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Genesis 27

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1 Kui Iisak oli vanaks jäänud ja ta silmanägemine oli tuhmunud, siis ta kutsus Eesavi, oma vanema poja, ja ütles temale: 'Mu poeg!' Ja see vastas temale: 'Siin ma olen!'

2 Ja ta ütles: 'Vaata, ma olen vanaks jäänud ega tea oma surmapäeva.

3 Võta nüüd oma jahiriistad, nooletupp ja amb, mine väljale ja küti mulle mõni jahiloom!

4 Valmista siis mulle maitsvat rooga, mida ma armastan, ja too mulle süüa, et mu hing sind õnnistaks, enne kui ma suren!'

5 Aga Rebeka kuulis, kui Iisak rääkis oma poja Eesaviga. Ja kui Eesav oli läinud väljale küttima ja jahisaaki tooma,

6 siis rääkis Rebeka oma poja Jaakobiga, öeldes: 'Vaata, ma kuulsin su isa rääkivat su venna Eesaviga ja ütlevat:

7 Too mulle jahisaaki ja valmista mulle maitsvat rooga, et ma söön ja sind Issanda ees õnnistan, enne kui ma suren.

8 Ja nüüd, mu poeg, kuula mu sõna ja tee, mida ma sind käsin:

9 mine karja juurde ja võta mulle sealt kaks head sikutalle ja ma valmistan need su isale maitsvaks roaks, mida ta armastab.

10 Sina vii need siis oma isale, et ta sööks ja sind õnnistaks, enne kui ta sureb!'

11 Aga Jaakob ütles oma emale Rebekale: 'Vaata, mu vend Eesav on karune, aga mina olen sile.

12 Võib-olla katsub isa mind käega, siis oleksin tema silmis nagu petis ja tooksin enesele needuse, mitte õnnistuse.'

13 Aga ta ema ütles talle: 'Sinu needmine tulgu minu peale, mu poeg! Kuula ainult mu sõna ja mine too mulle!'

14 Siis ta läks ja võttis need ning tõi oma emale; ja ta ema valmistas maitsva roa, mida ta isa armastas.

15 Ja Rebeka võttis oma vanema poja Eesavi parimad riided, mis olid ta juures kodus, ja pani need selga oma nooremale pojale Jaakobile.

16 Tema käte ja sileda kaela ümber aga pani ta sikutallede nahad.

17 Siis ta andis maitsva roa ja leiva, mille ta oli valmistanud, oma poja Jaakobi kätte,

18 ja see läks oma isa juurde ning ütles: 'Mu isa!' Ja tema vastas: 'Siin ma olen! Kumb sa oled, mu poeg?'

19 Ja Jaakob ütles oma isale: 'Mina olen Eesav, sinu esmasündinu! Ma tegin, nagu sa mind käskisid. Tõuse, istu ja söö mu jahisaaki, et su hing mind õnnistaks!'

20 Aga Iisak küsis oma pojalt: 'Kuidas sa nii kähku leidsid, mu poeg?' Ja tema vastas: 'Issand, sinu Jumal, saatis mulle ette.'

21 Siis Iisak ütles Jaakobile: 'Tule ometi ligemale, et ma sind käega katsun, mu poeg, kas sa oled mu poeg Eesav või mitte?'

22 Ja Jaakob astus oma isa Iisaki juurde, ja tema katsus teda käega ning ütles: 'Hääl on Jaakobi Hääl, aga käed on Eesavi käed!'

23 Ja ta ei tundnud teda ära, sest tema käed olid karused nagu ta venna Eesavi käed; ja ta õnnistas teda.

24 Ta küsis veel kord: 'Kas sa oled tõesti mu poeg Eesav?' Ja ta vastas: 'Olen!'

25 Siis ta ütles: 'Ulata mulle ja ma söön oma poja jahisaaki, et mu hing sind õnnistaks!' Ja ta ulatas temale selle, ja ta sõi; ja ta tõi temale veini, ja ta jõi.

26 Seejärel ütles ta isa Iisak temale: 'Tule nüüd ligemale ja anna mulle suud, mu poeg!'

27 Ja ta astus ligi ning andis temale suud; siis ta tundis tema riiete lõhna ja ta õnnistas teda ning ütles: 'Näe, mu poja lõhn - otsekui välja lõhn, mida Issand on õnnistanud!

28 Jumal andku sulle taeva kastet ja maa rammu, ning külluses vilja ja veini!

29 Rahvad orjaku sind, rahvahõimud kummardagu sind! Ole oma vendade isand, su ema pojad kummardagu sind! Neetud olgu, kes sind neab, õnnistatud, kes sind õnnistab!'

