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1 И услышалъ Іаковъ слова сыновъ Лавановыхъ, которые говорили: Іаковъ завладјлъ всјмъ, что было у отца нашего, и изъ имјнія отца нашего составилъ все богатство сіе.

2 Іаковъ увидјлъ, что и Лаванъ уже не такъ смотритъ на него, какъ вчера и третьяго дня.

3 И сказалъ Іегова Іакову: возвратись въ землю отцевъ твоихъ, и на родину твою; и Я буду съ тобою.

4 Тогда Іаковъ, пославъ, призвалъ Рахиль и Лію въ поле, къ стаду мелкаго скота своего;

5 и сказалъ имъ: я вижу, что отецъ вашъ смотритъ на меня не такъ, какъ вчера и третьяго дня. Но Богъ отца моего со мною.

6 Вы сами знаете, что я всјми силами работалъ отцу вашему.

7 А отецъ вашъ обманулъ меня, и разъ десять перемјнялъ награду мою. Но Богъ не попустилъ ему сдјлать мнј зло.

8 Скажетъ ли онъ, что скотъ, который съ крапинами будетъ тебј въ награду; скотъ рождается все съ крапинами. Скажетъ ли: пестрый будетъ тебј въ награду; скотъ рождается все пестрый.

9 И отнялъ Богъ скотъ у отца вашего, и отдалъ мнј.

10 Однажды въ такое время, когда скотъ зачинаетъ, я взглянулъ, и увидјлъ во снј козловъ пестрыхъ, съ крапинами и пятнами, скачущихъ на скотъ.

11 Ангелъ Божій сказалъ мнј во снј: Іаковъ! я отвјчалъ: вотъ я.

12 Онъ сказалъ: возведи очи твои, и посмотри; всј козлы, скачущіе на скотинъ, суть пестрые, съ крапинами, и съ пятнами; ибо Я вижу все, что Лаванъ дјлаетъ съ тобою.

13 Я Богъ Веѕиля, гдј ты возлилъ елей на памятникъ, и гдј ты далъ Мнј објтъ. Теперь встань, поди изъ земли сей, и возвратися въ землю рожденія твоего.

14 Рахиль и Лія сказали ему въ отвјтъ: есть ли уже намъ доля, или наслјдство въ домј отца нашего?

15 Не за чужихъ ли онъ насъ почитаетъ? ибо онъ продалъ насъ, и серебро наше съјлъ.

16 Все богатство, которое Богъ отнялъ у отца нашего, есть наше и дјтей нашихъ. И такъ дјлай все, что Богъ повелјлъ тебј.

17 Тогда Іаковъ всталъ, и посадилъ дјтей своихъ и женъ своихъ на верблюдовъ;

18 и взялъ съ собою весь скотъ свой, и все богатство свое, которое пріобрјлъ; скотъ собственный его, который онъ пріобрјлъ въ Падан-Арамј; и пошелъ къ Исааку, отцу своему, въ землю Ханаанскую.

19 И какъ Лаванъ пошелъ стричь скотъ свой: то Рахиль украла идоловъ, которые были у отца ея.

20 И Іаковъ укрылся отъ проницаніа Лавана Арамеянина, поелику не далъ ему знать, что удаляется.

21 И ушелъ со всјмъ, что у него было; и вставъ перешелъ рјку, и пошелъ прямо къ горј Галаадъ

22 На третій день сказали Лавану, что Іаковъ ушелъ.

23 Посему онъ взялъ съ собою сродниковъ своихъ, и гнался за нимъ семь дней, и догналъ его на горј Галаадъ.

24 Но Богъ пришелъ къ Лавану Арамеянину ночью, во снј, и сказалъ ему: берегись, не говори вопреки Іакову ни худаго, ни добраго.

25 Итакъ, когда Лаванъ догналъ Іакова, и когда Іаковъ поставилъ шатеръ свой на горј, а также и Лаванъ расположился съ сродниками своими на горј Галаадъ:

26 тогда Лаванъ сказалъ Іакову: что ты сдјлалъ? для чего ты укрылся отъ меня, и увелъ дочерей моихъ, какъ будто взятыхъ въ плјнъ оружіемъ?

