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Genesis 21

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1 Ja Issand hoolitses Saara eest, nõnda nagu ta oli lubanud. Issand toimis Saaraga, nõnda nagu ta oli öelnud:

2 Saara jäi lapseootele ja tõi Aabrahamile poja ilmale ta vanas eas, määratud ajal, millest Jumal temaga oli rääkinud.

3 Ja Aabraham pani oma pojale, kes temale sündis, kelle Saara temale ilmale tõi, Iisak nimeks.

4 Ja Aabraham lõikas ümber oma poja Iisaki, kui see kaheksapäevane oli, nõnda nagu Jumal teda oli käskinud.

5 Ja Aabraham oli sada aastat vana, kui ta poeg Iisak temale sündis.

6 Aga Saara ütles: 'Jumal pani mind naerma! Igaüks, kes sellest kuuleb, naerab mind!'

7 Ja ta ütles: 'Kes oleks võinud Aabrahamile kuulutada, et Saara imetab veel lapsi? Ometi tõin ma temale poja ilmale ta vanas eas!'

8 Laps kasvas ja võõrutati; ja Aabraham tegi suure peo Iisaki võõrutamispäeval.

9 Kui Saara nägi mängimas egiptlanna Haagari poega, kelle see Aabrahamile oli ilmale toonud,

10 siis ta ütles Aabrahamile: 'Kihuta minema see teenija ja tema poeg, sest selle teenija poeg ei või pärida koos minu poja Iisakiga!'

11 See kõne aga oli Aabrahami silmis ta poja kohta väga paha.

12 Aga Jumal ütles Aabrahamile: 'Ärgu olgu see su silmis paha ei poisi ega su teenija kohta. Kõiges, mis Saara sulle ütleb, kuula ta sõna, sest Iisakist loetakse sinu sugu!

13 Aga ka teenija poja teen ma rahvaks, sest ta on ju sinu järeltulija.'

14 Ja Aabraham tõusis hommikul vara, võttis leiva ja veelähkri ning andis Haagarile, pannes need temale selga, samuti lapse ja saatis ta minema. Ja tema läks ning eksles Beer-Seba kõrbes.

15 Kui vesi lähkrist lõppes, siis ta jättis lapse ühe põõsa alla

16 ja läks ning istus temaga kohastikku, ammulaske kauguses, sest ta ütles: 'Ma ei või näha lapse surma!' Nõnda ta istus temaga kohastikku, tõstis häält ja nuttis.

17 Aga Jumal kuulis poisi häält ja Jumala ingel hüüdis taevast Haagarit ning ütles temale: 'Mis sul viga on, Haagar? Ära karda, sest Jumal on kuulnud poisi häält seal, kus ta on.

18 Tõuse, tõsta poiss üles ja võta ta käekõrvale, sest ma tahan temast teha suure rahva!'

19 Ja Jumal tegi ta silmad lahti, nõnda et ta nägi ühte veekaevu; ta läks ning täitis lähkri veega ja andis poisile juua.

20 Ja Jumal oli poisiga; ta kasvas ja elas kõrbes, ja temast sai ammukütt.

21 Ta elas Paarani kõrbes; ja ta ema võttis temale Egiptusemaalt naise.

22 Sel ajal rääkisid Abimelek ja tema väepealik Piikol Aabrahamiga, öeldes: 'Jumal on sinuga kõiges, mis sa teed.

23 Ja nüüd vannu mulle siin Jumala juures, et sa ei peta mind ega mu lapsi ja lapselapsi! Heateo pärast, mis ma sulle tegin, tee seda mulle ja maale, kus sa võõrana elad!'

24 Ja Aabraham ütles: 'Ma vannun!'

25 Aabraham aga noomis Abimelekit veekaevu pärast, mille Abimeleki sulased väevõimuga olid ära võtnud.

26 Kuid Abimelek vastas: 'Mina ei tea, kes seda tegi. Sina pole mulle sellest teatanud ja mina ise pole ka midagi kuulnud enne kui täna.'

