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1 Mose 30

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1 Da Rahel sah, daß sie dem Jakob nichts gebar, neidete sie ihre Schwester und sprach zu Jakob: Schaffe mir Kinder! Wo nicht, so sterbe ich.

2 Jakob aber ward sehr zornig auf Rahel und sprach: Bin ich doch nicht Gott, der dir deines Leibes Frucht nicht geben will.

3 Sie aber sprach: Siehe, da ist meine Magd Bilha; lege dich zu ihr, daß sie auf meinem Schoß gebäre, und ich doch durch sie erbauet werde.

4 Und sie gab ihm also Bilha, ihre Magd, zum Weibe; und Jakob legte sich zu ihr.

5 Also ward Bilha schwanger und gebar Jakob einen Sohn.

6 Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat meine Sache gerichtet und meine Stimme erhöret und mir einen Sohn gegeben. Darum hieß sie ihn Dan.

7 Abermal ward Bilha, Rahels Magd, schwanger und gebar Jakob den andern Sohn.

8 Da sprach Rahel: Gott hat es gewandt mit mir und meiner Schwester, und ich werde es ihr zuvortun. Und hieß ihn Naphthali.

9 Da nun Lea sah, daß sie aufgehöret hatte zu gebären, nahm sie ihre Magd Silpa und gab sie Jakob zum Weibe.

10 Also gebar Silpa, Leas Magd, Jakob einen Sohn.

11 Da sprach Lea: Rüstig! Und hieß ihn Gad.

12 Danach gebar Silpa, Leas Magd, Jakob den andern Sohn.

13 Da sprach Lea: Wohl mir, denn mich werden selig preisen die Töchter. Und hieß ihn Asser.

14 Ruben ging aus zur Zeit der Weizenernte und fand Dudaim auf dem Felde und brachte sie heim seiner Mutter Lea. Da sprach Rahel zu Lea: Gib mir der Dudaim deines Sohnes ein Teil.

15 Sie antwortete: Hast du nicht genug, daß du mir meinen Mann genommen hast, und willst auch die Dudaim meines Sohnes nehmen? Rahel sprach: Wohlan, laß ihn diese Nacht bei dir schlafen um die Dudaim deines Sohnes.

16 Da nun Jakob des Abends vom Felde kam, ging ihm Lea hinaus entgegen und sprach: Bei mir sollst du liegen; denn ich habe dich erkauft um die Dudaim meines Sohnes. Und er schlief die Nacht bei ihr.

17 Und Gott erhörete Lea, und sie ward schwanger und gebar Jakob den fünften Sohn

18 und sprach: Gott hat mir gelohnet, daß ich meine Magd meinem Manne gegeben habe. Und hieß ihn Isaschar.

19 Abermal ward Lea schwanger und gebar Jakob den sechsten Sohn;

20 und sprach: Gott hat mich wohl beraten; nun wird mein Mann wieder bei mir wohnen, denn ich habe ihm sechs Söhne geboren. Und hieß ihn Sebulon.

21 Danach gebar sie eine Tochter, die hieß sie Dina.

22 Der HERR gedachte aber an Rahel und erhörte sie und machte sie fruchtbar.

23 Da ward sie schwanger und gebar einen Sohn und sprach: Gott hat meine Schmach von mir genommen.

24 Und hieß ihn Joseph und sprach: Der HERR wolle mir noch einen Sohn dazu geben!

25 Da nun Rahel den Joseph geboren hatte, sprach Jakob zu Laban: Laß mich ziehen und reisen an meinen Ort und in mein Land.

26 Gib mir meine Weiber und meine Kinder, darum ich dir gedienet habe, daß ich ziehe; denn du weißest meinen Dienst, wie ich dir gedienet habe.