27 Зачјмъ ты убјжалъ тайно, и укрылся отъ меня, и не сказалъ мнј? Я отпустилъ бы тебя съ веселіемъ и съ пјснями, съ тимпаномъ и съ гуслями.

28 Ты не позволилъ мнј даже поцјловать внуковъ моихъ и дочерей моихъ! Это неблагоразумно ты сдјлалъ.

29 Есть въ рукј моей сила сдјлать вамъ зло, но Богъ отца вашего вчера говорилъ ко мнј, и сказалъ: берегись, не говори вопреки Іакову ни худаго, ни добраго.

30 Но пустъ бы ты ушелъ, потому что ты нетерпјливо захотјлъ быть въ домј отца твоего: зачјмъ ты укралъ боговъ моихъ?

31 Іаковъ сказалъ въ отвјтъ Лавану: я ушелъ, потому что боялся; ибо я сказалъ самъ въ себј: не отнялъ бы ты у меня дочерей своихъ.

32 Боговъ же твоихъ, если у кого найдешь, тотъ да не будетъ живъ. При сродникахъ нашихъ узнавай свое въ томъ, что есть у меня, и бери себј. А того не зналъ Іаковъ, что Рахиль украла ихъ.

33 Итакъ Лаванъ ходилъ въ шатеръ Іакова, и въ шатеръ Ліи, и въ шатеръ двухъ рабынь, и не нашелъ ничего. И вышедши изъ шатра Ліи, вошелъ въ шатеръ Рахили.

34 Рахиль же взяла идоловъ и положила ихъ подъ верблюжье сјдло, и сјла на нихъ. И обыскалъ Лаванъ весь шатеръ; но не нашелъ.

35 Она же сказала отцу своему: да не прогнјвается господинъ мой, видя, что я не могу встать предъ тобою; ибо у меня обыкновенное женское. Такимъ образомъ онъ искалъ, но не нашелъ идоловъ.

36 Тогда Іаковъ осердился,. и вступилъ въ споръ съ Лаваномъ. И началъ Іаковъ говорить, и сказалъ Лавану: какая вина моя, какой грјхъ мой, что ты преслјдуешь меня?

37 Ты осмотрјлъ у меня всј вещи; что нашелъ ты изъ всјхъ вещей твоего дома? Покажи здјсь передъ сродниками твоими и передъ сродниками моими; пусть они разсудятъ обоихъ насъ.

38 Двадцать лјтъ я жилъ у тебя; овцы твои и козы твои не выкидывали; овновъ стада твоего я не јлъ.

39 Разтерзаннаго звјремъ я не носилъ тебј; это была моя бјда, ты съ меня взыскивалъ, днемъ ли что пропало, ночью ли пропало.

40 Я томился днемъ отъ жара, а ночью отъ стужи; и сонъ убјгалъ отъ глазъ моихъ.

41 Таковы мои двадцать лјтъ въ домј твоемъ. Я работалъ тебј четырнадцать лјтъ за двухъ дочерей твоихъ, и шесть лјтъ за скотъ твой; а ты десять разъ перемјнялъ награду мою.

42 Еслибы не былъ со мною Богъ отца моего, Богъ Авраама и страхъ Исаака; ты бы теперь отпустилъ меня ни съ чјмъ. Богъ увидјлъ бјдствіе мое, и трудъ рукъ моихъ; и вступился за меня вчера.

43 Лаванъ сказалъ въ отвјтъ: дочери, дочери мои; дјти, дјти мои; скотъ, скотъ мой; все что ты видишь, это мое; но что мнј дјлать теперь съ дочерьми моими и съ дјтьми ихъ, которые рождены ими?

44 Итакъ, сдјлаемъ теперь завјтъ, ты и я; и это будетъ свидјтельствомъ между мною и тобою.

45 И взялъ Іаковъ камень, и поставилъ его въ памятникъ.

46 И сказалъ Іаковъ сродникамъ своимъ: наберите камней. Они набрали камней, и сдјлали холмъ, и јли тамъ на холмј.

47 И назвалъ его Лаванъ: Іегар-Сагадуѕа; а Іаковъ назвалъ его Галаадомъ.

