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1 A Jakov ču gde sinovi Lavanovi govore: Jakov uze sve što beše našeg oca, i od onog što beše našeg oca steče sve ovo blago.

2 I vide Jakov gde lice Lavanovo nije prema njemu kao pre.

3 I Gospod reče Jakovu: Vrati se u zemlju otaca svojih i u rod svoj, i ja ću biti s tobom.

4 I poslavši Jakov dozva Rahilju i Liju u polje k stadu svom.

5 I reče im: Vidim gde lice oca vašeg nije prema meni kao pre; ali je Bog oca mog bio sa mnom.

6 I vi znate da sam služio ocu vašem kako sam god mogao;

7 A otac me je vaš varao i menjao mi platu deset puta; ali mu Bog ne dade da me ošteti;

8 Kad on reče: Šta bude šareno neka ti je plata, onda se mladilo sve šareno; a kad reče: S belegom šta bude neka ti je plata, onda se mladilo sve s belegom.

9 Tako Bog uze stoku ocu vašem i dade je meni;

10 Jer kad se upaljivaše stoka, podigoh oči svoje i videh u snu, a to ovnovi i jarci što skaču na ovce i koze behu šareni, s belegama prutastim i kolastim.

11 A anđeo Gospodnji reče mi u snu: Jakove! A ja odgovorih: Evo me.

12 A on reče: Podigni sad oči svoje i gledaj, ovnovi i jarci što skaču na ovce i koze, šareni su, s belegama prutastim i kolastim; jer videh sve što ti čini Lavan.

13 Ja sam Bog od Vetilja, gde si prelio kamen i učinio mi zavet; ustani sada i idi iz ove zemlje, i vrati se na postojbinu svoju.

14 Tada odgovori Rahilja i Lija, i rekoše mu: Eda li još imamo kakav deo i nasledstvo u domu oca svog?

15 Nije li nas držao kao tuđinke kad nas je prodao? Pa je još i naše novce jednako jeo.

16 Jer sve ovo blago što uze Gospod ocu našem, naše je i naše dece. Zato čini sve što ti je Gospod kazao.

17 I podiže se Jakov, i metnu decu svoju i žene svoje na kamile;

18 I odvede svu stoku svoju i sve blago što beše stekao, stoku koju beše stekao u Padan-Aramu, i pođe k Isaku ocu svom u zemlju hanansku.

19 A Lavan beše otišao da striže ovce svoje; i Rahilja ukrade idole ocu svom.

20 I Jakov otide kradom od Lavana Sirina ne javivši mu da hoće da ide.

21 I pobeže sa svim blagom svojim, i podiže se te pređe preko vode, i uputi se ka gori Galadu.

22 A treći dan javiše Lavanu da je pobegao Jakov.

23 I uze sa sobom braću svoju, i pođe za njim u poteru, i za sedam dana stiže ga na gori Galadu.

24 Ali Bog dođe Lavanu Sirinu noću u snu, i reče mu: Čuvaj se da ne govoriš s Jakovom ni lepo ni ružno.

25 I stiže Lavan Jakova; a Jakov beše razapeo šator svoj na gori, pa i Lavan takođe razape svoj s braćom svojom na gori Galadu.

26 I Lavan reče Jakovu: Šta učini te kradom pobeže od mene i odvede kćeri moje kao na mač otete?

27 Zašto tajno pobeže i kradom otide od mene? Niti mi reče da te ispratim s veseljem i s pesmama, s bubnjevima i guslama?

28 Niti mi dade da izljubim sinove svoje i kćeri svoje? Ludo si radio.

29 Mogao bih vam dosaditi; ali Bog oca vašeg noćas mi reče govoreći: Čuvaj se da ne govoriš s Jakovom ni lepo ni ružno.

30 Idi dakle kad si se tako uželeo kuće oca svog; ali zašto ukrade bogove moje?

31 A Jakov odgovori i reče: Bojah se i mišljah hoćeš silom oteti kćeri svoje od mene.

32 A bogove svoje u koga nađeš, onaj neka ne živi više; pred našom braćom traži šta je tvoje u mene, pa uzmi. Jer Jakov nije znao da ih je ukrala Rahilja.

33 I uđe Lavan u šator Jakovljev i u šator Lijin i u šator dveju robinja, i ne nađe ih; i izašav iz šatora Lijina uđe u šator Rahiljin.

34 A Rahilja uze idole i sakri ih pod samar kamile svoje i sede ozgo; i Lavan pipaše po celom šatoru, i ne nađe.

35 A ona reče ocu svom: Nemoj se srditi, gospodaru, što ti ne mogu ustati, jer mi je šta u žena biva. Traživši dakle ne nađe idole svoje.

36 I Jakov se rasrdi, i stade koriti Lavana, i govoreći reče mu: Šta sam učinio, šta sam skrivio, te si me tako žestoko terao?

37 Pipao si sav prtljag moj, pa šta si našao iz svoje kuće? Daj ovamo pred moju i svoju braću, neka rasude između nas dvojice.

38 Evo dvadeset godina bih kod tebe: ovce tvoje i koze tvoje ne jaloviše se, a ovnova iz stada tvog ne jedoh.

39 Šta bi zverje zaklalo nisam ti donosio, sam sam podmirivao; od mene si iskao što bi mi bilo ukradeno danju ili noću.

