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1 Mosebok 36

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1 Dette er Esaus eller Edoms ætt.

2 Esau tok sig hustruer av Kana'ans døtre: Ada, hetitten Elons datter, og Oholibama, Anas datter, hevitten Sibeons sønnedatter,

3 og Basmat, Ismaels datter, Nebajots søster.

4 Med Ada fikk Esau Elifas, og med Basmat e'uel,

5 og med Oholibama fikk han Je'us og Jalam og Korah; dette var Esaus sønner, som han fikk i Kana'ans land.

6 Og Esau tok sine hustruer, sine sønner og døtre og alt sitt husfolk og sin buskap og alle sine kløvdyr og alt sitt gods som han hadde samlet i Kana'ans land, og drog til et annet land for sin bror Jakobs skyld.

7 For deres eiendom var for stor til at de kunde bo sammen - det land som de bodde i som fremmede, kunde ikke rumme dem, så stor buskap hadde de.

8 Så bosatte Esau sig i Se'ir-fjellene - Esau, det er den samme som Edom.

9 Og dette er Esaus ætt i Se'irfjellene, han som var stamfar til edomittene.

10 Dette er navneneEsaus sønner: Elifas, sønn av Esaus hustru Ada, og e'uel, sønn av Esaus hustru Basmat.

11 Og Elifas' sønner var Teman, Omar, Sefo, Gatam og Kenas.

12 Og Elifas, Esaus sønn, hadde en medhustru som hette Timna, og med henne fikk Elifas Amalek. Dette var Esaus hustru Adas sønner.

13 Og dette var e'uels sønner: Nahat og Serah, Samma og Missa. Dette var Esaus hustru Basmats sønner.

14 Og dette var sønnene til Oholibama, Anas datter, Sibeons sønnedatter, Esaus hustru: Med henne fikk Esau Je'us og Jalam og Korah.

15 Dette var stammefyrstene for Esaus barn: Sønnene til Esaus eldste sønn Elifas var stammefyrsten Teman, stammefyrsten Omar, stammefyrsten Sefo, stammefyrsten Kenas,

16 stammefyrsten Korah, stammefyrsten Gatam, stammefyrsten Amalek; dette var de stammefyrster som nedstammet fra Elifas i Edom-landet. Dette var Adas sønner.

17 Og dette var sønnene til Esaus sønn e'uel: stammefyrsten Nahat, stammefyrsten Serah, stammefyrsten Samma, stammefyrsten Missa, dette var de stammefyrster som nedstammet fra e'uel i Edom-landet. Dette var Esaus hustru Basmats sønner.

18 Og dette var Esaus hustru Oholibamas sønner: stammefyrsten Je'usj stammefyrsten Jalam, stammefyrsten Korah; dette var de stammefyrster som nedstammet fra Oholibama, Anas datter, Esaus hustru.

19 Dette var Esaus sønner, og dette deres stammefyrster. Dette var Edom.

20 Dette var horitten Se'irs sønner, som bodde i landet: Lotan og Sobal og Sibeon og Ana

21 og Dison og Eser og Disan; dette var horittenes stammefyrster, Se'irs sønner i Edom-landet.

22 Og Lotans sønner var Hori og Hemam, og Lotans søster var Timna.

23 Og dette var Sobals sønner: Alvan og Manahat og Ebal, Sefo og Onam.

24 Og dette var Sibeons sønner: Aja og Ana; det var den Ana som fant de varme kilder i ørkenen, mens han gjætte sin far Sibeons asener.

25 Og dette var Anas barn: Dison og datteren Oholibama.

26 Og dette var Disons sønner: Hemdan og Esban og Jitran og Keran.

27 Dette var Esers sønner: Bilhan og Sa'avan og Akan.

28 Dette var Disans sønner: Us og Aran.

29 Dette var horittenes stammefyrster: stammefyrsten Lotan, stammefyrsten Sobal, stammefyrsten Sibeon, stammefyrsten Ana,

30 stammefyrsten Dison, stammefyrsten Eser, stammefyrsten Disan; dette var horittenes stammefyrster, deres stammefyrster i Se'ir-landet.

31 Og dette var de konger som regjerte i Edom-landet før det regjerte nogen konge over Israels barn:

32 Bela, Beors sønn, var konge i Edom, og hans by hette Dinhaba.

33 Da Bela døde, blev Jobab, Serahs sønn, fra Bosra konge i hans sted.

34 Da Jobab døde, blev Husam fra temanittenes land konge i hans sted.

35 Da Husam døde, blev Hadad, Bedads sønn, konge i hans sted; det var han som slo midianittene på Moabs mark; hans by hette Avit.

36 Da Hadad døde, blev Samla fra Masreka konge i hans sted.

37 Da Samla døde, blev Saul fra ehobot ved elven konge i hans sted.

38 Da Saul døde, blev Ba'al-Hanan, Akbors sønn, konge i hans sted.

39 Da Ba'al-Hanan, Akbors sønn, døde, blev Hadar konge i hans sted; hans by hette Pa'u, og hans hustru hette Mehetabel, en datter av Matred, Mesahabs datter.

