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Genesi 30

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1 Rachele, vedendo che non dava figliuoli a Giacobbe, portò invidia alla sua sorella, e disse a Giacobbe: "Dammi de’ figliuoli; altrimenti, muoio".

2 E Giacobbe s’accese d’ira contro Rachele, e disse: "Tengo io il luogo di Dio che t’ha negato d’esser feconda?"

3 Ed ella rispose: "Ecco la mia serva Bilha; entra da lei; essa partorirà sulle mie ginocchia, e, per mezzo di lei, avrò anch’io de’ figliuoli".

4 Ed ella gli diede la sua serva Bilha per moglie, e Giacobbe entrò da lei.

5 E Bilha concepì e partorì un figliuolo a Giacobbe.

6 E Rachele disse: "Iddio m’ha reso giustizia, ha anche ascoltato la mia voce, e m’ha dato un figliuolo". Perciò gli pose nome Dan.

7 E Bilha, serva di Rachele, concepì ancora e partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.

8 E Rachele disse: "Io ho sostenuto con mia sorella lotte di Dio, e ho vinto". Perciò gli pose nome Neftali.

9 Lea, vedendo che avea cessato d’aver figliuoli, prese la sua serva Zilpa e la diede a Giacobbe per moglie.

10 E Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì un figliuolo a Giacobbe.

11 E Lea disse: "Che fortuna!" E gli pose nome Gad.

12 Poi Zilpa, serva di Lea, partorì a Giacobbe un secondo figliuolo.

13 E Lea disse: "Me felice! ché le fanciulle mi chiameranno beata. Perciò gli pose nome Ascer.

14 Or Ruben uscì, al tempo della mietitura del grano, e trovò delle mandragole per i campi, e le portò a Lea sua madre. Allora Rachele disse a Lea: "Deh, dammi delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo!"

15 Ed ella le rispose: "Ti par egli poco l’avermi tolto il marito, che mi vuoi togliere anche le mandragole del mio figliuolo?" E Rachele disse: "Ebbene, si giaccia egli teco questa notte, in compenso delle mandragole del tuo figliuolo".

16 E come Giacobbe, in sulla sera, se ne tornava dai campi, Lea uscì a incontrarlo, e gli disse: "Devi entrare da me; poiché io t’ho accaparrato con le mandragole del mio figliuolo". Ed egli si giacque con lei quella notte.

17 E Dio esaudì Lea, la quale concepì e partorì a Giacobbe un quinto figliuolo.

18 Ed ella disse: "Iddio m’ha dato la mia mercede, perché diedi la mia serva a mio marito". E gli pose nome Issacar.

19 E Lea concepì ancora, e partorì a Giacobbe un sesto figliuolo.

20 E Lea disse: "Iddio m’ha dotata di buona dote; questa volta il mio marito abiterò con me, poiché gli ho partorito sei figliuoli". E gli pose nome Zabulon.

21 Poi partorì una figliuola, e le pose nome Dina.

22 Iddio si ricordò anche di Rachele; Iddio l’esaudì, e la rese feconda;

23 ed ella concepì e partorì un figliuolo, e disse: "Iddio ha tolto il mio obbrobrio".

24 E gli pose nome Giuseppe, dicendo: "L’Eterno m’aggiunga un altro figliuolo".

25 Or dopo che Rachele ebbe partorito Giuseppe, Giacobbe disse a Labano: "Dammi licenza, ch’io me ne vada a casa mia, nel mio paese.

26 Dammi le mie mogli, per le quali t’ho servito, e i miei figliuoli; e lasciami andare; poiché tu ben conosci il servizio che t’ho prestato".

27 E Labano gli disse: "Se ho trovato grazia dinanzi a te, rimanti; giacché credo indovinare che l’Eterno mi ha benedetto per amor tuo".

28 Poi disse: "Fissami il tuo salario, e te lo darò".

29 Giacobbe gli rispose: "Tu sai in qual modo io t’ho servito, e quel che sia diventato il tuo bestiame nelle mie mani.

30 Poiché quel che avevi prima ch’io venissi, era poco; ma ora s’è accresciuto oltremodo, e l’Eterno t’ha benedetto dovunque io ho messo il piede. Ora, quando lavorerò io anche per la casa mia?"

