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1 Mose 38

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1 Und es geschah zu selbiger Zeit, daß Juda von seinen Brüdern hinabzog und zu einem Manne von Adullam einkehrte mit Namen Hira.

2 Und Juda sah daselbst die Tochter eines kanaanitischen Mannes, mit Namen Schua; und er nahm sie und ging zu ihr ein.

3 Und sie wurde schwanger und gebar einen Sohn, und er gab ihm den Namen Gher.

4 Und sie wurde abermals schwanger und gebar einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Onan.

5 Und wiederum gebar sie einen Sohn, und sie gab ihm den Namen Schela; Juda (W. er; and. l. sie) war aber zu Kesib, als sie ihn gebar.

6 Und Juda nahm ein Weib für Gher, seinen Erstgeborenen, und ihr Name war Tamar.

7 Und Gher, der Erstgeborene Judas, war böse in den Augen Jehovas, und Jehova tötete ihn.

8 Da sprach Juda zu Onan: Gehe ein zu dem Weibe deines Bruders, und leiste ihr die Schwagerpflicht und erwecke deinem Bruder Samen.

9 Da aber Onan wußte, daß der Same nicht sein eigen sein sollte, so geschah es, wenn er zu dem Weibe seines Bruders einging, daß er ihn verderbte zur Erde, um seinem Bruder keinen Samen zu geben.

10 Und es war übel in den Augen Jehovas, was er tat; und er tötete auch ihn.

11 Da sprach Juda zu Tamar, seiner Schwiegertochter: Bleibe Witwe im Hause deines Vaters, bis mein Sohn Schela groß sein wird. Denn er sagte: Daß nicht auch er sterbe wie seine Brüder! Und Tamar ging hin und blieb im Hause ihres Vaters.

12 Als der Tage viele geworden, da starb die Tochter Schuas, das Weib Judas. Und als Juda getröstet war, ging er zu seinen Schafscherern hinauf, er und Hira, sein Freund, der Adullamiter, nach Timna.

13 Und es wurde der Tamar berichtet und gesagt: Siehe, dein Schwiegervater geht nach Timna hinauf, um seine Schafe zu scheren.

14 Da legte sie die Kleider ihrer Witwenschaft von sich und bedeckte sich mit einem Schleier (Vergl. die anm. zu Kap. 24, 65) und verhüllte sich; und sie setzte sich an den Eingang von Enaim, das am Wege nach Timna liegt; denn sie sah, daß Schela groß geworden war und sie ihm nicht zum Weibe gegeben wurde.

15 Und Juda sah sie und hielt sie für eine Hure, denn sie hatte ihr Angesicht bedeckt.

16 Und er bog zu ihr ab in den Weg und sprach: Wohlan, laß mich zu dir eingehen! Denn er wußte nicht, daß sie seine Schwiegertochter war. Und sie sprach: Was willst du mir geben, daß du zu mir eingehst?

17 Da sprach er: Ich will dir ein Ziegenböcklein von der Herde senden. Und sie sprach: Wenn du ein Pfand gibst, bis du es sendest.

18 Und er sprach: Was für ein Pfand soll ich dir geben? Und sie sprach: Deinen Siegelring und deine Schnur und deinen Stab, der in deiner Hand ist. Da gab er es ihr und ging zu ihr ein, und sie ward schwanger von ihm.

19 Und sie stand auf und ging hin, und sie legte ihren Schleier von sich und zog die Kleider ihrer Witwenschaft an.

20 Und Juda sandte das Ziegenböcklein durch die Hand seines Freundes, des Adullamiters, um das Pfand aus der Hand des Weibes zu nehmen; aber er fand sie nicht.

21 Und er fragte die Leute ihres Ortes und sprach: Wo ist jene Buhlerin, (Eig. Geweihte, d. h. dem Dienste der Astarte, der Liebesgöttin der Kanaaniter, geweiht) die zu Enaim am Wege war? Und sie sprachen: Hier ist keine Buhlerin gewesen.

22 Und er kehrte zu Juda zurück und sprach: Ich habe sie nicht gefunden, und auch sagten die Leute des Ortes: Hier ist keine Buhlerin gewesen.

23 Da sprach Juda: Sie behalte es für sich, daß wir nicht zum Gespött werden; siehe, ich habe dieses Böcklein gesandt, und du hast sie ja nicht gefunden.

