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Gênesis 28

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1 Isaque, pois, chamou Jacó, e o abençoou, e ordenou-lhe, dizendo: Não tomes mulher dentre as filhas de Canaã.

2 Levanta-te, vai a Padã-Arã, à casa de Betuel, pai de tua mãe, e toma de lá uma mulher dentre as filhas de Labão, irmão de tua mãe.

3 Deus Todo-Poderoso te abençoe, te faça frutificar e te multiplique, para que venhas a ser uma multidão de povos; seu

4 e te dê a bênção de Abraão, a ti e à tua descendência contigo, para que herdes a terra de tuas peregrinaçoes, que Deus deu a Abraão.

5 Assim despediu Isaque a Jacó, o qual foi a Padã-Arã, a Labão, filho de Betuel, arameu, irmão de Rebeca, mãe de Jacó e de Esaú.

6 Ora, viu Esaú que Isaque abençoara a Jacó, e o enviara a Padã-Arã, para tomar de lá mulher para si, e que, abençoando-o, lhe ordenara, dizendo: Não tomes mulher dentre as filhas de Canaã,

7 e que Jacó, obedecendo a seu pai e a sua mãe, fora a Padã- Arã;

8 vendo também Esaú que as filhas de Canaã eram más aos olhos de Isaque seu pai,

9 foi-se Esaú a Ismael e, além das mulheres que já tinha, tomou por mulher a Maalate, filha de Ismael, filho de Abraão, irmã de Nebaiote.

10 Partiu, pois, Jacó de Beer-Seba e se foi em direção a Harã;

11 e chegou a um lugar onde passou a noite, porque o sol já se havia posto; e, tomando uma das pedras do lugar e pondo-a debaixo da cabeça, deitou-se ali para dormir.

12 Então sonhou: estava posta sobre a terra uma escada, cujo topo chegava ao céu; e eis que os anjos de Deus subiam e desciam por ela;

13 por cima dela estava o Senhor, que disse: Eu sou o Senhor, o Deus de Abraão teu pai, e o Deus de Isaque; esta terra em que estás deitado, eu a darei a ti e à tua descendência;

14 e a tua descendência será como o pó da terra; dilatar-te-ás para o ocidente, para o oriente, para o norte e para o sul; por meio de ti e da tua descendência serão benditas todas as famílias da terra.

15 Eis que estou contigo, e te guardarei por onde quer que fores, e te farei tornar a esta terra; pois não te deixarei até que haja cumprido aquilo de que te tenho falado.

16 Ao acordar Jacó do seu sono, disse: Realmente o Senhor está neste lugar; e eu não o sabia.

17 E temeu, e disse: Quão terrível é este lugar! Este não é outro lugar senão a casa de Deus; e esta é a porta dos céus.

18 Jacó levantou-se de manhã cedo, tomou a pedra que pusera debaixo da cabeça, e a pôs como coluna; e derramou-lhe azeite em cima.

19 E chamou aquele lugar Betel; porém o nome da cidade antes era Luz.

20 Fez também Jacó um voto, dizendo: Se Deus for comigo e me guardar neste caminho que vou seguindo, e me der pão para comer e vestes para vestir,

21 de modo que eu volte em paz à casa de meu pai, e se o Senhor for o meu Deus,

22 então esta pedra que tenho posto como coluna será casa de Deus; e de tudo quanto me deres, certamente te darei o dízimo.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4242

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4242. 'And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau' means the first acknowledgement that good occupied the higher position. This becomes clear from the meaning here of 'commanding the messengers to say' as reflection and consequent perception that this is so, dealt with in 3661, 3682, and therefore as acknowledgement; and from the representation of 'Esau' as good, dealt with above in 4234, 4239. The acknowledgement that it occupied the higher position is meant by his calling Esau not his brother but his 'lord' and also by calling himself in the next breath his 'servant', and likewise further on. For while a person is being regenerated truth seemingly occupies first position and good second, but once he has been regenerated good occupies first and truth second, see 1904, 2063, 2189, 2697, 2979, 3286, 3288, 3310 (end), 3325, 3330, 3332, 3336, 3470, 3509, 3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3579, 3603, 3701. This is also what is meant by the prophetic utterances made by father to son - when Isaac declared to Esau,

By your sword you will live, and you will serve your brother; and it will be, when you have dominion over him, that you will break his yoke from above your neck. Genesis 27:40.

It is the turning round within this state, foretold in these prophetic utterances, that is dealt with here.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 3509

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3509. 'And Rebekah said to Jacob her son - she said' means the Lord's perception from Divine Truth concerning natural truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Rebekah' as the Divine Truth of the Lord's Divine Rational, dealt with in 3012, 3013, 3077; from the meaning of 'saying' as perceiving, dealt with in 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1898, 1919, 2080, 2506, 2515, 2552, 2619; and from the representation of 'Jacob' as the Lord's Natural as regards truth, dealt with in 3305. From this it is evident that 'Rebekah said to Jacob her son' means the Lord's perception from Divine Truth concerning natural truth. For on the one hand the Lord wished to acquire truth from the Divine Good of the Divine Rational, represented by 'Isaac', through the good of the Natural, represented by 'Esau', by means of which truth He would glorify, or make Divine, the Natural. But on the other hand the Lord wished to acquire truth from the Divine Truth of the Divine Rational, represented by 'Rebekah', through the truth of the Natural, represented by 'Jacob', by means of which truth He would glorify, or make Divine, the Rational. But these two wishes of His cannot be grasped unless light is thrown on the subject from what happens with man when being regenerated or made new by the Lord. And even then it cannot be grasped unless one knows the situation with the rational as regards good and as regards truth there. So let this matter be discussed briefly.

[2] The rational mind is distinguished into two separate mental powers, one called the will, the other the understanding. That which goes forth from the will when someone is being regenerated is called good, and that which goes forth from the understanding is called truth. Until a person has been regenerated the will does not act in unison with the understanding. Instead the will desires good whereas the understanding desires truth; and so different is each desire from the other that the effort of the will is perceived to be quite distinct and separate from that of the understanding. This is perceived however only by those who stop to reflect, knowing what the will is and the things that constitute this, and what the understanding is and the things that constitute that. But it is not perceived by those who do not know those things and therefore do not stop to reflect. And there is the added reason that the natural mind is regenerated by way of the rational mind, see 3493, and indeed according to order as follows: The good of the rational does not pass directly into the good of the natural and regenerate it but by way of truth which belongs to the understanding, thus giving the appearance that it enters in from the truth of the rational. These are the matters which this chapter deals with in the internal sense; for 'Isaac' is the rational mind as regards good present in the will, 'Rebekah' as regards truth present in the understanding. 'Esau' is the good of the natural springing from the good of the rational, 'Jacob' the truth of the natural springing from the good of the rational by way of the truth there.

[3] These considerations show the kind of arcana contained in the internal sense of the Word; yet there are very few which can be described in a way intelligible to the human mind. The number of those which are beyond man's comprehension and defy description is unlimited. For the more deeply the Word goes, that is, the more interiorly into heaven, the more unlimited and also the more indescribable do they become not only to man but also to angels of the lower heaven. And when it reaches the inmost heaven the angels there perceive that the arcana are infinite and, being Divine are quite beyond their comprehension. Such is the nature of the Word.

  
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