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1 И взялъ Авраамъ еще жену, именемъ Хеттуру.

2 Она родила ему Зимрана, Іокшана, Медана, Мадіана, Ишбака и Шуаха.

3 Отъ Іокшана родились Шева и Деданъ. Сыны Дедана были: Ашуримъ, Летушимъ и Леюмимъ.

4 Сыны Мадіана: Ефа, Еферъ, Ханохъ, Авида и Елдага. Всј сіи суть сыны Хеттуры.

5 Впрочемъ Авраамъ отдалъ все имјніе свое Исааку.

6 А сынамъ наложницъ, которыя были у Авраама, далъ Авраамъ дары, и отпустилъ ихъ отъ Исаака, сына своего, еще при жизни своей, къ востоку, въ землю восточную.

7 Дней жизни Авраамовой, которые онъ прожилъ, было сто семьдесять пять лјтъ.

8 И скончался Авраамъ, и умеръ въ старости доброй, будучи престарјлъ и насыщенъ жизнію, и присоединился къ народу своему.

9 И погребли его Исаакъ и Измаилъ, сыновьа его, въ пещерј Махпелј, на полј ЕФрона, сына Цохара, Хеттеянина, которое находится противъ Мамре,

10 на полј, которое Авраамъ приобрјлъ отъ сыновъ Хетовыхъ. Тамъ погребены Авраамъ и Сарра, жена его.

11 По смерти Авраама, Богъ благословилъ Исаака, сына его. Исаакъ жилъ при Беэр-лахай-рои.

12 Вотъ родословіе Измаила, сына Авраамова, котораго родила Аврааму Агарь, Египтянка, служанка Саррина;

13 и вотъ имена сыновъ Измаиловыхъ, имена ихъ по поколјніямъ ихъ: первенецъ Измаиловъ Наваіоѕъ, за нимъ Кедаръ, Адбеелъ, Мивсамъ,

14 Мишма, Дума, Масса,

15 Хададъ, Ѕема, Іетуръ, Нафишъ и Кедма.

16 Сіи суть сыны Измаиловы, и сіи суть имена ихъ въ родахъ ихъ, въ кочевьяхъ ихъ. Это двјнадцать князей племенъ ихъ.

17 Лјтъ же жизни Измаиловой было сто тридцать семь лјтъ; и скончался онъ, и умеръ, и присоединился къ народу своему.

18 Потомки его разселились отъ Хавилы до Сура, что противъ Египта, и даже до Ассиріи. Такъ палъ ему жребій жить предъ лицемъ всјхъ братьевъ своихъ.

19 Воть родословіе Исаака, сына Авраамова. Авраамъ родилъ Исаака.

20 Исааку было сорокъ лјтъ отъ рожденія, когда онъ взялъ себј въ жену Ревекку, дочь Ваѕуила Арамеянина изъ Месопотаміи, сестру Лавана Арамеянина.

21 И молился Исаакъ Іеговј о женј своей, потому что она была неплодна: и услышалъ его Іегова, и зачала Ревекка, жена его.

22 И стали биться младенцы въ утробј ея; тогда сказала она: если такъ, то для чего мнј это? и пошла вопросить Іегову.

23 Іегова сказалъ ей: Два племени во чревј твоемъ, И Два различныхъ народа произойдутъ изъ утробы твоей; Одинъ народъ сдјлается сильнје другаго, И большій будетъ въ порабощеніи у меньшаго.

24 Когда настало время родить ей: оказалось, что въ утробј ея были близнецы.

25 Первый вышелъ рыжій, весь какъ волосяная одежда; и нарекли ему имя: Исавъ.

26 Потомъ вышелъ братъ его, держась рукою своею за пяту Исава; и наречено ему имя: Іаковъ. Исааку же было шестьдесятъ лјтъ, когда они родились.

27 Дјти выросли. Исавъ былъ человјкъ искусный въ звјроловствј, любящій быть въ полј; а Іаковъ человјкъ кроткій, живущій въ шатрахъ.

