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1 Και απηλθεν ο Ιακωβ εις την οδον αυτου· και συνηντησαν αυτον οι αγγελοι του Θεου.

2 Και οτε ειδεν αυτους ο Ιακωβ ειπε, Στρατοπεδον Θεου ειναι τουτο· και εκαλεσε το ονομα του τοπου εκεινου, Μαχαναιμ.

3 Και απεστειλεν ο Ιακωβ μηνυτας εμπροσθεν αυτου προς Ησαυ τον αδελφον αυτου εις την γην Σηειρ, εις τον τοπον του Εδωμ.

4 Και παρηγγειλεν εις αυτους, λεγων, ουτω θελετε ειπει προς τον κυριον μου τον Ησαυ, Ουτω λεγει ο δουλος σου Ιακωβ, μετα του Λαβαν παρωκησα, και διεμεινα εως του νυν·

5 και απεκτησα βοας και ονους προβατα και δουλους και δουλας· και απεστειλα να αναγγειλω προς τον κυριον μου, δια να ευρω χαριν εμπροσθεν σου.

6 Και επεστρεψαν οι μηνυται προς τον Ιακωβ, λεγοντες, Υπηγαμεν προς τον αδελφον σου τον Ησαυ, και μαλιστα ερχεται εις συναντησιν σου, και τετρακοσιοι ανδρες μετ' αυτου.

7 Εφοβηθη δε ο Ιακωβ σφοδρα και ητο εν αμηχανια· και διηρεσε τον λαον, τον μεθ' αυτου, και τα ποιμνια και τους βοας και τας καμηλους, εις δυο ταγματα·

8 λεγων, Εαν ελθη ο Ησαυ εις το εν ταγμα και παταξη αυτο, το επιλοιπον ταγμα θελει διασωθη.

9 Και ειπεν ο Ιακωβ, Θεε του πατρος μου Αβρααμ και Θεε του πατρος μου Ισαακ, Κυριε, οστις ειπας προς εμε· Επιστρεψον εις την γην σου και εις την συγγενειαν σου και θελω σε αγαθοποιησει·

10 πολυ μικρος ειμαι ως προς παντα τα ελεη και πασαν την αληθειαν τα οποια εκαμες εις τον δουλον σου· διοτι με την ραβδον μου διεβην τον Ιορδανην τουτον, και τωρα εγεινα δυο ταγματα·

11 σωσον με, δεομαι σου, εκ της χειρος του αδελφου μου, εκ της χειρος του Ησαυ· διοτι φοβουμαι αυτον, μηπως ελθων παταξη εμε και την μητερα επι τα τεκνα·

12 συ δε ειπας, Βεβαια θελω σε αγαθοποιησει, και θελω καταστησει το σπερμα σου ως την αμμον της θαλασσης, ητις εκ του πληθους δεν δυναται να αριθμηθη.

13 Και εκοιμηθη εκει την νυκτα εκεινην· και ελαβεν εκ των οσα ετυχον εν τη χειρι αυτου, δωρον προς Ησαυ τον αδελφον αυτου·

14 αιγας διακοσιας και τραγους εικοσι, προβατα διακοσια και κριους εικοσι,

15 καμηλους θηλαζουσας μετα των τεκνων αυτων τριακοντα, δαμαλια τεσσαρακοντα και ταυρους δεκα, ονους θηλυκας εικοσι και πωλαρια δεκα.

16 Και παρεδωκεν εις τας χειρας των δουλων αυτου, εκαστον ποιμνιον χωριστα· και ειπε προς τους δουλους αυτου, Περασατε εμπροσθεν μου και αφησατε διαστημα μεταξυ ποιμνιου και ποιμνιου.

17 Και εις τον πρωτον παρηγγειλε, λεγων, Οταν σε συναντηση Ησαυ ο αδελφος μου, και σε ερωτηση λεγων, Τινος εισαι; και που υπαγεις; και τινος ειναι ταυτα, τα οποια εχεις εμπροσθεν σου;

18 τοτε θελεις ειπει, Ταυτα ειναι του δουλου σου του Ιακωβ, δωρα στελλομενα προς τον κυριον μου Ησαυ· και ιδου, και αυτος οπισω ημων.

19 ουτω παρηγγειλε και εις τον δευτερον, και εις τον τριτον και εις παντας τους ακολουθουντας οπισω των ποιμνιων, λεγων, κατα τους λογους τουτους θελετε λαλησει προς τον Ησαυ, οταν ευρητε αυτον·

20 και θελετε ειπει, Ιδου, οπισω ημων και αυτος ο δουλος σου Ιακωβ. Διοτι ελεγε, Θελω εξιλεωσει το προσωπον αυτου με το δωρον, το προπορευομενον εμπροσθεν μου· και μετα ταυτα θελω ιδει το προσωπον αυτου· ισως θελει με δεχθη.

21 Το δωρον λοιπον επερασεν εμπροσθεν αυτου· αυτος δε εμεινε την νυκτα εκεινην εν τω στρατοπεδω.

22 Σηκωθεις δε την νυκτα εκεινην, ελαβε τας δυο γυναικας αυτου και τας δυο θεραπαινας αυτου και τα ενδεκα παιδια αυτου και διεβη το περασμα του Ιαβοκ.

23 Και ελαβεν αυτους και διεβιβασεν αυτους τον χειμαρρον· διεβιβασε και τα υπαρχοντα αυτου.

