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1 Mose 26

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1 Und es entstand eine Hungersnot im Lande, außer der vorigen Hungersnot, die in den Tagen Abrahams gewesen war. Und Isaak zog zu Abimelech, dem Könige der Philister, nach Gerar.

2 Und Jehova erschien ihm und sprach: Ziehe nicht hinab nach Ägypten; bleibe in dem Lande, von dem ich dir sage.

3 Halte dich auf in diesem Lande, und ich werde mit dir sein und dich segnen; denn dir und deinem Samen werde ich alle diese Länder geben, und ich werde den Eid aufrecht halten, den ich deinem Vater Abraham geschworen habe.

4 Und ich werde deinen Samen mehren wie die Sterne des Himmels und deinem Samen alle diese Länder geben; und in deinem Samen werden sich segnen alle Nationen der Erde:

5 darum daß Abraham meiner Stimme gehorcht und beobachtet hat meine Vorschriften, meine Gebote, meine Satzungen und meine Gesetze.

6 So blieb Isaak in Gerar.

7 Und die Männer des Ortes erkundigten sich nach seinem Weibe, und er sprach: Sie ist meine Schwester. Denn er fürchtete sich zu sagen: Mein Weib, indem er dachte: Die Männer des Ortes möchten mich sonst töten wegen Rebekka; denn sie ist schön von Ansehen.

8 Und es geschah, als er längere Zeit daselbst gewesen war, da blickte Abimelech, der König der Philister, durchs Fenster, und er sah, und siehe, Isaak scherzte mit Rebekka, seinem Weibe.

9 Da rief Abimelech den Isaak und sprach: Siehe, fürwahr, sie ist dein Weib; und wie hast du gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester? Und Isaak sprach zu ihm: Weil ich mir sagte: Daß ich nicht sterbe ihretwegen.

10 Und Abimelech sprach: Was hast du uns da getan! Wenig fehlte, so hätte einer aus dem Volke bei deinem Weibe gelegen, und du hättest eine Schuld über uns gebracht.

11 Und Abimelech gebot allem Volke und sprach: Wer diesen Mann und sein Weib antastet, soll gewißlich getötet werden.

12 Und Isaak säte in selbigem Lande und gewann in selbigem Jahre das Hundertfältige; und Jehova segnete ihn.

13 Und der Mann ward groß und wurde fort und fort größer, bis er sehr groß war.

14 Und er hatte Herden von Kleinvieh und Herden von Rindern und ein großes Gesinde; und die Philister beneideten ihn.

15 Und alle Brunnen, welche die Knechte seines Vaters in den Tagen seines Vaters Abraham gegraben hatten, verstopften die Philister und füllten sie mit Erde.

16 Und Abimelech sprach zu Isaak: Ziehe weg von uns, denn du bist viel mächtiger geworden als wir.

17 Da zog Isaak von dannen und schlug sein Lager auf im Tale Gerar und wohnte daselbst.

18 Und Isaak grub die Wasserbrunnen wieder auf, welche sie in den Tagen seines Vaters Abraham gegraben und welche die Philister nach dem Tode Abrahams verstopft hatten; und er benannte sie mit denselben Namen, womit sein Vater sie benannt hatte.

19 Und die Knechte Isaaks gruben im Tale und fanden daselbst einen Brunnen lebendigen Wassers.

20 Da haderten die Hirten von Gerar mit den Hirten Isaaks und sprachen: Das Wasser ist unser! Und er gab dem Brunnen den Namen Esek, weil sie mit ihm gezankt hatten.

21 Und sie gruben einen anderen Brunnen, und sie haderten auch über diesen, und er gab ihm den Namen Sitna.

22 Und er brach auf von dannen und grub einen anderen Brunnen, und über diesen haderten sie nicht; und er gab ihm den Namen Rechoboth und sprach: Denn nun hat Jehova uns Raum gemacht, und wir werden fruchtbar sein im Lande.

23 Und er zog von dannen hinauf nach Beerseba.

24 Und Jehova erschien ihm in selbiger Nacht und sprach: Ich bin der Gott Abrahams, deines Vaters; fürchte dich nicht, denn ich bin mit dir, und ich werde dich segnen und deinen Samen mehren um Abrahams, meines Knechtes, willen.

