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Genesi 24

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1 OR Abrahamo, essendo vecchio ed attempato, ed avendolo il Signore benedetto in ogni cosa,

2 disse ad un suo servitore, ch’era il più vecchio di casa sua, il quale avea il governo di tutte le cose sue: Deh! metti la tua mano sotto la mia coscia;

3 ed io ti farò giurar per lo Signore Iddio del cielo, ed Iddio della terra, che tu non prenderai al mio figliuolo moglie delle figliuole de’ Cananei, fra’ quali io dimoro.

4 Ma che tu andrai al mio paese, ed al mio parentado, e di esso prenderai moglie al mio figliuolo Isacco.

5 E quel servitore gli disse: Forse non aggradirà a quella donna di venir dietro a me in questo paese; mi converrà egli del tutto rimenare il tuo figliuolo nel paese onde tu sei uscito?

6 Ed Abrahamo gli disse: Guardati che tu non rimeni là il mio figliuolo.

7 Il Signore Iddio del cielo, il qual mi ha preso di casa di mio padre, e del mio natio paese, e mi ha parlato, e mi ha giurato, dicendo: Io darò alla tua progenie questo paese; esso manderà l’Angelo suo davanti a te, e tu prenderai di là moglie al mio figliuolo.

8 E se non aggrada alla donna di venir dietro a te, tu sarai sciolto di questo giuramento che io ti fo fare; sol non rimenar là il mio figliuolo.

9 E il servitore pose la sua mano sotto la coscia di Abrahamo, suo signore, e gli giurò intorno a quest’affare.

10 E il servitore prese dieci cammelli, di quei del suo signore, e si partì, portando seco di ogni sorta di beni del suo signore; e, messosi in viaggio, andò in Mesopotamia, alla città di Nahor.

11 E, fatti posare in su le ginocchia i cammelli fuor della città, presso ad un pozzo d’acqua, in su la sera, al tempo ch’escono fuori quelle che vanno ad attigner l’acqua, disse:

12 O Signore Iddio di Abrahamo mio Signore, dammi, ti prego, ch’io scontri oggi buono incontro; ed usa benignità inverso Abrahamo mio Signore.

13 Ecco, io mi fermerò presso alla fonte d’acqua, e le figliuole della gente della città usciranno per attigner dell’acqua.

14 Avvenga adunque, che la fanciulla, la quale, dicendole io: Deh! abbassa la tua secchia, acciocchè io bea; mi dirà: Bevi, ed anche darò a bere a’ tuoi cammelli; essa sia quella che tu hai preparata ad Isacco, tuo servitore; ed in ciò conoscerò che tu avrai usata benignità verso il mio signore.

15 Ed avvenne che, avanti ch’egli avesse finito di parlare, ecco Rebecca, figliuola di Betuel, figliuol di Milca, moglie di Nahor, fratello di Abrahamo, usciva fuori, avendo la sua secchia in su la spalla.

16 E la fanciulla era di molto bello aspetto, vergine, ed uomo alcuno non l’avea conosciuta. Ed ella scese alla fonte, ed empiè la sua secchia, e se ne ritornava.

17 E quel servitore le corse incontro, e le disse: Deh! dammi a bere un poco d’acqua della tua secchia.

18 Ed ella disse: Bevi, signor mio. E prestamente, calatasi la secchia in mano, gli diè da bere.

19 E, dopo avergli dato da bere a sufficienza, disse: Io ne attignerò eziandio per li tuoi cammelli, finchè abbiano bevuto a sufficienza.

20 E prestamente votò la sua secchia nell’abbeveratoio, e corse di nuovo al pozzo per attignere; e attinse per tutti i cammelli di esso.

21 E quell’uomo stupiva di lei, stando tacito a considerare se il Signore avea fatto prosperare il suo viaggio, o no.

22 E quando i cammelli ebber finito di bere, quell’uomo prese un monile d’oro, di peso d’un mezzo siclo, e gliel mise disopra al naso; e un par di maniglie d’oro di peso di dieci sicli, e gliele mise in su le mani.

23 E le disse: Di chi sei tu figliuola? deh! dichiaramelo. Evvi in casa di tuo padre luogo per albergarci?

24 Ed ella rispose: Io son figliuola di Betuel, figliuolo di Milca; il quale ella partorì a Nahor.

25 Gli disse ancora: E’ vi è strame e pastura assai appo noi, ed anche luogo da albergarvi.

26 E quell’uomo s’inchinò, e adorò il Signore.

27 E disse: Benedetto sia il Signore Iddio di Abrahamo mio Signore, il qual non ha dismessa la sua benignità e lealtà inverso il mio Signore; e quant’è a me, il Signore mi ha condotto per la diritta via in casa de’ fratelli del mio Signore.