40 Og dette er navneneEsaus stammefyrster efter deres ætter, efter deres bosteder, med deres navn: stammefyrsten Timna, stammefyrsten Alva, stammefyrsten Jetet,

41 stammefyrsten Oholibama, stammefyrsten Ela, stammefyrsten Pinon,

42 stammefyrsten Kenas, stammefyrsten Teman, stammefyrsten Mibsar,

43 stammefyrsten Magdiel, stammefyrsten Iram; dette var Edoms stammefyrster efter sine bosteder i sitt eiendomsland. Dette var Esaus, edomittenes fars ætt.

   

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1675. That 'the Horites in their Mount Seir' means false persuasions deriving from self-love is clear from the meaning of 'the Horites' and from the meaning of 'Seir'. As for the Horites, they were the people who dwelt on Mount Seir, as is clear from Genesis 36:8, 20, and following verses, where Esau, who is called Edom, is the subject. Esau or Edom in the genuine sense means the Lord as regards His Human Essence. He is also represented by Esau or Edom, as becomes clear from many places in both the historical and the prophetical sections of the Word, to be dealt with, in the Lord's Divine mercy, later on. Because 'the Horites' represented people who are under the influence of false persuasions, and because representatives at that time occurred within actual events, therefore the expulsion of the Horites from Mount Seir by the descendants of Esau had a similar representation.

[2] These are spoken of in Moses as follows,

This also is considered to be a land of Rephaim; Rephaim dwelt formerly in it, and the Ammonites called them Zamzummim; they were a people great and many and tall like the Anakim. And Jehovah destroyed them from before them; and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their place. He did the same for the sons of Esau who dwelt in Seir, in that He destroyed the Horites from before them, and they dispossessed them, and dwelt in their place. Deuteronomy 2:20-22.

These things represent and mean the same as what the present verse says about Chedorlaomer, namely that 'Chedorlaomer and the kings with him smote the Horites in Mount Seir'. For, as has been stated, Chedorlaomer represents the Lord's Good and Truth during childhood, and so the Lord's Human Essence at that time as regards Good and Truth, by which He destroyed false persuasions, that is, the hells filled with so devilish a crew, which set out to destroy the world of spirits, and consequently the human race, with its false persuasions.

[3] And because Esau or Edom represented the Lord as regards the Human Essence, Mount Seir also, and Paran as well, represented those things that belonged to His Human Essence, namely the celestial things of love, as is clear from the blessing uttered by Moses,

Jehovah came from Sinai, and dawned from Seir upon them; He shone from Mount Paran, and came out of myriads of holiness. From His right hand came a fiery law for them. He indeed loves the peoples. Deuteronomy 33:2-3.

'Jehovah dawned from Mount Seir and shone from Mount Paran' means nothing else than the Lord's Human Essence. Anyone may see that 'dawning from Mount Seir and shining from Mount Paran' does not mean mountains and their inhabitants but Divine realities, thus the celestial things of the Lord's Human Essence, from which Jehovah is said to have dawned and to have shone.

[4] As for 'Seir', its meaning is clear from the Song of Deborah and Barak in the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, when You set out from the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water, the mountains flowed down, this Sinai before Jehovah God of Israel. Judges 5:4-5.

Here 'going forth from Seir and setting out from the field of Edom' has no other meaning.

[5] This is plainer still in Moses in the prophetic utterance of Balaam, who was one of the sons of the east, that is, he came from Syria where a residue of the Ancient Church existed,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob, and a scepter will rise up out of Israel. And Edom will be an inheritance and Seir will be an inheritance of his enemies. Numbers 24:17-18.

Here 'seeing Him, but not now; beholding Him, but not near' is the Lord's Coming into the world - His Human Essence being called 'a star that would arise out of Jacob', and also 'Edom' and 'Seir'. That neither Edom nor Seir were to be the inheritance may become clear to anyone. 'Seir, the inheritance of his enemies' or 'The mountain of his enemies' has the same meaning as in many other places where it is said that enemies were to be driven out and possession was to be taken of their land.

[6] That Mount Paran, or El-paran, mentioned in this verse also has the same meaning is clear from Habakkuk as well,

God will come from Teman, and the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His fame has covered the heavens, and the earth has been filled with His praise. Habakkuk 3:3.

It should be realized however that mountains and lands have and take their meaning from their inhabitants, from the Horites when these dwelt there, and when they had been driven out, from those who drove them out, such as from Esau or Edom, or else from some others. Mount Paran is used therefore in both senses, the genuine and the contrary. In the genuine sense it stands for the Lord's Human Essence, in the contrary sense for self-love. The Lord's Human Essence is celestial love itself, while the contrary to celestial love is self-love. Thus 'the Horites' in this verse means false persuasions deriving from self-love.

[7] There are false persuasions that originate in self-love, and there are false persuasions that originate in love of the world. The former persuasions - those originating in self-love - are the most foul, whereas those originating in love of the world are not so foul. The former, or false persuasions originating in self-love, are the very opposite of the celestial things of love, whereas the latter, or false persuasions originating in love of the world, are the opposite of the spiritual things of love. Persuasions originating in self-love carry with them the desire to rule over all things, and insofar as the restraints placed upon them are loosened they hasten to fulfill that desire, even to the extent of desiring to rule over the entire universe, and, as has been shown, over Jehovah as well. Consequently persuasions of that kind are not tolerated at all in the next life. But persuasions originating in love of the world do not go so far. They do not go beyond the insanity of not being satisfied with their lot. They vainly strive after heavenly joy, and wish to acquire other people's goods, but are not so intent on ruling. But the differences among these persuasions are countless.

  
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