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Genesis 22

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1 At nangyari pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, na sinubok ng Dios si Abraham, at sa kaniya'y sinabi, Abraham; at sinabi niya, Narito ako.

2 At kaniyang sinabi, Kunin mo ngayon ang iyong anak, ang iyong bugtong na anak na si Isaac, na iyong minamahal at pumaroon ka sa lupain ng Moria; at ihain mo siya roong handog na susunugin sa ibabaw ng isa sa mga bundok na aking sasabihin sa iyo.

3 At si Abraham ay bumangong maaga, at inihanda ang kaniyang asno, at ipinagsama ang dalawa sa kaniyang mga alila, at si Isaac na kaniyang anak: at nagsibak ng kahoy para sa haing susunugin, at bumangon at naparoon sa dakong sinabi sa kaniya ng Dios.

4 Nang ikatlong araw ay itiningin ni Abraham ang kaniyang mga mata at natanaw niya ang dakong yaon sa malayo.

5 At sinabi ni Abraham sa kaniyang mga alila, Maghintay kayo rito sangpu ng asno, at ako at ang bata ay paroroon doon; at kami ay sasamba, at pagbabalikan namin kayo.

6 At kinuha ni Abraham ang kahoy ng handog na susunugin, at ipinasan kay Isaac na kaniyang anak; at dinala sa kaniyang kamay ang apoy at ang sundang; at sila'y kapuwa yumaong magkasama.

7 At nagsalita si Isaac kay Abraham na kaniyang ama, na sinabi, Ama ko: at kaniyang sinabi, Narito ako, anak ko. At sinabi, Narito, ang apoy at ang kahoy, nguni't saan naroon ang korderong pinakahandog na susunugin?

8 At sinabi ni Abraham, Dios ang maghahanda ng korderong pinakahandog na susunugin, anak ko: ano pa't sila'y kapuwa yumaong magkasama.

9 At sila'y dumating sa dakong sa kaniya'y sinabi ng Dios; at nagtayo si Abraham doon ng isang dambana, at inayos ang kahoy, at tinalian si Isaac na kaniyang anak at inilagay sa ibabaw ng dambana, sa ibabaw ng kahoy.

10 At iniunat ni Abraham ang kaniyang kamay at hinawakan ang sundang upang patayin ang kaniyang anak.

11 At tinawag siya ng anghel ng Panginoon mula sa langit, at sinabi, Abraham, Abraham: at kaniyang sinabi, Narito ako.

12 At sa kaniya'y sinabi, Huwag mong buhatin ang iyong kamay sa bata, o gawan man siya ng anoman: sapagka't talastas ko ngayon, na ikaw ay natatakot sa Dios, sa paraang hindi mo itinanggi sa akin ang iyong anak, ang iyong bugtong na anak.

13 At itiningin ni Abraham ang kaniyang mga mata, at nagmalas, at narito, ang isang tupang lalake, sa dakong likuran niya na huli sa dawag sa kaniyang mga sungay: at pumaroon si Abraham, at kinuha ang tupa, at siyang inihandog na handog na susunugin na inihalili sa kaniyang anak.

14 At pinanganlan ni Abraham ang dakong yaon, ng Jehova-jireh: gaya ng kasabihan hanggang sa araw na ito: Sa bundok ng Panginoon ay mahahanda.

15 At tinawag ng anghel ng Panginoon si Abraham na ikalawa mula sa langit.

16 At sinabi, Sa aking sarili ay sumumpa ako, anang Panginoon, sapagka't ginawa mo ito, at hindi mo itinanggi sa akin ang iyong anak, ang iyong bugtong na anak;

17 Na sa pagpapala ay pagpapalain kita, at sa pagpaparami ay pararamihin ko ang iyong binhi, na gaya ng mga bituin sa langit, at gaya ng mga buhangin sa baybayin ng dagat; at kakamtin ng iyong binhi ang pintuang-bayan ng kaniyang mga kaaway;

18 At pagpapalain sa iyong binhi ang lahat ng bansa sa lupa; sapagka't sinunod mo ang aking tinig.

19 Sa gayo'y nagbalik si Abraham sa kaniyang mga alila, at nagsitindig at samasamang nagsiparoon sa Beerseba; at tumahan si Abraham sa Beerseba.

20 At nangyari, pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, na ibinalita kay Abraham na sinasabi, Narito, si Milca rin naman ay nagkaroon ng mga anak kay Nahor na iyong kapatid.

21 Si Huz ang kaniyang panganay, at si Buz na kaniyang kapatid, at si Kemuel na ama ni Aram;

22 Si Chesed din naman, at si Hazo, at si Pildas, at si Jidlaph, at si Bethuel.

23 At naging anak ni Bethuel si Rebeca: ang walong ito ay naging anak ni Milca kay Nachor na kapatid ni Abraham.

24 At ipinanganak din naman ng kaniyang babae na tinatawag na Reuma, si Teba, at si Gaham, at si Taas at si Maacha.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2839

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2839. 'On the mountain Jehovah will see [to it]' means charity by means of which provision was made by the Lord for them, that is, for those who are spiritual, to be saved. This is clear from the meaning of 'the mountain' as love and charity, dealt with in 795, 796, 1430. The expression 'Jehovah will see [to it]' is the Lord's Providence, or provision made by the Lord, as has been stated just above in 2837. Here charity is referred to, not love, on account of the difference that exists between charity and love, dealt with in 2023. As regards spiritual people being saved by means of charity, not by means of faith separated from charity, this is clear from many places in the Word. The situation with regard to charity and to faith is this: Charity devoid of faith is not genuine charity, and faith devoid of charity is not faith. For charity to be real, faith must be present; and for faith to be real, charity must be present. The absolute essential however is charity, for that seed which is faith cannot be implanted in any other ground. From their being joined together through each reaching out and responding to the other, the heavenly marriage, that is, the Lord's kingdom, has its being. Unless faith exists implanted in charity it is merely knowledge, for it does not go beyond the memory, there being no affection in the heart to receive it. But when implanted in charity, that is, in life, faith becomes intelligence and wisdom. Charity devoid of faith, like that existing with young children and with gentiles who are upright, is simply the ground in which faith is implanted, if not in this life then in the next life, see 802, 2280, 2289-2309, 2417, 2589-2604.

