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1 Alors Rachel voyant qu elle ne faisait point d'enfants à Jacob, fut jalouse de Léa sa sœur; et dit à Jacob : Donne-moi des enfants, autrement je suis morte.

2 Et Jacob se mit fort en colère contre Rachel, et lui dit : Suis-je au lieu de Dieu, qui t'a empêchée d'avoir des enfants?

3 Et elle dit : Voilà ma servante Bilha; va vers elle et elle enfantera sur mes genoux, et j'aurai des enfants par elle.

4 Elle lui donna donc Bilha sa servante pour femme, et Jacob vint vers elle.

5 Et Bilha conçut, et enfanta un fils à Jacob.

6 Et Rachel dit : Dieu a jugé en ma faveur, et il a aussi exaucé ma voix, et m'a donné un fils; c'est pourquoi elle le nomma Dan.

7 Et Bilha, servante de Rachel, conçut encore, et enfanta un second fils à Jacob.

8 Et Rachel dit : J'ai fortement lutté contre ma sœur, aussi j'ai eu la victoire; c'est pourquoi elle le nomma Nephthali.

9 Alors Léa voyant qu'elle avait cessé de faire des enfants, prit Zilpa sa servante, et la donna à Jacob pour femme.

10 Et Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un fils à Jacob.

11 Et Léa dit : Une troupe est arrivée, c'est pourquoi elle le nomma Gad.

12 Et Zilpa, servante de Léa, enfanta un second fils à Jacob.

13 Et Léa dit : C'est pour me rendre heureuse; car les filles me diront bienheureuse; c'est pourquoi elle le nomma Aser.

14 Or Ruben étant sorti au temps de la moisson des blés, trouva des mandragores aux champs, et les apporta à Léa sa mère; et Rachel dit à Léa : Donne-moi, je te prie, des mandragores de ton fils.

15 Et elle lui répondit : Est-ce peu de chose de m'avoir oté mon mari, que tu m'otes aussi les mandragores de mon fils? Et Rachel dit : Qu'il couche donc cette nuit avec toi, pour les mandragores de ton fils.

16 Et quand Jacob revint des champs au soir, Léa sortit au-devant de lui, et lui dit : Tu viendras vers moi; car je t'ai loué pour les mandragores de mon fils; et il coucha avec elle cette nuit-là.

17 Et Dieu exauça Léa, et elle conçut, et enfanta à Jacob un cinquième fils.

18 Et elle dit : Dieu m'a récompensée, parce que j'ai donné ma servante à mon mari; c'est pourquoi elle le nomma Issacar.

19 Et Léa conçut encore, et enfanta un sixième fils à Jacob.

20 Et Léa dit : Dieu m'a donné un bon douaire; maintenant mon mari demeurera avec moi : car je lui ai enfanté six enfants; c'est pourquoi elle le nomma Zabulon.

21 Puis elle enfanta une fille, et la nomma Dina.

22 Et Dieu se souvint de Rachel, et Dieu l'ayant exaucée, ouvrit sa matrice.

23 Alors elle conçut, et enfanta un fils, et dit : Dieu a oté mon opprobre.

24 Et elle le nomma Joseph, en disant : Que l'Eternel m'ajoute un autre fils!

25 Et il arriva qu'après que Rachel eut enfanté Joseph, Jacob dit à Laban : Donne-moi mon congé, et je m'en retournerai en mon lieu, et en mon pays.

26 Donne-moi mes femmes et mes enfants, pour lesquels je t'ai servi, et je m'en irai; car tu sais de quelle manière je t'ai servi.

27 Et Laban lui répondit : [Ecoute], je te prie, si j'ai trouvé grâce devant toi; j'ai reconnu que l'Eternel m'a béni à cause de toi.

28 Il lui dit aussi : Marque-moi quel salaire [tu veux], et je te le donnerai.

29 Et il lui répondit : Tu sais comment je t'ai servi, et ce qu'est devenu ton bétail avec moi.

30 Car ce que tu avais avant que je vinsse, était peu de chose, mais il est beaucoup accru, et l'Eternel t'a béni à mon arrivée; et maintenant, quand ferai-je aussi [quelque chose] pour ma maison?

31 Et [Laban] lui dit : Que te donnerai-je? Et Jacob répondit : Tu ne me donneras rien; mais je paîtrai encore tes troupeaux, et je les garderai, si tu fais ceci pour moi :

32 Que je passe aujourd'hui parmi tes troupeaux, [et] qu'on mette à part toutes les brebis picotées et tachetées, et tous les agneaux roux, et les chèvres tachetées et picotées; et ce sera là mon salaire.