28 Исаакъ любилъ Исава, потому что любилъ јсть изловленное; а Ревекка любила Іакова.

29 Однажды сварилъ Іаковъ похлебку; а Исавъ пришелъ съ поля и усталъ.

30 И сказалъ Исавъ Іакову: дай мнј појсть краснаго, краснаго этого, ибо я усталъ. Отъ сего дано ему прозваніе: Эдомъ.

31 Но Іаковъ сказалъ: продай мнј теперь свое первородство.

32 Исавъ сказалъ: вотъ я скоро умру; что мнј въ этомъ первородствј?

33 Іаковъ сказалъ: поклянись мнј теперь же. Онъ поклялся, и такимъ образомъ продалъ первородство свое Іакову.

34 Тогда Іаковъ далъ Исаву хлјба и похлебки изъ чечевицы; и онъ јлъ, и пилъ, и всталъ, и пошелъ; и за ничто почелъ Исавъ первородство.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3272

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3272. 'Twelve princes of their peoples' means all the first and foremost features of that spiritual Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'twelve' as all things of faith and so of the Church, dealt with in 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end); from the meaning of 'princes' as first and foremost features, dealt with in 1482, 2089; and from the meaning of 'peoples' as those who are governed by truths, dealt with in 1259, 1260, and so those who belong to the spiritual Church, for they are said to be those with whom truths predominate. The fact that all numbers in the Word mean real things becomes quite clear from the number twelve which occurs so many times. Whenever that number is used in the Word it means all things. For example, the twelve tribes in the Old Testament and the twelve apostles in the New mean all things of faith, and so all things of the Church. Here 'twelve princes' accordingly means all the first and foremost features of that Church which are represented by just so many sons of Ishmael.

[2] That the number twelve means those things becomes clear from what has been introduced in the places mentioned above, as well as from the following in the Word: In John,

I heard the number of the sealed out of every tribe of Israel - twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Gad, and so on. Revelation 7:4-6, and following verses.

Here 'twelve thousand sealed out of every tribe' means nothing else than that everyone who receives faith, that is, who receives the good that accompanies it, is saved. In the same book,

A woman encircled with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Revelation 12:1.

'A woman' stands for the Church, 252, 253, 'the sun' for celestial love, 'the moon' for spiritual love, 30-38, 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495. 'Twelve stars' stands for all things of faith - 'stars' being cognitions of good and truth, which are matters of faith, 2495, 2849.

[3] In the same book,

The holy city New Jerusalem, having twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels, and names written which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. He measured the city with the measuring rod, twelve thousand stadia. And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits (twelve twelves), which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. The twelve gates were twelve pearls. Revelation 21:12, 14, 16-17, 21.

Here nothing else is meant by the holy city than the Lord's spiritual kingdom, and by the gates, wall, and foundations the things that constitute charity and faith, all of which things are meant by the frequently mentioned number twelve. The fact that neither the twelve tribes nor the twelve apostles are meant literally may be recognized by anyone. In the same book,

In the middle of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that, was the tree of life bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month. Revelation 22:2.

'Twelve fruits' means all things of charity.

[4] In Matthew,

Jesus said, Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration, when the Son of Man sits on His throne of glory, will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. Matthew 19:28.

Here 'the apostles' is not used to mean the apostles, nor 'thrones' to mean thrones, nor 'tribes' tribes, but matters of faith in their entirety, see 2129. Furthermore when the twelve tribes are referred to in the Old Testament Word they mean all things of the Church. The same applies to the twelve stones set according to the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, in the Urim and Thummim, Exodus 28:21; to the twelve loaves of the presence that were laid out on the table, Leviticus 24:5-6; and so on with every other reference to twelve. Also the names themselves of the twelve sons of Jacob or Israel contain all things of faith, as will be seen in the Lord's Divine mercy in Chapters 29, 30 below.

  
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