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Genezo 25

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1 Kaj Abraham prenis alian edzinon, kiu estis nomata Ketura.

2 Kaj sxi naskis al li Zimranon kaj Joksxanon kaj Medanon kaj Midjanon kaj Jisxbakon kaj SXuahxon.

3 Kaj de Joksxan naskigxis SXeba kaj Dedan. Kaj la filoj de Dedan estis la Asxuridoj, Letusxidoj, kaj Leumidoj.

4 Kaj la filoj de Midjan estis Efa kaj Efer kaj HXanohx kaj Abida kaj Eldaa. CXiuj cxi tiuj estis la filoj de Ketura.

5 Kaj Abraham fordonis cxion, kion li havis, al Isaak.

6 Kaj al la filoj de siaj kromvirinoj Abraham donis donacojn, kaj foririgis ilin de sia filo Isaak, ankoraux dum sia vivo, orienten, en landon orientan.

7 Kaj la nombro de la jaroj de vivo de Abraham, kiujn li travivis, estis cent sepdek kvin jaroj.

8 Kaj Abraham konsumigxis kaj mortis en bona maljuneco, profundagxa kaj sata de vivo, kaj li alkolektigxis al sia popolo.

9 Kaj enterigis lin liaj filoj Isaak kaj Isxmael en la duobla kaverno, kiu trovigxas antaux Mamre, sur la kampo de Efron, filo de Cohxar, la HXetido.

10 Sur la kampo, kiun acxetis Abraham de la filoj de HXet, tie estas enterigitaj Abraham kaj lia edzino Sara.

11 Kaj post la morto de Abraham Dio benis lian filon Isaak. Kaj Isaak logxis cxe la puto de la Vivanto-Vidanto.

12 Kaj jen estas la generaciaro de Isxmael, filo de Abraham, kiun Hagar, la Egiptino, sklavino de Sara, naskis al Abraham;

13 kaj jen estas la nomoj de la filoj de Isxmael, laux iliaj nomoj kaj generacioj: Nebajot, la unuenaskita de Isxmael, kaj Kedar kaj Adbeel kaj Mibsam

14 kaj Misxma kaj Duma kaj Masa,

15 HXadad kaj Tema, Jetur, Nafisx, kaj Kedma.

16 Tio estas la filoj de Isxmael, kaj tio estas iliaj nomoj en iliaj vilagxoj kaj tendaroj, dek du princoj super siaj gentoj.

17 Kaj la dauxro de la vivo de Isxmael estis cent tridek sep jaroj; kaj li konsumigxis kaj mortis kaj alkolektigxis al sia popolo.

18 Kaj ili logxis de HXavila gxis SXur, kiu estas antaux Egiptujo, sur la vojo al Asirio. Antaux cxiuj siaj fratoj li logxis.

19 Kaj jen estas la generaciaro de Isaak, filo de Abraham: de Abraham naskigxis Isaak.

20 Kaj Isaak havis la agxon de kvardek jaroj, kiam li prenis kiel edzinon Rebekan, filinon de Betuel la Siriano, el Mezopotamio, fratinon de Laban la Siriano.

21 Kaj Isaak pregxis al la Eternulo pri sia edzino, cxar sxi estis senfrukta; kaj la Eternulo cedis al lia pregxo, kaj lia edzino Rebeka gravedigxis.

22 Kaj la infanoj interpusxigxis en sxia interno, kaj sxi diris: Se estas tiel, por kio do mi gravedigxis? Kaj sxi iris, por demandi la Eternulon.

23 Kaj la Eternulo diris al sxi: Du popoloj estas en via ventro, Kaj Du gentoj disapartigxos el via interno; Kaj unu popolo estos pli forta ol la dua, Kaj la pli granda servos la malpli grandan.

24 Kaj kiam venis la tempo, ke sxi nasku, tiam montrigxis, ke gxemeloj estas en sxia ventro.

25 Kaj la unua eliris rugxa, li estis tuta kiel harkovrita felo; kaj oni donis al li la nomon Esav.

26 Kaj poste eliris lia frato, tenante per la mano la kalkanon de Esav; kaj oni donis al li la nomon Jakob. Kaj Isaak havis la agxon de sesdek jaroj, kiam ili naskigxis.

