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Genèse 35

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1 Or Dieu dit à Jacob : Lève-toi, monte à Béthel, et demeure là, et y dresse un autel au [Dieu] Fort qui t'apparut, quand tu t'enfuyais de devant Esaü ton frère.

2 Et Jacob dit à sa famille, et à tous ceux qui étaient avec lui : Otez les Dieux des étrangers qui sont au milieu de vous, et vous purifiez, et changez de vêtements.

3 Et levons-nous, et montons à Béthel, et je ferai là un autel au [Dieu] Fort qui m'a répondu au jour de ma détresse, et qui a été avec moi dans le chemin où j'ai marché.

4 Alors ils donnèrent à Jacob tous les Dieux des étrangers qu'ils avaient en leurs mains, et les bagues qui étaient à leurs oreilles, et il les cacha sous un chêne qui était auprès de Sichem.

5 Puis ils partirent; et la frayeur de Dieu fut sur les villes des environs; tellement qu'ils ne poursuivirent point les enfants de Jacob.

6 Ainsi Jacob, et tout le peuple qui était avec lui, vint à Luz, qui est au pays de Canaan, laquelle est Béthel.

7 Et il y bâtit un autel, et nomma ce lieu-là, le [Dieu] Fort de Béthel; car Dieu lui était apparu là, quand il s'enfuyait de devant son frère.

8 Alors mourut Débora, la nourrice de Rébecca, et elle fut ensevelie au-dessous de Béthel sous un chêne, qui fut appelé Allon-bacuth.

9 Dieu apparut encore à Jacob, quand il venait de Paddan-Aram, et le bénit,

10 Et lui dit : Ton nom est Jacob; mais tu ne seras plus nommé Jacob, car ton nom [sera] Israël; et il le nomma Israël.

11 Dieu lui dit aussi : Je suis le [Dieu] Fort, Tout-Puissant : augmente, et multiplie : une nation, même une multitude de nations naîtra de toi, même des Rois sortiront de tes reins;

12 Et je te donnerai le pays que j'ai donné à Abraham et à Isaac, et je le donnerai à ta postérité après toi.

13 Et Dieu remonta d'avec lui du lieu où il lui avait parlé.

14 Et Jacob dressa un monument au lieu où [Dieu] lui avait parlé, [savoir] une pierre pour monument, et il répandit dessus une aspersion, et y versa de l'huile.

15 Jacob donc nomma le lieu où Dieu lui avait parlé, Béthel.

16 Puis ils partirent de Béthel, et il y avait encore quelque petit espace de pays pour arriver à Ephrat, lorsque Rachel accoucha, et elle fut dans un grand travail.

17 Et comme elle avait beaucoup de peine à accoucher, la sage-femme lui dit : Ne crains point; car tu as encore ici un fils.

18 Et comme elle rendait l'âme, (car elle mourut,) elle nomma l'enfant Bénoni; mais son père le nomma Benjamin.

19 C'est ainsi que mourut Rachel, et elle fut ensevelie au chemin d'Ephrat, qui est Bethléhem.

20 Et Jacob dressa un monument sur son sépulcre. C'est le monument du sépulcre de Rachel [qui subsiste] encore aujourd'hui.

21 Puis Israël partit, et dressa ses tentes au-delà de Migdal-Héder.

22 Et il arriva que quand Israël demeurait en ce pays-là, Ruben vint, et coucha avec Bilha, concubine de son père; et Israël l'apprit. Or Jacob avait douze fils.

23 Les fils de Léa étaient Ruben, premier-né de Jacob, Siméon, Lévi, Juda, Issacar, et Zabulon.

24 Les fils de Rachel, Joseph et Benjamin.

25 Les fils de Bilha, servante de Rachel, Dan, et Nephthali.

26 Les fils de Zilpa, servante de Léa, Gad et Aser. Ce sont là les enfants de Jacob, qui lui naquirent en Paddan-Aram.

27 Et Jacob vint vers Isaac son père [en la plaine de] Mamré à Kirjath-arbah, [qui] est Hébron, où Abraham et Isaac avaient demeuré comme étrangers.

28 Et le temps qu'Isaac vécut, fut cent quatre-vingts ans.

29 Ainsi Isaac défaillant mourut, et fut recueilli avec ses peuples, âgé et rassasié de jours; et Esaü et Jacob ses fils l'ensevelirent.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3103

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3103. 'And the man took a gold nose-jewel' means Divine Good. This is clear from the meaning of 'a gold nose-jewel' as good, and here, since the Lord is the subject in the internal sense, as Divine Good, which, since it comes from the Rational, is called 'the man'. For 'a man' means the rational, see 265, 749, 1007. In ancient times when forms of worship in Churches were representative and people knew what those forms meant, it was customary when initiating marriages to give a gold nose-jewel and bracelets to the bride because the Church was represented by the bride, its good by 'the nose-jewel' and its truth by 'the bracelets'. They did so because it was well known that conjugial love as it existed with a bride and wife came down from the marriage of the Lord's Divine Good and Divine Truth, see 2508, 2618, 2727-2729. The gold jewel was placed on the nose, as is evident also from where it is said later on that the servant put the jewel on her nose, verse 47, because 'the nose' meant the life of good. It had this meaning because the nose is used for breathing, which in the internal sense means life, and also for smelling, which means the delight of love, namely good, 96, 97.

