Arcana Coelestia # 2764
2764. Genesis 22
1. And so it was after these events, that God tempted Abraham, and said to him, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
2. And He said, Take now your son, your only one, whom you love, Isaac, and get you to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I tell you.
3. And in the morning Abraham rose up early, and saddled his ass, and took two of his servants 1 with him, and Isaac his son, and split the pieces of wood for the burnt offering, and rose up and went to the place of which God had told him.
4. On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar off.
5. And Abraham said to his servants, Remain here with the ass, and I and the boy will go over there, and we will bow ourselves down, and return to you.
6. And Abraham took the pieces of wood for the burnt offering and laid them on Isaac his son; and he took in his hand the fire and the knife, and the two of them went on together.
7. And Isaac said to Abraham his father - he said - My father. And he said, Here I am, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the pieces of wood, but where is the animal for the burnt offering?
8. And Abraham said, God will see for Himself to the animal for a burnt offering, my son. And the two of them went on together.
9. And they came to the place of which God told him, and Abraham built the altar there, and laid the pieces of wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the pieces of wood.
10. And Abraham put forth his hand and took the knife to slay his son.
11. And the angel of Jehovah called to him out of heaven, and said Abraham, Abraham. And he said, Here I am.
12. And he said, Do not put forth your hand towards the boy and do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God and have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me.
13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw, and behold, a ram behind [him] caught in a thicket by its horns. And Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it as a burnt offering instead of his son.
14. And Abraham called the name of that place, Jehovah will see; as it is said today, On the mountain Jehovah will see [to it].
15. And the angel of Jehovah called to Abraham a second time out of heaven.
16. And he said, By Myself I have sworn, says Jehovah, that because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,
17. I will certainly bless you, and I will certainly multiply your seed like the stars of the heavens and like the sand which is on the seashore. And your seed will inherit the gate of their 2 enemies.
18. And in your seed all the nations of the earth will be blessed because you have hearkened to My voice.
19. And Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt in Beersheba.
20. And so it was, after these events, 3 that it was pointed out to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milkah, she also has borne sons, to Nahor your brother:
21. Uz her firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram;
22. And Kesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel.
23. And Bethuel begot Rebekah. These eight Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.
24. And his concubine, whose name was Reumah; and she too bore Tebah, and Gaham, and Tahash, and Maakah.
CONTENTS
The subject in this chapter in the internal sense is the Lord's severest and inmost temptations, by means of which He united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence; then it is the salvation by means of that union of those who constitute the Lord's spiritual Church.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. Here and in verses 5 and 19 the word translated servants is the same as that used for boys.
2. The Latin means your but the Hebrew means their.
3. literally, words
Isaiah 14:4-15
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that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!"
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Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
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who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
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The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.
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Yes, the fir trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us."
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Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
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They all will answer and ask you, "Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?"
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Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.
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How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
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You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!
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I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!"
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Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.
