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1 拉結見自己不給雅各生子,就嫉妒他姊姊,對雅各:你給我孩子,不然我就死了

2 雅各向拉結生氣,:叫你不生育的是,我豈能代替他作主呢?

3 拉結:有我的使女辟拉在這裡,你可以與他同房,使他生子在我膝下,我便因他也得孩子(原文作被建立)。

4 拉結就把他的使女辟拉丈夫為妾;雅各便與他同房,

5 辟拉就懷孕,給雅各生了一個兒子

6 拉結伸了我的冤,也了我的聲音,賜我一個兒子,因此他起名但(就是伸冤的意思)。

7 拉結的使女辟拉又懷孕,給雅各生了第二個兒子

8 拉結:我與我姊姊大大相爭,並且得勝,於是給他起名拿弗他利(就是相爭的意思)。

9 利亞見自己停了生育,就把使女悉帕雅各為妾。

10 利亞的使女悉帕給雅各生了一個兒子

11 利亞:萬幸!於是給他起名迦得(就是萬幸的意思)。

12 利亞的使女悉帕又給雅各生了第二個兒子

13 利亞:我有福阿,眾女子都要稱我是有福的,於是給他起名亞設(就是有福的意思)。

14 割麥子的時候,流便往田裡去,尋見風茄,拿來母親利亞。拉結對利亞:請你把你兒子的風茄我些。

15 利亞:你奪了我的丈夫還算小事麼?你又要奪我兒子的風茄麼?拉結:為你兒子的風茄,今夜他可以與你同寢。

16 到了晚上雅各從田裡回,利亞出迎接他,:你要與我同寢,因為我實在用我兒子的風茄把你雇下了。那一夜,雅各就與他同寢。

17 應允了利亞,他就懷孕,給雅各生了第五個兒子

18 利亞了我價值,因為我把使女了我丈夫,於是他起名以薩迦(就是價值的意思)。

19 利亞又懷孕,給雅各生了第六兒子

20 利亞賜我厚賞;我丈夫必與我同住,因我給他生了個兒子,於是給他起名西布倫(就是同住的意思)。

21 來又生了一個女兒,給他起名底拿。

22 顧念拉結,應允了他,使他能生育。

23 拉結懷孕生子,除去了我的羞恥,

24 就給他起名約瑟(就是增添的意思),意思:願耶和華再增添我一個兒子

25 拉結生約瑟之後,雅各拉班:請打發我走,叫我回到我本鄉本土去。

26 請你把我服事你所得的妻子和兒女我,讓我走;我怎樣服事你,你都知道

27 拉班對他:我若在你眼前蒙恩,請你仍與我同住,因為我已算定,耶和華賜福與我是為你的緣故;

28 :請你定你的工價,我就你。

29 雅各對他:我怎樣服事你,你的牲畜在我手裡怎樣,是你知道的。

30 我未來之先,你所有的很少,現今卻發大眾多,耶和華隨我的步賜福與你。如今,我甚麼時候才為自己興家立業呢?

31 拉班:我當你甚麼呢?雅各:甚麼你也不必我,只有一件事,你若應承,我便仍舊牧放你的羊群

32 今天我要走遍你的羊群,把綿中凡有點的、有的,和黑色的,並山羊中凡有的、有點的,都挑出來;將來這一等的就算我的工價。

33 以後你查看我的工價,凡在我手裡的山羊不是有點有的,綿羊不是黑色的,那就算是我的;這樣便可證出我的公

34 拉班:好阿!我情願照著你的行。

35 當日,拉班把有紋的、有的公山羊,有點的、有的、有雜白紋的母山羊,並黑色的綿羊,都挑出來,交在他兒子們的下,

36 又使自己和雅各相離的路程。雅各就牧養拉班

37 雅各拿楊樹、杏樹、楓樹的嫩枝,將皮剝成白紋,使枝子露出白的來,

38 將剝了皮的枝子,對著羊群,插在飲溝裡和裡,的時候,牝牡配合。

39 對著枝子配合,就生下有紋的、有點的、有的來。

40 雅各羔分出來,使拉班的與這有紋和黑色的相對,把自己的另放一處,不叫他和拉班的混雜。

41 羊群肥壯配合的時候,雅各就把枝子插在水溝裡,使對著枝子配合。

42 只是到瘦弱配合的時候就不插枝子。這樣,瘦弱的就歸拉班,肥壯的就歸雅各

43 於是雅各極其發大,得了許多羊群、僕婢、駱駝,和

   

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3963. 'Afterwards she bore a daughter' means the affection for all these, and also means the Church of faith in which good is present. This is clear from the meaning of 'a daughter' as an affection, and also as a Church, dealt with in 2363. But as to what the object of the affection is, or what kind of Church is meant, this is evident from whatever is added on to the word 'daughter'. For example, it is evident from the addition of 'Zion' after 'daughter' that the celestial Church, which is called 'the daughter of Zion', is meant; from the addition of 'Jerusalem' that the spiritual Church, which is referred to as 'the daughter of Jerusalem', is meant, and so on. In the present verse, in which nothing is added on to it, 'daughter' means the Church of faith in which good is present. For up to this point the subject has been the general truths which constitute faith in which good is present, and the reception and acknowledgement of those truths, that is to say, the truths that were meant, as has been shown, by the ten sons of Jacob dealt with above. And since immediately after these sons reference is made to the birth of a daughter it is evident from the train of thought that a Church is meant in which all these truths are present.

[2] Whether you call it the Church of faith in which good is present, or you call it the spiritual Church, it amounts to the same; or again if you call it the affection for all these, that is, all these general truths. For it is from the affection for truth in which good is present, and the affection for good from which truth springs, that the Church has its being, not from the affection for truth in which good is not present or the affection for good from which truth does not spring. People who are governed by an affection for truth but not by the good from which truth springs, that is, who do not live according to truths, are much mistaken when they say that they belong to the Church. Though within a congregation, they are outside the Church, for they are governed by the affection for evil to which truth cannot be joined. Their affection for truth does not originate in the Lord but in themselves, for they have themselves in view, their intention being by means of the truth they know to earn repute, and thereby important positions and wealth. But they do not have the Church in view, or the Lord's kingdom, let alone the Lord. But people governed by the affection for good from which truth does not spring do not belong to the Church even though they are within a congregation, for they are governed by natural good, not by spiritual, and allow themselves to be led into every kind of evil and also of falsity, provided that evil is made to look like good and falsity to look like truth, see 3470, 3471, 3518.

  
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