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1 Mosebok 38

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1 Vid den tiden begav sig Juda åstad bort ifrån sina bröder och slöt sig till en man i Adullam, som hette Hira.

2 Där fick Juda se dottern till en kananeisk man som hette Sua, och han tog henne till sig och gick in till henne.

3 Och hon blev havande och födde en son, och han fick namnet Er.

4 Åter blev hon havande och födde en son och gav honom namnet Onan.

5 Och hon födde ännu en son, och åt denne gav hon namnet Sela; och när han föddes, var Juda i Kesib.

6 Och Juda tog åt Er, sin förstfödde, en hustru som hette Tamar.

7 Men Er, Judas förstfödde, misshagade HERREN; därför dödade HERREN honom.

8 Då sade Juda till Onan: »Gå in till din broders hustru, äkta henne i din broders ställe och skaffa avkomma åt din broder

9 Men eftersom Onan visste att avkomman icke skulle bliva hans egen, lät han, när han gick in till sin broders hustru, det spillas på jorden, för att icke giva avkomma åt sin broder.

10 Men det misshagade HERREN att han gjorde så; därför dödade han också honom.

11 Då sade Juda till sin sonhustru Tamar: »Stanna såsom änka i din faders hus, till dess min son Sela bliver fullvuxen.» Han fruktade nämligen att annars också denne skulle , likasom hans bröder. Så gick Tamar bort och stannade i sin faders hus.

12 En lång tid därefter dog Suas dotter, Judas hustru. Och efter sorgetidens slut gick Juda med sin vän adullamiten Hira upp till Timna, för att se efter dem som klippte hans får.

13 När man nu berättade för Tamar att hennes svärfader gick upp till Timna för att klippa sina får,

14 lade hon av sig sina änkekläder och betäckte sig med en slöja och höljde in sig och satte sig vid porten till Enaim på vägen till Timna. Ty hon såg, att fastän Sela var fullvuxen, blev hon likväl icke given åt honom till hustru.

15 Då nu Juda fick se henne, trodde han att hon var en sköka; hon hade ju nämligen sitt ansikte betäckt.

16 Och han vek av till henne, där hon satt vid vägen, och sade: »Kom, låt mig gå in till dig.» Ty han visste icke att det var hans sonhustru. Hon svarade: »Vad vill du giva mig för att få gå in till mig?»

17 Han sade: »Jag vill sända dig en killing ur min hjord.» Hon svarade: »Ja, om du giver mig pant, till dess du sänder den.»

18 Han sade: »Vad skall jag då giva dig i pant?» Hon svarade: »Din signetring, din snodd och staven som du har i din hand.» Då gav han henne detta och gick in till henne, och hon blev havande genom honom.

19 Och hon stod upp och gick därifrån och lade av sin slöja och klädde sig åter i sina änkekläder.

20 Och Juda sände killingen med sin vän adullamiten, för att få igen panten av kvinnan; men denne fann henne icke.

21 Och han frågade folket där på orten och sade: »Var är tempeltärnan, hon som satt i Enaim vid vägen?» De svarade: »Här har ingen tempeltärna varit.»

22 Och han kom tillbaka till Juda och sade: »Jag har icke funnit henne; därtill säger folket på orten att ingen tempeltärna har varit där.»

23 Då sade Juda: »Må hon då behålla det, så att vi icke draga smälek över oss. Jag har nu sänt killingen, men du har icke funnit henne.»

24 Vid pass tre månader därefter blev så berättat för Juda: »Din sonhustru Tamar har bedrivit otukt, och i otukt har hon blivit havandeJuda sade: »Fören ut henne till att brännas.»

25 Men när hon fördes ut, sände hon bud till sin svärfader och lät säga: »Genom en man som är ägare till detta har jag blivit havande.» Och hon lät säga: »Se efter, vem denna signetring, dessa snodder och denna stav tillhöra.»

26 Och Juda kände igen dem och sade: »Hon är i sin rätt mot mig, eftersom jag icke har givit henne åt min son Sela.» Men han kom icke mer vid henne.