[2] As regards 'a nose-jewel' being a sign of the good involved in marriage, this is also clear from other places in the Word, as in Ezekiel,

I adorned you with ornaments and put bracelets on your hands and a chain on your neck, and I put a jewel on your nose. Ezekiel 16:11-12.

This refers to the Ancient Church, meant by Jerusalem here and described as a bride to whom bracelets, a chain, and a nose-jewel were given. 'Bracelets on the hands' were a representative sign of truth, 'a jewel on the nose' a representative sign of good. In Isaiah,

Because the daughters of Zion are haughty the Lord will make bald the crown of their heads, and will take away the rings and the nose-jewels, the changes of clothes, the robes. Isaiah 3:16-18, 21-22.

'The daughters of Zion that are haughty' stands for affections for evil within the Church, 2362, 3024. 'The rings and the nose-jewels' that will be removed stands for good and the signs of it. 'The changes of clothes' and 'the robes' stand for truth and the signs of it. In Hosea,

I will visit on her the days of the baals to whom she burned incense and decked herself with her nose-jewel and her other jewellery and went after her lovers. Hosea 2:13.

This refers to the perverted Church and to the new one following it. 'Nose-jewel' also stands for a sign of the good of the Church. When those jewels were fitted to the ears they again meant good, though good put into practice, and in the contrary sense evil put into practice, as in Genesis 35:4; Exodus 32:2, 4.

  
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2362. That 'behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man' means the affections for good and for truth is clear from the meaning of 'daughters' as affections, dealt with in 489-491. 'They have not known a man' means that they have not been defiled by falsity, for 'a man' means rational truth, and also in the contrary sense falsity, 265, 749, 1007. There are two types of affection, namely the affection for good and the affection for truth, see 1997. The first - the affection for good - constitutes the celestial church and in the Word is called 'the daughter of Zion' and also 'the virgin daughter of Zion'.

[2] But the second - the affection for truth - constitutes the spiritual church, and in the Word is called 'the daughter of Jerusalem'; as in Isaiah,

She has despised you, she has scorned you, the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you, the daughter of Jerusalem. Isaiah 37:22; 2 Kings 19:21.

In Jeremiah,

What shall I liken you to, O daughter of Jerusalem? What shall I equate you with and comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? Lamentations 2:13.

In Micah,

You, O tower of the flock, hill of the daughter of Zion, to you will it come and the former dominion will come, the kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. Micah 4:8.

In Zephaniah,

Shout with joy, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! Zephaniah 3:14.

In Zechariah,

Exult greatly, O daughter of Zion! Make a noise, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king will come to you. Zechariah 9:9; Matthew 21:5; John 12:15.

[3] That the celestial Church, which is the Lord's celestial kingdom, is called 'the daughter of Zion' from the affection for good, that is, from love to the Lord Himself, see in addition Isaiah 10:32; 16:1; 52:2; 62:11; Jeremiah 4:31; 6:2, 23; Lamentations 1:6; 2:1, 4, 8, 10; Micah 4:10, 13; Zechariah 2:10; Psalms 9:14. And that the spiritual Church, which is the Lord's spiritual kingdom, is called 'the daughter of Jerusalem' from the affection for truth and so from charity towards the neighbour, see Lamentations 2:15. Both of those Churches, and the nature of each one, have been dealt with many times in Volume One.

[4] Because the celestial Church exists from love to the Lord which is present within love towards the neighbour it is likened in particular to an unmarried daughter or a virgin. Indeed it is also called 'a virgin', as in John,

These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins; these are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes; for they are spotless before God's throne. Revelation 14:4-5.

And so that the same might be represented in the Jewish Church, the priests were commanded not to marry widows but virgins, Leviticus 21:13-15; Ezekiel 44:22.

[5] From the contents of the present verse it becomes clear how pure the Word is in the internal sense, however else it may appear in the letter. For when these words are read, 'Behold now, I have two daughters, who have not known a man; let me now bring them out to you and you may do to them as is good in your eyes; only do nothing to those men', nothing else comes to mind than something impure, especially to those leading an evil life. Yet how chaste these words are in the internal sense is evident from the explanation already given, which is that they mean the affections for good and truth and the blessedness perceived from the enjoyment of those affections by people who do no violence to the Lord's Divinity and [proceeding] Holiness.

  
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