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1 Mose 28

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1 Und Isaak rief Jakob und segnete ihn; und er gebot ihm und sprach zu ihm: Du sollst nicht ein Weib nehmen von den Töchtern Kanaans.

2 Mache dich auf, gehe nach Paddan-Aram, (Siehe die Anmerkung zu Kap. 25,20) zum Hause Bethuels, des Vaters deiner Mutter; und nimm dir von dort ein Weib von den Töchtern Labans, des Bruders deiner Mutter.

3 Und Gott, (El) der Allmächtige, segne dich und mache dich fruchtbar und mehre dich, daß du zu einer Schar von Völkern werdest;

4 und er gebe dir den Segen Abrahams, dir und deinem Samen mit dir, auf daß du besitzest das Land deiner Fremdlingschaft, das Gott dem Abraham gegeben hat!

5 Und Isaak entließ Jakob; und er ging nach Paddan-Aram zu Laban, dem Sohne Bethuels, des Aramäers, dem Bruder ebekkas, der Mutter Jakobs und Esaus. -

6 Und als Esau sah, daß Isaak den Jakob gesegnet und ihn nach Paddan-Aram entlassen hatte, um sich von dort ein Weib zu nehmen, indem er ihn segnete und ihm gebot und sprach: Du sollst nicht ein Weib nehmen von den Töchtern Kanaans,

7 und daß Jakob seinem Vater und seiner Mutter gehorcht hatte und nach Paddan-Aram gegangen war:

8 als Esau sah, daß die Töchter Kanaans übel waren in den Augen seines Vaters Isaak,

9 da ging Esau hin zu Ismael und nahm sich zum Weibe Machalath, die Tochter Ismaels, des Sohnes Abrahams, die Schwester Nebajoths, zu seinen anderen Weibern hinzu.

10 Und Jakob zog aus von Beerseba und ging nach Haran.

11 Und er gelangte an einen Ort und übernachtete daselbst; denn die Sonne war untergegangen. Und er nahm einen von den Steinen des Ortes und legte ihn zu seinen Häupten und legte sich nieder an selbigem Orte.

12 Und er träumte: und siehe, eine Leiter war auf die Erde gestellt, und ihre Spitze rührte an den Himmel; und siehe, Engel Gottes stiegen auf und nieder an ihr.

13 Und siehe, Jehova stand über ihr und sprach: Ich bin Jehova, der Gott Abrahams, deines Vaters, und der Gott Isaaks; das Land, auf welchem du liegst, dir will ich es geben und deinem Samen.

14 Und dein Same soll werden wie der Staub der Erde, und du wirst dich ausbreiten nach Westen und nach Osten und nach Norden und nach Süden hin; und in dir und in deinem Samen sollen gesegnet werden alle Geschlechter der Erde.

15 Und siehe, ich bin mit dir, und ich will dich behüten überall, wohin du gehst, und dich zurückbringen in dieses Land; denn ich werde dich nicht verlassen, bis ich getan was ich zu dir geredet habe.

16 Und Jakob erwachte von seinem Schlafe und sprach: Fürwahr, Jehova ist an diesem Orte, und ich wußte es nicht!

17 Und er fürchtete sich und sprach: Wie furchtbar ist dieser Ort! Dies ist nichts anderes als Gottes Haus, und dies die Pforte des Himmels.

18 Und Jakob stand des Morgens früh auf und nahm den Stein, den er zu seinen Häupten gelegt hatte, und stellte ihn auf als Denkmal und goß Öl auf seine Spitze.

19 Und er gab selbigem Orte den Namen Bethel; (Haus Gottes) aber im Anfang war Lus der Name der Stadt.

20 Und Jakob tat ein Gelübde und sprach: Wenn Gott mit mir ist und mich behütet auf diesem Wege, den ich gehe, und mir Brot zu essen gibt und Kleider anzuziehen,

21 und ich in Frieden zurückkehre zum Hause meines Vaters, so soll Jehova mein Gott (Eig. mir zum Gott sein) sein.

22 Und dieser Stein, den ich als Denkmal aufgestellt habe, soll ein Haus Gottes sein; und von allem, was du mir geben wirst, werde ich dir gewißlich den Zehnten geben.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4835

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4835. Come to thy brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. That this signifies that he should continue it, namely, the representative of the church, is evident from the signification of “to come” or “enter to a brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her,” as being to preserve and continue that which is of the church. The commandment in the Mosaic law that if any man died childless, his brother should take the widow to wife and raise up seed to his brother, and that the firstborn should be called by the name of the deceased brother, but the rest of the sons should be his own, was called “the duty of the husband’s brother.” That this statute was not a new thing originating in the Jewish Church, but had been in use before, is evident from this history, and the same is true of many other statutes that were commanded the Israelites by Moses-as that they should not take wives of the daughters of the Canaanites, and that they should marry within their families (Genesis 24:3-4; 28:1-2). From these and many other instances it is evident that there had been a church before, in which such things had been instituted as were afterwards promulgated and enjoined upon the sons of Jacob. That altars and sacrifices had been in use from ancient times is plain from Genesis 8:20-21; 22:3, 7-8, 13. From this it is clear that the Jewish Church was not a new church, but that it was a resuscitation of the Ancient Church which had perished.