40 Danju me ubijaše vrućina a noću mraz; i san mi ne padaše na oči.

41 Tako mi je bio dvadeset godina u tvojoj kući; služio sam ti četrnaest godina za dve kćeri tvoje i šest godina za stoku tvoju, i platu si mi menjao deset puta.

42 Da nije Bog oca mog, Bog Avramov, i strah Isakov bio sa mnom, bi me zacelo otpustio prazna. Ali je Bog video nevolju moju i trud ruku mojih, pa te ukori noćas.

43 A Lavan odgovori Jakovu i reče: Ove su kćeri moje kćeri, i ovi su sinovi moji sinovi, i ova stoka moja stoka, i šta god vidiš sve je moje; pa šta bih učinio danas kćerima svojim ili sinovima njihovim koje rodiše?

44 Nego hajde da uhvatimo veru, ja i ti, da bude svedočanstvo između mene i tebe.

45 I Jakov uze kamen i utvrdi ga za spomen.

46 I reče Jakov braći svojoj; nakupite kamenja. I nakupiše kamenja i složiše na gomilu, i jedoše na gomili.

47 I Lavan ga nazva Jegar-Sahadut, a Jakov ga nazva Galed.

48 I reče Lavan: Ova gomila neka bude svedok između mene i tebe danas. Zato se prozva Galed.

49 A prozva se i Mispa, jer reče Lavan: Neka Gospod gleda između mene i tebe, kad ne uzmožemo videti jedan drugog.

50 Ako ucveliš kćeri moje i ako uzmeš žene preko mojih kćeri, neće čovek biti između nas nego gle Bog svedok između mene i tebe.

51 I još reče Lavan Jakovu: Gledaj ovu gomilu i gledaj ovaj spomenik, koji podigoh između sebe i tebe.

52 Svedok je ova gomila i svedok je ovaj spomenik, da ni ja neću preći preko ove gomile k tebi ni ti k meni da nećeš preći preko ove gomile i spomenika ovog na zlo.

53 Bog Avramov i bogovi Nahorovi, bogovi oca njihovog, neka sude među nama. A Jakov se zakle strahom oca svog Isaka.

54 I Jakov prinese žrtvu na gori, i sazva braću svoju na večeru; i jedoše pa noćiše na gori.

55 A ujutru rano usta Lavan, i izljubi svoju unučad i kćeri svoje, i blagoslovi ih, pa otide, i vrati se u svoje mesto.

   

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4580. And Jacob set up a pillar in the place in which He spoke with him, a pillar of stone. That this signifies the holy of truth in that Divine state, is evident from the signification of a “pillar,” as being the holy of truth (of which in what follows); and from the signification of “in the place in which He spoke with him,” as being in that state (see just above, n. 4578). Something shall first be said with regard to the origin of the setting up of pillars, and of the pouring a drink-offering upon them, and of pouring oil upon them.

[2] The pillars set up in ancient times were either for a sign, or for a witness, or for worship. Those for worship were anointed, and were then holy, and worship was also held there, thus in temples, in groves, in forests under the trees, and in other places. This ritual derived its representation from the fact that in the most ancient times stones were set up on the boundaries between families of nations, lest they should pass over the boundaries to do one another evil (as for instance in the case of Laban and Jacob, Genesis 31:52). That they should not pass the boundaries to do evil was to them a law of nations. And as the stones were on the boundaries, when the most ancient people (who in everything on the earth saw a corresponding celestial and spiritual thing) saw these stones as boundaries, they thought about the truths which are the ultimates of order. But their descendants, who beheld in objects less of what is spiritual and celestial, and more of what is worldly, began to think of them with sanctity merely from the veneration derived from old time. And at last the descendants of the most ancient people who lived immediately before the flood, and who no longer saw anything spiritual and celestial in earthly and worldly things regarded as objects, began to regard these stones as holy, pouring drink-offerings upon them, and anointing them with oil; and they were then called “pillars,” and were used for worship.

[3] This remained after the flood in the Ancient Church, which was representative, but with the difference that the pillars served these people as a means for attaining to internal worship; for the infants and children were instructed by their parents in regard to what they represented, and were thus brought to know holy things, and to be affected with the things which the pillars represented. It is for this reason that the ancients had pillars for worship in their temples, groves, and forests, and upon hills and mountains. But when the internal of worship altogether perished with the Ancient Church, and they began to hold the externals as holy and Divine, and thus to worship them idolatrously, they then erected pillars for their several gods. And as the posterity of Jacob were most prone to idolatrous things, they were forbidden to erect pillars, and also to have groves, and even to hold any worship upon mountains and hills; but they were to be gathered together to one place, where the ark was, and afterwards where the temple was, thus to Jerusalem; otherwise each family would have had its own externals and idols that they would have worshiped, and consequently a representative of a church could not have been instituted with that nation. (See what was above shown concerning pillars, n. 3727.) All this shows what was the origin of the pillars, and what they signified, and that when they were employed in worship they represented holy truth, and therefore it is here said “a pillar of stone,” for a “stone” signifies truth in the ultimate of order (n. 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798). Be it known moreover that what is holy is especially predicated of Divine truth; for the Divine is in the Lord, and Divine truth proceeds from Him (n. 3704, 4577), and is called the Holy.

  
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