30 Ja kui Iisak oli Jaakobit õnnistanud ja kui Jaakob oli just ära läinud oma isa Iisaki juurest, siis tuli tema vend Eesav küttimast.

31 Ja temagi valmistas maitsva roa ja viis oma isa juurde ning ütles isale: 'Tõuse, mu isa, ja söö oma poja jahisaaki, et su hing mind õnnistaks!'

32 Aga tema isa Iisak küsis temalt: 'Kes sa oled?' Ja ta vastas: 'Mina olen su poeg Eesav, su esmasündinu!'

33 Siis Iisak värises väga suurest ärritusest ja ütles: 'Kes oli siis see, kes jahilooma küttis ja mulle tõi? Ja mina sõin kõike, enne kui sa tulid, ning õnnistasin teda! Õnnistatuks ta jääbki!'

34 Kui Eesav kuulis oma isa sõnu, siis ta kisendas väga valjusti ja kibedasti ning ütles oma isale: 'Õnnista ka mind, mu isa!'

35 Aga ta vastas: 'Su vend tuli kavalusega ja võttis su õnnistuse.'

36 Siis ta ütles: 'Eks ole temale nimeks pandud Jaakob? Juba teist korda on ta mind petnud: ta võttis mu esmasünniõiguse, ja vaata, nüüd ta võttis ka mu õnnistuse!' Ja ta küsis: 'Kas sul pole hoitud õnnistust eraldi minu jaoks?'

37 Aga Iisak vastas ning ütles Eesavile: 'Vaata, ma olen pannud ta sinu isandaks ja olen andnud kõik ta vennad temale sulaseiks, ja ma olen teda varustanud vilja ja veiniga. Mida võiksin siis nüüd teha sinu heaks, mu poeg?'

38 Ja Eesav ütles oma isale: 'Ons see sul ainus õnnistus, mu isa? Õnnista ka mind, mu isa!' Ja Eesav tõstis häält ning nuttis.

39 Siis vastas tema isa Iisak ning ütles temale: 'Vaata, su eluase on eemal rammusast maast ja ilma taeva kasteta ülalt.

40 Sa elad oma mõõga varal ja pead oma venda orjama. Ometi sünnib, kui end raputad, et rebid tema ikke oma kaelast.'

41 Ja Eesav hakkas Jaakobit vihkama õnnistuse pärast, millega ta isa teda oli õnnistanud; ja Eesav mõtles iseeneses: 'Küllap tulevad mu isa leinamise päevad, siis ma tapan oma venna Jaakobi!'

42 Kui Rebekale tehti teatavaks ta vanema poja Eesavi mõtted, siis ta laskis kutsuda oma noorema poja Jaakobi ja ütles temale: 'Vaata, sinu vend Eesav trööstib ennast sellega, et ta su tapab.

43 Aga nüüd, mu poeg, kuula mu sõna! Võta kätte ja põgene mu venna Laabani juurde Haaranisse

44 ja jää tema juurde mõneks ajaks, kuni su venna raev on raugenud,

45 kuni su venna viha sinu pärast on möödunud ja ta unustab, mis sa temale oled teinud. Siis ma läkitan sulle järele ja lasen sind sealt ära tuua. Miks peaksin teid mõlemaid kaotama ühel ja samal päeval?'

46 Ja Rebeka ütles Iisakile: 'Ma olen elust tüdinud hetitaride pärast. Kui Jaakob võtab naise hetitaride hulgast, selle maa tütreist, niisuguse nagu need, mis elu mul siis on?'

   

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1159. And all things fat and splendid have departed from thee.- That this signifies that all goods and truths, and things auspicious and magnificent, which they have persuaded themselves, they would be able to acquire by means of that religion, are changed into the contrary, is evident from the signification of fat things, which denote goods and auspicious things therefrom, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of things splendid, which denote truths and things magnificent therefrom. The reason why this is the signification of things splendid, is, that splendour is the result of light, and the light of heaven is Divine Truth or Divine Wisdom, which is the cause of all things in the heavens shining with a splendour unknown in the world. It may be compared with the brilliancy of a diamond turned to the sun, but the splendour seen in heaven far exceeds this, just as the light of heaven exceeds the light of the world, the difference between which is so great, that while it may be illustrated by comparisons, yet it cannot be described. All the magnificent things of heaven, exist from that light, and these chiefly consist of forms corresponding to wisdom, which are such that in the world they can neither be pictured nor described. For in them art itself is in its art, and science is in its wisdom, consequently they are of ineffable beauty. It is evident from these facts why things splendid signify truths and thence things magnificent.

[2] The reason why fat things signify goods and auspicious things therefrom, is, that the fat is the best part of flesh, and that it is like oil, which signifies the good of love. That fatness signifies good and those things that belong to it, thus happiness and joys, is clear from the following passages in the Word.

