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Génesis 29

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1 Y alzó Jacob sus pies, y fue a la tierra de los orientales.

2 Y miró, y vio un pozo en el campo; y he aquí tres rebaños de ovejas que yacían cerca de él; porque de aquel pozo abrevaban los ganados; y había una gran piedra sobre la boca del pozo.

3 Y se juntaban allí todos los rebaños; y revolvían la piedra de sobre la boca del pozo, y abrevaban las ovejas; y volvían la piedra sobre la boca del pozo a su lugar.

4 Y les dijo Jacob: Hermanos míos, ¿de dónde sois? Y ellos respondieron: De Harán somos.

5 Y él les dijo: ¿Conocéis a Labán, hijo de Nacor? Y ellos dijeron: Sí, le conocemos.

6 Y él les dijo: ¿Tiene paz? Y ellos dijeron: Paz; y he aquí Raquel su hija viene con el ganado.

7 Y él dijo: He aquí el día es aún grande; no es tiempo todavía de recoger el ganado; abrevad las ovejas, e id a apacentarlas.

8 Y ellos respondieron: No podemos, hasta que se junten todos los rebaños, y remuevan la piedra de sobre la boca del pozo, para que abrevemos las ovejas.

9 Estando aún él hablando con ellos, Raquel vino con el ganado de su padre, porque ella era la pastora.

10 Y sucedió que , cuando Jacob vio a Raquel, hija de Labán, hermano de su madre, y a las ovejas de Labán, el hermano de su madre, se acercó Jacob, y removió la piedra de sobre la boca del pozo, y abrevó el ganado de Labán, hermano de su madre.

11 Y Jacob besó a Raquel, y alzó su voz, y lloró.

12 Y Jacob dijo a Raquel como él era hermano de su padre, y como era hijo de Rebeca; y ella corrió, y dio las nuevas a su padre.

13 Y así que oyó Labán las nuevas de Jacob, hijo de su hermana, corrió a recibirlo, y lo abrazó, y lo besó, y lo trajo a su casa; y él contó a Labán todas estas cosas.

14 Y Labán le dijo: Ciertamente hueso mío y carne mía eres. Y estuvo con él un mes de días.

15 Entonces dijo Labán a Jacob: ¿Por ser tú mi hermano, me has de servir de balde? Declárame qué será tu salario.

16 Y Labán tenía dos hijas: el nombre de la mayor era Lea, y el nombre de la menor, Raquel.

17 Y los ojos de Lea eran tiernos, pero Raquel era de lindo semblante y de hermoso parecer.

18 Y Jacob amó a Raquel, y dijo: Yo te serviré siete años por Raquel, tu hija menor.

19 Y Labán respondió: Mejor es que te la dé a ti, y no que la dé a otro hombre; estáte conmigo.

20 Así sirvió Jacob por Raquel siete años; y le parecieron como pocos días, porque la amaba.

21 Y dijo Jacob a Labán: Dame mi mujer, porque mi tiempo es cumplido para que entre a ella.

22 Entonces Labán juntó a todos los varones de aquel lugar, e hizo banquete.

23 Y sucedió que a la noche tomó a Lea su hija, y se la trajo; y él entró a ella.

24 Y dio Labán su sierva Zilpa a su hija Lea por criada.

25 Y venida la mañana, he aquí que era Lea; y él dijo a Labán: ¿Qué es esto que me has hecho? ¿No te he servido por Raquel? ¿Por qué, pues, me has engañado?

26 Y Labán respondió: No se hace así en nuestro lugar, que se dé la menor antes de la mayor.

27 Cumple la semana de ésta, y se te dará también la otra, por el servicio que hicieres conmigo otros siete años.

28 E hizo Jacob así, y cumplió la semana de aquella; y él le dio a Raquel su hija por mujer.

29 Y dio Labán a Raquel su hija por criada a su sierva Bilha.

30 Y entró también a Raquel; y la amó también más que a Lea; y sirvió con él aún otros siete años.

31 Y vio el SEÑOR que Lea era aborrecida, y abrió su matriz; pero Raquel era estéril.

32 Y concibió Lea, y dio a luz un hijo, y llamó su nombre Rubén, porque dijo: Porque vio el SEÑOR mi aflicción; ahora por tanto me amará mi marido.

33 Y concibió otra vez, y dio a luz un hijo, y dijo: Por cuanto oyó el SEÑOR que yo era aborrecida, me ha dado también éste. Y llamó su nombre Simeón.

34 Y concibió otra vez, y dio a luz un hijo, y dijo: Ahora esta vez será juntado mi marido conmigo, porque le he dado a luz tres hijos: por tanto, llamó su nombre Leví.

35 Y concibió otra vez, y dio a luz un hijo, y dijo: Esta vez alabaré al SEÑOR; por esto llamó su nombre Judá; y dejó de dar a luz.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3854

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3854. 'Jehovah saw' means the Lord's foresight and providence. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' in reference to the Lord as foresight and providence, dealt with in the next verse where Reuben is the subject, who was so named from the expression 'to see' - 'Jehovah' being the Lord, see 1343, 1736, 1793, 2156, 2329, 2921, 3023, 3035.

