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1 아브라함이 후처를 취하였으니 그 이름은 그두라라

2 그가 시므란과, 욕산과, 므단과, 미디안과, 이스박과, 수아을 낳았고

3 욕산과, 스바와, 드단을 낳았으며 드단의 자손은 앗수르 족속과, 르두시 족속과, 르움미 족속이며

4 미디안의 아들은 에바와, 에벨과, 하녹과, 아비다와, 엘다아니 다 그두라의 자손이었더라

5 아브라함이 이삭에게 자기 모든 소유를 주었고

6 자기 서자들에게도 재물을 주어 자기 생전에 그들로 자기 아들 이삭을 떠나 동방 곧 동국으로 가게 하였더라

7 아브라함의 향년이 일백 칠십 오세라

8 그가 수가 높고 나이 많아 기운이 진하여 죽어 자기 열조에게로 돌아가매

9 그 아들 이삭과 이스마엘이 그를 마므레 앞 헷 족속 소할의 아들 에브론의 밭에 있는 막벨라 굴에 장사하였으니

10 이것은 아브라함이 헷 족속에게서 산 밭이라 아브라함과 그 아내 사라가 거기 장사되니라

11 아브라함이 죽은 후에 하나님이 그 아들 이삭에게 복을 주셨고 이삭을 브엘 라해로이 근처에 거하였더라

12 사라의 여종 애굽인 하갈이 아브라함에게 낳은 아들 이스마엘의 후예는 이러하고

13 이스마엘의 아들들의 이름은 그 이름과 그 세대 대로 이와 같으니라 이스마엘의 장자는 느바욧이요, 그 다음은 게달과, 앗브엘과, 밉삼과,

14 미스마와, 두마와, 맛사와,

15 하닷과, 데마와, 여둘과, 나비스와, 게드마니

16 이들은 이스마엘의 아들들이요 그 촌과 부락대로 된 이름이며 그 족속대로는 십 이방백이었더라

17 이스마엘은 향년이 일백 삼십 칠세에 기운이 진하여 죽어 자기 열조에게로 돌아갔고

18 그 자손들은 하윌라에서부터 앗수르로 통하는 애굽 앞 술까지 이르러 그 모든 형제의 맞은편에 거하였더라

19 아브라함의 아들 이삭의 후예는 이러하니라 아브라함이 이삭을 낳았고

20 이삭은 사십세에 리브가를 취하여 아내를 삼았으니 리브가는 밧단 아람의 아람 족속 중 브두엘의 딸이요 아람 족속 중 라반의 누이였더라

21 이삭이 그 아내가 잉태하지 못하므로 그를 위하여 여호와께 간구하매 여호와께서 그 간구를 들으셨으므로 그 아내 리브가가 잉태하였더니

22 아이들이 그의 태 속에서 서로 싸우는지라 그가 가로되 `이같으면 내가 어찌할꼬 ?' 하고 가서 여호와께 묻자온대

23 여호와께서 그에게 이르시되 두 국민이 네 태 중에 있구나 두 민족이 네 복 중에서부터 나누이리라 이 족속이, 저 족속보다 강하겠고 큰 자는 어린 자를 섬기리라 하셨더라

24 그 해산 기한이 찬즉 태에 쌍동이가 있었는데

25 먼저 나온 자는 붉고 전신이 갖옷 같아서 이름을 에서라 하였고

26 후에 나온 아우는 손으로 에서의 발꿈치를 잡았으므로 그 이름을 야곱이라 하였으며 리브가가 그들을 낳을 때에 이삭이 육십세이었더라

27 그 아이들이 장성하매 에서는 익숙한 사냥군인고로 들 사람이 되고 야곱은 종용한 사람인고로 장막에 거하니

28 이삭은 에서의 사냥한 고기를 좋아하므로 그를 사랑하고 리브가는 야곱을 사랑하였더라

29 야곱이 죽을 쑤었더니 에서가 들에서부터 돌아와서 심히 곤비하여

30 야곱에게 이르되 `내가 곤비하니 그 붉은 것을 나로 먹게 하라' 한지라 그러므로 에서의 별명은 에돔이더라

31 야곱이 가로되 `형의 장자의 명분을 오늘날 내게 팔라'

32 에서가 가로되 `내가 죽게 되었으니 이 장자의 명분이 내게 무엇이 유익하리요'

33 야곱이 가로되 `오늘 내게 맹세하라' 에서가 맹세하고 장자의 명분을 야곱에게 판지라

34 야곱이 떡과 팥죽을 에서에게 주매 에서가 먹으며 마시고 일어나서 갔으니 에서가 장자의 명분을 경홀히 여김이었더라

   

