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Genesis 22

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1 Pärast neid sündmusi pani Jumal Aabrahami proovile ning ütles temale: 'Aabraham!' Ja ta vastas: 'Siin ma olen!'

2 Ja tema ütles: 'Võta nüüd Iisak, oma ainus poeg, keda sa armastad, ja mine Morijamaale ning ohverda ta seal põletusohvriks ühel neist mägedest, mis ma sulle nimetan!'

3 Ja Aabraham tõusis hommikul vara, saduldas oma eesli, võttis enesega kaasa kaks noort meest ja oma poja Iisaki, lõhkus põletusohvri puud, seadis minekule ja läks paika, millest Jumal temale oli rääkinud.

4 Kolmandal päeval tõstis Aabraham oma silmad üles ja nägi seda paika kaugelt.

5 Ja Aabraham ütles oma noortele meestele: 'Jääge teie eesliga siia! Mina ja poiss läheme sinna, kummardame ja tuleme siis tagasi teie juurde.'

6 Ja Aabraham võttis põletusohvri puud, pani need oma pojale Iisakile õlale, võttis enda kätte tule ja noa ning mõlemad läksid üheskoos.

7 Ja Iisak rääkis oma isa Aabrahamiga ning ütles: 'isa!' Ja tema vastas: 'Siin ma olen, mu poeg!' Siis ta ütles: 'Näe, siin on tuli ja puud, aga kus on ohvritall?'

8 Ja Aabraham vastas: 'Küllap Jumal vaatab enesele ohvritalle, mu poeg!' Nõnda läksid mõlemad üheskoos.

9 Ja kui nad jõudsid paika, millest Jumal temale oli rääkinud, ehitas Aabraham sinna altari, ladus puud, sidus kinni oma poja Iisaki ja pani ta altarile puude peale.

10 Ja Aabraham sirutas käe ja võttis noa, et tappa oma poeg.

11 Aga Issanda ingel hüüdis teda taevast ja ütles: 'Aabraham, Aabraham!' Ja tema vastas: 'Siin ma olen!'

12 Siis ta ütles: 'Ära pane kätt poisi külge ja ära tee temale midagi, sest nüüd ma tean, et sa kardad Jumalat ega keela mulle oma ainsat poega!'

13 Ja Aabraham tõstis oma silmad üles, vaatas, ja ennäe, üks jäär oli rägastikus sarvipidi kinni. Ja Aabraham läks ning võttis jäära ja ohverdas selle põletusohvriks oma poja asemel.

14 Ja Aabraham pani sellele paigale nimeks 'Issand näeb'. Seepärast öeldakse tänapäevalgi: 'Issanda mäel ta näitab end.'

15 Ja Issanda ingel hüüdis Aabrahami teist korda taevast

16 ning ütles temale: 'Ma vannun iseenese juures, ütleb Issand: sellepärast et sa seda tegid ega keelanud mulle oma ainsat poega,

17 ma õnnistan sind tõesti ja teen su soo väga paljuks - nagu tähti taevas ja nagu liiva mere ääres - ja su sugu vallutab oma vaenlaste väravad!

18 Ja sinu soo nimel õnnistavad endid kõik maailma rahvad, sellepärast et sa võtsid kuulda mu häält!'

19 Siis Aabraham läks tagasi oma noorte meeste juurde, ja nad tõusid ning läksid üheskoos Beer-Sebasse. Ja Aabraham jäi elama Beer-Sebasse.

20 Ja pärast neid sündmusi teatati Aabrahamile ja öeldi: 'Vaata, Milka on ka su vennale Naahorile poegi ilmale toonud:

21 Uusi, tema esmasündinu, Buusi, selle venna, Kemueli, Arami isa,

22 Kesedi, Haso, Pildase, Jidlafi ja Betueli.'

23 Ja Betuelile sündis Rebeka. Need kaheksa tõi Milka ilmale Naahorile, Aabrahami vennale.

24 Ja tema liignaine, Reuma nimi, sünnitas ka - Teba, Gahami, Tahase ja Maaka.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 2724

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