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Genesis 21

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1 HE EN så til Sara, som han havde lovet, og HE EN gjorde ved Sara, som han havde sagt,

2 og hun undfangede og fødte Abraham en Søn i hans Alderdom, til den Tid Gud havde sagt ham.

3 Abraham kaldte den Søn, han fik med Sara, Isak;

4 og Abraham omskar sin Søn Isak, da han var otte Dage gammel, således som Gud havde pålagt ham.

5 Abraham var 100 År gammel, da hans Søn Isak fødtes ham.

6 Da sagde Sara: "Gud ham beredt mig Latter; enhver, der hører det, vil le ad mig."

7 Og hun sagde: "Hvem skulde have sagt Abraham, at Sara ammer Børn! Sandelig, jeg har født ham en Søn i hans Alderdom!"

8 Drengen voksede til og blev vænnet fra, og Abraham gjorde et stort Gæstebud, den dag Isak blev vænnet fra.

9 Men da Sara så Ægypterinden Hagars Søn, som hun havde født Abraham, lege med hendes Søn Isak,

10 sagde hun til Abraham: "Jag den Trælkvinde og hendes Søn bort, thi ikke skal denne Trælkvindes Søn arve sammen med min Søn, med Isak!"

11 Derover blev Abraham såre ilde til Mode for sin Søns Skyld;

12 men Gud sagde til Abraham: "Vær ikke ilde til Mode over Drengen og din Trælkvinde, men adlyd Sara i alt, hvad hun siger dig, thi efter Isak skal dit Afkom nævnes;

13 men også Trælkvindens Søn vil jeg gøre til et stort Folk; han er jo dit Afkom!"

14 Tidligt næste Morgen tog da Abraham Brød og en Sæk Vand og gav Hagar det, og Drengen satte han på hendes Skulder, hvorpå han sendte hende bort. Som hun nu vandrede af Sted, for hun vild i Be'ersjebas Ørken,

15 og Vandet slap op i hendes Sæk; da lagde hun Drengen hen under en af Buskene

16 og gik hen og satte sig i omtrent et Pileskuds Afstand derfra, idet hun sagde ved sig selv: "Jeg kan ikke udholde at se Drengen !" Og således sad hun, medens Drengen græd højt.

17 Da hørte Gud Drengens Gråd, og Guds Engel råbte til Hagar fra Himmelen og sagde til hende: "Hvad fattes dig, Hagar? Frygt ikke, thi Gud har hørt Drengens øst der, hvor,han ligger;

18 rejs dig, hjælp Drengen op og tag ham ved Hånden, thi jeg vil gøre ham til et stort Folk!"

19 Da åbnede Gud hendes Øjne, så hun fik Øje på en Brønd med Vand; og hun gik hen og fyldte Sækken med Vand og gav Drengen at drikke.

20 Og Gud var med Drengen, og han voksede til; og han bosatte sig i Ørkenen og blev Bueskytte.

21 Han boede i Parans Ørken, og hans Moder tog ham en Hustru fra Ægypten.

22 Ved den Tid sagde Abimelek og hans Hærfører Pikol til Abraham: "Gud er med dig i alt, hvad du tager dig for;

23 tilsværg mig derfor her ved Gud, at du aldrig vil være troløs mod mig eller mine Efterkommere, men at du vil handle lige så venligt mod mig og det Land, du gæster, som jeg har handlet mod dig!"

24 Da svarede Abraham: "Jeg vil sværge!"

25 Men Abraham krævede Abimelek til egnskab for en Brønd, som Abimeleks Folk havde tilranet sig.

26 Da svarede Abimelek: "Jeg ved intet om, hvem der har gjort det; hverken har du underrettet mig derom, ej heller har jeg hørt det før i Dag!"

27 Da tog Abraham Småkvæg og Hornkvæg og gav Abimelek det, og derpå sluttede de Pagt med hinanden.

28 Men Abraham satte syv Lam til Side,

29 og da Abimelek spurgte ham: "Hvad betyder de syv Lam, du der har sat til Side?"

30 svarede han: "Jo, de syv Lam skal du modtage af min Hånd til Vidnesbyrd om, at jeg har gravet denne Brønd."