24 Und es geschah nach etwa drei Monaten, da wurde dem Juda berichtet und gesagt: Tamar, deine Schwiegertochter, hat gehurt, und siehe, sie ist auch schwanger von Hurerei. Da sprach Juda: Führet sie hinaus, daß sie verbrannt werde!

25 Als sie hinausgeführt wurde, da sandte sie zu ihrem Schwiegervater und ließ ihm sagen: Von dem Manne, dem dieses gehört, bin ich schwanger; und sie sprach: Erkenne doch, wem dieser Siegelring und diese Schnur und dieser Stab gehört!

26 Und Juda erkannte es und sprach: Sie ist gerechter als ich, darum daß ich sie nicht meinem Sohne Schela gegeben habe; und er erkannte sie hinfort nicht mehr.

27 Und es geschah zur Zeit, als sie gebären sollte, siehe, da waren Zwillinge in ihrem Leibe.

28 Und es geschah, während sie gebar, da streckte einer die Hand heraus, und die Hebamme nahm sie und band einen Karmesinfaden um seine Hand und sprach: Dieser ist zuerst herausgekommen.

29 Und es geschah, als er seine Hand zurückzog, siehe, da kam sein Bruder heraus; und sie sprach: Wie bist du durchgebrochen! Auf dir sei der Bruch! (O. sprach: Was für einen iß hast du um dich gerissen) Und man gab ihm den Namen Perez. (Bruch, iß)

30 Und danach kam sein Bruder heraus, um dessen Hand der Karmesinfaden war, und man gab ihm den Namen Serach. (Aufgang, Glanz)

   

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Finding, or being found, can have different meanings in the Word, depending on the context. Here are two examples:

From Arcana Coelestia 5756, 'Behold, the silver which we found in the mouth of our pouches' means when truth freely given.

In Revelation 18:21, we find this: "And one strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be cast down, and shall not be found any more." Here, "to not to be found any more," signifies not to rise again, according to Apocalypse Explained 1183.

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1042. Verse 4. And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, signifies the appearance of that religious persuasion in externals, as if it were from celestial good and truth, and yet in internals it is from devilish evil and falsity. This is evident from the signification of the "woman," as being the religious persuasion of the Papists; also from the signification of "arrayed," as being what it is in externals, for "garments" are external things that clothe; therefore "to be arrayed" means the appearance in externals. Also from the signification of "purple," as being good from a celestial origin, and also the evil opposite thereto, which is called devilish evil (of which presently). Also from the signification of "scarlet," as being truth from a celestial origin, and also the falsity opposite thereto, which is called devilish falsity. That these goods and truths differ from goods and truths that are from a spiritual origin, and that the like is true of the evils and falsities opposite to them, which are called infernal evils and falsities, will be shown in the following article.

[2] This woman, who is a harlot, and is Babylon, is thus described, because those who are in evils and in falsities therefrom are described in the Word from their external appearance, thus such as they are in the eyes of the men who worship them. They are so described because the sense of the letter of the Word consists of appearances; while the spiritual sense puts off those appearances, and presents interior things naked, without clothing, and when these appear, they appear in a wholly different form; as here the woman seen in external appearance "arrayed in purple and scarlet," is called, as to her internal form, "the mother of the whoredoms and of the abominations of the earth;" and the like is said of:

The rich man clothed in purple and fine linen, who, nevertheless, was cast into hell (Luke 16:19);

also of the Assyrians, with whom Ohola and Oholibah, that is, Samaria and Jerusalem, committed whoredom, who are called:

Officers and leaders, horsemen clothed in blue riding upon horses (Ezekiel 23:6, 12).

So in other passages. Babylon is here described as a harlot appears in the world, splendidly clothed and yet abominable, because full of uncleanness.

[3] Before proving from the Word that "purple and scarlet" signify goods and truths from a celestial origin, something shall be said about such goods and truths. The Divine good that proceeds from the Lord is united with His Divine truth, as heat from the sun is with light in the time of spring. But the angels, who are recipients of the Divine good and Divine truth proceeding from the Lord, are distinguished into celestial and spiritual. Those who receive more of the Lord's Divine good than of His Divine truth are called celestial angels; because these constitute the kingdom of the Lord that is called the celestial kingdom. But the angels who receive more of the Lord's Divine truth than of His Divine good are called spiritual angels, because the Lord's spiritual kingdom consists of these. This makes clear that goods and truths have a twofold origin, namely, a celestial origin and a spiritual origin. Those goods and truths that are from a celestial origin are the goods and truths of love to the Lord; while those goods and truths that are from a spiritual origin are the goods and truths of love towards the neighbor. The difference is like that between higher and lower, or between interior and exterior; thus like that between things that are in a higher or interior degree, and those that are in a lower or exterior degree; and what this difference is can be seen from what has been said in the work on Heaven and Hell about the three degrees of the heavens, and thus of the angels, and of their wisdom and intelligence (n. 33, 34, 38-39, 208-209, 211, 435).

