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Génesis 46

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1 Salió Israel con todo lo que tenía, y vino a Beerseba, y ofreció sacrificios al Dios de su padre Isaac.

2 Y habló Dios a Israel en visiones de noche, y dijo: Jacob, Jacob. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.

3 Y dijo: Yo soy el Dios, el Dios de tu padre; no temas de descender a Egipto, porque yo te pondré allí en gran gente.

4 Yo descenderé contigo a Egipto, y yo también te haré volver; y José pondrá su mano sobre tus ojos.

5 Y se levantó Jacob de Beerseba; y tomaron los hijos de Israel a su padre Jacob, y a sus niños, y a sus mujeres, en los carros que el Faraón había enviado para llevarlo.

6 Y tomaron sus ganados, y su hacienda que habían adquirido en la tierra de Canaán, y vinieron a Egipto, Jacob, y toda su simiente consigo;

7 sus hijos, y los hijos de sus hijos consigo; sus hijas, y las hijas de sus hijos, y a toda su simiente trajo consigo a Egipto.

8 Y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Israel, que entraron en Egipto: Jacob y sus hijos; Rubén, el primogénito de Jacob.

9 Y los hijos de Rubén: Hanoc, y Falú, y Hezrón, y Carmi.

10 Y los hijos de Simeón: Jemuel, y Jamín, y Ohad, y Jaquin, y Zohar, y Saúl, hijo de la cananea.

11 Y los hijos de Leví: Gersón, Coat, y Merari.

12 Y los hijos de Judá: Er, y Onán, y Sela, y Fares, y Zara: mas Er y Onán, murieron en la tierra de Canaán. Y los hijos de Fares fueron Hezrón y Hamul.

13 Y los hijos de Isacar: Tola, y Fúa, y Job, y Simrón.

14 Y los hijos de Zabulón: Sered y Elón, y Jahleel.

15 Estos fueron los hijos de Lea, los que dio a luz a Jacob en Padan-aram, y además su hija Dina; treinta y tres las almas todas de sus hijos e hijas.

16 Y los hijos de Gad: Zifión, y Hagui, y Ezbón, y Suni, y Eri, y Arodi, y Areli.

17 Y los hijos de Aser: Imna, e Isúa, e Isúi y Bería, y Sera, hermana de ellos. Los hijos de Bería: Heber, y Malquiel.

18 Estos fueron los hijos de Zilpa, la que Labán dio a su hija Lea, y dio a luz éstos a Jacob; dieciséis almas.

19 Y los hijos de Raquel, mujer de Jacob: José y Benjamín.

20 Y nacieron a José en la tierra de Egipto Manasés y Efraín, los que le dio a luz Asenat, hija de Potifera, sacerdote de On.

21 Y los hijos de Benjamín fueron Bela, y Bequer y Asbel, y Gera, y Naamán, y Ehi, y Ros y Mupim, y Hupim, y Ard.

22 Estos fueron los hijos de Raquel, que nacieron a Jacob; en todas, catorce almas.

23 Y los hijos de Dan: Husim.

24 Y los hijos de Neftalí: Jahzeel, y Guni, y Jezer, y Silem.

25 Estos fueron los hijos de Bilha, la que dio Labán a Raquel su hija, y dio a luz éstos a Jacob; por todas siete almas.

26 Todas las personas que vinieron con Jacob a Egipto, procedente de sus lomos, sin las mujeres de los hijos de Jacob, todas las personas fueron sesenta y seis.

27 Y los hijos de José, que le nacieron en Egipto, dos personas. Todas las almas de la casa de Jacob, que entraron en Egipto, fueron setenta.

28 Y envió a Judá delante de sí a José, para que le viniese a ver a Gosén; y llegaron a la tierra de Gosén.

29 Y José unció su carro y vino a recibir a Israel su padre a Gosén; y se manifestó a él, y se echó sobre su cuello, y lloró sobre su cuello bastante.

30 Entonces Israel dijo a José: Muera yo ahora, ya que he visto tu rostro, pues aún vives.

31 Y José dijo a sus hermanos, y a la casa de su padre: Subiré y haré saber al Faraón, y le diré: Mis hermanos y la casa de mi padre, que estaban en la tierra de Canaán, han venido a mí;

32 y los hombres son pastores de ovejas, porque son hombres ganaderos; y han traído sus ovejas y sus vacas, y todo lo que tenían.