31 Derfor kaldte man dette Sted Be'ersjeba, thi der svor de hinanden Eder;

32 og de sluttede Pagt ved Be'ersjeba. Så brød Abimelek og hans Hærfører Pikol op og vendte tilbage til Filisternes Land.

33 Men Abraham plantede en Tamarisk i Be'ersjeba og påkaldte der HE EN den evige Guds Navn.

34 Og Abraham boede en Tid lang; som fremmed i Filisternes Land.

   


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Exploring the Meaning of Genesis 21

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff

Here are some excerpts from Swedenborg's "Arcana Coelestia" that help explain the inner meaning of this chapter:

AC 2610. In the internal sense of this chapter the Lord‘s Divine Rational is first treated of, which is represented by "Isaac" (verses 1-8).

AC 2611. Next the merely human rational, which was then separated, and which is the "son of Hagar the Egyptian" (verses 9-12).

AC 2612. After this had been separated, the spiritual church is represented by the same, namely, by Hagar’s son, as well as by his mother; which church and its state are treated of in (verses 13 to 21).

AC 2613. Concerning the human rational things that were adjoined to the doctrine of faith, which in itself is Divine (verses 22-34).

AC 2614. This doctrine together with those things adjoined is "Beer-sheba" (verses 14, 31, 33).

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2610. Genesis 21

1. And Jehovah visited Sarah as He had said, and Jehovah did to Sarah as He had spoken.

2. And Sarah conceived and bore to Abraham a son in his old age, at the appointed time, as God had spoken to him.

3. And Abraham called the name of his son born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac.

4. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac, a son eight days old, as God had commanded him.

5. And Abraham was a son a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6. And Sarah said, God has made laughter for me; everyone that hears will laugh for me.

7. And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, Sarah will suckle sons? For I have born [him] a son in his old age.

8. And the boy grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the day when he weaned Isaac.

9. And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking.

10. And she said to Abraham, Cast out this servant-girl, and her son; for the son of this servant-girl shall not inherit together with my son, with Isaac.

11. And the matter was deeply distressing to Abraham 1 because of his son.

12. And God said to Abraham, Do not be distressed 2 about the lad and about your servant-girl. Everything which Sarah says to you, hearken to her voice, for in Isaac will your seed be called.

13. And also, the son of the servant-girl I will make into a nation, because he is your seed.

14. And in the morning Abraham rose up early, and took bread and a flask of water, and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulder, and the boy, and sent her away; and she went and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.

15. And the water from the flask was used up, and she put the boy under one of the shrubs.

16. And she went and sat by herself some distance away, withdrawing herself about a bowshot, for she said, Let me not see the death of the boy. And she sat some distance away and lifted up her voice and wept.

17. And God heard the boy's voice, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What is the matter, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice where he is.

18. Rise up, lift the boy up, and strengthen your hand in him, for I will make him into a great nation.

19. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the flask with water, and gave the boy a drink.

20. And God was with the boy, and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and was an archer.

21. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother took for him a wife from the land of Egypt.

22. And so it was at that time, that Abimelech spoke, and Phicol the general of his army, to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you are doing.

23. And now swear to me here by God that you will not lie to me, and to my son, and to my grandson; according to the kindness which I have done to you, may you do to me and to the land in which you have sojourned.

24. And Abraham said, I will swear.

25. And Abraham reproached Abimelech on account of a well of water which Abimelech's servants had seized.

26. And Abimelech said, I do not know who has done this thing; and you also did not point it out to me, and I too have not heard about it until today.

27. And Abraham took flocks and herds and gave them to Abimelech; and the two of them made a covenant.

28. And Abraham set seven ewe-lambs of the flock by themselves.

29. And Abimelech said to Abraham, What are these seven ewe-lambs which you have set by themselves?

30. And he said, Because you will take the seven ewe-lambs from my hand, that they may be a witness for me that I dug this well.

31. Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them swore an oath.

32. And they made a covenant in Beersheba; and Abimelech rose up and Phicol the general of his army, and they returned to the land of the Philistines.

33. And he planted a grove in Beersheba, and there he called on the name of [Jehovah,] the God of Eternity.

34. And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days.

CONTENTS

In the internal sense of this chapter the subject dealt with first is the Lord's Divine Rational, which is represented by Isaac, verses 1-8.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, exceedingly evil in Abraham's eyes

2. literally, Let it not be evil in your eyes

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.