28 E la fanciulla corse, e rapportò quelle cose in casa di sua madre.

29 Or Rebecca avea un fratello, il cui nome era Labano; costui corse fuori a quell’uomo, alla fonte.

30 Come adunque egli ebbe veduto quel monile, e quelle maniglie nelle mani della sua sorella; e come ebbe intese le parole di Rebecca sua sorella, che dicea: Quell’uomo mi ha così parlato; egli se ne venne a quell’uomo; ed ecco, egli se ne stava presso de’ cammelli, appresso alla fonte.

31 Ed egli gli disse: Entra, benedetto dal Signore; perchè te ne stai fuori? io ho pure apparecchiata la casa, e il luogo per i cammelli.

32 E quell’uomo entrò dentro la casa, e Labano scaricò i cammelli, e diede loro dello strame e della pastura; parimente recò dell’acqua per lavare i piedi a quell’uomo, ed a quelli che erano con lui.

33 Poi gli fu posto avanti da mangiare; ma egli disse: Io non mangerò, finchè io non abbia detto ciò che ho da dire. Ed esso gli disse: Parla.

34 Ed egli disse: Io son servitore di Abrahamo.

35 Ora, il Signore ha grandemente benedetto il mio Signore, ed egli è divenuto grande; e il Signore gli ha dato pecore, e buoi, ed oro, ed argento, e servi, e serve, e cammelli, ed asini.

36 E Sara, moglie del mio signore, dopo esser divenuta vecchia gli ha partorito un figliuolo, al quale egli ha dato tutto ciò ch’egli ha.

37 E il mio signore mi ha fatto giurare, dicendo: Non prender moglie al mio figliuolo delle figliuole de’ Cananei, nel cui paese io dimoro.

38 Anzi, va’ alla casa di mio padre, ed alla mia nazione, e prendi moglie al mio figliuolo.

39 Ed io ho detto al mio signore: Forse quella donna non vorrà venirmi dietro.

40 Ed egli mi ha detto: Il Signore, nel cui cospetto io son camminato, manderà il suo Angelo teco, e prospererà il tuo viaggio, e tu prenderai moglie al mio figliuolo, della mia nazione, e della casa di mio padre.

41 Allora sarai sciolto del giuramento che io ti fo fare; quando sarai andato alla mia nazione, se essi non te l’avranno voluta dare, allora sarai sciolto del giuramento che io ti fo fare.

42 Essendo adunque oggi giunto alla fonte, io dissi: Signore Iddio di Abrahamo mio Signore, se pur ti piace prosperare il viaggio che io ho impreso;

43 ecco, io mi fermerò presso a questa fontana di acqua; avvenga adunque, che la vergine che uscirà per attignere, la quale, dicendole io: Deh! dammi da bere un poco d’acqua della tua secchia;

44 mi dirà: Bevi pure; ed anche attignerò per i tuoi cammelli; essa sia la moglie che il Signore ha preparata al figliuolo del mio Signore.

45 Avanti che io avessi finito di parlare fra me stesso, ecco, Rebecca uscì fuori, avendo la sua secchia in su la spalla; e scese alla fontana, ed attinse. Ed io le dissi: Deh! dammi da bere.

46 Ed ella, calatasi prestamente la sua secchia d’addosso, mi disse: Bevi; ed anche darò da bere a’ tuoi cammelli. Ed io bevvi, ed ella diede ancora da bere a’ cammelli.

47 Ed io la domandai, e le dissi: Di chi sei tu figliuola? Ed ella mi disse: Io son figliuola di Betuel, figliuolo di Nahor, il quale Milca gli partorì. Allora io le posi quel monile disopra al naso, e quelle maniglie in su le mani.

48 E m’inchinai, e adorai il Signore, e benedissi il Signore Iddio d’Abrahamo mio Signore, il quale mi avea, per la vera via, condotto a prendere al figliuolo del mio Signore la figliuola del fratello di esso.

49 Ora dunque, se voi volete usar benignità e lealtà verso il mio signore, significatemelo; se no, fatemelo assapere, ed io mi rivolgerò a destra o a sinistra.

50 E Labano e Betuel risposero, e dissero: Questa cosa è proceduta dal Signore; noi non possiamo dirti nè mal nè bene.

51 Ecco Rebecca al tuo comando; prendila, e vattene; e sia moglie del figliuol del tuo signore, siccome il signore ne ha parlato.

52 E quando il servitore di Abrahamo ebbe udite le lor parole, s’inchinò a terra, e adorò il Signore.

53 Poi quel servitore trasse fuori vasellamenti d’argento e d’oro, e vestimenti; e li diede a Rebecca; ed al fratello, ed alla madre di essa donò cose preziose.

54 E poi mangiarono e bevvero, egli, e gli uomini ch’erano con lui, ed albergarono quivi quella notte; e la mattina seguente, essendosi levati, egli disse: Rimandatemi al mio signore.

55 E il fratello e la madre di Rebecca dissero: Rimanga la fanciulla con noi alcuni giorni, almeno dieci; poi tu te ne andrai.

