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Genesis 29

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1 Derpå fortsatte Jakob sin Vandring og drog til Østens Børns Land.

2 Da fik han Øje på en Brønd på Marken og tre Hjorde af Småkvæg, der var lejrede ved den. Ved den Brønd vandede man Hjordene; og over Hullet lå der en stor Sten,

3 som man først væltede bort, når alle Hjordene var samlede, for siden, når Dyrene var vandet, at vælte den på Plads igen.

4 Jakob spurgte dem: "Hvor er I fra, Brødre?" De svarede: "Fra Karan!"

5 Da spurgte han dem: "Kender I Laban, Nakors Søn?" De svarede: "Ja, ham kender vi godt."

6 Han spurgte da: "Går det ham vel? De svarede: "Ja, det går ham vel; se, hans Datter akel kommer netop med Hjorden derhenne!"

7 Da sagde han: "Det er jo endnu højlys Dag og for tidligt at drive Kvæget sammen; vand Dyrene og før dem ud på Græsgangene!"

8 Men de svarede: "Det kan vi ikke, før alle Hyrderne er samlede; først når de vælter Stenen fra Brøndhullet, kan vi vande Dyrene."

9 Medens han således stod og talte med dem, var akel kommet derhen med sin Faders Hjord, som hun vogtede;

10 og så snart Jakob så sin Morbroder Labans Datter akel og hans Hjord, gik han hen og væltede Stenen fra Brøndhullet og vandede sin Morbroder Labans Hjord.

11 Så kyssede han akel og brast i Gråd;

12 og han fortalte hende; at han var hendes Faders Frænde, en Søn af ebekka: Da skyndte hun sig hjem til sin Fader og fortalte ham det"

13 og så snart Laban hørte om sin Søstersøn Jakob, løb han ham i Møde, omfavnede og kyssede ham og førte ham hjem til sit Hus. Så fortalte Jakob ham alt, hvad der var sket;

14 og Laban sagde: "Ja, du er mit Kød og Blod!" Han blev nu hos ham en Månedstid.

15 sagde Laban til Jakob: "Skulde du tjene mig for intet fordi du er min Frænde? Sig mig. hvad du vil have i Løn!"

16 Nu havde Laban to Døtre; den ældste hed Lea, den yngste akel;

17 Leas Øjne var matte, men akel havde en dejlig Skikkelse og så dejlig ud,

18 og Jakob elskede akel; derfor sagde han: "Jeg vil tjene dig syv År for din yngste Datter akel."

19 Laban svarede: "Jeg giver hende hellere til dig end til en fremmed; bliv kun hos mig!"

20 Så tjente Jakob syv År for akel; og de syntes ham kun nogle få Dage, fordi han elskede hende.

21 Derefter sagde Jakob til Laban: "Giv mig min Hustru, nu min Tjenestetid er ude, at jeg kan gå ind til hende!"

22 Så indbød Laban alle Mændene på Stedet til Gæstebud.

23 Men da Aftenen kom, tog han sin, Datter Lea og bragte hende til ham, og han gik ind til hende.

24 Og Laban gav sin Datter Lea sin Trælkvinde Zilpa til Trælkvinde.

25 Da det nu om Morgenen viste sig at være Lea, sagde Jakob til Laban: "Hvad er det, du har gjort imod mig? Er det ikke for akel, jeg,har tjent hos dig? Hvorfor har, du bedraget mig?"

26 Laban svarede: "Det er ikke Skik og Brug her til Lands at give den yngste bort før den ældste;

27 men lad nu Bryllupsugen gå til Ende, så vil, jeg også give dig hende, imod at du bliver i min Tjeneste syv År til."

28 Det gik Jakob ind på, og da Bryllupsugen var til Ende, gav Laban ham sin Datter akel til Hustru.

29 Og Laban gav sin Datter akel sin Trælkvinde Bilha til Trælkvinde.

30 Så gik Jakob også ind til akel, og han elskede akel højere end Lea. Derpå blev han i Labans Tjeneste syv År til.

31 Da HE EN så, at Lea blev tilsidesat, åbnede han hendes Moderliv, medens akel var ufrugtbar.

32 Så blev Lea frugtsommelig og fødte en Søn, som hun gav Navnet uben; thi hun sagde: "HE EN har set til min Ulykke; nu vil min Mand elske mig!"

