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1 A Dina kći Lijina, koju rodi Jakovu, izađe da gleda devojke u onom kraju.

2 A ugleda je Sihem, sin Emora Efejina, kneza od one zemlje, i uze je i leže s njom i osramoti je.

3 I prionu srce njegovo za Dinu kćer Jakovljevu, i devojka mu omile, i on joj se umiljavaše.

4 I reče Sihem Emoru ocu svom govoreći: Oženi me ovom devojkom.

5 A Jakov ču da je osramotio Dinu kćer njegovu; a sinovi njegovi behu u polju sa stokom njegovom, i Jakov oćute dokle oni ne dođu.

6 A Emor otac Sihemov iziđe k Jakovu da se razgovori s njim.

7 A kad dođoše sinovi Jakovljevi iz polja i čuše šta je bilo, žao bi ljudima vrlo i razgneviše se veoma, što učini sramotu Izrailju obležav kćer Jakovljevu, kako ne bi valjalo činiti.

8 Tada im reče Emor govoreći: Sin moj Sihem srcem prionu za vašu kćer; podajte mu je za ženu.

9 I oprijateljite se s nama; kćeri svoje udajite za nas i kćerima našim ženite se.

10 Pa živite s nama, i zemlja će vam biti otvorena; nastanite se i trgujte i držite baštine u njoj.

11 I reče Sihem ocu devojčinom i braći joj: Da nađem milost pred vama, i daću šta mi god kažete.

12 Ištite mi koliko god hoćete uzdarja i dara, ja ću dati šta god kažete; samo mi dajte devojku za ženu.

13 A sinovi Jakovljevi odgovoriše Sihemu i Emoru ocu njegovom prevarno, jer osramoti Dinu sestru njihovu.

14 I rekoše im: Ne možemo to učiniti ni dati sestre svoje za čoveka neobrezanog, jer je to sramota nama.

15 Nego ćemo vam učiniti po volji, ako ćete se izjednačiti s nama i obrezati sve muškinje između sebe.

16 Onda ćemo udavati svoje kćeri za vas i ženićemo se vašim kćerima, i postaćemo jedan narod.

17 Ako li ne pristanete da se obrežete, mi ćemo uzeti svoju devojku i otići ćemo.

18 I po volji biše reči njihove Emoru i Sihemu sinu Emorovom.

19 I momak ne oklevaše učiniti to; jer mu kći Jakovljeva omile veoma; i on beše najviše poštovan između svih u kući oca svog.

20 I otide Emor i sin mu Sihem na vrata grada svog, i rekoše građanima govoreći:

21 Ovi ljudi hoće mirno da žive s nama, da se nastane u ovoj zemlji i da trguju po njoj; a evo zemlja je široka i za njih; pa ćemo se kćerima njihovim ženiti i svoje ćemo kćeri udavati za njih.

22 Ali će tako pristati da žive s nama i da postanemo jedan narod, ako se sve muškinje među nama obrežu, kao što su oni obrezani.

23 Njihova stoka i njihovo blago i sva goveda njihova neće li biti naša? Složimo se samo s njima, pa će ostati kod nas.

24 I koji izlažahu na vrata grada njegovog, svi poslušaše Emora i Sihema sina njegovog; i obreza se sve muškinje, svi koji izlažahu na vrata grada njegovog.

25 A treći dan kad oni behu u bolovima, uzeše dva sina Jakovljeva Simeun i Levije, braća Dinina, svaki svoj mač i uđoše slobodno u grad i pobiše sve muškinje.

26 Ubiše i Emora i sina mu Sihema oštrim mačem, i uzevši Dinu iz kuće Sihemove otidoše.

27 Tada dođoše sinovi Jakovljevi na pobijene, i opleniše grad, jer u njemu bi osramoćena sestra njihova.

28 I uzeše ovce njihove i goveda njihova i magarce njihove, šta god beše u gradu i šta bod beše u polju.

29 I sve blago njihovo, i svu decu i žene njihove pohvataše i odvedoše, i šta god beše u kojoj kući.

30 A Jakov reče Simeunu i Leviju; smetoste me, i omraziste me narodu ove zemlje, Hananejima i Ferezejima; u mene ima malo ljudi, pa ako se skupe na me, hoće me ubiti te ću se istrebiti ja i dom moj.

31 A oni rekoše: Zar sa sestrom našom da rade kao s kurvom?

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4670

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4670. 'A son of seventeen years' means His state. This is clear from the ages measured in years of people mentioned in the Word - spiritual realities and states are meant by them, as these are by all other numbers. For all numbers in the Word have spiritual realities and states as their meaning, see 575, 647, 648, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, as also do years, 487, 488, 493, 893.

[2] It does indeed seem as though numbers of years, or ages measured in years, mean nothing else than numbers of years. This is because these numbers more than any others have so to speak a more specific historical application. But these numbers too include spiritual realities and states within them, as is clear from the applications given at Genesis 5 and from what has been stated at Genesis 17:1 and Genesis 25:7 about Abraham's age and at Genesis 35:28 about Isaac's. The same is clear in addition from the fact that no historical detail exists anywhere in the Word which does not include within it something heavenly into which it is also changed when it passes from the thought of the reader to the angels present with him, and through those angels into heaven where the spiritual sense rises up out of every historical reference in the Word.

[3] But what is meant by Joseph's being seventeen years old may be seen from the meaning which this number has elsewhere, namely a beginning, in this case the beginning of the representation through Joseph. As to its meaning a beginning and that which is new, see 755, 853. What is more, this number includes within itself in a general way, and so to speak potentially, all the things that are represented by 'Joseph' - 'seven' meaning that which is holy and 'ten' remnants. For 'seven' when used in the Word adds holiness to any meaning, see 881, while 'ten' means remnants, 576, 1906, 2284. The remnants present in the Lord were Divine and His own, and by means of them He united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence, 1906.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 4264

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4264. 'Thirty milking camels and their colts; forty young cows and ten young bulls; twenty she-asses and ten foals' means things that are subservient, general and specific. This is clear from the meaning of 'camels and their colts', also of 'young cows and young bulls' as well as of 'she-asses and their foals' as things which belong to the natural man. These things have been referred to several times already - 'camels' in 3048, 3071, 3143, 3145; 'young bulls' in 1824, 1825, 2180, 2781, 2830; 'she-asses' in 2781; and these things which belong to the natural man, in relation to other things are subservient, see 1486, 3019, 3020, 3167. Consequently things that are subservient, general and specific, are meant by the animals mentioned here. As regards the numbers of the animals being 200 she-goats, 20 he-goats, 200 sheep, 20 rams, 30 camels and their colts, 40 young cows, 10 young bulls, 20 she-asses and 10 foals, these are arcana which cannot be revealed without much explanation and an extensive drawing of inferences. For all numbers used in the Word mean real things, 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252; and what they mean has been shown where they have occurred in previous chapters.

[2] I have sometimes been amazed that when angels' conversing together came down into the world of spirits their conversation revealed itself in various numbers, and also that when numbers have been read in the Word the angels have understood real things. For no numerical value ever penetrates into heaven since numbers belong to measurements both of space and of time, and these belong to the world and to the natural order to which, in the heavens, states and changes of states correspond. The most ancient people, who were celestial and had communication with angels, were aware of what simple numbers and also compound numbers meant. The meanings of these were conveyed from those people to their descendants and to members of the Ancient Church. These are things which find scarcely any acceptance in the member of the Church at the present day who believes that nothing holier is concealed in the Word apart from that which is seen in the letter.

  
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