33 Et désormais ma justice rendra témoignage pour moi; car elle viendra sur mon salaire, en ta présence; et tout ce qui ne sera point picoté ou tacheté entre les chèvres, et roux entre les agneaux, sera tenu pour un larcin, s'il est trouvé chez moi.

34 Et Laban dit : Voici, qu'il te soit fait comme tu l'as dit.

35 Et en ce jour-là il sépara les boucs marquetés et picotés, et toutes les chèvres picotées et tachetées, toutes celles où il y avait du blanc, et tous les agneaux roux, et il les mit entre les mains de ses fils.

36 Et il mit l'espace de trois journées de chemin entre lui et Jacob; et Jacob paissait le reste des troupeaux de Laban.

37 Mais Jacob prit des verges fraîches, de peuplier, de coudrier, et de châtaignier, et en ôta les écorces en découvrant le blanc qui était aux verges.

38 Et il mit les verges qu'il avait pelées, au devant des troupeaux, dans les auges, et dans les abreuvoirs où les brebis venaient boire; et elles entraient en chaleur quand elles venaient boire.

39 Les brebis donc entraient en chaleur à la vue des verges, et elles faisaient des brebis marquetées, picotées, et tachetées.

40 Et Jacob partagea les agneaux, et fit que les brebis du troupeau de Laban avaient en vue les brebis marquetées, et tout ce qui était roux; et il mit ses troupeaux à part, et ne les mit point auprès des troupeaux de Laban.

41 Et il arrivait que toutes les fois que les brebis hâtives entraient en chaleur, Jacob mettait les verges dans les abreuvoirs devant les yeux du troupeau, afin qu'elles entrassent en chaleur en regardant les verges.

42 Mais quand les brebis étaient tardives, il ne les mettait point; et les tardives appartenaient à Laban, et les hâtives à Jacob.

43 Ainsi cet homme s'accrut fort [en biens], et eut de grands troupeaux, des servantes, et des serviteurs, des chameaux, et des ânes.

   

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8 Quand il disait ainsi : Les picotées seront ton salaire, alors toutes les brebis faisaient des agneaux picotés; et quand il disait : Les marquetées seront ton salaire, alors toutes les brebis faisaient des agneaux marquetés.

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447. Of the tribe of Zebulun were sealed twelve thousand.- That this signifies the conjunction with the Lord of those who are in the third heaven is evident from the representation and thence the signification of Zebulun and the tribe named after him, as denoting the conjunction with the Lord of those who are in the third heaven. For the name Zebulun in Hebrew is derived from [a word meaning] cohabitation, and cohabitation in the spiritual sense signifies conjunction, such as exists with those who love each other. Zebulun here signifies the conjunction with the Lord of those who are in the third heaven, because the nine preceding tribes signify all those who are in the heavens and come into the heavens; and there are three heavens, the inmost, the middle, and the ultimate, and none come into heaven but those whom the Lord conjoins to Himself, therefore the three tribes last named signify conjunction with the Lord. The tribe of Zebulun signifies the conjunction with the Lord of those who are in the third heaven; the tribe of Joseph, the conjunction with the Lord of those who are in the second heaven; and the tribe of Benjamin, the conjunction with the Lord of those who are in the ultimate heaven.

[2] In the highest sense, Zebulun signifies the union of the Divine itself and the Divine Human in the Lord; in the internal sense, the conjunction of the Lord with heaven and the church, and specifically, the conjunction of good and truth therein, since this conjunction is the cause of the conjunction with the Lord of those who are in the three heavens, and in the church. For the Lord flows into them with the good of love and charity, and conjoins it to the truths which they have, and by means of it He conjoins men and angels to Himself. These are the things signified by "cohabitation," from which Zebulun is named. That these things are signified by Zebulun may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 3960, 3961), where the words of his mother Leah when she brought him forth are explained, which are these:

"And Leah conceived, and bare a sixth son to Jacob. And Leah said, God hath endowed me with a good dowry; now will my husband cohabit with me, because I have borne him six sons; and she called his name Zebulun" (Genesis 30:19, 20).

[3] From these significations of Zebulun, it is evident what is signified by him in the following passages; as in the prophecy of Israel concerning his sons:

"Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the seas; and he shall be for a haven of ships; and his border shall be over unto Zidon" (Genesis 49:13).

