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Genezo 49

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1 Kaj Jakob alvokis siajn filojn, kaj diris: Kolektigxu, kaj mi sciigos al vi, kio farigxos al vi en la tempo venonta.

2 Kunvenu kaj auxskultu, filoj de Jakob, Kaj auxskultu Izraelon, vian patron.

3 Ruben, vi estas mia unuenaskito, Mia forto kaj komenco de mia vireco, Supro de digno kaj supro de potenco;

4 Rapidema kiel akvo, vi ne staros plej alte, CXar vi supreniris sur la liton de via patro; Tiam vi malhonoris mian liton per la supreniro.

5 Simeon kaj Levi, fratoj; Iloj kruelaj estas viaj glavoj,

6 En ilian konsilon mia animo ne iru, Al ilia kunveno ne aligxu mia honoro; CXar en sia kolero ili mortigis viron Kaj pro sia kaprico ili kripligis bovon.

7 Malbenita estu ilia kolero, cxar gxi estas forta, Kaj ilia furiozo, cxar gxi estas kruela. Mi dividos ilin en Jakob, Kaj mi disjxetos ilin en Izrael.

8 Jehuda, vin lauxdos viaj fratoj; Via mano estas sur la nuko de viaj malamikoj; Klinigxos antaux vi la filoj de via patro.

9 Juna leono estas Jehuda; De cxasakiro, mia filo, vi levigxis. Li genuigxis, kusxigxis kiel leono kaj kiel leonino; Kiu lin levos?

10 Ne forprenigxos sceptro de Jehuda, Nek regbastono de inter liaj piedoj, GXis venos paco Kaj al li humiligxos la popoloj.

11 Li alligas al la vinbertrunko sian azenidon Kaj al la delikata vinberbrancxo la filon de sia azenino; Li lavas en vino sian veston Kaj en sango de vinberoj sian mantelon.

12 Liaj okuloj estas rugxaj de vino Kaj la dentoj blankaj de lakto.

13 Zebulun logxos cxe la bordo de maro, CXe albordigxejo de sxipoj, Kaj lia limo atingos Cidonon.

14 Isahxar estas fortosta azeno; Li kusxos inter la barajxoj.

15 Kaj li vidis, ke ripozo estas bona Kaj la tero estas agrabla; Kaj li klinis sian sxultron por portado Kaj farigxis laboristo por tributo.

16 Dan jugxos sian popolon, Kiel unu el la triboj de Izrael.

17 Dan estos serpento cxe la vojo, Cerasto cxe la irejo, Mordanto de kalkano de cxevalo, Ke gxia rajdanto falas malantauxen.

18 Vian helpon mi esperas, ho Eternulo.

19 Gadon premos amaso, Sed li repremos gxin je la kalkano.

20 CXe Asxer estas grasa lia pano, Kaj li liverados frandajxojn al regxoj.

21 Naftali estas belkura cervo; Li donas belajn parolojn.

22 Fruktoporta arbo estas Jozef, Fruktoporta arbo super fonto; La brancxoj etendigxis super la muron.

23 CXagrenis lin pafistoj Kaj pafis kaj malamikis kontraux li;

24 Sed forta restis lia pafarko Kaj elastaj estas liaj brakoj, Per la manoj de la Potenculo de Jakob, Per la Pasxtisto, la Roko de Izrael.

25 La Dio de via patro donos al vi helpon, La Plejpotenculo benos vin Per benoj de la cxielo supre, Per benoj de la abismo, kiu kusxas malsupre, Per benoj de la mamoj kaj de la utero.

26 La benoj de via patro estas pli fortaj, Ol la benoj de miaj gepatroj, GXis la limo de la eternaj altajxoj. Ili estu sur la kapo de Jozef Kaj sur la verto de la elektito inter liaj fratoj.

27 Benjamen estas lupo karnosxira; Matene li mangxos cxasakiron, Kaj vespere li dividos rabajxon.

28 Tio estas cxiuj dek du triboj de Izrael; kaj tio estas, kion diris al ili ilia patro; kaj li benis ilin, cxiun per aparta beno li benis.

29 Kaj li ordonis al ili, kaj diris al ili: Mi alkolektigxas al mia popolo; enterigu min apud miaj patroj en la kaverno, kiu trovigxas sur la kampo de Efron la HXetido,

30 en la duobla kampa kaverno, kiu trovigxas antaux Mamre en la lando Kanaana kaj kiun Abraham acxetis kune kun la kampo de Efron la HXetido kiel tomban posedajxon.

31 Tie oni enterigis Abrahamon kaj lian edzinon Sara, tie oni enterigis Isaakon kaj lian edzinon Rebeka, kaj tie mi enterigis Lean,

32 sur la kampo kaj en la kaverno sur gxi, kiuj estas acxetitaj de el la filoj de HXet.

