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1 Mózes 49

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1 És szólítá Jákób az õ fiait, és monda: Gyûljetek egybe, hadd jelentsem meg néktek, a mi rátok következik a messze jövõben.

2 Gyûljetek össze s hallgassatok Jákóbnak fiai! hallgassatok Izráelre, a ti atyátokra.

3 Rúben, te elsõszülöttem, erõm, tehetségem zsengéje, elsõ a méltóságban, elsõ a hatalomban.

4 Állhatatlan, mint a víz, nem leszesz elsõ, mivel atyád ágyába léptél fel: akkor megfertõztetted! Nyoszolyámba lépett õ.

5 Simeon és Lévi atyafiak, erõszak eszközei az õ fegyverök.

6 Tanácsukban ne légyen részes lelkem, gyûlésükkel ne egyesûljön dicsõségem, mert haragjokban férfit öltek, s kedvök telve inát szegték az ökörnek.

7 Átkozott haragjok, mert erõszakos, és dühök, mivel kegyetlen; eloszlatom õket Jákóbban, és elszélesztem Izráelben.

8 Júda! téged magasztalnak atyádfiai, kezed ellenségeidnek nyakán lesz s meghajolnak elõtted atyáidnak fiai.

9 Oroszlánkölyök Júda; zsákmányt ejtvén, felmentél, fiam! Lehevert, lenyúgodott, mint a hím oroszlán, és mint nõstény oroszlán; ki veri õt fel?

10 Nem múlik el Júdától a fejedelmi bot, sem a vezéri pálcza térdei közûl; míg eljõ Siló, és a népek néki engednek.

11 Szõlõtõhöz köti szamarát, és nemes venyigéhez szamara vemhét, ruháját borban mossa, felöltõjét a szõlõ vérében.

12 Bortól veresek szemei, tejtõl fehérek fogai.

13 Zebulon a tenger partjáig lakozik, azaz a hajók kikötõjéig s határának széle Czídonig ér.

14 Izsakhár erõs csontú szamár, a karámok közt heverész.

15 S látja, hogy a nyugalom és hogy a föld mily kies: teher alá hajtja hátát, s robotoló szolgává lesz.

16 Dán ítéli az õ népét, mint Izráel akármelyik nemzetsége.

17 Dán kígyó lesz az úton, szarvaskígyó az ösvényen, mely a körmébe harap, hogy lovagja hanyatt esik.

18 Szabadításodra várok Uram!

19 Gád! had háborgatja; majd õ hág annak sarkába.

20 Ásernek kenyere kövér, királyi csemegét szolgáltat.

21 Nafthali, gyorslábú szarvas, az õ beszéde kedves.

22 Termékeny fa József, termõ ág a forrás mellett, ágazata meghaladja a kõfalat.

23 Keserítik, lövöldözik és üldözik a nyilazók:

24 De mereven marad kézíve, feszülten keze karjai, Jákób Hatalmasának kezétõl, onnan, Izráel pásztorától, kõsziklájától.

25 Atyád Istenétõl, a ki segéljen; a mindenhatótól, a ki megáldjon, az ég áldásaival, onnan felülrõl, a mélység áldásaival, mely alant terül, az emlõk és anyaméh áldásaival.

26 Atyád áldásai meghaladják az õs hegyek áldásait, az örök halmok kiességeit. Szálljanak József fejére, a testvérek közûl kiválasztatottnak koponyájára.

27 Benjámin ragadozó farkas: reggel ragadományt eszik, este pedig zsákmányt oszt.

28 Mind ezek Izráel nemzetségei, tizenketten, és ez az a mit mondott nékik az õ atyjok, mikor õket megáldá; mindeniket tulajdon áldásával áldá meg.

29 És parancsola nékik és monda: Én az én népemhez takaríttatom, temessetek engem az én atyáimhoz, ama barlangba, mely a Khitteus Efron mezején van.

30 Abba a barlangba, mely Kanaán földén Mamré átellenében Makpelahnak mezején van, melyet megvett Ábrahám a mezõvel együtt a Khitteus Efrontól, temetésre való örökségül.

31 Oda temették el Ábrahámot és Sárát az õ feleségét; oda temették Izsákot és Rebekát az õ feleségét; s oda temettem el Leát is.