27 Siis Aabraham võttis lambaid, kitsi ja veiseid ja andis Abimelekile; ja nad mõlemad sõlmisid lepingu.

28 Kui Aabraham pani seitse lambatalle eraldi,

29 küsis Abimelek Aabrahamilt: 'Milleks on siin need seitse talle, keda sa oled eraldi pannud?'

30 Ja tema vastas: 'Sa pead need seitse talle minu käest võtma tõendina minu poolt, et mina olen kaevanud selle kaevu!'

31 Seepärast hüütakse seda paika Beer-Sebaks, sest nad mõlemad andsid seal vande.

32 Nõnda sõlmisid nad Beer-Sebas lepingu. Siis Abimelek ja tema väepealik Piikol tõusid ja läksid tagasi vilistite maale.

33 Aabraham aga istutas Beer-Sebasse ühe tamariskipuu ja hüüdis seal appi Issanda, igavese Jumala nime.

34 Ja Aabraham elas võõrana vilistite maal kaua aega.

   

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2724. And called there on the name of the God of eternity. That this signifies worship therefrom, is evident from the signification of “calling upon the name of God,” as being worship (see n. 440). They who were of the Ancient Church did not by a name understand the name, but all the quality (see n. 144-145, 440, 768, 1754, 1896, 2009); and thus by the “name of God” all that in one complex by which God was worshiped, consequently everything of love and faith; but when the internal of worship perished, and only the external remained, they then began to understand by the name of God nothing else than the name, so much so that they worshiped the name itself, feeling no care about the love and the faith from which they worshiped. On this account the nations began to distinguish themselves by the names of their gods; and the Jews and Israelites set themselves up above the rest, because they worshiped Jehovah, placing the essential of worship in uttering the name and invoking it, when in truth the worship of a name only is no worship, and may also be found among the worst of men, who thereby profane the more.

[2] But as by the “name of God” everything of worship is signified, that is, everything of love and faith from which He is worshiped, it is therefore evident what is meant by “hallowed be Thy Name,” in the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9); also by what the Lord said:

Ye shall be hated for My name’s sake (Matthew 10:22).

If two shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in the heavens; for where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them (Matthew 18:19-20).

Everyone that hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life (Matthew 19:29).

Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matthew 21:9).

Jesus said, Ye shall not see Me henceforth till ye shall say, Blessed is He that cometh in the name of the Lord (Matthew 23:39).

Ye shall be hated of all nations for My name’s sake; and then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another (Matthew 24:9-10).

As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, to them that believe on His name (John 1:12).

He that believeth not is judged already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God (John 3:18).

Jesus said, Whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do (John 14:14-15; 15:16; 16:23-24, 26-27).

Jesus said, I have manifested Thy name unto the men (John 17:6).

Holy Father, keep them in Thy name whom Thou hast given Me, that they may be one, as We are (John 17:11-12).

I have made known unto them Thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them (John 17:26).

That ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in His name (John 20:31).

Besides very many passages in the Old Testament, in which by the “name” of Jehovah and of God the name is not meant, but everything of love and faith from which is worship.

[3] But they who worship a name only, without love and faith, are thus spoken of in Matthew:

Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied by Thy name, and by Thy name have cast out demons, and in Thy name done many mighty works? But I will confess unto them, I know you not; depart from Me ye that work iniquity (Matthew 7:22-23).

When as before said the men of the church became external, from being internal, and began to place worship in a name alone, they then no longer acknowledged one God, but many. For it was a common thing for the ancients to add something to the name of Jehovah, and thereby call to mind some benefit or attribute of His, as in the passage before us, “he called upon the name of the God of eternity;” and in the following chapter (22), “Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah-jireh,” that is, “Jehovah shall see” (verse 14). “Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi,” that is, “Jehovah my banner” (Exodus 17:15); “Gideon built an altar there unto Jehovah, and called it Jehovah-shalom” that is, “Jehovah of peace” (Judges 6:24); besides other places. From this it came to pass that they who placed worship in a name only, acknowledged so many gods; and also that among the Gentiles, especially in Greece and at Rome, so many gods were acknowledged and worshiped; whereas the Ancient Church, from which the epithets emanated, never worshiped but one God, reverenced under so many names, because by the “name” they understood the quality.

  
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