48 И сказалъ Лаванъ: этотъ холмъ свидјтель между мною и тобою сего дня; посему и наречено ему имя: Галаадъ;

49 также Мицфа, отъ того, что Лаванъ сказалъ: да надзираетъ Іегова надо мною и надъ тобою, когда мы скроемся другъ отъ друга.

50 Если ты будешь худо поступать съ дочерями моими, или если возмешь женъ, сверхъ дочерей моихъ: то смотри, человјка нјтъ между нами: Богъ свидјтель между мною и между тобою.

51 И еще сказалъ Лаванъ Іакову: вотъ холмъ сей, и вотъ памятникъ сей, который я поставилъ между мною и тобою.

52 Этотъ холмъ свидјтель, и этотъ памятникъ свидјтель, что ни я не перейду къ тебј за этотъ холмъ, ни ты не перейдешь ко мнј за этотъ холмъ, и за этотъ памятникъ съ злымъ намјреніемъ.

53 Богъ Авраамовъ и Богъ Нахоровъ, да судитъ насъ, Богъ отца ихъ. Тогда Іаковъ поклялся страхомъ отца своего Исаака;

54 и закололъ Іаковъ жертву на горј, и позвалъ сродниковъ своихъ јсть хлјба; и они јли хлјбъ, и ночевали на горј.

55 Вставъ поутру, Лаванъ поцјловалъ внуковъ своихъ и дочерей своихъ, и благословилъ ихъ, потомъ пошелъ, и возвратился Лаванъ въ свое мјсто.

   

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4180. 'Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Dread of Isaac, had been with me' means but for the Divine and the Divine Human. This is clear from the meaning of 'the God of my father' when used in reference to the Lord, as the Divine as regards Good - 'Father' meaning Divine Good, and 'Son' Divine Truth, see 2803, 3704, in this case the Divine Good of each Essence; from the meaning of 'the God of Abraham' as the Divine itself which is called the Divine Essence - 'Abraham' representing the Lord as regards the Divine itself, 2011, 3439; and from the meaning of 'the Dread of Isaac' as the Divine Human. The expression 'the Dread' is used because it is Divine Truth that is meant by it. For among people who are not governed by good Divine Truth holds fear, dread, and terror within it, unlike Divine Good which does not strike fear into anyone. The same expression and meaning occur later on in this chapter,

Jacob swore by the Dread of Isaac his father. Verse 53.

Because he had been separated from Jacob by now, that is, because intermediate good had been separated from Divine good, Laban's state was such that he wished to do harm, as is evident from the things that are mentioned regarding Laban. It is because his state was such that the expression 'the Dread of Isaac' is used. Anyone can see that 'the Dread of Isaac' means the God of Isaac, and also that Laban's state was such. For 'Isaac' represents the Lord's Divine Human, in particular as regards the Divine Rational, see 1893, 2066, 2072, 2083, 2630, 3012, 3194, 3210, 3704.

[2] As regards what is said above, that Divine Truth coming from the Lord, unlike Divine Good, holds dread within it so far as those not governed by good are concerned, the position is this: The holiness which radiates from the Lord has Divine Good and Divine Truth within it. These go forth from the Lord unceasingly and are the source of the light which shines in the heavens and the source of the light which shines in human minds. Consequently they are the source of wisdom and intelligence, for these are present within that light. But the way in which anyone is affected by that light, or wisdom and intelligence, depends on how he receives it. Those who are governed by evil do not receive Divine Good since they possess no love or charity, for everything good is a manifestation of love and charity. But Divine Truth is able to be received even by the evil, though only by their external man, not by their internal.

[3] It is like the warmth and light which come from the sun. Spiritual warmth is love, and so good, whereas spiritual light is faith, and so truth. When warmth from the sun is being received, trees and flowers grow, producing leaves and blossom and fruit, or seeds. This occurs in spring and summer-time. But when warmth from the sun is not received, only light, nothing grows. All vegetation then becomes inactive, as it does in autumn and winter-time. The same also applies to spiritual warmth and spiritual light which come from the Lord. If a person is spring-like or summer-like he receives the good which flows from love and charity and produces fruit; but if he is autumn-like or winter-like he does not receive that good and therefore does not produce any fruit. Yet he is still able to receive light, that is, he is able to know things that are matters of faith or truth. The effect of the light of winter is similar to that of summer, in that it too produces colourful and beautiful sights and enables them to be seen. But it is different in that it does not penetrate beneath the surface because it has no warmth in it, and as a consequence nothing can grow.