[2] What the law in regard to the husband’s brother had been is evident in Moses:

If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the deceased shall not marry without, to a strange man; her husband’s brother shall enter to her, and take her to him to wife, and thus perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto her. Then it shall be that the first-born whom she beareth shall stand upon the name of his deceased brother, that his name be not blotted out of Israel. But if the man will not marry his brother’s wife, his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband’s brother refuses to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother unto me. Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him; and if he stand and say, I desire not to take her; then shall his brother’s wife come near unto him in the sight of the elders, and shall draw his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face; and she shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto the man that doth not build up his brother’s house; whence his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe taken off (Deuteronomy 25:5-10).

[3] One who does not know what the duty of a husband’s brother represents, can have no other belief than that it was merely for the sake of preserving the name, and hence the inheritance; but the preservation of a name and of an inheritance was not of so much importance that for the sake of it a brother should enter into marriage with his brother’s wife; but this was enjoined that thereby might be represented the preservation and continuation of the church. For marriage represented the marriage of good and truth, that is, the heavenly marriage, and consequently the church also, for the church is a church from the marriage of good and truth; and when the church is in this marriage it makes one with heaven, which is the heavenly marriage itself. As marriage has this representation, therefore sons and daughters represented and also signified truths and goods; wherefore to be childless signified a deprivation of good and truth, thus that there was no longer any representative of the church in that house, consequently that it was out of communion. Moreover, the brother represented kindred good, with which might be conjoined the truth which was represented by the widowed wife; for in order that truth may be the truth which has life and produces fruit, and so continue that which is of the church, it cannot be conjoined with any other than its own and kindred good. This is what is perceived in heaven by the duty prescribed to the husband’s brother.

[4] That if the man would not perform the duty of a husband’s brother, his brother’s wife should take his shoe from off his foot and spit in his face, signified that, as one who was devoid of external and internal good and truth, he would destroy the things of the church; for a “shoe” is what is external (n. 1748), and the “face” is what is internal (n. 1999, 2434, 3527, 4066, 4796). From this it is evident that by the duty of the husband’s brother was represented the preservation and continuation of the church. But when the representatives of internal things ceased by the coming of the Lord, then this law was abolished. This is circumstanced as are the soul or spirit of man and his body. The soul or spirit of man is his internal, and the body is his external; or what is the same, the soul or spirit is the very form of man, but the body is his representative image; and when a man rises again, his representative image, or his external, which is the body, is put off; for he is then in his internal, or in his form itself. It is circumstanced also as is one who is in darkness, and from it sees the things which are of the light; or what is the same as is one who is in the light of the world, and from this sees the things which are of the light of heaven; for the light of the world in comparison with the light of heaven is as darkness. In darkness, or in the light of the world, the things which are of the light of heaven do not appear such as they are in themselves, but as in a representative image, as the mind of man appears in his face; and therefore when the light of heaven appears in its clearness, the darkness or representative image is dissipated. This was effected by the coming of the Lord.

4835a. And raise up seed to thy brother. That this signifies lest the church should perish, is evident from the signification of “seed,” as being truth from good, or the faith of charity (n. 1025, 1447, 1610, 1940, 2848, 3310, 3373, 3671). The like is also signified by the “firstborn who was to stand upon the name of the deceased brother” (n. 352[1], 367, 2435, 3325, 3494). To “raise up the seed to a brother” is to continue that which is of the church, according to what was said just above (see n. 4834), thus lest the church should perish.

  
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Genesis 39

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1 Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.

2 Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

3 His master saw that Yahweh was with him, and that Yahweh made all that he did prosper in his hand.

4 Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.

5 It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.

6 He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.

7 It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."

8 But he refused, and said to his master's wife, "Behold, my master doesn't know what is with me in the house, and he has put all that he has into my hand.

9 He isn't greater in this house than I, neither has he kept back anything from me but you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?"

10 As she spoke to Joseph day by day, he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

11 About this time, he went into the house to do his work, and there were none of the men of the house inside.

12 She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" He left his garment in her hand, and ran outside.

13 When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and had run outside,

14 she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, "Behold, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.

15 It happened, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."

16 She laid up his garment by her, until his master came home.

17 She spoke to him according to these words, saying, "The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me,

18 and it happened, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment by me, and ran outside."

19 It happened, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your servant did to me," that his wrath was kindled.

20 Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.

21 But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

22 The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was responsible for it.

23 The keeper of the prison didn't look after anything that was under his hand, because Yahweh was with him; and that which he did, Yahweh made it prosper.