27 Kaj la knaboj grandigxis; kaj Esav farigxis lerta cxasisto, kampisto, kaj Jakob farigxis homo kvieta, sidanta en la tendo.

28 Kaj Isaak amis Esavon, cxar li mangxadis lian cxasajxon; sed Rebeka amis Jakobon.

29 Kaj Jakob kuiris kuirajxon; kaj Esav venis de la kampo kaj estis laca.

30 Kaj Esav diris al Jakob: Donu al mi mangxi de cxi tiu rugxa kuirajxo, cxar mi estas laca. Tial oni donis al li la nomon Edom.

31 Kaj Jakob diris: Vendu al mi hodiaux vian unuenaskitecon.

32 Kaj Esav diris: Jen mi tuj mortos; por kio do mi bezonas la unuenaskitecon?

33 Kaj Jakob diris: JXuru al mi hodiaux; kaj tiu jxuris al li kaj vendis sian unuenaskitecon al Jakob.

34 Kaj Jakob donis al Esav panon kaj kuirajxon el lentoj, kaj li mangxis kaj trinkis, kaj levigxis kaj foriris. Kaj Esav malsxatis la unuenaskitecon.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3300

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3300. 'And the first came out, ruddy all over, like a hairy garment' 1 means good constituting the life of natural truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming out' as being born, from the meaning of 'ruddy' as good constituting the life, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'a hairy garment' as the truth of the natural, also dealt with below. His being 'the first' means that in essence good is prior, as stated above in 3299. It is also called 'a hairy garment' so as to mean that good was clothed with truth as in a thin casing or body, as also stated above in 3299. In the Word 'a tunic' means nothing else in the internal sense than something that clothes another thing, and that also is why truths are compared to garments, 1073, 2576.

[2] The reason why 'ruddy' or 'red' means good constituting the life is that all good flows from love, and love itself is celestial and spiritual fire. Love is also compared to and actually called fire, see 933-936, as well as being compared to and actually called blood, 1001. Because both fire and blood are red, good that flows from love is meant by 'ruddy' and 'red', as may also be seen from the following places in the Word: In the prophecy of Jacob, who by then was Israel,

He will wash his clothing in wine and his garment in the blood of grapes. His eyes will be redder than wine, and his teeth whiter than milk. Genesis 49:11-12.

This refers to Judah, who is used here to mean the Lord, as may be clear to anyone. 'Clothing' here and 'garment' are the Lord's Divine Natural. 'wine' and 'the blood of grapes' are the Divine Good and Divine Truth of the Natural - Divine Good being spoken of as 'eyes redder than wine', and Divine Truth as 'teeth whiter than milk'. It is the joining together of good and truth within the Natural that is described in this fashion.

[3] In Isaiah,

Who is this who is coming from Edom, red as to his clothing, and his clothes like his that treads in the winepress? Isaiah 63:1-2.

Here 'Edom' stands for the Divine Good of the Lord's Divine Natural, as will be evident later on. 'Red as to clothing' is the good of truth, and 'clothes like his that treads in the winepress' the truth of good. In Jeremiah,

Her Nazirites were brighter than snow, they were whiter than milk. They were ruddier in body 2 than rubies, polished like sapphire. 3 Lamentations 4:7.

'Nazirites' represented the Lord's Divine Human, in particular the Divine Natural, and so the good of the latter was represented by their being 'ruddier in body than rubies'.

[4] Because 'red' meant good, in particular the good of the natural, the Jewish Church - in which every single thing was representative of the Lord, and from this of His kingdom, and consequently of good and truth which are the source of the Lord's kingdom - was therefore commanded to have a covering for the tabernacle of red-rams' skins, Exodus 25:5; 26:14; 35:5-7, 23; 36:19. That Church was also commanded to prepare the water for making atonement from the ashes of the red heifer that had been burnt, Numbers 19:2 and following verses. Unless the colour red had been a sign of something heavenly in the Lord's kingdom, it would never have been commanded that the rams should be red and that the heifer should be red. The fact that they represented sacred things anyone acknowledges who considers the Word to be sacred. Because the colour red had that meaning, therefore also the coverings of the Tabernacle were interwoven with, and had loops made of, scarlet, purple, and violet yarn, Exodus 35:6.