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13 엘리야가 저에게 이르되 두려워 말고 가서 네 말대로 하려니와 먼저 그것으로 나를 위하여 작은 떡 하나를 만들어 내게로 가져 오고 그 후에 너와 네 아들을 위하여 만들라

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Arcana Coelestia # 3398

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3398. 'One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us' means that it could have been adulterated and so profaned. This is clear from the meaning of 'lying wish' as being perverted or adulterated; from the meaning of 'one of the people' as one who belongs to the Church, that is to say, to the spiritual Church, dealt with in 2928; from the meaning of 'wife' - who is Rebekah here - as Divine Truth, dealt with above; and from the meaning of 'guilt' as blame for the profanation of truth. From this it is evident that 'one of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us' means that Divine Truth could easily have been adulterated by someone within the Church and so he would have made himself culpable of the profanation of truth. It has been stated above in 3386 that the reason why Abraham on two occasions spoke of Sarah his wife as his sister - first of all in Egypt, and then, when dwelling with Abimelech, in Gerar - and why Isaac in a similar way spoke of Rebekah his wife as his sister, when he too was dwelling with Abimelech, and why those three occasions are mentioned in the Word, is a very deep arcanum. The actual arcanum contained in these words is evident in the internal sense, and it is this: 'A sister' means rational truth, and 'a wife' Divine Truth; and rational truth is called this - that is, 'a sister' - to prevent Divine Truth, which is 'a wife' (Rebekah in this case) from being adulterated and so perverted.

[2] With regard to the profanation of truth the position is that Divine Truth cannot possibly be profaned except by those who have already acknowledged it. For these people have first of all, through acknowledgement and faith, come to the truth, and so have been introduced into it. If after this they depart from that truth there remains within them a permanent imprint of it, which is recalled together with falsity and evil whenever these are recalled. And being attached to falsity and evil that truth is consequently made profane. People therefore with whom this happens have within them permanently that which is condemning, and so the hell which is their own. Indeed when those in hell draw near a sphere where good and truth are present they instantly experience their own hell, for they run into that which they hate, and as a consequence into torment. People therefore who have profaned truth dwell permanently with that which torments them - the intensity of torment depending on the degree of profanation. This being so, the Lord makes the greatest provision to prevent Divine Good and Truth being made profane. He does so especially with anyone who is such that he cannot help profaning them, by keeping him as far back as possible from acknowledgement of and faith in truth and good. For as has been stated, no one is able to profane them except him who has already acknowledged and come to believe them.

[3] This was the reason why internal truths were not disclosed to the descendants of Jacob - to the Israelites and Jews. Not even the existence of anything internal within man, nor thus any kind of internal worship was openly declared to them, and scarcely anything about life after death, or about the heavenly kingdom of the Lord or the Messiah whom they awaited. The reason why these truths were not declared was, as foreseen, that if they had been disclosed to them, the Jews and Israelites were such as could not help profaning them; for they had no desire for anything other than what was earthly. And because those descendants were such, and are so still, they are still allowed to remain without any belief at all in internal truths. For if at one point they had given their assent to them and then had withdrawn it they would inevitably have ended up in the worst hell of all.

[4] This was also the reason why the Lord did not come into the world and reveal the internal features of the Word until the time when no good at all, not even natural good, remained with them. For at that point they were no longer capable of receiving any truth and acknowledging it internally - for good is what receives - and so were no longer capable of profaning it. It is this state that is meant by the fulness of time, and by the close of the age, and also by the last day, spoken of many times in the Prophets.

[5] It is for the same reason also that at the present time the arcana belonging to the internal sense of the Word are being revealed, for today scarcely any faith exists because charity is non-existent, so that the close of the age is here. When these conditions prevail these arcana can be revealed without any risk of profanation since they are not acknowledged interiorly. It is for the sake of this arcanum that in the Word mention is made of Abraham and of Isaac, of how, when dwelling in Gerar with Abimelech, each called his wife his sister. See in addition what has been stated and shown already on the same subject, to the effect that those who acknowledge are able to profane, but not those who do not acknowledge, still less those who do not even know, 593, 1008, 1010, 1059. How much danger lies in profaning sacred things and the Word, see 571, 582. People inside the Church are able to profane sacred things, but not those outside, 2051. The Lord provides against the occurrence of profanation, 1001, 2426. Worship may become external to prevent the profaning of internal worship, 1327, 1328. People are kept in ignorance to prevent the truths of faith being made profane, 301-303.

  
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