[4] That "purple" signifies in the Word that good, and "scarlet" that truth, can be seen from the passages in the Word where they are mentioned. As in Ezekiel:

Fine linen of embroidered work from Egypt was thy spreading forth, blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was thy covering (Ezekiel 27:7).

This is said of Tyre, which signifies the church as to the knowledges of truth and good, "blue and purple" standing for such knowledges from a celestial origin, and "covering and spreading forth" signifying the externals of that church. In Luke:

There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen and indulged in delicacies every day (Luke 16:19).

The "rich man" means the Jewish nation and the church therein, which was called "rich" from the knowledges of good and truth from the Word that they had, "in purple" meaning the knowledges of good, and "in fine linen" the knowledges of truth, both from a celestial origin. In Lamentations:

They that did eat delicacies are laid waste in the streets; they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced a dunghill (Lamentations 4:5).

"To be brought up in scarlet" means to be instructed from infancy in truths from celestial good.

[5] As the Tent of meeting represented heaven, and the garments of Aaron represented the holy things of heaven, and purple and scarlet signify the goods and truths of heaven, so the curtains and veils of the Tent, as well as the garments of Aaron, were wrought with blue, purple, scarlet double-dyed, and fine linen woven together; as:

The curtains of the habitation (Exodus 26:1);

The veil before the ark (Exodus 26:31);

The covering for the door of the Tent (Exodus 26:36);

The covering at the gate of the court (Exodus 27:16);

The ephod (Exodus 28:6);

The belt (Exodus 28:8);

The breastplate of judgment (Exodus 28:15);

The fringes of the robe of the ephod (Exodus 28:33).

Because "scarlet double-dyed" signified the truth of celestial good, therefore:

A cloth of scarlet double-dyed was spread over the table upon which was the bread of faces, and afterwards it was covered with a covering of the skin of the badger (Numbers 4:8).

For the inmost things of the celestial kingdom were signified by the things that were upon the table, which were loaves; but the exterior things by the coverings, which have reference to truths from good.

[6] As truth from celestial good, which is the truth of the sense of the letter of the Word, is signified by "scarlet," it was used for remembrances, as that:

The sons of Israel should make for themselves a train on the borders of their garment, and should put upon the train of the border a cord of scarlet, that by it they might remember all the commandments of Jehovah and do them (Numbers 15:38-39).

And for the same reason it was a custom in ancient times, when significatives were in use, to tie a scarlet cord as a reminder or remembrance of a thing, as is said of Perez the son of Tamar, that:

The midwife tied scarlet upon his hand (Genesis 38:28, 30);

and of the harlot Rahab, that:

She tied in the window a scarlet cord, that the spies might remember their promise (Joshua 2:17, 21).

[7] As all purifications from evils are effected by truths from the Word, therefore:

Cedar wood, scarlet and hyssop were used in cleansings (Leviticus 14:4-7, 49-52).

And scarlet was used for the waters of separation and expiation from a red heifer (Numbers 19:6).

Purple and scarlet derive their signification from the nature of these colors. For there are colors in heaven far more brilliant than in the world, originating from the light there; and as red has its origin there from what is fiery or flame-like, and what is fiery and flame-like has its origin there from the good of love, so "purple" signifies good from a celestial origin. But scarlet derives its color from what is flame-like and at the same time glistening, and glistening from light signifies truth; consequently that color signifies the truth of celestial good.

[8] As most things in the Word have a contrary sense, so have purple and scarlet; and in that sense they signify the evils and falsities opposite to those goods and truths. As in Isaiah:

Although your sins have been as scarlet they shall become white like snow; although they have been red as purple they shall be as wool (Isaiah 1:18).

Since "scarlet," the same as "snow," signifies truth, and "purple," the same as "wool," signifies good, and since "scarlet and purple," signify in the contrary sense falsity and evil (falsity and truth, and evil and good corresponding by opposition), so it is said "Although your sins have been as scarlet they shall become white like snow, and although they have been red as purple they shall be as wool."

  
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