25 Und er baute daselbst einen Altar und rief den Namen Jehovas an; und er schlug daselbst sein Zelt auf; und die Knechte Isaaks gruben daselbst einen Brunnen.

26 Und Abimelech zog zu ihm von Gerar mit Achusat, seinem Freunde, und Pikol, seinem Heerobersten.

27 Und Isaak sprach zu ihnen: Warum kommet ihr zu mir, da ihr mich doch hasset und mich von euch weggetrieben habt?

28 Und sie sprachen: Wir haben deutlich gesehen, daß Jehova mit dir ist; und wir haben uns gesagt: Möge doch ein Eid sein zwischen uns, zwischen uns und dir, und wir wollen einen Bund mit dir machen,

29 daß du uns nichts Übles tuest, so wie wir dich nicht angetastet haben und wie wir dir nur Gutes erwiesen und dich haben ziehen lassen in Frieden. Du bist nun einmal ein Gesegneter Jehovas.

30 Und er machte ihnen ein Mahl, und sie aßen und tranken.

31 Und sie standen des Morgens früh auf und schwuren einer dem anderen; und Isaak entließ sie, und sie zogen von ihm in Frieden. -

32 Und es geschah an selbigem Tage, da kamen Isaaks Knechte und berichteten ihm wegen des Brunnens, den sie gegraben hatten, und sprachen zu ihm: Wir haben Wasser gefunden.

33 Und er nannte ihn Sibea; daher der Name der Stadt Beerseba bis auf diesen Tag.

34 Und Esau war vierzig Jahre alt, da nahm er zum Weibe Judith, die Tochter Beeris, des Hethiters, und Basmath, die Tochter Elons, des Hethiters.

35 Und sie waren ein Herzeleid für Isaak und Rebekka.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3318

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3318. And he was weary. That this signifies a state of combat, is evident from the signification of “weary,” or “weariness,” as being the state after combat; here, a state of combat, because the subject is the conjunction of good with truth in the natural man. That “weary” here signifies a state of combat, cannot appear except from the series of things in the internal sense, and especially from the consideration that good cannot be conjoined with truth in the natural man without combats, or what is the same, without temptations. That it may be known how the case herein is in respect to man, it shall be briefly told.

[2] Man is nothing but an organ, or vessel, which receives life from the Lord; for man does not live from himself (n. 290, 1954, 2021, 2536, 2706, 2886-3001). The life which inflows with man from the Lord is from His Divine love. This love, or the life thence derived, inflows and applies itself to the vessels which are in man’s rational, and to those which are in his natural. In consequence of the hereditary evil into which man is born, and of the actual evil which he acquires, these vessels are in a contrary position within him relatively to the inflowing life, yet insofar as the life which flows in can dispose the vessels to receive it, it does so dispose them. These vessels in the rational man, and in the natural, are what are called truths, but in themselves they are merely perceptions of the variations of form of these vessels, and of the changes of state according to which in divers ways these variations come forth, being effected in the most subtle substances, by methods inexpressible (n. 2487). Good itself, which has life from the Lord, or which is life, is that which flows in and disposes.

[3] When therefore these vessels, which are to be varied as to forms, are as before said in a contrary position and direction in respect to the life, it is evident that they must be reduced to a position in accordance with the life, or into compliance with it. This cannot possibly be effected so long as the man is in that state into which he is born, and to which he has reduced himself; for the vessels are not obedient, being obstinately resistant, and hardening themselves against the heavenly order according to which the life acts; for the good which moves them, and with which they comply, is of the love of self and of the world; which good, from the gross heat that is in it, causes them to be of such a quality; and therefore before they can be rendered compliant and fit to receive anything of the life of the Lord’s love, they must be softened. This softening is effected by no other means than temptations; for temptations remove all that is of the love of self and of contempt for others in comparison with self, consequently all that is of self-glory, and also of hatred and revenge on this account. When therefore the vessels have been somewhat tempered and subdued by temptations, they begin to become yielding to, and compliant with, the life of the Lord’s love, which continually flows in with man.