27 Laban sprach zu ihm: Laß mich Gnade vor deinen Augen finden. Ich spüre, daß mich der HERR segnet um deinetwillen.

28 Stimme den Lohn, den ich dir geben soll.

29 Er aber sprach zu ihm: Du weißest, wie ich dir gedienet habe, und was du für Vieh hattest unter mir.

30 Du hattest wenig, ehe ich herkam; nun aber ist's ausgebreitet in die Menge, und der HERR hat dich gesegnet durch meinen Fuß. Und nun, wann soll ich auch mein Haus versorgen?

31 Er aber sprach: Was soll ich dir denn geben? Jakob sprach: Du sollst mir nichts überall geben, sondern so du mir tun willst, das ich sage, so will ich wiederum weiden und hüten deiner Schafe.

32 Ich will heute durch alle deine Herde gehen und aussondern alle fleckichten und bunten Schafe und alle schwarzen Schafe unter den Lämmern und die bunten und fleckichten Ziegen. Was nun bunt und fleckicht fallen wird, das soll mein Lohn sein.

33 So wird mir meine Gerechtigkeit zeugen heute oder morgen, wenn es kommt, daß ich meinen Lohn von dir nehmen soll, also daß, was nicht fleckicht oder bunt oder nicht schwarz sein wird unter den Lämmern und Ziegen, das sei ein Diebstahl bei mir.

34 Da sprach Laban: Siehe da, es sei, wie du gesagt hast.

35 Und sonderte des Tages die sprenglichten und bunten Böcke und alle fleckichten und bunten Ziegen, wo nur was Weißes daran war, und alles, was schwarz war unter den Lämmern, und tat's unter die Hand seiner Kinder.

36 Und machte Raum dreier Tagereisen weit zwischen ihm und Jakob. Also weidete Jakob die übrige Herde Labans.

37 Jakob aber nahm Stäbe von grünen Pappelbäumen, Haseln und Kastanien und schälete weiße Streifen daran, daß an den Stäben das weiße bloß ward,

38 und legte die Stäbe, die er geschälet hatte, in die Tränkrinnen vor die Herden, die da kommen mußten zu trinken, daß sie empfangen sollten, wenn sie zu trinken kämen.

39 Also empfingen die Herden über den Stäben und brachten sprenglichte, fleckichte und bunte.

40 Da schied Jakob die Lämmer und tat die abgesonderte Herde zu den fleckichten und schwarzen in der Herde Labans; und machte ihm eine eigene Herde, die tat er nicht zu der Herde Labans.

41 Wenn aber der Lauf der Frühlinger Herde war, legte er diese Stäbe an die Rinnen vor die Augen der Herde, daß sie über den Stäben empfingen.

42 Aber in der Spätlinger Lauf legte er sie nicht hinein. Also wurden die Spätlinge des Laban, aber die Frühlinge des Jakob.

43 Daher ward der Mann über die Maße reich, daß er viel Schafe, Mägde und Knechte, Kamele und Esel hatte.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4151

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4151. 'And Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them' means that they belonged to the affection for interior truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Rachel' as the affection for interior truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819, and from the meaning of 'stealing' as taking away that which is cherished and holy, dealt with in 4112, 4113, 4133. It was stated above that Rachel's stealing the teraphim or Laban's gods meant a change as regards truth of the state represented by 'Laban', see 4111. That change of state is described further still in this verse and in those immediately following; for the change came about when the good represented by 'Laban' had been separated from the good meant by 'Jacob' and so through that separation passed into a different state. For the truths that had appeared to him to be his own when the two kinds of good were joined together were regarded in such a way that it seemed as though they had been taken away. This is the reason why Laban complained bitterly about the teraphim, and why he searched the tents for them, though he did not find them. For the truths which in the good sense are meant by 'the teraphim', 4111, were not his but belonged to the affection for truth meant by 'Rachel'.