In Isaiah:

"Attending attend unto me, eat ye good, that your soul may be delighted in fatness" (55:2).

To eat good signifies to appropriate good to themselves; thence by delighting in fatness is signified to be in a state of happiness and blessedness.

In Jeremiah:

"I will fill the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with good" (31:14).

Here also fatness signifies happiness and blessing from the good of love.

In David:

"My soul shall be satisfied with fat and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips" (Psalm 63:5).

The soul being satisfied with fat and fatness, signifies to be filled with the good of love and with joy therefrom. To praise with joyful lips signifies to worship by means of truths which gladden the mind.

Again:

"Thy houses shall be filled with fatness, and thou shalt cause them to drink of the stream of delights" (Psalm 36:8).

The fatness with which the houses shall be filled, signifies the good of love, and happiness therefrom, houses denoting things pertaining to the mind. The river of the delights, of which they shall drink, signifies intelligence and happiness therefrom.

[3] In Isaiah:

"In this mountain shall Jehovah Zebaoth make to all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow and of wine on the lees well refined" (25:6).

These things are said concerning the state of those who would acknowledge and adore the Lord. By that mountain is signified a new church from them; by the feast of fat things, of fat things full of marrow, is signified good both natural and spiritual with joy of heart; and by the lees, lees well refined, are signified truths from that good with the happiness therefrom.

In the same prophet:

"Jehovah shall give the rain of thy seed, with which thou shalt sow the earth, and bread of the produce of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous" (30:23).

The rain of seed signifies the multiplication of truth; and bread of produce the fructification of good. By fat and plenteous is signified good and truth with all its satisfaction and happiness.

In David:

"As yet they shall have increase in old age, they shall be fat and green, to show that Jehovah is right" (Psalm 92:14, 15).

To be fat and green signifies to be in goods and truths of doctrine.

Again:

"Jehovah shall remember all thy offerings and shall make fat thy burnt offering" (Psalm 20:3).

By offerings and burnt offering is signified worship, and by making it fat is signified that it is from the good of love.

The signification of fatness in Ezekiel 34:3; Genesis 27:39, and elsewhere is similar. Because fat and fatness signify the good of love, and because all worship, which is truly worship, must be from the good of love, therefore it was a law that all the fat in the sacrifices should be burnt upon the altar (Exodus 29:13, 22; Leviticus 1:8; 3:3-16; 4:8-35; 7:3, 4, 30, 31; 17:6; Numbers 18:17, 18); for the sacrifices and burnt offerings signified worship.

[4] Since the Jews and Israelites were only in external worship, and not at the same time in internal worship, and not therefore in any good of love, or in any good of charity and faith, they were therefore prohibited from eating fat and blood, and it was a law that if they ate these, they should be cut off (Leviticus 3:17; 7:23, 25). But to those who are in internal worship, and thence in external worship - as those will be who shall belong to the Lord's New Church - it is said, that they shall eat fat to fulness, and drink blood to drunkenness (ebrietas) (Ezekiel 39:19). Fat there signifies all the good of heaven and of the church, and blood all the truth of these. In the opposite sense the fat ones signify those who loathe good and who utterly despise and reject it (Deuteronomy 32:15; Jeremiah 5:28; 50:11; Psalm 17:10; 20:4; 68:31; 119:70; and elsewhere).

[5] Continuation.- Such, however, is not the lot of those who are continually evil, for these are in hell according to the loves of their life. There they think, and from their thought, speak, although they utter falsities; they also will, and, from their will they act, although their actions are evil. They appear, moreover to one another as men, although in the light of heaven they are of a monstrous form. It is therefore evident, why it is in accordance with a law of order relating to reformation, and called a law of Divine Providence, that a man is admitted into the truths of faith and the goods of love, only so far as he can be withheld from evils and kept in goods to the end of his life and that it is better that he should be always evil, than that he should be good and afterwards evil; for in this case he becomes profane. The Lord, who both provides and foresees all things, for this reason conceals the operations of His Providence, and to such a degree that man scarcely knows whether there is any providence at all. He permits him rather to attribute ordinary events to prudence, and contingencies to fortune, and even to ascribe many things to nature, rather than that, through any striking and manifest signs of the Divine Providence and Presence, he should plunge unreasonably into the midst of holy things in which he would not remain. The Lord also permits similar things in accordance with other laws of His Providence, namely, that man should enjoy freedom, and that in all that he does he should act according to reason, thus entirely as if from himself. For it is better that he should ascribe the operations of the Divine Providence to prudence and fortune, than that he should acknowledge them, and still live as a devil. From these facts it is evident that the laws of permission, which are numerous, proceed from the laws of Providence.

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.