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Postanak 34

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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 # 6306

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6306. 'Which I took out of the hand of the Amorite' means because of the victory over evil. This is clear from the representation of 'the Amorite' as evil, dealt with in 1857; and from the meaning of 'taking out of the hand' as acquiring through victory. As regards 'the Amorites', it should be recognized that they mean evil, just as 'the Canaanites' and all the other nations in the land that are mentioned in the Word mean various kinds of evil and also of falsity. Such things were represented by the nations when the children of Israel were taking possession of the land of Canaan. The reason for this was that whenever the children of Israel represented the things of heaven those nations represented the things of hell; thus the land of Canaan represented every state that exists in the next life. Also, because the nations represented the things of hell they were utterly destroyed; and entrance into any treaty with those who might remain was forbidden.

[2] The action of the children of Israel, of their taking possession of and dwelling in the land of those who represented the hells, was representative. It represented what happened around the time of the Lord's Coming, when spirits from hell had possession of a large part of heaven but He, by coming into the world and making the human within Himself Divine, cast them out of there and down into hell, and thereby delivered heaven from them, which He then gave as an inheritance to those who belonged to His spiritual kingdom.

[3] The representation of the Amorite nation as evil in general is evident from the places where it is referred to, as in Ezekiel, Thus said the Lord Jehovih to Jerusalem, 1 Your tradings and your births are of the land of the Canaanite. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. Ezekiel 16:3, 45.

'Father' in the internal sense means the Church's good, or in the contrary sense evil, and 'mother' means the Church's truth, or in the contrary sense falsity; and this is why it is said, 'Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite'.

[4] In Amos,

I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and whose strength was like the oaks. I led you in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. Amos 2:9-10.

Here also 'the Amorite' stands for evil, for the evil of self-love is described by 'the height of the cedars' and 'the strength of an oak'. The reason why 'the Amorite' means evil in general is that the entire land of Canaan was called 'the land of the Amorite'; for it says, 'I led you in the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite'. In addition the second Book of Kings says,

Manasseh king of Judah did what was evil, greater than all the evil which the Amorites did, who were before him. 2 Kings 21:11.

[5] 'With my sword' means through truth engaged in conflict. This is clear from the meaning of 'sword' as truth engaged in conflict, dealt with in 2799, 4499.

'And my bow' means received from doctrine. This is clear from the meaning of 'bow' as doctrine, dealt with in 2686, 2709.

[6] The words used here, 'the portion which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow' were, it is quite evident, uttered by Israel on account of the internal sense; for Jacob did not take that portion from the Amorite with sword or bow. He bought it from the sons of Hamor, as is evident from Genesis 33, where these words occur, Jacob came to Salem, the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, as he was coming from Paddan Aram; and he encamped towards the face of the city. And he bought the portion of the field where he had stretched his tent, from the hand of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahs. Genesis 33:18-19.

The fact that this field was the portion he gave to Joseph is clear in Joshua,

The bones of Joseph which the children of Israel caused to be brought up out of Egypt they buried in Shechem, in the part of the field which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for a hundred kesitahs; and they had become an inheritance for the children of Joseph. Joshua 24:32.

From this it is evident that the portion had been bought, and that this is what was given to Joseph. Nor was the city of Shechem nearby meant, the city in which Simeon and Levi killed every male and which they took with the sword, Genesis 34. This is made clear by the fact that Jacob detested what they did and for that reason cursed Simeon and Levi, completely dissociating himself from the crime. He said,

Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of violence are their swords. Into their secret place let my soul not come; in their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and in their pleasure they hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was hard. 2 I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

From all this it may now be seen that the words 'the portion which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow' were uttered by him, when the spirit of prophecy rested on him, for the sake of the internal sense.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. The Latin means O Jerusalem but the Hebrew means to Jerusalem, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse (and possibly in his rough draft here).

2. i.e. cruel

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.