[4] Hence then it is that good begins to be conjoined with truths; first in the rational man, and afterwards in the natural; for as before said truths are nothing else than perceptions of the variations of form according to states that are continually being changed; and these perceptions are from the life which flows in. This is the reason why man is regenerated, that is, made new, by temptations; or what is the same, by spiritual combats; and that he is afterwards gifted with another nature; being made mild, humble, simple, and contrite in heart. From these considerations it may now be seen what use temptations promote, namely, that good from the Lord may not only flow in, but may also dispose the vessels to obedience, and thus conjoin itself with them. That truths are vessels receptive of good, may be seen above (n. 1496, 1832, 1900, 2063, 2261, 2269). Here therefore, because the subject is the conjunction of good and truth in the natural man, and the first of conjunction takes place by means of combats, which are those of temptations, it is evident that by “he was weary” is signified a state of combat.

[5] But as regards the Lord, who in the supreme sense is here treated of, He by the most grievous temptation combats reduced all things in Himself into Divine order, insomuch that there remained nothing at all of the human which He had derived from the mother (n. 1444, 1573, 2159, 2574, 2649, 3036), so that He was not made new as are other men, but altogether Divine. For the man who is made new by regeneration still retains in himself an inclination to evil, and even evil itself; but is withheld from evil by an influx of the life of the Lord’s love, and this with a force exceedingly great; whereas the Lord utterly cast out all the evil that was hereditary to Him from the mother, and made Himself Divine, even as to the vessels, that is, as to truths. This is that which in the Word is called “glorification.”

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1444

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1444. And the Canaanite was then in the land. That this signifies the evil heredity from the mother, in His external man, is evident from what has been already said concerning that which was inherited by the Lord; for He was born as are other men, and inherited evils from the mother, against which He fought, and which He overcame. It is well known that the Lord underwent and endured the most grievous temptations (concerning which, of the Lord’s Divine mercy hereafter), temptations so great that He fought alone and by His own power against the whole of hell. No one can undergo temptation unless evil adheres to him; he who has no evil cannot have the least temptation; evil is what the infernal spirits excite.

[2] In the Lord there was not any evil that was actual, or His own, as there is in all men, but there was hereditary evil from the mother, which is here called “the Canaanite then in the land.” Concerning this, see what was said above, at verse 1 n. 1414), namely, that there are two hereditary natures connate in man, one from the father, the other from the mother; that which is from the father remains to eternity, but that which is from the mother is dispersed by the Lord while the man is being regenerated. The Lord’s hereditary nature from His Father, however, was the Divine. His heredity from the mother was evil, and this is treated of here, and is that through which He underwent temptations (see Mark 1:12-13; Matthew 4:1; Luke 4:1-2). But, as already said, He had no evil that was actual, or His own, nor had He any hereditary evil from the mother after He had overcome hell by means of temptations; on which account it is here said that there was such evil at that time, that is, that the “Canaanite was then in the land.”

[3] The Canaanites were those who dwelt by the sea and by the coast of Jordan, as is evident in Moses. The spies on their return said:

We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey, and this is the fruit of it. Howbeit the people that dwelleth in the land is strong, and the cities are fenced, very great; and moreover we saw the children of Anak there; Amalek dwelleth in the south; and the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite dwell in the mountains; and the Canaanite dwelleth by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan (Numbers 13:27-29).

That the Canaanites dwelt by the sea and by the coast of Jordan, signified evil thence in the external man, such as is the heredity from the mother; for the sea and the Jordan were boundaries.

[4] That such evil is signified by “the Canaanite,” is also evident in Zechariah:

In that day there shall be no more a Canaanite in the house of Jehovah Zebaoth (Zechariah 14:21); where the Lord’s kingdom is treated of, and it is signified that the Lord will conquer the evil meant by the Canaanite and will expel it from His kingdom. All kinds of evils are signified by the idolatrous nations in the land of Canaan, among which were the Canaanites (see Genesis 15:15, 19, 21; Exodus 3:8; 3:17; 23:23; 23:28; 33:2; 34:11; Deuteronomy 7:1; 20:17; Joshua 3:10; 24:11; Judges 3:5). What evil is signified by each nation specifically, shall of the Lord’s Divine mercy be told elsewhere.

  
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