[4] The reception of light alone therefore and not of good is as when objects do not receive any warmth. Merely the outward form and the beauty of that form is received from the light, so that they are cold within; and when they are cold within they are all inactive, looking so to speak like something wrinkled with its hairs standing on end when the light meets it. And these are the conditions which produce fear, dread, and terror in living creatures. This comparison enables one to comprehend to some extent the nature of the fear, dread, and terror experienced by the evil. That is to say, such feelings are not the product of Divine Good but of Divine Truth; and they occur when people do not receive Divine Good yet do receive Divine Truth. The comparison also enables one to comprehend that Divine Truth devoid of Good cannot penetrate beneath the surface but stays in the outermost parts, that is, in the external man, and mainly in the area of sensory awareness belonging to the external man. More than this it enables one to comprehend that a person may sometimes look beautiful in outward form and yet in inward form be detestable. From all this one may also see the nature of the faith with very many - faith which, they say, saves without good works, that is, without goodwill and good actions.

[5] It being the Divine Human, and not the Divine itself, from which Divine Truth proceeds, it is the Divine Human therefore which is meant here by 'the Dread of Isaac'. For as has been stated, it is Divine Truth which strikes fear into someone, not Divine Good. That it is the Lord's Divine Human, and not the Divine itself, from which Divine Truth proceeds is an arcanum that has not been disclosed up to now. The implications of the arcanum are as follows: Before the Lord came into the world the Divine itself flowed into the whole of heaven; and because heaven at that time consisted for the most part of those who were celestial, that is, who were governed by the good of love, that influx of God's Almighty power furnished the light which shone in the heavens, and with that light wisdom and intelligence. But when the human race departed from the good of love and charity it was no longer possible for that light to be provided by way of heaven, nor consequently for the wisdom and intelligence to come through to the human race. For this reason, so that the human race might be saved, the Lord out of necessity came into the world and made Divine the Human within Himself in order that as to that Divine Human He might become Divine Light, and in so doing might bring light to the whole of heaven and to the whole world. He had been from eternity Light itself, for the Divine itself passing through the heavens was the source of that Light. And it was the Divine itself which took on the Human and made this Human Divine; and once that Human had been made Divine He was then able to bring light not only to the celestial heaven itself but also to the spiritual heaven, and to the human race too, which received and receives Divine Truth within good, that is, within love to Him and within charity towards the neighbour, as is evident in John,

As many as received Him, to them He gave power to be sons of God, to those believing in His name, who were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. John 1:12-13.

[6] The things that have now been stated make clear the meaning of the following in John,

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him, and without Him was not anything made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. He was the true Light that enlightens every man coming into the world. John 1:1-4, 9.

Here 'the Word' means Divine Truth. Yet as to both Essences the Lord is Divine Good, whereas Divine Truth is that which proceeds from Him, see 3704. For Divine Good cannot be received by any man, nor even by any angel, but only by the Lord's Divine Human, which is what the following words in John are used to mean,

Nobody has ever seen God; the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, He has made Him known. John 1:18.

Man is however able to receive Divine Truth, though only in a form possible for it to exist with the recipient. And within that Truth, Divine Good is able to dwell, but in differing ways according to the kind of reception it is given.

[7] Such are the arcana which come to mind among the angels when man reads the words 'Unless the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Dread of Isaac, had been with me'. It shows how heavenly in content the Word is, and every detail of it, although nothing of that content is visible in the sense of the letter. It also shows how superior angelic wisdom is to human wisdom, and that angels are aware of the deepest arcana while man does not even know that the Word contains any arcanum at all. Those which have been mentioned are only a very few, for within these arcana angels see and perceive countless details. Indeed, compared with those few arcana an infinity of details are seen by angels which cannot possibly be made known here because human language is inadequate to express what they are. Nor is the human mind capable of receiving them.

  
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