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1 Mose 36

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1 Und dies sind die Geschlechter Esaus, das ist Edom.

2 Esau nahm seine Weiber von den Töchtern Kanaans: Ada, die Tochter Elons, des Hethiters, und Oholibama, die Tochter Anas, der Tochter Zibeons, des Hewiters,

3 und Basmath, die Tochter Ismaels, die Schwester Nebajoths.

4 Und Ada gebar dem Esau Eliphas, und Basmath gebar eghuel.

5 Und Oholibama gebar Jeghusch und Jaghlam und Korach. Das sind die Söhne Esaus, welche ihm im Lande Kanaan geboren wurden.

6 Und Esau nahm seine Weiber und seine Söhne und seine Töchter und alle Seelen seines Hauses, und seine Herden und all sein Vieh (d. h. Zug- und Lastvieh) und all sein Besitztum, das er im Lande Kanaan erworben hatte, und zog in ein Land, (O. landeinwärts. Nach einigen fehlt hier das Wort Seir, wie es die Syrische Übersetzung hat) von seinem Bruder Jakob hinweg.

7 Denn ihre Habe war zu groß, um beieinander zu wohnen, und das Land ihres Aufenthaltes vermochte sie nicht zu tragen wegen ihrer Herden.

8 Und Esau wohnte auf dem Gebirge Seir. Esau, das ist Edom.

9 Und dies sind die Geschlechter Esaus, des Vaters von Edom, auf dem Gebirge Seir.

10 Dies sind die Namen der Söhne Esaus: Eliphas, der Sohn Adas, des Weibes Esaus; eghuel, der Sohn Basmaths, des Weibes Esaus.

11 Und die Söhne des Eliphas waren: Teman, Omar, Zepho und Gaetam und Kenas.

12 Und Timna war das Kebsweib des Eliphas, des Sohnes Esaus, und sie gebar dem Eliphas Amalek. Das sind die Söhne Adas, des Weibes Esaus.

13 Und dies sind die Söhne eghuels: Nachath und Serach, Schamma und Missa. Das waren die Söhne Basmaths, des Weibes Esaus.

14 Und dies waren die Söhne Oholibamas, der Tochter Anas, der Tochter Zibeons, des Weibes Esaus: sie gebar dem Esau Jeghusch, Jaghlam und Korach.

15 Dies sind die Fürsten (Stammhäupter, Häuptlinge) der Söhne Esaus: Die Söhne Eliphas’, des Erstgeborenen Esaus: der Fürst Teman, der Fürst Omar, der Fürst Zepho, der Fürst Kenas,

16 der Fürst Korach, der Fürst Gaetam, der Fürst Amalek. Das sind die Fürsten des Eliphas im Lande Edom; das sind die Söhne Adas.

17 Und dies sind die Söhne eghuels, des Sohnes Esaus: der Fürst Nachath, der Fürst Serach, der Fürst Schamma, der Fürst Missa. Das sind die Fürsten des eghuel im Lande Edom; das sind die Söhne Basmaths, des Weibes Esaus.

18 Und dies sind die Söhne Oholibamas, des Weibes Esaus: der Fürst Jeghusch, der Fürst Jaghlam, der Fürst Korach. Das sind die Fürsten Oholibamas, der Tochter Anas, des Weibes Esaus.

19 Das sind die Söhne Esaus und das ihre Fürsten; das ist Edom.

20 Das sind die Söhne Seirs, des Horiters, die Bewohner des Landes: Lotan und Schobal und Zibeon und Ana und Dischon und Ezer und Dischan.

21 Das sind die Fürsten der Horiter, der Söhne Seirs, im Lande Edom.

22 Und die Söhne Lotans waren: Hori und Hemam, und die Schwester Lotans: Timna.

23 Und dies sind die Söhne Schobals: Alwan und Manachath und Ebal, Schepho und Onam.

24 Und dies sind die Söhne Zibeons: Aja und Ana. Das ist der Ana, welcher die warmen Quellen in der Wüste fand, als er die Esel Zibeons, seines Vaters, weidete.

25 Und dies sind die Söhne Anas: Dischon, und Oholibama, die Tochter Anas.

26 Und dies sind die Söhne Dischons: (H. Dischans) Hemdan und Eschban und Jithran und Keran.

27 Dies sind die Söhne Ezers: Bilhan und Saawan und Akan.

28 Dies sind die Söhne Dischans: Uz und Aran.

29 Dies sind die Fürsten der Horiter: der Fürst Lotan, der Fürst Schobal, der Fürst Zibeon, der Fürst Ana,

30 der Fürst Dischon, der Fürst Ezer, der Fürst Dischan. Das sind die Fürsten der Horiter, nach ihren Fürsten im Lande Seir.

31 Und dies sind die Könige, die im Lande Edom regiert haben, ehe ein König über die Kinder Israel regierte:

32 Bela, der Sohn Beors, wurde König in Edom, und der Name seiner Stadt war Dinhaba.

33 Und Bela starb; und es ward König an seiner Statt Jobab, der Sohn Serachs, aus Bozra.

34 Und Jobab starb; und es ward König an seiner Statt Huscham, aus dem Lande der Temaniter.

35 Und Huscham starb; und es ward König an seiner Statt Hadad, der Sohn Bedads, welcher Midian schlug im Gefilde Moabs; und der Name seiner Stadt war Awith.