27 När hon nu skulle föda, se, då funnos tvillingar i hennes liv.

28 Och i födslostunden stack den ene fram en hand; då tog hjälpkvinnan en röd tråd och band den om hans hand och sade: »Denne kom först fram.»

29 Men när han därefter åter drog sin hand tillbaka, se, då kom hans broder fram; och hon sade: »Varför har du trängt dig fram?» Och han fick namnet Peres .

30 Därefter kom hans broder fram, han som hade den röda tråden om sin hand, och han fick namnet Sera.

   

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4918. 'That behold, there were twins in her womb' means the two essentials of the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'twins' as the two - good and truth - dealt with in 3299; and from the meaning of 'the womb' as the place where good and truth have been conceived and are lying, and consequently the place where the essentials of the Church are lying. In the genuine sense 'the womb' means the inmost centre of conjugial love where innocence is present, for the womb corresponds to that love in the Grand Man. Now because conjugial love has its origin in the love of good and truth, which love is at the heart of the heavenly marriage, and because this marriage is heaven itself or the Lord's kingdom, and the Lord's kingdom on earth is the Church, therefore 'the womb' also means the Church. For the Church exists where the marriage of good and truth exists. This explains why 'opening the womb' means the resulting doctrines taught by the Churches, 3856, as well as the ability to receive the truths and goods of the Church, 3967; while 'going out of the womb' means being born again or being regenerated, 4904, that is, becoming the Church since one who is born again or regenerated becomes the Church.

[2] Since 'going out of the womb' means rebirth, and therefore the Church, the Lord is called in the Word 'He who formed from the womb' and 'He who brought out of the womb', and those who have been regenerated and become the Church are said 'to have been carried from the womb', as in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah. your Maker. He who formed you from the womb, and who helps you. Isaiah 44:2.

In the same prophet,

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, He who formed you from the womb. Isaiah 44:24.

In the same prophet,

Thus said Jehovah. who formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring back Jacob to Him, and that Israel might be gathered to Him. Isaiah 49:5.

In David,

Jehovah who brought me out of the womb. Psalms 22:9.

In Isaiah,

Hearken to Me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel who have been carried from the womb, and borne from the belly. Isaiah 46:3.

In David,

The wicked are alienated from the womb, and go astray from the belly, with lying words. Psalms 58:3.

Here 'being alienated from the womb' means alienation from the good fostered by the Church, and 'going astray from the belly' straying from the truth. In Hosea,

The pains of childbirth will come upon him, he is an unwise son, for now he does not present himself at the womb of sons. Hosea 13:13.

'Not presenting himself at the womb of sons' stands for not coming to the good of truth fostered by the Church.

[3] In the same prophet,

Their glory will fly away like a bird, away from birth, from the belly, and from conception. Hosea 9:11.

This means that the truth of the Church will perish fully - 'from birth' being that to which birth is given, 'from the belly' that which is undergoing gestation, 'from conception' that which is taking rise. In Isaiah,

I knew that you would certainly act treacherously, and that you were called [a man] of transgression from the womb. Isaiah 48:8.

This means that from the time when the Church first began he was like this. In John,

A great sign was seen in heaven - a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet. and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Carrying in the belly however, she cried out in labour, and was in anguish to give birth. Revelation 12:1-2.

'The woman' is the Church, 252, 253, 255. 'The sun' with which she was clothed is the good of love, 30-38, 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 4060, 4696; 'the moon' which was under her feet is the truth of faith, 30-38, 1529, 1530, 2120, 2495, 4696; 'the stars' are cognitions of good and truth, 2495, 2849, 4697 - there being 'twelve stars' because 'twelve' means all things, thus all aspects of faith, 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272, 3858, 3913; 'carrying in the belly' is the truth of the Church that had been conceived; 'being in labour and in anguish to give birth' is the fact that it was received with difficulty.

  
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Genesis 17

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1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"

18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.