33 Kaj Jakob finis la ordonadon al siaj filoj, kaj li kunigis siajn piedojn sur la lito, kaj mortis kaj alkolektigxis al sia popolo.

   

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Apocalypse Explained # 429

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429. Verse 4. And I heard the number of those sealed, signifies the quality of those who are in good who are separated from the evil. This is evident from the signification of "number," as being the quality of the thing treated of (of which presently); also from the signification of "those sealed," as being those who are in good, distinguished and separated from others (of which just above, n. 427. "Number" and "measure" are mentioned in many passages in the Word, and it is believed that these mean simply number and measure; but "number" and "measure" in the spiritual sense mean the quality of the thing treated of. The quality itself is determined by the numbers expressed, as here by the "hundred and forty-four thousand," and afterwards the "twelve thousand" out of every tribe. What is signified by these numbers will be told in the following article. Number signifies the quality of the thing treated of for the reason that the Word is spiritual, and therefore each and every thing that it contains is spiritual, and spiritual things are not numbered or measured, but still they fall into numbers and measures when they come down out of the spiritual world or out of heaven where the angels are into the natural world or upon the earth where men are; and likewise in the Word, when they come down out of its spiritual sense in which the angels are into the natural sense in which men are; the natural sense of the Word is the sense of its letter. This is why there are numbers in that sense, and why the numbers there signify things spiritual, or such as pertain to heaven and the church. That the spiritual things of heaven, such as the angels think and speak about, also fall into numbers, has often been shown to me. When they spoke with each other, what they said was determined into pure numbers, which were seen upon paper; and they afterwards said that this was what they had said determined into numbers, and that these numbers in series contained everything they had said; I was also taught what they signified and how they were to be understood; this will be spoken of frequently in what follows. (But respecting writings in pure numbers out of heaven, see in the work on Heaven and Hell 263; that all numbers in the Word signify the things of heaven and the church, see above, n. 203, 336[1-10])

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4307

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4307. In the internal historical sense 'Jacob asked and said, Tell me, I pray, your name' means evil spirits. This becomes clear from many connections in this sense, in which these words and those that follow have reference to the descendants of Jacob; for the meaning in the internal sense depends on the specific subject under discussion. For not good spirits but evil ones are meant by him who wrestled with Jacob, as becomes clear from the consideration that 'wrestling' means temptation, 3927, 3928, 4274; and no temptation is ever carried out by good spirits, only by evil ones. For temptation consists in the activation of the evil and falsity residing with a person, 741, 751, 761, 1820, 4249, 4299. Good spirits and angels never activate evils and falsities but defend a person against them and turn them to good; for good spirits are led by the Lord, and from the Lord nothing except holy good and holy truth ever proceeds. The Lord does not tempt anyone, as is well known from teaching accepted in the Church; see also 1875, 2768. From this and also from the fact that the descendants of Jacob gave in to every temptation not only in the desert but also after that, it is evident that they were not good spirits but evil ones who are meant by him who wrestled with Jacob. What is more, the nation meant by 'Jacob' here was not governed by any spiritual or celestial love, only by bodily and worldly love, 4281, 4288-4290, 4293. The spirits present with any people depend on the loves governing those people, good spirits and angels being present with those who are governed by spiritual or celestial love, evil spirits with those who are governed solely by bodily or worldly love. So true is this that anyone can know which kind of spirits are present with him merely by noting the nature of his own loves, or what amounts to the same, the nature of his ends in view, since everyone has that which he loves as his end in view.

[2] The reason the one who wrestled with him called himself 'God' is Jacob's own belief that he was. In this he was like his descendants who believed unceasingly that Jehovah was present in their holy external observances, when in fact Jehovah was present solely in what these represented, as will be clear from what follows below. They also believed that Jehovah led them into temptations, was the author of all evil, and was full of anger and fury whenever they were punished. It is because they believed He was like this that such descriptions of Him appear in the Word, when in actual fact Jehovah never leads anyone into temptations, is never the author of anything evil, and is never full of anger, still less of fury, see 223, 245, 592, 696, 1093, 1683, 1874, 1875, 2395, 3605, 3607, 3614. This also explains why the one who wrestled with Jacob was unwilling to reveal his name. The reason why in the internal spiritual sense the one who wrestled with Jacob is used to mean the angelic heaven, 4295, is that the Lord, who in the highest sense is there represented by 'Jacob', allowed even angels to enter in and tempt Him, and that the angels were in that case left alone to their proprium, as has been shown in the paragraph just referred to.

  
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