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Genesis 49

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1 Derpå kaldte Jakob sine Sønner til sig og sagde: "Saml eder, så vil jeg forkynde eder, hvad der skal hændes eder i de sidste Dage:

2 Kom hid og hør, Jakobs Sønner, lyt til eders Fader Israel!

3 uben, du er min førstefødte, min Styrke og min Mandskrafts første, ypperst i Højhed, ypperst i Kraft!

4 Du skummer over som Vandet, men du mister din Forret; thi du besteg din Faders Leje.Skændigt handled du da han besteg mit Leje!

5 Simeon og Levi, det Broder Par, Voldsredskaber er deres Våben.

6 I deres åd giver min Sjæl ej Møde, i deres Forsamling tager min Ære ej Del; thi i Vrede dræbte de Mænd, egenrådigt lamslog de Okser.

7 Forbandet være deres Vrede, så vild den er, deres Hidsighed, så voldsom den er! Jeg spreder dem i Jakob, splitter dem ad i Israel!

8 Juda, dig skal dine Brødre prise, din Hånd skal gribe dine Fjender i Nakken, din Faders Sønner skal bøje sig for dig.

9 En Løveunge er Juda. Fra ov stiger du op, min Søn! Han ligger og strækker sig som en Løve, ja, som en Løvinde, hvo tør vække ham!

10 Ikke viger Kongespir fra Juda, ej Herskerstav fra hans Fødder, til han, hvem den tilhører; kommer, ham skal Folkene lyde.

11 Han binder sit Æsel ved Vinstokken, ved anken Asenindens Fole, tvætter i Vin sin Kjortel, sin Kappe i Drueblod,

12 med Øjnene dunkle af Vin og Tænderne hvide af Mælk!

13 Zebulon har hjemme ved Havets Byst, han bor ved Skibenes Kyst, hans Side er vendt mod Zidon.

14 Issakar, det knoglede Æsel, der strækker sig mellem Foldene,

15 fandt Hvilen sød og Landet lifligt; derfor bøjed han yg under Byrden og blev en ufri Træl.

16 Dan dømmer sit Folk så godt som nogen Israels Stamme.

17 Dan blive en Slange ved Vejen, en Giftsnog ved Stien, som bider Hesten i Hælen,så ytteren styrter bagover!

18 På din Frelse bier jeg, HE E!

19 Gad, på ham gør Krigerskarer Indhug, men han gør Indhug i Hælene på dem.

20 Aser, hans Føde er fed, Lækkerier for Konger har han at give.

21 Naftali er en løssluppen Hind, han fremfører yndig Tale.

22 Et yppigt Vintræ er Josef, et yppigt Vintræ ved Kilden, anker slynger sig over Muren.

23 Bueskytter fejder imod ham, strides med ham, gør Angreb på ham,

24 men hans Bue er stærk, hans Hænders Arme rappe; det kommer fra Jakobs Vældige, fra Hyrden, Israels Klippe,

25 fra din Faders Gud han hjælpe dig!Og Gud den Almægtige, han velsigne dig med Himmelens Velsignelser oventil og Dybets Velsignelser nedentil, med Brysters og Moderlivs Velsignelser!

26 Din Faders Velsignelser overgår de ældgamle Bjerges Velsignelser, de evige Højes Herlighed. Måtte de komme over Josefs Hoved, over Issen på Fyrsten blandt Brødre!

27 Benjamin, den rovlystne Ulv, om Morgenen æder han ov, om Aftenen deler han Bytte!"

28 Alle disse er Israels Stammer, tolv i Tal, og det var, hvad deres Fader talte til dem, og han velsignede dem, hver især af dem gav han sin særlige Velsignelse.

29 Og han sagde til dem som sin sidste Vilje: "Nu samles jeg til mit Folk; jord mig da hos mine Fædre i Hulen på Hetiten Efrons Mark.

30 i Hulen på Makpelas Mark over for Mamre i Kana'ans Land. den Mark, som Abraham købte af Hetiten Efron til Gravsted,

31 hvor de jordede Abraham og hans Hustru Sara, hvor de jordede Isak og hans Hustru ebekka, og hvor jeg jordede Lea.

32 Marken og Hulen derpå blev købt af Hetiterne."

33 Dermed havde Jakob givet sine Sønner sin Vilje til Kende, og han strakte sine Fødder ud på Lejet. udåndede og samledes til sin Slægt.

   


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Arcana Coelestia # 6389

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6389. 'Is a bony ass' means lowest-ranking service. This is clear from the meaning of 'an ass' as service, dealt with in 5958, 5959; and from the meaning of 'bone' as that which possesses little spiritual life, dealt with in 5560, 5561. Thus 'a bony ass' is the lowest-ranking service, for people who do good for the sake of recompense do, it is true, perform useful services and act as servants; nevertheless they belong among those in the Lord's kingdom who occupy the lowest position. For the good that is communicated to them they pass on to none but those who can repay them. They overlook all others who may be in the greatest need; or if they do help them out it is to the end that the Lord may recompense them. They look on what they do as that which earns them merit and so on the Lord's mercy as their due. Thus they depart from a state of humility, and to the extent that they depart from it they depart from a state in which blessing and happiness are received from the Lord through heaven. From all this it may be seen that in the next life such people are, it is true, engaged in the performance of useful services; but they are the lowest ranking servants.