36 Und Hadad starb; und es ward König an seiner Statt Samla aus Masreka.

37 Und Samla starb; und es ward König an seiner Statt Saul aus echoboth am Strome.

38 Und Saul starb, und es ward König an seiner Statt Baal-Hanan, der Sohn Akbors.

39 Und Baal-Hanan, der Sohn Akbors, starb; und es ward König an seiner Statt Hadar; und der Name seiner Stadt war Paghu, und der Name seines Weibes Mehetabeel, die Tochter Matreds, der Tochter Mesahabs.

40 Und dies sind die Namen der Fürsten Esaus, nach ihren Familien, nach ihren Ortschaften, mit ihren Namen: der Fürst Timna, der Fürst Alwa, der Fürst Jetheth,

41 der Fürst Oholibama, der Fürst Ela, der Fürst Pinon,

42 der Fürst Kenas, der Fürst Teman, der Fürst Mibzar,

43 der Fürst Magdiel, der Fürst Iram. Das sind die Fürsten von Edom nach ihren Wohnsitzen, im Lande ihres Eigentums. Das ist Esau, der Vater Edoms.

   

Commentarius

 

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Finding, or being found, can have different meanings in the Word, depending on the context. Here are two examples:

From Arcana Coelestia 5756, 'Behold, the silver which we found in the mouth of our pouches' means when truth freely given.

In Revelation 18:21, we find this: "And one strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be cast down, and shall not be found any more." Here, "to not to be found any more," signifies not to rise again, according to Apocalypse Explained 1183.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4899

Studere hoc loco

  
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4899. 'Behold, I sent this kid' means it is enough that a pledge exists. This is clear from the meaning of 'a kid of the she-goats' as a pledge of conjugial love or of one assuring a joining together, dealt with in 4871, in this case simply a pledge since the kid was not accepted for the reason given already, that nothing of marriage existed. And because it was not for that reason accepted, 'you did not find her' therefore means even if nothing of marriage exists. This also ensues from the lack of interest referred to in 4897. Any further explanation of these matters is abandoned here for the reason given above in 4893, namely that it would enter the unlit parts of the understanding, and any ideas entering those unlit parts enter where no belief is present. For example the idea that something of marriage must be present if the Church is to exist; that is to say, the idea that some marriage must exist between truth and good. Also, the idea that what is internal must be present within what is external, and that without this and the previous requirement no Church at all exists. It is the exact nature of these realities within the Jewish Church that forms the subject here in the internal sense. That is to say, this sense deals with how, so far as that nation itself was concerned, nothing internal within what was external existed, but so far as their actual statutes and laws were concerned, something internal existed within these.

[2] Does anyone at the present day believe anything other than this, that the Church existed among the Jewish nation, indeed that this nation was chosen and loved in preference to all others, the chief reasons for such belief being that so many and such great miracles were performed among that nation, so many prophets were sent to it, and also the Word existed among it? Yet that nation possessed nothing at all of the Church within it, for no charity existed there; of what genuine charity was they were completely unaware. Nor did any faith in the Lord exist there. It knew that He was to make His coming, but believed that this was to set it above all people throughout the world. As this did not happen it rejected Him altogether. Of His heavenly kingdom it had no wish to know anything at all. The things which constitute the internal features of the Church were not even acknowledged in what that nation taught, let alone in its life. From all this one can only conclude that no Church at all existed within that nation.

[3] It is one thing for the Church to exist among a nation, and another for the Church to exist within a nation. For example, the Christian Church exists among those who have the Word and use doctrine to preach about the Lord. Yet no Church at all exists within them if no marriage of good and truth is present in them, that is, if charity towards the neighbour and faith rooted in this is not present in them, thus if the internal features of the Church are not present within the external ones. Those with whom solely external features separated from internal are present do not have the Church within them. Nor do those with whom faith separated from charity is present have the Church within them. Neither do those who acknowledge the Lord in their teachings but not in life have the Church within them. From this example it is evident that it is one thing for the Church to exist among a nation, and another for it to do so within a nation.

[4] The subject in the internal sense of this chapter is the Church among the Jewish nation and within that nation. The essential nature of the Church existing among that nation is described by Tamar's being joined to Judah under the pretext that the duty of a near kinsman was being performed, while the essential nature of the Church existing within that nation is described by Judah's being joined to Tamar as a prostitute. But a more detailed explanation of these matters is abandoned here for the reason given above, that it would enter, as stated, the unlit parts of the understanding. The accommodation of these matters in the unlit parts of the understanding is evident from the fact that at the present day scarcely anyone knows what the internal aspect of the Church is. This internal aspect is essentially charity towards the neighbour present within the intentions of a person's will, and from these in his actions, and from these again in faith within his perception; yet who knows this? When this is unknown, more so when it is denied, as is done by people who make faith without the works of charity the bringer of salvation, how unlit must those parts of the mind be, into which the ideas pass that are stated here in the internal sense about the joining of the internal aspect to the external aspect of the Church among the Jewish nation and within that nation? Those who have no knowledge of the existence of that internal and so essential aspect of the Church stand far removed from the first step towards understanding such ideas, and as a consequence from the countless, indescribable things existing in heaven, where realities connected with love to the Lord and love towards the neighbour constitute every trace of life, and consequently every trace of wisdom and intelligence.

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