Here, Zebulun signifies the conjunction of good and truth, which is also called the heavenly marriage. To dwell at the haven of the seas, signifies the conjunction of spiritual things with natural truths, for the sea denotes scientifics, which are natural truths. To dwell at a haven of ships, signifies spiritual conjunction with doctrinals from the Word, ships denoting doctrinals and knowledges of all kinds. His border being over unto Zidon, signifies extension to the knowledges of good and truth from the celestial kingdom. These things may be seen more fully explained in the Arcana Coelestia 6382-6386).

[4] Similarly in the prophecy of Moses concerning the sons of Israel:

"Of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going forth; and Issachar, in thy tents. They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall sacrifice sacrifices of justice; for they shall suck the abundance of the sea, and the hidden treasures of the sand" (Deuteronomy 33:18, 19).

That Zebulun here also signifies the conjunction of good and truth, may be seen in a previous article (n. 445:5), where this prophecy is explained. Similarly in the prophecy of Deborah and Barak in the book of Judges:

"Out of Machir, shall come down legislators, and out of Zebulun they who handle the staff of the scribe. Zebulun a people that devoted the soul to die, and Naphtali upon the high places of the field. The kings came, they fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of silver. They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera" (5:14, 18, 19, 20).

The subject in this prophecy is the combat of truth from good against falsity from evil. The king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor, and Sisera, the chief of his army, who fought against Barak and Deborah, signify the falsity of evil; Barak and Deborah, the truth of good. And because the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun signified combat from the truth which is from good, the tribe of Naphtali, combat, and the tribe of Zebulun, the conjunction of good and truth, therefore these two tribes only and not the other tribes were chosen to go into the combat (Judges 4:6). That this combat signified such things, is evident from the prophecy pronounced by Deborah and Barak, which treats in the spiritual sense of the victory of truth from good over falsity from evil, and of the purification and reformation of the church. Here therefore, Out of Machir shall come down legislators, signifies, that the truths of good shall flow from the good of life, for Machir has a signification similar to that of Manasseh, for he was the son of Manasseh (Genesis 50:23; Josh. 13:31); and legislators signify those who are in the truths of good, and in the abstract, the truths of good itself. And out of Zebulun they who handle the staff of the scribe, signifies intelligence from the conjunction of truth and good, for Zebulun signifies here, as above, the conjunction of truth and good, and the staff of the scribe, intelligence. Zebulun a people that devoted the soul to die, and Naphtali upon the high places of the field, signifies combat in the natural man by means of truths from the spiritual man, and from its influx and conjunction; the high places of the field signify the interior things of the spiritual man, from which the natural man fights. The kings came, they fought, then fought the kings of Canaan, signifies the falsities of evil against which there is combat. In Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, signifies those falsities and their nature. They took no gain of silver, signifies that they took and carried away nothing of truth from good, silver denoting truth from good. They fought from heaven, the stars in their courses fought against Sisera, signifies combat by means of the knowledges of truth and good, which come through heaven from the Lord, stars denoting such knowledges, and courses denoting truths.

[5] Zebulun and Naphtali also signify the conjunction of truth and good by combat against falsities and evils, and consequent reformation, in these words in Matthew:

Jesus "leaving Nazareth, came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; the people which sat in darkness saw a great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand" (4:13-17; Isaiah 9:1, 2).

That these words in Isaiah were spoken concerning the Lord, is evident, for it is said, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet "wherefore the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, also Galilee of the Gentiles," signify the establishment of the church with the Gentiles, who are in the good of life and receive truths, and are thus in the conjunction thereof, and in combat against evil and falsities. That the establishment of the church and the reformation of such Gentiles are there meant, is also evident from the statement that it was "beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles," and also that the people who sat in darkness saw a great light, and that to them that sat in the region and shadow of death light sprang up.

[6] Zebulun and Naphtali, in the highest sense, signify the union of the Divine itself with the Divine Human of the Lord by means of temptations admitted into Himself, and the victories which He obtained by His own power; as in David (Psalm 68:27-29) explained above (no. 439:5). Because such things were signified by Zebulun, therefore, the tribe of Judah, together with the tribes of Issachar and Zebulun, encamped to the east about the tent of the congregation (Num. 2:3-10). For the encampments of the sons of Israel around the tent of the congregation represented and thence signified the arrangement of the angelic societies in heaven; and those who are in conjunction with the Lord through love to Him are there in the east. The tribe of Judah represented love to the Lord, and the tribe of Zebulun, conjunction with Him.

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