32 Szerzemény e mezõ és a barlang, mely abban van, a Khéth fiaitól.

33 És elvégezé Jákób a mit fiainak parancsolt és fölszedé lábait az ágyra, és kimúlék és az õ népéhez takaríttaték.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6343

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6343. Thou art my strength. That this signifies power in good by means of faith, is evident from the representation of Reuben, who here is “thou,” as being faith in the understanding (see n. 6342); and from the signification of “strength,” as being the power that is in good. As regards power, namely, the power of thinking and willing, of perceiving, of doing what is good, of believing, and of dissipating falsities and evils, it is all from good through truth; good is the principal, and truth is only the instrumental (see n. 3563, 4931, 5623). That there is signified the power that is in good, is because “strength” signifies this power, whereas “forces” signify the power of truth; hence it is that by “the beginning of my forces,” as presently follows, is signified the first power in truth; for the word by which “forces” are expressed in the original, is in the Word predicated of truth; but the word by which “strength” is expressed, is predicated of good.

[2] That the Word is holy, and in its interiors most holy, is very evident from the fact that in every detail of the Word there is the heavenly marriage, that is, the marriage of good and truth, thus heaven; and that in every detail of the inmost sense there is the marriage of the Lord’s Divine Human with His kingdom and church; nay, in the supreme sense there is the union of the Divine Itself and the Divine Human in the Lord. These most holy things are in every detail of the Word-a manifest proof that the Word has descended from the Divine. That this is so may be seen from the fact that where mention is made of good, mention is made of truth also; and where the internal is spoken of, the external also is spoken of. There are also words which constantly signify good, and words which constantly signify truth, and words which signify both good and truth; and if they do not signify them, still they are predicated of them, or involve them. From the predication and signification of these words it is plain that, as before said, in every detail there is the marriage of good and truth, that is, the heavenly marriage, and in the inmost and supreme sense the Divine marriage which is in the Lord, thus the Lord Himself.

[3] This appears everywhere, but not evidently except in passages where there are repetitions of the same thing, with only a change of words, as in this chapter, where it is said of Reuben, “Thou art my strength, and the beginning of my forces;” also, “excellent in eminence, and excellent in power.” Here “strength” relates to good, and “forces” to truth; and “excellent in eminence” to truth, and “excellent in power” to good. So in the following verse, of Reuben: “Thou wentest up on thy father’s bed; then thou profanedst it; he went up on my couch.” So in what follows with respect to Simeon and Levi: “Cursed be their anger, for it was vehement, and their wrath, for it was hard; I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel” (verse 7); where “anger” signifies a turning away from good, and “wrath” a turning away from truth; and “Jacob” is the external of the church, and “Israel” is its internal. Also with respect to Judah: “Thy brethren shall celebrate thee; thy father’s sons shall bow down to thee” (verse 8). Again: “He binds his young ass unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washes his clothing in wine, and his covering in the blood of grapes” (verse 11). With respect to Zebulun: “He shall dwell at the haven of the seas, and he shall be at the haven of ships” (verse 13). With respect to Dan: “He shall be a serpent upon the way, an arrow-snake upon the path” (verse 17).

[4] Like things frequently occur in the Psalms and in the prophets, as in Isaiah:

Babel shall not be inhabited to eternity, neither shall it be inhabited even to generation and generation. Her time is near, and it shall come, and her days shall not be prolonged” (Isaiah 13:20, 22).

Seek ye from above in the book of Jehovah, and read ye; no one of these shall be missing, the one shall not long for the other; for with the mouth He hath commanded, and His spirit it hath gathered them. And the same hath cast the lot for them, and the hand hath distributed to them by rule. They shall possess it even eternally, to generation and generation shall they dwell therein” (Isaiah 34:16-17);

and so in a thousand other passages. He who does not know that the expressions in the Word are significative of spiritual and celestial things, and that some are said of good, and some of truth, cannot but believe that such expressions are mere repetitions, said merely to fill up, and therefore in themselves useless; and from this it is that they who think wrongly about the Word, regard such expressions as ground for contempt; when yet the veriest Divine things are stored therein, namely, the heavenly marriage, which is heaven itself; and the Divine marriage, which is the Lord Himself. This sense is the “glory” in which the Lord is, and the literal sense is the “cloud” in which is this glory (Matthew 24:30; Luke 21:27 nesis 18, and also n. 5922)

  
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Genesis 22

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1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

2 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the 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 far off.

5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you."

6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.

9 They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

11 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

12 He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."

15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.