31 Labano gli disse: "Che ti darò io?" E Giacobbe rispose: "Non mi dar nulla; se acconsenti a quel che sto per dirti, io pascerò di nuovo i tuoi greggi e n’avrò cura.

32 Passerò quest’oggi fra mezzo a tutti i tuoi greggi, mettendo da parte, di fra le pecore, ogni agnello macchiato e vaiolato, e ogni agnello nero; e di fra le capre, le vaiolate e le macchiate. E quello sarà il mio salario.

33 Così, da ora innanzi, il mio diritto risponderà per me nel tuo cospetto, quando verrai ad accertare il mio salario: tutto ciò che non sarà macchiato o vaiolato fra le capre, e nero fra gli agnelli, sarà rubato, se si troverà presso di me".

34 E Labano disse: "Ebbene, sia come tu dici!"

35 E quello stesso giorno mise da parte i becchi striati e vaiolati e tutte le capre macchiate e vaiolate, tutto quello che avea del bianco e tutto quel ch’era nero fra gli agnelli, e li affidò ai suoi figliuoli.

36 E Labano frappose la distanza di tre giornate di cammino fra se e Giacobbe; e Giacobbe pascolava il rimanente de’ greggi di Labano.

37 E Giacobbe prese delle verghe verdi di pioppo, di mandorlo e di platano; vi fece delle scortecciature bianche, mettendo allo scoperto il bianco delle verghe.

38 Poi collocò le verghe che avea scortecciate, in vista delle pecore, ne’ rigagnoli, negli abbeveratoi dove le pecore venivano a bere; ed entravano in caldo quando venivano a bere.

39 Le pecore dunque entravano in caldo avendo davanti quelle verghe, e figliavano agnelli striati, macchiati e vaiolati.

40 Poi Giacobbe metteva da parte questi agnelli, e faceva volger gli occhi delle pecore verso tutto quello ch’era striato e tutto quel ch’era nero nel gregge di Labano. Egli si formò così dei greggi a parte, che non unì ai greggi di Labano.

41 Or avveniva che, tutte le volte che le pecore vigorose del gregge entravano in caldo, Giacobbe metteva le verghe ne’ rigagnoli, in vista delle pecore, perché le pecore entrassero in caldo vicino alle verghe;

42 ma quando le pecore erano deboli, non ve le metteva; così gli agnelli deboli erano di Labano, e i vigorosi di Giacobbe.

43 E quest’uomo diventò ricco oltremodo, ed ebbe greggi numerosi, serve, servi, cammelli e asini.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Genesis 30

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff

Here are some excerpts from Swedenborg's "Arcana Coelestia" that help explain the inner meaning of this chapter:

AC 3902. In the preceding chapter by the four sons of Jacob from Leah there was described the state of the church, or of the man who is becoming a church, as to the ascent from the truth which is of faith to the good which is of love. In this chapter, by Jacob’s sons from the maidservants of Rachel and Leah, and from Leah, and lastly from Rachel, there is described the conjunction of natural truth with spiritual good through means, and this in the order in which it is effected in the man who is being regenerated.

AC 3903. After this conjunction there is described the fructification and multiplication of truth and good, which is signified by the flock that Jacob procured for himself by means of the flock of Laban.

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3902. Genesis 30

1. And Rachel saw that she was not bearing Jacob [any children], and Rachel was jealous of her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me sons; if you do not, I am dead.

2. And Jacob flared up in anger against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's place, who is withholding from you the fruit of the womb?

3. And she said, Behold, my maidservant Bilhah; go [in] to her, and let her bear [a child] upon my knees, and I too shall be built up from her.

4. And she gave him Bilhah her servant-girl as his wife, and Jacob went [in] to her.

5. And Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son.

6. And Rachel said, God has judged me, and also has heard my voice, and has given me a son. Therefore she called his name Dan.

