Arcanes Célestes # 1946
1946. Et tu appelleras son nom Ismaël signifie l'état de la vie : Anciennement on donnait aux fils et aux filles des noms qui signifiaient l'état dans lequel avaient été les parents, et surtout les mères, quand elles les avaient conçus, ou pendant qu'elles étaient enceintes, ou au moment de l'accouchement, ou bien l'état dans lequel les enfants s'étaient trouvés en naissant : ainsi les noms étaient significatifs : ici est expliqué d'où Ismaël a tiré son nom, savoir : parce que Jéhovah a entendu l'affliction, ce qui était l'état de sa mère ; dans le Verset suivant est décrit ce que représente Ismaël.
Genesis 28:10-17
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Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran.
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He came to a certain place, and stayed there all night, because the sun had set. He took one of the stones of the place, and put it under his head, and lay down in that place to sleep.
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He dreamed. Behold, a stairway set upon the earth, and its top reached to heaven. Behold, the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
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Behold, Yahweh stood above it, and said, "I am Yahweh, the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed.
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Your seed will be as the dust of the earth, and you will spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south. In you and in your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.
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Behold, I am with you, and will keep you, wherever you go, and will bring you again into this land. For I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken of to you."
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Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, "Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn't know it."
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He was afraid, and said, "How dreadful is this place! This is none other than God's house, and this is the gate of heaven."
