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1 Jakob levis siajn okulojn, kaj vidis, ke jen venas Esav kaj kun li kvarcent homoj. Tiam li dividis la infanojn de Lea kaj de Rahxel kaj de la du sklavinoj.

2 Kaj li starigis la sklavinojn kaj iliajn infanojn antauxe, Lean kun sxiaj infanoj poste, kaj Rahxelon kun Jozef en la fino.

3 Kaj li mem pasis preter ilin, kaj klinigxis gxis la tero sep fojojn, antaux ol li atingis sian fraton.

4 Sed Esav kuris al li renkonte kaj cxirkauxprenis lin, kaj jxetis sin sur lian kolon kaj kisis lin; kaj ili ploris.

5 Esav levis siajn okulojn kaj ekvidis la virinojn kaj la infanojn, kaj diris: Kiuj estas cxe vi cxi tiuj? Jakob respondis: La infanoj, kiujn Dio favore donis al via sklavo.

6 Tiam alproksimigxis la sklavinoj, ili kaj iliaj infanoj, kaj profunde klinigxis.

7 Poste alproksimigxis ankaux Lea kaj sxiaj infanoj kaj klinigxis; fine alproksimigxis Jozef kaj Rahxel kaj klinigxis.

8 Tiam Esav diris: Kio estas tiu tuta tacxmento, kiun mi renkontis? Kaj Jakob respondis: Por akiri la favoron de mia sinjoro.

9 Sed Esav diris: Mi havas multe, mia frato; kio apartenas al vi, tio restu cxe vi.

10 Kaj Jakob diris: Ho ne! se mi akiris vian favoron, prenu mian donacon el mia mano; cxar mi vidis vian vizagxon, kvazaux mi vidus la vizagxon de Dio, kaj vi montrigxis favora al mi.

11 Prenu mian benon, kiu estas alportita al vi; cxar Dio favore donis al mi kaj mi havas cxion. Kaj li insistis, kaj tiu prenis.

12 Kaj Esav diris: Ni levigxu kaj iru, kaj mi iros apud vi.

13 Sed Jakob diris al li: Mia sinjoro scias, ke la infanoj estas malfortaj, kaj la sxafoj kaj bovoj cxe mi estas tro junaj; se oni pelos ilin dum unu tago, la brutaro mortos.

14 Mia sinjoro iru antaux sia sklavo, kaj mi kondukos malrapide, kiel iros la brutoj, kiuj estas antaux mi, kaj kiel iros la infanoj, gxis mi venos al mia sinjoro en Seir.

15 Tiam Esav diris: Mi restigos cxe vi iujn el la homoj, kiuj estas kun mi. Sed Jakob diris: Por kio? lasu min nur posedi la favoron de mia sinjoro.

16 Kaj en tiu tago Esav returne foriris sian vojon al Seir.

17 Kaj Jakob ekiris al Sukot kaj konstruis al si domon, kaj por siaj brutoj li faris kabanojn; tial la loko ricevis la nomon Sukot.

18 Veninte el Mezopotamio, Jakob alvenis bonstate en la urbo de SXehxem, kiu estas en la lando Kanaana; kaj li starigis sian tendaron antaux la urbo.

19 Kaj la kampoparton, sur kiu li starigis sian tendon, li acxetis el la manoj de la filoj de HXamor, la patro de SXehxem, por cent kesitoj.

20 Kaj li starigis tie altaron, kaj li nomis gxin El, la Dio de Izrael.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4393

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4393. And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem. That this signifies the interior truths of faith which are of tranquillity, is evident from the signification of “Shalem,” as being the tranquillity of peace (see below); and from the signification of a “city of Shechem,” as being interior truths of faith (concerning which in the following chapter, where Shechem and his city are treated of). (That a “city” denotes truth in faith, may be seen in n. 402, 2268, 2449, 2451, 2712, 2943, 3216.) That “Shalem” signifies the tranquillity of peace, may be seen in David:

