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1 Богъ сказалъ Іакову: встань, поди въ Веѕиль, и живи тамъ; и устрой тамъ жертвейникъ Богу, явившемуся тебј, когда ты бјжалъ отъ лица Исава, брата твоего.

2 И сказалъ Іаковъ дому своему, и всјмъ бывшимъ съ нимъ: бросьте боговъ чужихъ, находящихся у васъ, и очиститесь, и перемјните одежды ваши;

3 встанемъ и пойдемъ въ Веѕиль; тамъ устрою я жертвенникъ Богу, Который услышалъ меня въ день скорби моей, и былъ со мною въ пути, въ который я ходилъ.

4 И отдали Іакову всјхъ боговъ чужихъ, бывшихъ въ рукахъ ихъ, и серьги, бывшія въ ушахъ у нихъ; и закопалъ ихъ Іаковъ подъ терпентиномъ, который близъ Сихема.

5 Потомъ они отправилисъ. И былъ ужасъ Божій на окрестныхъ городахъ, и не преслјдовали сыновъ Іаковлевыхъ.

6 И пришелъ Іаковъ въ Лузъ, иначе Веѕиль, въ землј Ханаанской, самъ и всј люди бывшіе съ нимъ;

7 и устроилъ тамъ жертвенникъ, и назвалъ сіе мјсто: Эл-Веѕиль; ибо тутъ явился ему Богъ, когда онъ бјжалъ отъ лица брата своего.

8 Тогда умерла Девора. кормилица Реввекина, и погребена ниже Веѕиля подъ дубомъ, который и назвалъ Іаковъ дубомъ плача.

9 Опять явился Богъ Іакову, по возврашеніи его изъ Падан-Арама, и благословилъ его.

10 И сказалъ ему Богъ: имя твое Іаковъ. Отнынј ты не будешь называться Іаковомъ, но будетъ имя тебј Израиль. И нарекъ ему имя: Израилъ.

11 И сказалъ ему Богъ: Я Богъ Всемогущій. Плодись и умножайся. Народъ и множество народовъ произойдетъ отъ тебя, и цари выйдутъ изъ чреслъ твоихъ.

12 Землю, которую Я далъ Аврааму и Исааку, Я дамъ тебј, и потомству твоему по тебј дамъ землю сію.

13 И возшелъ отъ него Богъ, отъ мјста, на которомъ говорилъ ему.

14 И поставилъ Іаковъ памятникъ на мјстј. на которомъ говорилъ ему Богъ, памятникъ каменный; и возлилъ на него возліяніе, и возлилъ на него елей.

15 И нарекъ Іаковъ имя мјсту, на которомъ Богъ говорилъ ему: Веѕиль.

16 И отправились изъ Веѕиля. И когда еще оставалось нјкоторое пространство земли до Ефраѕы, Рахиль родила, и роды ея были трудны.

17 Когда же она страдала въ родахъ, повивальная бабка сказала ей: не бойся; ибо это еще тебј сынъ.

18 И когда выходила изъ ней душа, ибо она умирала, то нарекла ему имя: Бен-они. Но отецъ его назвалъ его Веніаминомъ.

19 И умерла Рахиль, и погребена на дорогј въ Ефраѕу, которая есть Виѕлеемъ.

20 Іаковъ поставилъ надъ гробомъ ея памятникъ. Сей памятникъ на гробј Рахилиномъ находится до сего дня.

21 И пошелъ Израиль далје, и раскинулъ шатеръ свой за башнею Гадеръ.

22 Во время пребыванія Израиля въ сей странј случилось, что Рувимъ пошелъ, и преспалъ съ Валлою, наложницею отца своего. И услышалъ Израиль. Сыновъ же у Іакова было двјнадцать.

23 Сыновья Ліи: первенецъ Іаковлевъ Рувимъ, по немъ Симеонъ, Левій, Іуда, Иссахаръ, и Завулонъ.

24 Сыновья Рахили: Іосифъ и Веніаминъ.

25 Сыновья Валлы, служанки Рахилиной: Данъ и Нефѕалимъ.

26 Сыновья Зелфы, служанки Ліиной: Гадъ и Ассиръ. Сіи суть сыновья Іакова, родившіеся ему въ Падан-Арамј.

27 И пришелъ Іаковъ къ Исааку, отцу своему, въ Мамре, въ Киріаѕ-Арбу, иначе Хевронъ, гдј странствовали Авраамъ и Исаакъ.

