kingdom and the interior of the spiritual kingdom and causes the two to be joined together, see 5922.

  
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Genesis 49

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1 Jacob called to his sons, and said: "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.

2 Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.

3 "Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.

4 Boiling over as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father's bed, then defiled it. He went up to my couch.

5 "Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.

6 My soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.

8 "Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies. Your father's sons will bow down before you.

9 Judah is a lion's cub. From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down, he crouched as a lion, as a lioness. Who will rouse him up?

10 The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.

11 Binding his foal to the vine, his donkey's colt to the choice vine; he has washed his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

12 His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.

13 "Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.

14 "Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.

15 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.

16 "Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.

17 Dan will be a serpent in the way, an adder in the path, That bites the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward.

18 I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

19 "A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.

20 "Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.

21 "Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.

22 "Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.

23 The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:

24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),

25 even by the God of your father, who will help you; by the Almighty, who will bless you, with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies below, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.

26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.

27 "Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."

28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his blessing.

29 He instructed them, and said to them, "I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite,

30 in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place.

31 There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:

32 the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."

33 When Jacob made an end of charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the spirit, and was gathered to his people.