33 Siden blev hun frugtsommelig igen og fødte en Søn;og hun sagde: "HE EN hørte, at jeg var tilsidesat, så gav han mig også ham!" Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Simeon.

34 Siden blev hun frugtsommelig igen og fødte en Søn; og hun sagde: "Nu må da endelig min Mand bolde sig til mig, da jeg har født ham tre Sønner." Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Levi.

35 Siden blev hun frugtsommelig igen og fødte en Søn; og hun sagde:"Nu vil jeg prise HE EN!" Derfor gav hun ham Navnet Juda. Så fik hun ikke flere Børn.

   


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3842. 'And Laban said, It is not done that way in our place' means that the state is not such.... This is clear from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 1273-1275, 1377, 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387; and from this it is evident that 'It is not done that way in our place' means that the state is not such.

  
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1690. That 'the rest fled to the mountain' means that it did not happen to all of them is clear without explanation from the fact that they had now become 'the rest', who fled away. The subject in the internal sense is the temptations which the Lord underwent in childhood, about which nothing is recorded in the New Testament Word. No temptations are recorded there apart from the temptation in the wilderness, or shortly after He came out of the wilderness, and the last temptation later on in Gethsemane and after that. The fact that the Lord's life from earliest childhood right through to the last hour of His life in the world consisted in constant temptation and constant victory is clear from many places in the Old Testament Word; and the fact that it did not end with His temptation in the wilderness is clear from the following in Luke,

After the devil had ended every temptation he departed from Him for a time. Luke 4:13, as well as from His undergoing temptations right through to His death on the Cross, and so to the last hour of His life in the world. From these considerations it is evident that the whole of the Lord's life in the world from earliest childhood consisted in constant temptation and constant victory. The last was when on the Cross He prayed for His enemies, and so for all people in the whole world.

[2] In the part of the Word where the Lord's life is described - in the Gospels - no other temptation, apart from the last, is mentioned than His temptation in the wilderness. More than this was not disclosed to the disciples; and the things which were disclosed seem in the sense of the letter so slight as to amount to scarcely anything at all. For the things that are said, and the replies that are given, do not seem to constitute any temptation at all; yet in fact His temptation in the wilderness was more severe than the human mind can possibly comprehend and believe. Nobody can know what temptation is except someone who has experienced it. The temptation that is recorded in Matthew 4:1-11; Mark 1:12-13; Luke 4:1-13, incorporates in a summary form all temptations, namely this, that out of His love towards the whole human race He fought against self-love and love of the world, with which the hells were filled completely.

[3] All temptation is an attack against the love present in a person, the degree of temptation depending on the degree of that love. If love is not attacked there is no temptation. Destroying another person's love is destroying his very life, for his love is his life. The Lord's life was love towards the whole human race; indeed it was so great and of such a nature as to be nothing other than pure love. Against this life of His, temptations were directed constantly, and this was happening, as has been stated, from earliest childhood through to His last hour in the world. The love that was the Lord's very life is meant by His being hungry and by the devil's saying,

If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread. And Jesus answered, It is written that man will not live by bread alone but by every word of God. Luke 4:2-4; Matthew 4:2-4.

[4] That He fought against love of the world, or against all that constitutes love of the world, is meant by the devil's taking Him on to a high mountain and showing Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time and saying,

To you I will give all this power and their glory, for it has been given to me, and I give it to whom I will. If you, then, will worship before me, it will all be yours. But answering him Jesus said, Get behind Me, satan! for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve. Luke 4:5-8; Matthew 4:8-10.

[5] That He fought against self-love, and all that constitutes self-love, is meant by these words,

The devil took Him into the holy city, and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down, for it is written, He will give His angels charge regarding you, and on their hands they will bear you, lest you strike your foot against a stone. Jesus said to him, Again it is written, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. Matthew 4:5-7; Luke 4:9-12.

Constant victory is meant by the statement that after temptation angels came and ministered to Him, Matthew 4:11; Mark 1:13.

[6] To sum up, the Lord was attacked by all the hells from earliest childhood right through to the last hour of His life in the world. The hells were constantly overpowered, subdued, and vanquished by Him; and this He did solely out of love towards the whole human race. And because this love was not human but Divine, and because the intensity of the love determines that of the temptation, it becomes clear how severe His conflicts were, and on the part of the hells how fierce. That all this was indeed the case I know for sure.

  
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