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Бытие 26

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1 Случился на землј голодъ, сверхъ прежняго голода, который былъ во дни Авраама, и пошелъ Исаакъ къ Авимелеху, царю Филистимскому, въ Гераръ.

2 Іегова явился ему и сказалъ: не ходи въ Египетъ; живи въ землј, которую укажу тебј.

3 Странствуй по сей землј; и Я буду съ тобою, и благословлю тебя, ибо тебј и потомству твоему дамъ всј земли сіи. Я подтверждаю клятву, которою Я клялся Аврааму, отцу твоему.

4 Умножу потомство твое, какъ звјзды небесныя, и дамъ потомству твоему всј земли сіи; и благословятся въ сјмени твоемъ всј народы земные.

5 За то, что Авраамъ послушался гласа Моего, и соблюлъ, что заповјдалъ Я соблюдать, повелјнія Мои, уставы Мои и законы Мои.

6 Итакъ, Исаакъ жилъ въ Герарј.

7 И когда жители мјста того спросили о женј его, то онъ сказалъ: это сестра моя; потому что боялся сказать: жена моя; чтобы не убили меня, думалъ онъ, жители мјста сего за Ревекку, потому что она прекрасна видомъ.

8 Но когда уже много времени онъ тамъ жилъ: то случялось, что Авимелехъ, царь Филистимскій, посмотрјвъ въ окно, уведјлъ Исаака, играющаго съ Ревеккою, женою своею.

9 Тогда Авимелехъ призвалъ Исаака, и сказалъ: вотъ это жена твоя, какъ же ты сказалъ: сестра моя? Исаакъ отвјтствовалъ: потому что я сказалъ самъ въ себј, чтобы не умертвили меня за нее.

10 Но Авимелехъ сказалъ: что это ты сдјлалъ съ нами? едва одинъ изъ народа не совокупился съ женою твоею, и ты ввелъ бы насъ въ грјхъ.

11 И далъ Авимелехъ повелјніе всему народу, сказавъ: если кто прикоснется къ сему человјку и къ женј его, смертію умретъ.

12 И сјялъ Исаакъ въ землј той, и получилъ въ тотъ годъ ячменя во сто кратъ; и Іегова благословилъ его.

13 И разбогатјлъ сей человјкъ; и богатјлъ больше и больше, такъ что наконецъ сталъ весьма богатъ.

14 У него были стада мјлкаго и стада крупнаго скота, и множество рабовъ, такъ что Филистимляне стали завидовать ему.

15 И всј колодези, которые выкопали рабы отца его, при жизни отца его Авраама, Филистимляне завалили и засыпали землею.

16 И Авимелехъ сказалъ Исааку: удались отъ насъ; ибо ты сдјлался гораздо сильнје насъ.

17 Итакъ Исаакъ удалился оттуда, и расположился шатрами въ долинј Герарской, и жилъ тамъ,

18 И вновь выкопалъ Исаакъ кододези водъ, которые выкопаны были во дни Авраама, отца его, и которые завалили Филистимляне по смерти Авраама; и назвалъ ихъ тјми же именами, которыми назвалъ ихъ отецъ его.

19 Однажды копали рабы Исааковы въ долинј, и нашли тамъ колодезь воды живой.

20 И спорили пастухи Герарскіе съ пастухами Исаака, говоря: наша вода; посему онъ нарекъ колодезю имя: Есекъ; потому что спорили съ нимъ.

21 Выкопали другой колодезь, спорили также и о семъ; и онъ нарекъ ему имя: Ситна (препятствіе).

22 Двигнувшись отсюда, онъ выкопалъ еще иной колодезь, о которомъ уже не спорили, посему онъ нарекъ ему имя: Реховоѕъ (пространство); ибо, сказалъ онъ, теперь Іегова далъ намъ пространное мјсто, чтобы мы возрасли на землј.

23 Оттуда перешелъ онъ въ Беэр-Шаву.

24 И въ ту ночь явился ему Іегова, и сказалъ: Я Богъ Авраама, отца твоего; не бойся; ибо Я съ тобою; и благословлю тебя; и умножу потомство твое, ради Авраама, раба Моего.

25 Тогда онъ устроилъ тамъ жертвенникъ, и призвалъ имя Іеговы. И поставилъ тамъ шатеръ свой, и выкопали тамъ рабы Исааковы колодезь.

26 Тутъ пришелъ къ нему изъ Герара Авимилехъ, и Ахузаѕъ, одинъ изъ друзей его, и Фихолъ, военачальникъ его.

27 Исаакъ сказалъ имъ: для чего вы пришли ко мнј, когда вы возненавидјли меня, и выгнали меня отъ себя?

28 Они отвјтствовали: мы увидјли ясно, что Іегова съ тобою; и потому мы сказали: дадимъ мы и ты взаимную между собою клятву, и заключимъ съ тобою союзъ,

29 чтобы ты не дјлалъ намъ зла, какъ и мы не коснулись до тебя, а дјлали тебј одно доброе, и отпустили тебя съ миромъ; теперь ты благословенъ Іеговою.

30 Тогда онъ сдјлалъ имъ пиршество, и они јли и пили.

31 И вставъ поутру, клялись другъ другу; и отпустилъ ихъ Исаакъ, и они пошли отъ него съ миромъ.

32 И какъ въ тотъ день случилось, что рабы Исааковы, пришедши, донесли ему о колодезј, который копали они, и сказали ему: мы нашли воду:

33 то Исаакъ назвалъ его: Шива (клятва). Отсюда имя города онаго: Беэръ-Шава до сего дня.

34 Когда же Исаву было сорокъ лјтъ отъ рожденія, тогда онъ взялъ себј въ жены Іегудиѕу, дочь Беэра, Хеттеянина и Васемаѕу, дочь Элона, Хеттеянина;

35 и онј оскорбляли духъ Исаака и Ревекки.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3387

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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.

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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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Arcana Coelestia #2524

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2524. 'She herself also said, He is my brother' means that the rational itself so declared that celestial good should be coupled with it. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'a sister', to whom 'she herself' refers here, as the rational, 1495, 2508, and from the meaning of 'a brother' as good that stands related to truth, 367, 2508. For the implications of this are as follows: Divine Good and Divine Truth are united to each other as if in a marriage. From this comes the heavenly marriage, and also conjugial love, even down to the natural world below. But the good and truth of the rational are not joined to each other as if in a marriage but as in a blood relationship like that of brother and sister. For as regards truth, the rational is conceived from an influx of Divine Good into the affection for knowledge and cognitions, see 1895, 1902, 1910, whereas the good of the rational comes through an influx of Divine Good into that truth, which then becomes that good itself which belongs to charity and is 'the brother' of faith, or what amounts to the same, of truth, 367.

[2] As regards the way in which the good and truth of the rational are acquired, its good comes from Divine good, but not its truth from Divine truth, for the truth of the rational is acquired through knowledge and cognitions which are implanted by means of the senses, external and internal, and so by an external route. Consequently many illusions that result from sensory impressions cling to the truths of that rational which cause those truths not to be truths. Nevertheless when Divine Good flows into them and takes hold of them they are in that case seen as truths and are acknowledged as truths, even though they are no more than appearances of truth. The good itself within those truths undergoes modification determined by the shadows there and comes to have the same nature as the truth. This is one arcanum which lies concealed in these words, that the rational so declared that celestial good should be coupled with it.

  
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