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1 亞伯拉罕的日子,那有一次饑荒;這時又有饑荒,以撒就往基拉耳去,到非利士人的王亞比米勒那裡。

2 耶和華向以撒顯現,:你不要去,要住在我所指示你的

3 你寄居在這,我必與你同在,賜福你,因為我要將這些都賜你和你的後裔。我必堅定我向你父亞伯拉罕所起的誓。

4 我要加增你的後裔,像上的那樣多,又要將這些都賜你的後裔。並且上萬國必因你的後裔得福─

5 都因亞伯拉罕聽從我的話,遵守我的吩咐和我的命令、律例、度。

6 以撒在基拉耳。

7 地方的人問到他的妻子,他便:那是我的妹子。原來他:是我的妻子;他心裡想:恐地方的人為利百加的緣故殺我,因為他容貌俊美。

8 他在那裡住了許久。有一天非利士人的王亞比米勒從窗戶裡往外觀,見以撒和他的妻子利百加戲玩。

9 亞比米勒召了以撒來,對他:他實在是你的妻子,你怎麼他是你的妹子?以撒:我心裡想,恐怕我因他而

10 亞比米勒:你向我們做的是甚麼事呢?民中險些有人和你的妻同寢,把我們陷在罪裡。

11 於是亞比米勒曉諭眾民說:凡沾著這個,或是他妻子的,定要把他治

12 以撒在那耕種,那一年有倍的收成。耶和華賜福給他,

13 他就昌大,日增月盛,成了大富戶。

14 他有羊群牛群,又有許多僕人,非利士人就嫉妒他。

15 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世的日子,他父親僕人非利士人全都塞住,滿了土。

16 亞比米勒對以撒:你離開我們去罷。因為你比我們強盛得多。

17 以撒就離開那裡,在基拉耳谷支搭帳棚,在那裡。

18 當他父親亞伯拉罕在世之日所非利士人亞伯拉罕塞住了,以撒就重新出來,仍照他父親那些名字

19 以撒的僕人,便得了一口活

20 基拉耳的牧人與以撒的牧人爭競,:這是我們的。以撒就給那起名埃色(就是相爭的意思),因為他們和他相爭。

21 以撒的僕人又了一口,他們又為這爭競,因此以撒給這起名西提拿(就是為敵的意思)。

22 以撒離開那裡,又了一口,他們不為這爭競了,他就給那起名利河伯(就是寬闊的意思)。他耶和華現在給我們寬闊之我們必在這昌盛。

23 以撒從那裡上別是巴去。

24 當夜耶和華向他顯現,:我是你父親亞伯拉罕的,不要懼!因為我與你同在,要賜福給你,並要為我僕人亞伯拉罕的緣故,使你的後裔繁多。

25 以撒就在那裡築了一座,求告耶和華的名,並且支搭帳棚;他的僕人便在那裡了一口

26 亞比米勒,同他的朋友亞戶撒和他的軍長非各,從基拉耳來見以撒。

27 以撒對他們:你們既然恨我,打發我走了,為甚麼到我這裡呢?

28 他們我們明明的耶和華與你同在,便,不如我們兩下彼此起誓,彼此立約,

29 使你不害我們,正如我們未曾害你,一味的厚待你,並且打發你平平安安的走。你是蒙耶和華賜福的了。

30 以撒就為他們設擺筵席,他們便吃了了。

31 他們清起來彼此起誓。以撒打發他們走,他們就平平安安的離開他走了。

32 一天以撒的僕人,將的事告訴:我們得了了。

33 他就給那井起名示巴;因此那城做別是巴,直到今日。

34 以掃四十歲的時候娶了赫人比利的女兒猶滴,與赫人以倫的女兒巴實抹為妻。

35 他們常使以撒和利百加心裡愁煩。

   