[2] These matters cannot be made plain except from things that take place in the next life. For things taking place in the next life near a person in this life seem to him to occur within him. And virtually the same is so with spirits in the next life. When communities of spirits which are governed by intermediate good are in association with angels it seems to them, altogether so, as though they possessed as their own the truths and goods which are the angels'; indeed those spirits are not aware of them being anything other than their own. But when they are separated they then realize that this is not true. They too therefore complain bitterly, believing that those goods and truths have been taken away from them by the angels with whom they have been in association. These are the considerations that are meant in the internal sense by 'teraphim' in this verse and those immediately following.

[3] In general the situation is that no one ever possesses good or truth that is his own but that all good and truth flow in from the Lord, doing so both immediately and through angelic communities serving as intermediaries. Nevertheless it seems as though that good or truth is his own, and the reason for this is that these may be made over to him as his own until the time when he enters that state in which he may know, then acknowledge, and at length believe that they are not his but the Lord's. It is also well known from the Word and thereby in the Christian world that all good and all truth are derived from the Lord and nothing good at all from man. Indeed the teachings of the Church which are drawn from the Word declare that of himself man cannot even strive after good and so cannot will it, and as a consequence cannot do it, since the doing of good springs from the willing of it. They also declare that the whole of faith is received from the Lord, so that man cannot have the smallest measure of belief unless it flows in from the Lord.

[4] These ideas are declared in the teachings of the Church and are taught in sermons. But few, indeed very few people, really believe them, as is proven by their presumption that life in its entirety exists inherently within themselves, and by the fact that scarcely any believe that life is something inflowing. Man's life in its entirety consists in being able to think and being able to will, for if that ability to think and to will is taken away no life remains at all. And the very essence of life consists in his thinking what is good and willing what is good, and also in his thinking what is true and willing that which he thinks is true. Since these abilities, according to teachings from the Word, are not man's but the Lord's and they flow in from the Lord by way of heaven, people who have any power of judgement and who are capable of reflecting could from this fact deduce that life in its entirety is something which inflows.

[5] The same applies to evil and falsity. According to teachings drawn from the Word the devil is constantly trying to lead man astray and constantly breathing evil into him. This also is why, when anyone has committed a serious crime, it is said that he has allowed the devil to lead him astray. This again is the truth and yet few if any believe it. For just as all good and truth come from the Lord, so all evil and falsity come from hell, that is, from the devil - hell being the devil. This also shows that just as all good and truth are things that flow in, so too are all evil and falsity, and as a consequence every thought of evil or willing of it flows in too. Since these too are things that flow in, those who have any power of judgement and reflection may deduce that life is something which flows in, though it seems to exist inherently in man.

[6] The truth of this has been demonstrated on many occasions to spirits who had recently arrived in the next life from the world. But some of them have said, If all evil or falsity too is something that flows in, then no evil or falsity at all can be attributed to them and they are free from blame since such evil or falsity comes from somewhere else. But they were told in reply that they had made that evil and falsity their own through their belief that when they had thought or willed anything they had acted independently, by themselves. Yet if that which is truly so had been believed by them they would not then have made that evil and falsity their own. For in that case they would have believed also that all good and truth come from the Lord; and if they had believed this, they would have allowed themselves to be led by the Lord and so their state would have been different. In that case also the evil which had entered their thought and will would have had no effect on them; that is to say, evil would not have come out of them but good, since, according to the Lord's words in Mark 7:15, it is not the things going in which affect a person but those coming out of him.

[7] Many are able to know this but few believe it. Even those who are evil can do so, but they still do not believe it since they prefer their own ideas, which they love to such an extent that when it is demonstrated to them that everything is such that it flows in they become worried and demand fiercely that they be allowed to live according to their own ideas, saying that if these are taken away from them they could not go on living. Such is the belief even of people who do know. These matters have been stated so that people might know what it is like with those communities of spirits which are governed by intermediate good, both when they are joined to others and when they are separated from them. That is to say, when joined to others they are not aware of the goods and truths being anything other than their own, when in fact they are not theirs.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.