[2] As regards foresight and providence in general, foresight has reference more to man, providence more to the Lord. The Lord foresaw from eternity what the human race was going to be like in the future and what every member of it was going to be like, and that evil was going to increase all the time, so that at length man, of himself, would rush headlong into hell. That being so, the Lord has provided not only the means by which He makes it possible for him to be diverted from hell and led towards heaven, but also does in His providence divert and lead him all the time. The Lord also foresaw that it would be impossible for any good to take root in man except in his freedom, for that which does not take root in freedom is dispelled at the first sign of evil and of temptation. This the Lord foresaw, as well as the fact that of himself, that is, from his own freedom, man would be inclined towards the deepest hell. That being so, the Lord provided that if he would not allow himself to be led in freedom towards heaven he could still be diverted towards a milder hell; but if he would allow himself to be led in freedom towards good then he could be diverted towards heaven. From these considerations one may see what foresight is and what providence is, and that appropriate provisions are made for things that are foreseen.

[3] From this it may be seen how far someone errs who believes that the Lord has not foreseen and does not see the smallest individual thing with man, or that within the smallest individual thing He does not foresee and lead, when in fact the Lord's foresight and providence are present within the tiniest details of all the smallest individual things with him, and in details so tiny that it is impossible to comprehend in any manner of thought one in many millions of them. For every smallest fraction of a moment of a person's life entails a chain of consequences extending into eternity. Indeed every one is like a new beginning to those that follow, and so every single moment of the life both of his understanding and of his will is a new beginning. And since the Lord foresaw from eternity what man was going to be like in the future and even into eternity it is clear that providence is present in the smallest individual things, and, as has been stated, is governing him and diverting him so that he may be such, this being achieved by constant re-shaping of his freedom. But this subject will in the Lord's Divine mercy be discussed further later on.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9224

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9224. 'The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me' means also all the matters of faith that [are acquired] through them - that they are to be ascribed to the Lord and not to self. This is clear from the meaning of 'the firstborn of sons' as all matters of faith the Church possesses, dealt with in 2435, 6344, 7035, 7039, 7778, 8042; and from the meaning of 'giving to Me' as ascribing to the Lord, 'Jehovah' being used in the Word to mean the Lord. All matters of faith, meant by 'the firstborn of sons', are beliefs which spring from the good of charity; for faith comes into being from this good. Whether truths are acquired from the Word or from the teachings of the Church, they cannot by any means become matters of faith without the presence of good in which they can be implanted. The reason for this is that the understanding part of the mind is that which receives truths first, for it sees them and introduces them into the will; and when those truths are in the will they are in the person, the will being the person's true self. Anyone therefore who supposes that faith is faith with a person before the person wills it, and does it because he wills it, is very much mistaken. Nor before this do the truths of faith themselves have life in them. All that which belongs to the will is called good, because it is loved; thus truth becomes good, or faith becomes charity, when it is in the will.

[2] There are two controversies which have bothered the Church since earliest times. The first is whether faith is the firstborn of the Church or whether charity is; and the second is whether faith separated from charity brings salvation. The reason why these two controversies arose was that before a person has been regenerated he discerns the truths that are to become matters of faith but not the good that is the good of charity. For the truths of faith enter by the external route, that is to say, through hearing; they deposit themselves in the memory, and from there they appear in the understanding. But the good of charity flows in by the internal route - through the internal man from heaven, that is, from the Lord by way of heaven. Therefore it does not come to be discerned until the truths called matters of faith start to be loved for the sake of performing good and useful service and leading a good life, which happens when they come to belong to the will. This now explains why faith was declared to be the firstborn of the Church, and also why people attributed to it the rights of the firstborn, that is, the rights of priority and superiority over the good of charity, when in actual fact the good of charity is prior and higher, and the truth of faith only apparently so, see 3325, 3494, 3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3603, 3701, 4925, 4926, 4928, 4930, 4977, 5351, 6256, 6269, 6272, 6273.

[3] The reason why those who belong to the Church have been in the dark in regard to these matters is that they have failed to perceive that all things in the universe have connection with truth and good, and to be anything must have connection with both. They have also failed to perceive that in the human being there are two mental powers, the understanding and the will, and that truth has connection with the understanding and good with the will, and that without the connection with both nothing is made a person's own. Because these considerations have lain in the dark, and yet the ideas composing a person's thought are based on such considerations, the error could not be made plain to the natural man. Yet if it had at some time been made plain, members of the Church would have seen from the Word as in broad daylight that the Lord Himself had countless things to say about the good of charity, that this good ranks first in the Church, and that faith does not exist anywhere else than within that good. The good of charity consists in doing good because one wills it. They would also have seen the errors that teachings upholding faith separated from charity bring in with them. One such error is the idea that a person is able to will evil and believe truth, consequently that truth is in agreement with evil. Another is the idea that faith can cause the life of heaven to exist with a person who has the life of hell in him, therefore that one life can be transformed into the other, so that those in hell can be raised to heaven and lead among angels a life contrary to their former life. People entertaining such errors do not take into consideration the fact that if anyone leads a life contrary to the life already acquired in the world he is deprived of his life. Anyone who tries to do so is like those who are in the throes of death and end their life in dreadful torment. Errors like these and very many others are what the teachings upholding faith separated from charity bring in with them.

  
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