28 И было дней жизни Исааковой сто восемьдесятъ лјть.

29 И испустилъ Исаакъ духъ, и умеръ, и присоединился къ народу своему, будучи старъ и насыщенъ жизнію; и погребли его Исавъ и Іаковъ, сыновья его

   

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1416. I will make thee into a great nation. That this signifies the kingdom in the heavens and on the earth, is evident from the signification of a “nation,” as being in the internal sense the celestial of love and the derivative good, thus all in the universe in whom is the celestial of love and of charity; and as in the internal sense the Lord is here treated of, there is meant all the celestial and all the derivative good, thus His kingdom, which is with those who are in love and charity. In the supreme sense the Lord is Himself the “great nation,” because He is the celestial itself, and good itself; for all the good of love and of charity is from Him alone; and therefore the Lord is His kingdom itself, that is, He is the all in all of His kingdom, as is also acknowledged by all the angels in heaven. Hence now it is evident that “I will make thee into a great nation,” signifies the Lord’s kingdom in the heavens and on earth.

[2] That in the internal sense, where the Lord and the celestial things of love are treated of, a “nation” signifies the Lord and all celestial things, is evident from the things adduced above concerning the signification of a “nation,” and of “nations” n. 1258,1259). This may also be further confirmed by the following passages. Concerning Abraham it is said:

Thy name shall not any more be called Abram, and thy name shall be Abraham, for the father of a multitude of nations have I given thee (Genesis 17:5).

The letter h in “Abraham” was taken from the name Jehovah, on account of his representation of Jehovah or the Lord. In like manner it is said of Sarai:

Thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. And I will bless her, and also give thee a son of her; thus I will bless her, and she shall become nations; kings of peoples shall be of her (Genesis 17:15-16); where “nations” denote the celestial things of love, and “kings of peoples” the spiritual things of faith thence derived, which belong to the Lord alone.

[3] Concerning Jacob in like manner:

Thy name shall no more be called Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name, and He called his name Israel: and God said, I am God the thunderer; increase and multiply; a nation and a congregation of nations shall be from thee, and kings shall go forth out of thy loins (Genesis 35:10-11); where “Israel” denotes the Lord, and that He Himself is “Israel” in the supreme sense, is well known to some; and when He is “Israel,” it is evident that “a nation” and “an assemblage of nations,” and “kings out of His loins,” are the celestial and the spiritual things of love, and therefore all who are in the celestial and the spiritual things of love. Concerning Ishmael, Abram’s son by Hagar, it is said:

The son of the handmaid I will make him into a nation, because he is thy seed (Genesis 21:13, 18).

What is represented by Ishmael will be seen in its place; the “seed” of Abram is love itself, and from this the term “nation” is used for those begotten of Ishmael.

[4] That a “nation” signifies the celestial things of love, is evident in Moses:

If hearing ye will hear My voice, and will keep My covenant, ye shall also be a peculiar treasure unto Me out of all peoples, and ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation (Exodus 19:5-6); where “a kingdom of priests,” which is the Lord’s kingdom in the heavens and on earth, being so named from the celestial things of love, is manifestly called “a holy nation;” whereas the Lord’s kingdom from His kingly function was named from the spiritual things of love, and is called “a holy people;” and for this reason “kings out of the loins,” in the passage quoted above, are spiritual things.

In Jeremiah:

If these statutes have departed from before Me, saith Jehovah, the seed of Israel also shall cease, that it be not a nation before Me all the days (Jeremiah 31:36);

“the seed of Israel” denotes the celestial of charity; and when this ceases, there is no longer a nation before the Lord.

[5] In Isaiah:

The people that walk in darkness have seen a great light; Thou hast multiplied the nation (Isaiah 9:2-3).

This is said of the church of the nations specifically; but in general of all who are in ignorance and live in charity; these are a “nation,” because they are of the Lord’s kingdom.

In David:

That I may see the good of Thy chosen; that I may be glad in the gladness of Thy nation, that I may glory in Thine inheritance (Psalms 106:5).

Here “nation” plainly denotes the Lord’s kingdom. As the signification of “nation” is the celestial of love and the derivative good, there originated, from a perception of this signification, the fact that the men of the Most Ancient Church were distinguished into households, families, and nations; and thereby they perceived the Lord’s kingdom, and consequently the celestial itself. From this Perceptive arose the Significative, and from this the Representative.

  
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