In Judah is God known, His name is great in Israel; in Shalem also is His tent, and His dwelling place in Zion; there brake He the live coals of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the war (Psalms 76:1-3); where it is evident that “Shalem” denotes the tranquillity of peace, for it is said that “He there brake the live coals of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the war;” and also from its signification in the original language, for “Shalem” means tranquillity and perfection. (What the tranquillity of peace is, may be seen, n. 1726, 3696.) In this peace there are interior truths; that is, those who are in interior truths in faith and in life. But so long as men are in exterior truths, and especially when they are coming from exterior into interior truths, the state is then untranquil, for then there are temptation combats. The same is also here represented by Jacob, in that after he had been in fear and anxiety on account of Esau, he had now arrived at a state of tranquillity.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3696

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3696. And lay down in that place. That this signifies the tranquillity of the state, is evident from the signification of “lying down,” as being to be in a state of tranquillity; for “lying down” and “sleeping” signify nothing else. That in the internal sense this is the signification of “lying down,” may also be seen from other passages in the Word, concerning which just below. With those who are to be regenerated, who are here treated of in the internal representative sense, the case is that first of all they are in a state of tranquillity, or in a state of external peace (for external peace, or peace in externals, is called “tranquillity”); and the same is produced from the Divine state of peace that is inmostly within it; and it comes forth into the externals through the removal of cupidities and falsities; for these are what cause all unrest. Moreover at the beginning of his life, that is, during his infancy, every man is in a state of tranquillity; but as he advances in life, that is, grows up to manhood, he removes himself from this state, because he gives himself up to worldly cares, and consequently to anxieties caused by the cupidities of the love of self and of the world, and the derivative falsities.

[2] The case is almost the same with the new life in the man who is being regenerated: at first he is in a state of tranquillity; but as he passes into a new life, he also passes at the same time into an untranquil state; for the evils and falsities with which he had before become imbued emerge and come forth, and disturb him, and this at last to such a degree that he is in temptations and vexations inflicted by the diabolical crew, who are continually striving to destroy the state of his new life. Yet inmostly the man is in a state of peace, for unless this were with him inmostly, he would not combat, for in his battlings he is continually looking to this state as the end, and unless he had such an end, he would in no wise have power and strength to combat. This moreover is the reason why he overcomes; and because this is the end in view, he also comes into this state after the combats or temptations. This is like the state of spring, which succeeds the state of autumn and winter; or it is like the state of dawn, which succeeds evening and night. (That a state of peace in spiritual things is like spring and dawn in natural things, may be seen above, n. 1726, 2780; and that peace is from good and truth, and unrest from what is evil and false, n. 3170)

[3] That in the Word “to lie down” signifies a state of tranquillity, may be seen from the following passages.

In Moses:

If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments and do them, I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will cause the evil wild beast to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword pass through your land (Leviticus 26:3, 6); where “lying down” is manifestly predicated of a state of peace and tranquillity; “evil beasts” denote the cupidities of evil (n. 45, 46, 908), which shall “cease;” the “sword” denotes, falsity fighting against truth (n. 2799), which shall not “pass through;” all which shows that peace and the tranquillity of peace are from good and truth, and that the destruction thereof is from evils and falsities.

[4] In Isaiah:

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together (Isaiah 11:6-7); where the Lord is treated of, and the state of peace in His kingdom; that they shall “lie down together” signifies that they cannot be infested by any evil and falsity.

In Hosea:

In that day will I make a covenant for them with the wild beast of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and with the creeping thing of the earth; and I will break the bow and the sword and war out of the land, and will make them to lie down in confidence (Hos. 2:18); where in like manner “to lie down” signifies a state of tranquillity on the removal of falsities and evils, which occasion unrest.

[5] In David:

I will lay me down and sleep; and I will awake, for Jehovah sustaineth me. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people that have set themselves against me round about (Psalms 3:5-6); where “to lie down and sleep” signifies a state of tranquillity and security. Again:

In peace I will both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, Jehovah alone, makest me to dwell in confidence (Psalms 4:8).

And again:

He will make me to lie down in green pastures; He will lead me to the waters of rest; He will restore my soul (Psalms 23:2-3).

From these passages it is evident that a state of peace and tranquillity is signified by “lying down;” and that by “lying down in that place” is signified the tranquillity of the state, for in the internal sense “place” signifies state (n. 3692).

  
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