7. And Bilhah, Rachel's servant-girl, conceived again and bore a second son to Jacob.

8. And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. And she called his name Naphtali.

9. And Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, and she took Zilpah her servant-girl, and gave her to Jacob as his wife.

10. And Zilpah, Leah's servant-girl, bore Jacob a son.

11. And Leah said, A troop comes! And she called his name Gad.

12. And Zilpah, Leah's servant-girl, bore a second son to Jacob.

13. And Leah said, In my blessedness! for the daughters will call me blessed. And she called his name Asher.

14. And Reuben went in the days of the wheat harvest and found dudaim in the field, and brought them to Leah his mother. And Rachel said to Leah, Give me now some of your son's dudaim.

15. But she said to her, Is it a small thing for you to have taken my husband? And will you take also my son's dudaim? And Rachel said, Therefore he will lie with you this night [in return] for your son's dudaim.

16. And Jacob came from the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, You must come [in] to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's dudaim. And he lay with her that night.

17. And God hearkened to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son.

18. And Leah said, God has given me my reward, because I gave my servant-girl to my husband. And she called his name Issachar.

19. And Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob.

20. And Leah said, God has endowed me with a good dowry; once again my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons. And she called his name Zebulun.

21. And afterwards she bore a daughter and called her name Dinah.

22. And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her and opened her womb.

23. And she conceived and bore a son, and she said, God has taken away 1 my reproach.

24. And she called his name Joseph, saying, May Jehovah add to me another son.

25. And it happened, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away and let me go to my own place and to my own land.

26. Give me my womenfolk and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.

27. And Laban said to him, If now I have found grace in your eyes have learned from experience, and Jehovah has blessed me for your sake.

28. And he said, Indicate your wages to me, and I will give them.

29. And [Jacob] said to him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle have fared with me.

30. For you had few before I came, and they have increased into a multitude; and Jehovah has blessed you since I set foot here. And now, when shall I, even I, provide for my own house?

31. And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything; if you will do this one thing for me, I will return, feed, and guard your flock.

32. I will pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted member of the flock, and every black one among the lambs, and the spotted and speckled among the she-goats; and that will be my wages.

33. And my righteousness will answer for me on the morrow, when you come [to look] over my wages that are before you; every one that is not speckled and spotted among the she-goats, and black among the lambs, is one stolen by me.

34. And Laban said, Behold, let it be according to your word.

35. And he removed on that day the variegated and spotted he-goats, and all the speckled and spotted she-goats, every one that had white in it, and every black one among the lambs; and he gave them into the hand of his sons.

36. And he put three days' journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob was feeding the rest of Laban's flocks.

37. And Jacob took for himself fresh rods of poplar, and hazel and plane, and stripped white strips on them - an exposing of the white which was on the rods.

38. And he set the rods which he had stripped in runners, in the troughs of water where the flocks came to drink, in front of the flocks; and they came on heat as they came to drink.

39. And the flocks came on heat at the rods, and the flocks brought forth variegated, speckled, and spotted ones.

40. And Jacob singled out the lambs, and set the faces of the flock towards the variegated, and every black one in Laban's flock; and he put his own droves apart and did not put them near Laban's flock.

41. And so it was, whenever those came on heat - those of the flock which came together first - that Jacob put the rods before the eyes of the flock in the runners, so that they would come on heat at the rods.

42. And before [the eyes of those of] the flock which came together later he did not put [the rods] in. And those which came together later were Laban's, and those which came together first were Jacob's.

43. And the man became very very prosperous, 2 and he had many flocks, and servant-girls and slaves, and camels and asses.

CONTENTS

The previous chapter dealt, through Jacob's four sons by Leah, with the state of the Church, that is, of the person who is becoming the Church, as regards the ascent from truth which is the truth of faith towards good which is the good of love. The present chapter deals - through Jacob's sons by the servant-girls of Rachel and Leah, and through those also by Leah and lastly Rachel - with the means by which natural truth becomes joined to spiritual good, and also with the order in which this is effected with one who is being regenerated.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, gathered up

2. literally, spread himself exceedingly exceedingly

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