[5] Seeing that almost everything also has a contrary sense, as often stated, so too has 'red'. In the contrary sense 'red' means evil that is the outcome of self-love, the reasons for this being that the desires belonging to self-love are compared to and actually called fire, 934 (end), 1297, 1527, 1528, 1861, 2446, and are likewise compared to and actually called blood, 374, 954, 1005. Consequently 'red' in the contrary sense means those things, as in Isaiah,

Jehovah said, Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be white as snow. Though they are red as crimson, 4 they will be as wool. Isaiah 1:18.

In Nahum,

The shields of the mighty men of Belial have been made red, the mighty men are in crimson!; enveloped in the fire of torches are the chariots on the day [of preparation]. Nahum 2:3.

In John,

Another sign appeared in heaven, Behold, a great fiery-red dragon having seven heads, and on his heads seven jewels. Revelation 12:3.

In the same book,

I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; to him a crown was given; he went out conquering and to conquer. Then there came out another horse, fiery-red; and he who sat on the horse was permitted to take peace away from the earth, and so that men would slay one another. Therefore to him was given a great sword. After that a black horse came out, and at length a pale horse, whose name is death. Revelation 6:2-8.

फुटनोट:

1. The Latin word is tunica, which is discussed in 4677.

2. literally, bone

3. literally, sapphire their polishing

4. literally, purple

  
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Arcana Coelestia #2446

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2446. 'Brimstone' means the hell of the evils of self-love, and 'fire' the hell of falsities deriving from these. This is clear from the meaning in the Word of 'brimstone' and of 'fire' produced by it as self-love together with its evil desires and derivative falsities, and so as hell, for hell consists of such. That 'brimstone' and 'fire' have these meanings is clear in David,

Jehovah will rain on the wicked, snares, fire and brimstone. Psalms 11:6.

The fact that it is not fire or brimstone but something else that is meant here by 'fire and brimstone' becomes clear also from its being said that 'Jehovah will rain snares'. In Ezekiel,

I will dispute with him with pestilence and blood; and deluging rain and hailstones, fire and brimstone will I rain on him and on his hordes, and on the many peoples that are with him. Ezekiel 38:22.

This refers to Gog who lays waste the land of Israel, that is, the Church. What Gog is, see 1151. 'Fire' stands for falsities, 'brimstone' for derivative evils, and at the same time for the hells of those who lay waste. In John,

Those who worshipped the beast were thrown into the lake burning with brimstone. Revelation 19:20.

Here they stand for hell. In the same book,

The devil was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet were, and they will be tormented day and night for ever and ever. Revelation 20:10.

Here they plainly stand for hell. In the same book,

As for abominable people, and murderers, and adulterers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their lot will be in the lake burning with fire and brimstone. Revelation 21:8.

Here also 'fire and brimstone' plainly stands for hell.

[2] That these two stand for the evils of self-love and for falsities deriving from these, in which the hells have their origin, is seen in Isaiah,

The day of Jehovah's vengeance - the year of retributions in the controversy of Zion - and her streams will be turned into pitch, and her dust into brimstone, and her land will become burning pitch. Isaiah 34:8-9.

Here 'burning pitch', mentioned instead of fire, stands for dense and dreadful falsities, 'brimstone' for evils which are the product of self-love. In the same prophet,

Its pyre is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah is like a stream of burning brimstone in it. Isaiah 30:33.

In this reference to Tophet, 'a stream of burning brimstone' stands for falsities which are the product of the evils of self-love. In Luke,

On the day Lot went out of Sodom fire and brimstone rained from heaven and destroyed them all - so will it be on the day when the Son of Man is revealed. Luke 17:29-30.

[3] Anyone may see that it is not fire and brimstone that will rain down at that time but that the falsities and desires of self-love, which are meant by 'fire and brimstone' and which make up hell, will be predominant. 'Fire' in the Word means evil desires and at the same time the hells, in which case the smoke from the fire means falsity which arises from and exists in those hells, see 1861. And in John,

I saw horses in the vision, and those seated on them had breastplates of fire and of brimstone. And the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and out of their mouths there went forth fire, smoke, and brimstone. By these three a third part of mankind was killed - by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone. Revelation 9:17-18.

'Fire, smoke, and brimstone' stands for evils and falsities of every kind, in which, as stated, the hells have their origin.

  
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