  
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4973. 'And he was in the house of his lord the Egyptian' means to enable it to be introduced into natural good. This is clear from the meaning of 'lord' as good, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'the Egyptian' as factual knowledge in general, and from this as that which is natural, dealt with in 4967. The reason 'being in the house' means being introduced is that 'house' is the mind in which good dwells, 3538, in this case the natural mind. Moreover 'house' is used in reference to good, 3652, 3720. The human being has both a natural mind and a rational mind. The natural mind exists within his external man, the rational within his internal. Known facts make up the truths that belong to the natural mind, and these are said to be there 'in their own house' when they are joined to good there; for good and truth together constitute a single house like husband and wife. But the forms of good and the truths which are the subject at present are of a more interior kind, for they are suited to the celestial of the spiritual from the rational, which is represented by 'Joseph'. Those suitable interior truths within the natural are applicable to useful purposes, while interior forms of good in the same are the useful purposes themselves.

[2] The expression 'lord' is used many times in the Word, but unless a person is acquainted with the internal sense he assumes that 'lord' has no other meaning than what the word has when used in ordinary conversation. But 'lord' is used nowhere in the Word other than in reference to good, as is similarly the case with the name 'Jehovah'. When however reference is being made to truth, 'God' and also 'king are used. This then is the reason why 'lord' means good, as may also be seen from the following places: In Moses,

Jehovah your God, He is God of gods, and Lord of lords. Deuteronomy 10:17.

In David,

Confess Jehovah, confess the God of gods, confess the Lord of lords. Psalms 136:1-3

In these places Jehovah or the Lord is called 'God of gods' by virtue of Divine Truth which goes forth from Him, and 'Lord of lords' by virtue of Divine Good which exists within Him.

[3] Similarly in John,

The Lamb will overcome them, for He is Lord of lords, and King of kings. Revelation 17:14.

And in the same book,

The One sitting on the white horse has on His robe and on His thigh the name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. Revelation 19:16.

The Lord is called 'King of kings' by virtue of Divine Truth, and 'Lord of lords' by virtue of Divine Good, as is evident from the individual expressions used here. 'The name written' is His true nature, 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006. 'His robe' on which it is written is the truth of faith, 1073, 2576, 4545, 4763. 'His thigh' on which likewise that nature is written is the good of love, 3021, 4277, 4280, 4575. From this too it is evident that by virtue of Divine Truth the Lord is called 'King of kings and by virtue of Divine Good 'Lord of lords'. For more about the Lord being called King by virtue of Divine Truth, see 2015, 2069, 3009, 3670, 4581.

[4] From this it is also plain what 'the Lord's Christ' means in Luke,

Simeon received an answer from the Holy Spirit that he would not see death until he had seen the Lord's Christ. Luke 2:26.

'The Lord's Christ' is the Divine Truth that goes with Divine Good, for 'Christ' is one and the same as Messiah, and Messiah is the Anointed or King, 3008, 3009, 'the Lord' in this case being Jehovah. The name Jehovah is not used anywhere in the New Testament Word, but instead of Jehovah, the Lord and God are used, see 2921, as again in Luke,

Jesus said, How can they say that the Christ is David's son when David himself says in the Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand? Luke 20:41, 41.

The same appears in David as follows,

Jehovah said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand. Psalms 110:1.

It is obvious that Jehovah in David is called Lord in the gospel, 'Lord' in this case standing for the Divine Good of the Divine Human. Omnipotence is meant by 'sitting at the right hand', 3387, 4592, 4933 (end).

[5] While in the world the Lord was Divine Truth, but once He was glorified, that is, had made the Human within Him Divine, He became Divine Good, from which Divine Truth subsequently goes forth. This explains why after the Resurrection the disciples did not call Him Master, as they had before, but Lord, as is evident in John 21:7, 12, 15-17, 20, and also in the other gospels. Divine Truth - which the Lord was while in the world and which subsequently goes forth from Him, that is, from Divine Good - is also called 'the Angel of the Covenant', in Malachi,

Suddenly there will come to His temple the Lord whom you are seeking, and the Angel of the Covenant in whom you delight. Malachi 3:1.

[6] Because 'Lord' is used to mean Divine Good and 'King' Divine Truth, therefore in places where the Lord is spoken of as having dominion and a kingdom 'dominion' has reference to Divine Good and 'a kingdom' to Divine Truth. For the same reason the Lord is called 'Lord of the nations' but 'King of the peoples', for 'nations' means those governed by good, 'peoples' those governed by truth, 1259, 1260, 1849, 3581

[7] Good is called 'lord' as against a servant, and 'father' as against a son, as in Malachi,

A son should honour his father, and a servant his lord. If I am a Father, where is My honour? And if I am a Lord, where is the fear of Me? Malachi 1:6.

And in David,

To be a slave JOSEPH was sold. The word of Jehovah tested him. The king sent and released him, he who had dominion over nations set him free and placed him as lord of his house and as one with dominion over all his possessions. Psalms 105:17, 19-22.

Here, as is evident from each individual expression, 'Joseph' is used to mean the Lord, 'lord' in this instance being the Divine Good of the Divine Human.

  
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