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Genesi 28

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1 Allora Isacco chiamò Giacobbe, lo benedisse e gli diede quest’ordine: "Non prender moglie tra le figliuole di Canaan.

2 Lèvati, vattene in Paddan-Aram, alla casa di Bethuel, padre di tua madre, e prenditi moglie di là, tra le figliuole di Labano, fratello di tua madre.

3 E l’Iddio onnipotente ti benedica, ti renda fecondo e ti moltiplichi, in guisa che tu diventi un’assemblea di popoli,

4 e ti dia la benedizione d’Abrahamo: a te, e alla tua progenie con te; affinché tu possegga il paese dove sei andato peregrinando, e che Dio donò ad Abrahamo".

5 E Isacco fece partire Giacobbe, il quale se n’andò in Paddan-Aram da Labano, figliuolo di Bethuel, l’Arameo, fratello di Rebecca, madre di Giacobbe e di Esaù.

6 Or Esaù vide che Isacco avea benedetto Giacobbe e l’avea mandato in Paddan-Aram perché vi prendesse moglie; e che, benedicendolo, gli avea dato quest’ordine: "Non prender moglie tra le figliuole di Canaan",

7 e che Giacobbe aveva ubbidito a suo padre e a sua madre, e se n’era andato in Paddan-Aram.

8 Ed Esaù s’accorse che le figliuole di Canaan dispiacevano ad Isacco suo padre;

9 e andò da Ismaele, e prese per moglie, oltre quelle che aveva già, Mahalath, figliuola d’Ismaele, figliuolo d’Abrahamo, sorella di Nebaioth.

10 Or Giacobbe partì da Beer-Sceba e se n’andò verso Charan.

11 Capitò in un certo luogo, e vi passò la notte, perché il sole era già tramontato. Prese una delle pietre del luogo, la pose come suo capezzale e si coricò quivi.

12 E sognò; ed ecco una scala appoggiata sulla terra, la cui cima toccava il cielo; ed ecco gli angeli di Dio, che salivano e scendevano per la scala.

13 E l’Eterno stava al disopra d’essa, e gli disse: "Io sono l’Eterno, l’Iddio d’Abrahamo tuo padre e l’Iddio d’Isacco; la terra sulla quale tu stai coricato, io la darò a te e alla tua progenie;

14 e la tua progenie sarà come la polvere della terra, e tu ti estenderai ad occidente e ad oriente, a settentrione e a mezzodì; e tutte le famiglie della terra saranno benedette in te e nella tua progenie.

15 Ed ecco, io son teco, e ti guarderò dovunque tu andrai, e ti ricondurrò in questo paese; poiché io non ti abbandonerò prima d’aver fatto quello che t’ho detto".

16 E come Giacobbe si fu svegliato dal suo sonno, disse: "Certo, l’Eterno è in questo luogo ed io non lo sapevo!"

17 Ed ebbe paura, e disse: "Com’è tremendo questo luogo! Questa non è altro che la casa di Dio, e questa è la porta del cielo!"

18 E Giacobbe si levò la mattina di buon’ora, prese la pietra che avea posta come suo capezzale, la eresse in monumento, e versò dell’olio sulla sommità d’essa.

19 E pose nome a quel luogo Bethel; ma, prima, il nome della città era Luz.

20 E Giacobbe fece un voto, dicendo: "Se Dio è meco, se mi guarda durante questo viaggio che fo, se mi pane da mangiare e vesti da coprirmi,

21 e se ritorno sano e salvo alla casa del padre mio, l’Eterno sarà il mio Dio;

22 e questa pietra che ho eretta in monumento, sarà la casa di Dio; e di tutto quello che tu darai a me, io, certamente, darò a te la decima".

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3705

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3705. 'The land on which you are lying I will give to you' means that the good on which the Natural rested was His own in origin. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' here as the good of the natural, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'on which you are lying' as on which it rested; and from the meaning of 'giving it to you' as His own in origin, also dealt with below. The reason 'the land' means the good of the natural, which Jacob will represent from now on, is that 'the land of Canaan' means the Lord's kingdom, 1413, 1437, 1585, 1607, 1866. And since it means the Lord's kingdom it also means in the highest sense the Lord, 3038 - for the Lord is the All in all of His kingdom, and anything there which does not originate in Him and have regard to Him is not part of His kingdom. The Lord's kingdom is also meant in the Word by 'heaven and earth', 1 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), though in this case the interior of that kingdom is meant by 'heaven' and the exterior by 'earth', 82, 1411, 1733, 3355 (end). Consequently 'heaven' in the highest sense means the Lord as regards His Divine Rational and 'earth' as regards His Divine Natural. Here therefore 'the land on which you are lying' means the Good of the Natural on which the Natural, represented by 'Jacob', rested. For 'Jacob' represents the Lord's Divine Natural, as stated many times above.

[2] Furthermore the word 'land' has various meanings, see 620, 636, 1066, 2571, 3368, 3379, the reason being that Canaan, which is called the Holy Land, means the Lord's kingdom in general; and when 'heaven' is mentioned together with 'earth', 'heaven' in that case means, as has been stated, that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior. This being so it also means the Lord's kingdom on earth, that is, the Church; and having that meaning, it also means a person who is the Lord's kingdom or who is the Church. With that person 'heaven' accordingly means that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior; or what amounts to the same, 'heaven' is the rational and 'earth' the natural since the rational exists more interiorly with man and the natural more exteriorly. And since 'land' [or 'earth'] has all these meanings it also means that which a person puts into effect - namely the good of love which he receives from the Divine - so that he may become the Lord's kingdom. From this it is evident in what way the meaning of 'land' in the Word varies.

[3] 'I will give to you' means that in origin it was His own. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'giving' in the Word when used in reference to the Lord, for as shown just above, the Lord is Divine Good and also Divine Truth, the former being called 'the Father' and the latter 'the Son'. Now because Divine Good is His and consequently that which is His own, it follows that 'giving to you', when spoken by Jehovah and used in reference to the Lord, means that which was His own in origin. From this one may see what is meant in the internal sense by the Lord's frequent reference to the Father's having given to Him - that is to say, to Himself, the Lord - as in John,

Father, glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him power over all flesh, in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. I have glorified You on earth; I have accomplished the work which You gave Me to do. I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; Yours they were, and You gave them to Me. Now they know that everything which You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them. I am praying for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours; for all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine. John 17:1-2, 4, 6-10.

Each reference here to the Father's giving means originating in the Divine Good that was His, and so in that which was His own.

[4] From this one may see how great an arcanum lies within the particular words spoken by the Lord, and also how greatly different the sense of the letter is from the internal sense, and more so from the highest sense. The Lord spoke in this fashion in order that mankind which at that time had no knowledge at all of any Divine truth might nevertheless be enabled in its own way to grasp and so accept the Word, while angels did so in theirs, for the angels knew that Jehovah and He were one and that the Father was Divine Good. For this reason also they knew that when He spoke of the Father giving to Him He would be giving to Himself and so drawing on what was His own.

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