  
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2280. That 'perhaps twenty will be found there' means even if there is no existence of conflict but good is nevertheless present is clear from the meaning of 'twenty'. As all the numbers mentioned in the Word mean real things and states, as stated and shown in various places already, see 2252, so also does 'twenty'; and what twenty means becomes clear from how it may be obtained, namely from twice ten. In the Word ten, as also tenths, means remnants, and by these are meant everything good and true which the Lord instills into a person from earliest childhood through to the final period of life. Such remnants are referred to in the verse that follows this. Twice ten, or two tens, that is, twenty, is similar in meaning to ten, but to a higher degree, namely that of good.

[2] Three kinds of goods are meant by 'remnants' - those instilled in earliest childhood, those instilled when want of knowledge is still present, and those instilled when intelligence is present. The goods of earliest childhood are those instilled into a person from birth up to the age when he starts to be taught and to know something. The goods received when want of knowledge is still present are instilled when he is being taught and starting to know something. The goods that come with intelligence are instilled when he is able to reflect on what good is and what truth is. Good instilled in earliest childhood is received up to his tenth year.

[3] Good instilled when want of knowledge is still present is instilled from then until his twentieth year; and from this year the person starts to become rational and to have the ability to reflect on good and truth, and to acquire the good received when intelligence is present. The good instilled when want of knowledge is still present is that which is meant by 'twenty', because those with whom merely that good exists do not enter into any temptation. For no one undergoes temptation until he is able to reflect on and to perceive in his own way what good and truth are. Those who have acquired goods by means of temptations were the subject in the two verses previous to this, while in the present verse the subject is those who do not undergo temptations but who nevertheless possess good.

[4] It is because these who possess the good called 'good instilled during want of knowledge' are meant by 'twenty' that all those who had come out of Egypt were included in the census - from 'a son of twenty years and over', and who, as it is stated, were every one 'going into the army'- by whom were meant those whose good was no longer merely that instilled during want of knowledge, referred to in Numbers 1:20, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 40, 42, 45; 26:4. It is also said that all who were over twenty years of age died in the wilderness, Numbers 14:29; 32:10-11, because evil could be attributed to them, and because they represented those who yield in temptations. Also the value set for a male who was between five years of age and twenty years was twenty sheckels, Leviticus 27:5, whereas a different value was set for one between twenty years old and sixty, namely fifty shekels, Leviticus 27:3.

[5] As regards the nature of these different kinds of goods - those instilled in earliest childhood, those when want of knowledge is still present, and those when intelligence is present - the last of these is the best, since it is an attribute of wisdom. The good which precedes it, namely that instilled during want of knowledge, is indeed good, but because it has only a small amount of intelligence within it, it cannot be called the good of wisdom. The good that belongs to earliest childhood is indeed in itself good, but it is nevertheless less good than the other two kinds, because it has not as yet had any truth of intelligence allied to it, and so has not become in any way the good of wisdom, but is merely a plane enabling it to become such. Cognitions of truth and good are what enable a person to be wise in the way possible to man. Earliest childhood itself, by which is meant innocence, does not belong to earliest childhood but to wisdom, as may become clearer from what will be stated at the end of this chapter about young children in the next life.

[6] In this verse 'twenty' means no other kind of good, as has been stated, than the good that belongs to not knowing. This good is a characteristic not only, as has been stated, of those under twenty years of age but also of all with whom the good of charity exists but who at the same time have no knowledge of truth. The latter consists of those inside the Church with whom the good of charity exists but who, for whatever reason, do not know what the truth of faith is - as is the case with the majority of those who think about God with reverence and think what is good about the neighbor - and also of all those outside the Church called gentiles who in a similar way lead lives abiding in the good of charity. Though the truths of faith do not exist with such persons outside the Church and inside it, nevertheless because good does so, they have the capacity, no less than young children do, to receive the truths of faith. For the understanding part of their mind has not yet been corrupted by false assumptions nor has the will part been so confirmed by a life of evil, for they do not know what falsity and evil are. Furthermore the life of charity is of such a nature that the falsity and evil that go with want of knowledge can be turned without difficulty towards what is true and good. This is not so in the case of those who have confirmed themselves in things contrary to the truth and who at the same time have led a life immersed in things contrary to good.

[7] In other places in the Word 'two-tenths' means good, both celestial and spiritual. Celestial good and spiritual good derived from this are meant by the two-tenths from which each loaf of the shewbread or of the Presence was made, Leviticus 24:5, while spiritual good was meant by the two-tenths constituting the minchah that accompanied the sacrifice of a ram, Numbers 15:6; 28:12, 20, 28; 29:3, 9, 14. These matters will in the Lord's Divine mercy be dealt with elsewhere.

  
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