24 Ο δε Ιακωβ εμεινε μονος· και επαλαιε μετ' αυτου ανθρωπος εως τα χαραγματα της αυγης·

25 ιδων δε οτι δεν υπερισχυσε κατ' αυτου, ηγγισε την αρθρωσιν του μηρου αυτου· και μετετοπισθη η αρθρωσις του μηρου του Ιακωβ, ενω επαλαιε μετ' αυτου.

26 Ο δε ειπεν, Αφες με να απελθω, διοτι εχαραξεν η αυγη. Και αυτος ειπε, δεν θελω σε αφησει να απελθης, εαν δεν με ευλογησης.

27 Και ειπε προς αυτον, Τι ειναι το ονομα σου; Ο δε ειπεν, Ιακωβ.

28 Και εκεινος ειπε, Δεν θελει καλεσθη πλεον το ονομα σου Ιακωβ, αλλα Ισραηλ· διοτι ενισχυσας μετα Θεου, και μετα ανθρωπων θελεις εισθαι δυνατος.

29 Ηρωτησε δε ο Ιακωβ λεγων, Φανερωσον μοι, παρακαλω, το ονομα σου. Ο δε ειπε, Δια τι ερωτας το ονομα μου; Και ευλογησεν αυτον εκει.

30 Και εκαλεσεν Ιακωβ το ονομα του τοπου εκεινον Φανουηλ, λεγων, Διοτι ειδον τον Θεον προσωπον προς προσωπον, και εφυλαχθη η ζωη μου.

31 Και ανετειλεν ο ηλιος επ' αυτου, καθως διεβη το Φανουηλ· εχωλαινε δε κατα τον μηρον αυτου.

32 Δια τουτο μεχρι της σημερον δεν τρωγουσιν οι υιοι του Ισραηλ τον ναρκωθεντα μυωνα, οστις ειναι επι της αρθρωσεως του μηρου· διοτι εκεινος ηγγισε την αρθρωσιν του μηρου του Ιακωβ κατα τον μυωνα τον ναρκωθεντα.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4290

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4290. In the internal historical sense 'he said, I will not let you go unless you bless me' means that they insisted on being representative, for being insistent is meant by 'I will not let you' and the representative of the Church by 'being blessed'. This particular matter - the insistence of Jacob's descendants that they should be representative of the Church, though they were no more the elect than any other nation - is not very clear, it is true, from the historical narratives of the Word contained in the sense of the letter. It is not clear because those narratives hold the arcana of heaven within them, which accordingly follow one another in a connected sequence, and also because the actual names there are used to mean spiritual realities, many of which names indeed are used in the highest sense to mean the Lord. Examples of these are Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who mean in the highest sense the Lord, as has been shown many times in what has gone before; see also 1965, 1989, 2011, 3245, 3305 (end), 3439.

[2] The fact that Jacob's descendants were not the elect, yet they insisted that the Church should have its existence among themselves, may be seen from the internal historical sense in many places in the Word, openly so in the following statements in Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, Go up from here, you and the people which you made to go up out of the land of Egypt, into the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your seed I will give it. I will not go up in your midst, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way. When the people heard this bad news, 1 they mourned and took off every one his ornament from upon him. And Moses took a tent and pitched it for himself outside the camp, far away from the camp. Moses said to Jehovah, See, You say to me, Make this people go up, when You have not made known to me whom You will send with me. Now therefore, if, I pray, I have found favour in Your eyes, make known to me, I pray, Your ways, so that I may know of You, that I have found favour in Your eyes. See also that this nation is Your people. He said therefore, My presence will go [with you], until I give you rest. Exodus 33:1, 3-4, 7, 12-14.

In this chapter of Exodus it is said that Moses made the people go up out of Egypt and then that they took off their ornaments and mourned, and that Moses pitched the tent outside the camp and that Jehovah gave His assent. This shows plainly that they themselves were insistent.

[3] In the same author,

Jehovah said to Moses, How long will this people provoke Me? And how long will they not believe, for all the signs which I have performed in their midst? I will strike them down with pestilence and annihilate them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are. But Moses entreated Jehovah, who being appeased said, I will be gracious according to your word. But yet, I am the living One, and all the earth will be filled with the glory of Jehovah; for as for all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the desert, and despite this have tempted Me these ten times and have not obeyed My voice, they will not see the land which I swore to their fathers; all who provoke Me will not see it. In this desert will your bodies fall, but I will bring in your children. Numbers 14[11-13, 20-23, 29, 31].

From these verses also it is evident that Jehovah was willing to annihilate them and therefore not to establish the Church among them, but that they insisted it should be established among them, and therefore it was done. And there were many other occasions besides this when Jehovah would have wiped out that repeatedly rebellious nation but repeatedly He allowed Himself to be appeased by their entreaties.

[4] The same is also implied by the fact that Balaam was not allowed to curse that people, in 22 Chapters, 24 of Numbers; in addition to other places where it is said that Jehovah repented of having brought that people in; also that Jehovah was appeased, as well as that He repeatedly made a new covenant with them. These are the kinds of things that are meant in the internal historical sense by the words 'I will not let you go unless you bless me'. Something similar is also meant by Jacob's taking the birthright from Esau as well as taking the blessing by deceit from him, in Chapters 25, 27 of Genesis.

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1. literally, evil word

  
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