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3387. 'For he was afraid to say, My wife, [thinking,] The men of the place may perhaps kill me on account of Rebekah' means that it was impossible for Divine Truths themselves to be disclosed, and so for Divine Good to be received. This is clear from the meaning of 'being afraid to say' as an inability to disclose; from the meaning of 'wife', who is Rebekah here, as the Lord's Divine Rational in respect to Divine Truth, dealt with in 3012, 3013, 3077; from the meaning of 'killing me' as good not being received, for 'Isaac', to whom 'me' refers here, represents the Divine Good of the Lord's Rational, 3012, 3194, 3210 - good being said 'to be killed' or to perish when it is not received, for it ceases to exist with that person; and from the meaning of 'the men of the place' as people who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith, dealt with just above in 3385. From these meanings it is now evident what the internal sense of these words is, namely: If Divine truths themselves were disclosed they would not be received by those who possess matters of doctrine concerning faith because those truths go beyond the whole range of their rational grasp of things, and so go beyond the whole of their faith, and as a consequence of this no good at all could flow in from the Lord. For good from the Lord, or Divine good, cannot flow in except into truths, for truths are the vessels for good, as shown many times.

[2] Truths or appearances of truth are given to a person to enable Divine Good to develop the understanding part of his mind, and so the person himself, for truths exist to the end that good may flow in. Indeed without vessels or receptacles good has nowhere to go, for it can find no condition answering to itself. Where no truths exist therefore, that is, where they have not been received, neither does any rational or human good exist; and as a consequence the person does not possess any spiritual life. Therefore, so that a person may nevertheless possess truths, and from these receive spiritual life, appearances of truth are given, to everyone according to his ability to grasp them; and these appearances are acknowledged as truths because they have the capacity to hold Divine things within them.

[3] So that it may be known what appearances are and that they are what serve a person as Divine truths, let the following be used by way of illustration: If man were told that in heaven angels have no concept of place, and so no concept of distance, but that instead they have concepts of state, he could not possibly grasp it, for he would suppose from this that nothing distinct and separate existed but that everything was fused together, that is to say, all the angels were together in a single place. Yet everything there is so distinct and separate that nothing could ever be more so. Places, distances, and intervals of space which exist in the natural order exist in heaven as states, see 3356. From this it is evident that all the things that are stated in the Word about places and intervals of space between objects, also ideas that are formed from these and expressed through them, are appearances of truth; and unless everything were stated by means of those appearances it would in no way be received and would as a consequence be scarcely anything; for the concept of space and time is present in almost every single detail of a person's thought as long as he is in the world, that is, living within space and time.

[4] The fact that the Word speaks according to appearances involving space is clear from almost every single part of it, as in Matthew,

Jesus said, How is it that David says, The Lord [said] to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? Matthew 22:43-44.

Here the expression 'sitting at the right hand' is derived from the concept of place and so according to the appearance - when in fact it is a state of the Lord's Divine power which is described by that expression. In the same gospel,

Jesus said, Hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of power and coming on the clouds of heaven. Matthew 26:64.

Here similarly 'sitting at the right hand' and also 'coming on clouds' are expressions derived from men's concept of place, whereas the concept angels have is one of the state of the Lord's power. In Mark,

The sons of Zebedee said to Jesus, Grant us to sit in Your glory, one on Your right hand and the other on Your left. Jesus replied, To sit at My right hand and at My left is not Mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared. Mark 10:37, 40.

From this it is evident what kind of concept the disciples had of the Lord's kingdom, that is to say, one that involved sitting on the right hand and on the left. Such being the concept they had of it the Lord also replied to them in a way they could understand and so by an appearance that could be seen by them.

[5] In David,

Like a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, he rejoices as a mighty man to run the course. From the end of the heavens is His going forth, and His circuit to the ends of them. Psalms 19:5-6.

This refers to the Lord, the state of whose Divine power is described by means of such things as belong to space. In Isaiah,

How you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the dawn! You said in your heart, I will go up into the heavens, above the stars of God 1 I will raise my throne. I will go up above the heights of the clouds. Isaiah 14:12-14.

'Falling from heaven', 'going up the heavens', 'raising a throne above the stars of God', 'going up above the heights of the clouds' are all expressions derived from the concept and appearance of space or a place, and are used to describe self-love profaning holy things. Since celestial and spiritual things are presented to man by means of and according to visual objects like these, heaven too is therefore described as being on high when in fact it is not on high but in that which is internal, 450, 1380, 2148.

Fußnoten:

1. The Latin means heaven; but the Hebrew means God which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

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