56 Ed egli disse loro: Non mi ritardate, poichè il Signore ha fatto prosperare il mio viaggio: datemi commiato, acciocchè io me ne vada al mio Signore.

57 Ed essi dissero: Chiamiamo la fanciulla, e domandiamone lei stessa.

58 Chiamarono adunque Rebecca, e le dissero: Vuoi tu andar con quest’uomo? Ed ella rispose: Sì, io vi andrò.

59 Così mandarono Rebecca, lor sorella, e la sua balia, col servitore di Abrahamo, e con la sua gente.

60 E benedissero Rebecca, e le dissero: Tu sei nostra sorella: moltiplica in mille migliaia; e possegga la tua progenie la porta de’ suoi nemici.

61 E Rebecca si levò, insieme con le sue serventi, e montarono sopra i cammelli, e andarono dietro a quell’uomo. E quel servitore prese Rebecca, e se ne andò.

62 Or Isacco se ne ritornava di verso il Pozzo del Vivente che mi vede; perciocchè egli abitava nella contrada del mezzodì.

63 Ed era uscito fuori per fare orazione alla campagna, in sul far della sera. E, alzati gli occhi, riguardò, ed ecco de’ cammelli che venivano.

64 Rebecca alzò anch’essa gli occhi, e vide Isacco, e si gittò giù d’in sul cammello.

65 Perciocchè avendo detto a quel servitore: Chi è quell’uomo che ci cammina incontro nel campo? egli le avea detto: Egli è il mio signore. E prese un velo, e se ne coprì.

66 E il servitore raccontò ad Isacco tutte le cose ch’egli avea fatte.

67 E Isacco menò Rebecca nel padiglione di Sara, sua madre; e la prese, ed ella divenne sua moglie, ed egli l’amò. E Isacco si consolò dopo la morte di sua madre.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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3203. 'And dropped down from upon the camel' means the separation of this affection from facts within the natural man, at the point when rational good was seen. This is clear from the meaning of 'dropped down' as being separated, and from the meaning of 'camels' as facts within the natural man, dealt with in 3048, 3071. That the separation took place when rational good, represented by Isaac, was seen is self-evident. What is meant by being separated from the natural man has been stated and shown above in 3161, 3175, 3182, 3188, 3190. There one may see that the affection for truth is separated from the natural man at the point when truth ceases to be merely something known and becomes a matter of life. For when it becomes a matter of life, then - through the person's habitual reliance on it - that truth permeates his whole being in the way that his innate disposition or character does. And when it permeates him in this way it flows so to speak spontaneously into action - without his thinking about any fact he has learned regarding that truth. Indeed when it becomes a matter of life, that truth can command those facts, drawing on innumerable ones as confirmations. The situation with all truth is that at its earliest stage it is merely something known, but as it develops with a person it becomes a matter of life. It is as it is with young children when they learn to walk, to talk, to think, and to use their intelligence and make sensible judgements. Once these activities - through habitual engagement in them - have become unpremeditated and so spontaneous, they disappear from among the facts they possess about how to do those things, because they are now instinctive.

[2] A similar situation also exists with the things that constitute the cognitions of spiritual good and truth among people whom the Lord is regenerating or causing to be born again. At first they are exactly like young children, in that at that time the spiritual truths which they possess exist as facts, for when matters of doctrine are learned and introduced into the memory they are nothing other than facts. But then the Lord summons those facts from the memory one after another and implants them in the person's life, that is, in good; for good is his life. Once this has happened a conversion so to speak takes place, that is to say, the person starts to act from good, that is, from life, and no longer from knowledge as he had done previously. Accordingly, anyone who is being born anew is like a young child in this respect; but they are matters to do with spiritual life that he absorbs, so that he does not act from doctrine, or truth, but from charity, or good. When this happens a state of blessedness begins with him and wisdom begins to exist with him. These considerations show what separation from facts within the natural man is, meant by Rebekah's dropping down from upon the camel, which she did before she knew that it was Isaac. These details, as anyone may see, embody arcana within them.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

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Genesis 24

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1 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.

3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

4 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?"

6 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.

7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

8 If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."

9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

12 He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

14 Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

15 It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

16 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

17 The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."

18 She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him Drink.

19 When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking."

20 She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

21 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.

22 It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

23 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"

24 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

25 She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."

26 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

27 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."

28 The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.

29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.

30 It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

31 He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels."

32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."

34 He said, "I am Abraham's servant.

35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

36 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

38 but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'

39 I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'

40 He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.

41 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'

42 I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--

43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

44 and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,"--let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master's son.'

45 Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

46 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a Drink.' So I drank, and she also gave the camels a Drink.

47 I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

48 I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."

50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."

52 It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

53 The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.

54 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

55 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."

56 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

57 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."

58 They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."

59 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham's servant, and his men.

60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."

61 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.

63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.

65 She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." She took her veil, and covered herself.

66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.