33 Y cuando Faraón os llamare y dijere: ¿cuál es vuestro oficio?

34 Entonces diréis: Hombres de ganadería han sido tus siervos desde nuestra juventud hasta ahora, nosotros y nuestros padres; a fin de que moréis en la tierra de Gosén, porque los egipcios abominan todo pastor de ovejas.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4316

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4316. In the internal historical sense 'even to this day' means that their nature was perpetually so. This is clear from the meaning of 'even to this day', when used in the Word, as that which is perpetual, dealt with in 2838. The fact that the nature of those descendants was such from earliest times becomes clear from Jacob's sons themselves - from Reuben, in that he lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, Genesis 35:22; from Simeon and Levi, in that they killed Hamor and Shechem and all the men of their city [Genesis 34:25-26]; and from the remaining sons, in that these came on the slain and destroyed the city, Genesis 34:27-29. Because of all this Jacob, who by then was Israel, spoke of them in the following manner before he died: Of Reuben he said,

You shall not be a superior one, for you went up to your father's bed; then you made yourself unworthy. He went up to my couch. Genesis 49:3-4.

And of Simeon and Levi he said,

Into their secret place let my soul not come; with their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and deliberately hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is severe. I will divide them within Jacob, and will scatter them within Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

[2] What Judah was like becomes additionally clear from his marriage to a Canaanite, Genesis 38:1-2, which was nevertheless contrary to what had been commanded, as may be seen from Abraham's words addressed to the servant who was sent to betroth Rebekah to Isaac his son, Genesis 24:3, 6, and from many places in the Word. A third of that nation belonged to this lineage, that is to say, a third descended from his son Shelah who was born from a Canaanite mother, Genesis 38:11; 46:12. See Numbers 26:20; and 1 Chronicles 4:21-22. Further evidence of what these and the rest of Jacob's sons were like lies in the unspeakable crime which they committed against Joseph, Genesis 37:18-end. What their descendants in Egypt were like is evident from the details which are recorded about them when they were in the desert, where they were rebellious on so many occasions, and after that in the land of Canaan where they became idolaters on so many occasions; and lastly what they were like in the Lord's time is shown just above, in 4314. And what they are like today is well known - they are opposed to the Lord, opposed to the things that constitute the Church, and opposed to charity towards the neighbour, being opposed even to one another. These considerations show that the nature of that nation has been such perpetually. Let no one therefore assume any longer that any Church has existed among them, only that which is a representative of the Church. Still less should anyone assume that they have been chosen in preference to others.

  
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Genesis 35

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1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."

2 Then Jacob said to his household, and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, change your garments.

3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."

4 They gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which were in their hands, and the rings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

5 They traveled, and a terror of God was on the cities that were around them, and they didn't pursue the sons of Jacob.

6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.

7 He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

8 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.

9 God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Paddan Aram, and blessed him.

10 God said to him, "Your name is Jacob. Your name shall not be Jacob any more, but your name will be Israel." He named him Israel.

11 God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply. A nation and a company of nations will be from you, and kings will come out of your body.

12 The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, and to your seed after you will I give the land."

13 God went up from him in the place where he spoke with him.

14 Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he spoke with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it, and poured oil on it.

15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."

16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.

17 When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for now you will have another son."

18 It happened, as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Benoni, but his father named him Benjamin.

19 Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath (the same is Bethlehem).

20 Jacob set up a pillar on her grave. The same is the Pillar of Rachel's grave to this day.

21 Israel traveled, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Eder.

22 It happened, while Israel lived in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.

23 The sons of Leah: Reuben (Jacob's firstborn), Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

24 The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.

25 The sons of Bilhah (Rachel's handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.

26 The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

27 Jacob came to Isaac his father, to Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (which is Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac lived as foreigners.

28 The days of Isaac were one hundred eighty years.

29 Isaac gave up the spirit, and died, and was gathered to his people, old and full of days. Esau and Jacob, his sons, buried him.