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neljandas reas: krüsoliit, karneool, nefriit; kuldäärisest ümbritsetuna olid need oma asemeis.
Exodus 39:13
Arcana Coelestia # 4605
4605. 'Reuben, Jacob's firstborn' means the good of faith. This is clear from the meaning of 'the firstborn' as faith, dealt with in 352, 367, 2435, 3325; also from the representation of 'Jacob' as the good of natural truth, dealt with in 4538, and from that of 'Reuben' as the essential nature of faith. For in the genuine sense 'Reuben' means the truth of faith, 3861, 3866, but after the truth of faith has become good he means the good of faith. Furthermore faith essentially is charity, and so the truth of faith essentially is the good of faith, because it cannot have any existence at all unless it springs from charity - that is, truth cannot have any real existence unless it springs from good. This being so, once a person has been regenerated good occupies the first place, or is the firstborn, see 3325, 3494. This is the reason why 'Reuben, Jacob's firstborn' at this point means the good of faith. A similar instance of this meaning occurs in Moses,
May Reuben live and not die; and his mortal men will be [few in] numbers. Deuteronomy 33:6.
The reason 'Reuben' here means the good of faith is that in the Prophecy of Moses regarding the sons of Jacob, Reuben is placed first and Judah second, thus in a different ordering in this prophecy from that of Jacob in Genesis 49. For, as stated above at the end of 4603, the order in which their names appear is determined by the state belonging to the subject under discussion.
[2] Similarly in John,
I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe - twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Gad. Revelation 7:4-5.
In this case Judah is mentioned first, Reuben second, and Gad third. These three in this place make up a first group; and because the Lord's kingdom is the subject here, 'Judah' means celestial good such as exists in the inmost or third heaven, 'Reuben' spiritual good, which is the same as the good of faith, such as exists in the second or middle heaven, and 'Gad' the good of the natural, such as exists in the first heaven. But a different meaning is found in the prophecy of Deborah and Barak,
Princes in Issachar were with Deborah; and as was Issachar, so was Barak, into the valley he was sent under his command 1 - into the divisions of Reuben great decrees of the heart. Why do you dwell between two burdens to hear the hissings of the droves? - towards the divisions of Reuben great searchings of the heart. Judges 5:15-16.
Unless he knows what 'Issachar', 'Deborah', 'Barak', and 'Reuben' represent, and what 'princes', 'the valley', 'a division', 'decrees of the heart', 'two burdens' and 'the hissings of the droves' mean, no one can know what these words are used to mean. But 'Reuben', it is evident, means faith here.
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1. literally, at his feet
Genesis 49
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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.
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Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob. Listen to Israel, your father.
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"Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength; excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
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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.
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"Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
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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.
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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.
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"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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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His eyes will be red with wine, his teeth white with milk.
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"Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea. He will be for a haven of ships. His border will be on Sidon.
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"Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the saddlebags.
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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.
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"Dan will judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel.
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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.
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I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.
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"A troop will press on Gad, but he will press on their heel.
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"Asher's food will be rich. He will yield royal dainties.
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"Naphtali is a doe set free, who bears beautiful fawns.
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"Joseph is a fruitful vine, a fruitful vine by a spring. His branches run over the wall.
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The archers have severely grieved him, shot at him, and persecute him:
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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),
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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.
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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.
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"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf. In the morning he will devour the prey. At evening he will divide the spoil."
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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.
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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,
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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.
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There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah:
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the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth."
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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.
