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1 Elõhívatá azért Izsák Jákóbot, és megáldá õt, és megparancsolá néki és mondá: Ne végy feleséget a Kananeusok leányai közûl.

2 Kelj fel, menj el Mésopotámiába, Bethuélnek a te anyád atyjának házához, és onnan végy magadnak feleséget, Lábánnak a te anyád bátyjának leányai közûl.

3 A mindenható Isten pedig áldjon meg, szaporítson és sokasítson meg téged, hogy népek sokaságává légy;

4 És adja néked az Ábrahám áldását, tenéked, és a te magodnak te veled egybe; hogy örökség szerint bírjad a földet, melyen jövevény voltál, melyet az Isten adott vala Ábrahámnak.

5 Elbocsátá azért Izsák Jákóbot, hogy menjen Mésopotámiába Lábánhoz a Siriabeli Bethuél fiához, Rebekának, Jákób és Ézsaú anyjának bátyjához.

6 És látá Ézsaú, hogy Izsák megáldotta Jákóbot, és elbocsátotta õt Mésopotámiába, hogy onnan vegyen magának feleséget; és hogy mikor áldja vala, parancsola néki, és monda: Ne végy feleséget a Kananeusok leányai közûl;

7 És hogy Jákób hallgata atyja és anyja szavára, és el is ment Mésopotámiába;

8 És látá Ézsaú, hogy a Kananeusok leányai nem tetszenek Izsáknak az õ atyjának:

9 Elméne Ézsaú Ismáelhez, és feleségûl vevé még az õ feleségeihez Ismáelnek az Ábrahám fiának leányát Mahaláthot, Nebajóthnak húgát.

10 Jákób pedig kiindula Beérsebából, és Hárán felé tartott.

11 És juta egy helyre, holott meghála, mivelhogy a nap lement vala: és võn egyet annak a helynek kövei közûl, és feje alá tevé; és lefeküvék azon a helyen.

12 És álmot láta: Ímé egy lajtorja vala a földön felállítva, melynek teteje az eget éri vala, és ímé az Istennek Angyalai fel- és alájárnak vala azon.

13 És ímé az Úr áll vala azon és szóla: Én [vagyok] az Úr, Ábrahámnak a te atyádnak Istene, és Izsáknak Istene; ezt a földet a melyen fekszel néked adom és a te magodnak.

14 És a te magod olyan lészen mint a földnek pora, és terjeszkedel nyugotra és keletre, északra és délre, és te benned és a te magodban áldatnak meg a föld minden nemzetségei.

15 És ímé én veled [vagyok], hogy megõrizzelek téged valahova menéndesz, és visszahozzalak e földre; mert el nem hagylak téged, míg be nem teljesítem a mit néked mondtam.

16 Jákób pedig fölébredvén álmából, monda: Bizonyára az Úr van e helyen, és én nem tudtam.

17 Megrémüle annak okáért és monda: Mily rettenetes ez a hely; nem egyéb ez, hanem Istennek háza, és az égnek kapuja.

18 És felkele Jákób reggel, és vevé azt a követ, melyet feje alá tett vala, és oszlopul állítá fel azt, és olajat önte annak tetejére;

19 És nevezé annak a helynek nevét Béthelnek, az elõtt pedig Lúz vala annak a városnak neve.

20 És fogadást tõn Jákób, mondá: Ha az Isten velem leénd, és megõriz engem ezen az úton, a melyen most járok, és ha ételûl kenyeret s öltözetûl ruhát adánd nékem;

21 És békességgel térek vissza az én atyámnak házához: akkor az Úr leénd az én Istenem;

22 És ez a kõ, a melyet oszlopul állítottam fel, Isten háza lészen, és valamit adándasz nékem, annak tizedét néked adom.

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3705

Studere hoc loco

  
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3705. 'The land on which you are lying I will give to you' means that the good on which the Natural rested was His own in origin. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land' here as the good of the natural, dealt with below; from the meaning of 'on which you are lying' as on which it rested; and from the meaning of 'giving it to you' as His own in origin, also dealt with below. The reason 'the land' means the good of the natural, which Jacob will represent from now on, is that 'the land of Canaan' means the Lord's kingdom, 1413, 1437, 1585, 1607, 1866. And since it means the Lord's kingdom it also means in the highest sense the Lord, 3038 - for the Lord is the All in all of His kingdom, and anything there which does not originate in Him and have regard to Him is not part of His kingdom. The Lord's kingdom is also meant in the Word by 'heaven and earth', 1 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), though in this case the interior of that kingdom is meant by 'heaven' and the exterior by 'earth', 82, 1411, 1733, 3355 (end). Consequently 'heaven' in the highest sense means the Lord as regards His Divine Rational and 'earth' as regards His Divine Natural. Here therefore 'the land on which you are lying' means the Good of the Natural on which the Natural, represented by 'Jacob', rested. For 'Jacob' represents the Lord's Divine Natural, as stated many times above.

[2] Furthermore the word 'land' has various meanings, see 620, 636, 1066, 2571, 3368, 3379, the reason being that Canaan, which is called the Holy Land, means the Lord's kingdom in general; and when 'heaven' is mentioned together with 'earth', 'heaven' in that case means, as has been stated, that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior. This being so it also means the Lord's kingdom on earth, that is, the Church; and having that meaning, it also means a person who is the Lord's kingdom or who is the Church. With that person 'heaven' accordingly means that which is interior, 'earth' that which is exterior; or what amounts to the same, 'heaven' is the rational and 'earth' the natural since the rational exists more interiorly with man and the natural more exteriorly. And since 'land' [or 'earth'] has all these meanings it also means that which a person puts into effect - namely the good of love which he receives from the Divine - so that he may become the Lord's kingdom. From this it is evident in what way the meaning of 'land' in the Word varies.

[3] 'I will give to you' means that in origin it was His own. This becomes clear from the meaning of 'giving' in the Word when used in reference to the Lord, for as shown just above, the Lord is Divine Good and also Divine Truth, the former being called 'the Father' and the latter 'the Son'. Now because Divine Good is His and consequently that which is His own, it follows that 'giving to you', when spoken by Jehovah and used in reference to the Lord, means that which was His own in origin. From this one may see what is meant in the internal sense by the Lord's frequent reference to the Father's having given to Him - that is to say, to Himself, the Lord - as in John,

Father, glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You, as You have given Him power over all flesh, in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. I have glorified You on earth; I have accomplished the work which You gave Me to do. I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; Yours they were, and You gave them to Me. Now they know that everything which You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them. I am praying for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours; for all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine. John 17:1-2, 4, 6-10.

Each reference here to the Father's giving means originating in the Divine Good that was His, and so in that which was His own.

[4] From this one may see how great an arcanum lies within the particular words spoken by the Lord, and also how greatly different the sense of the letter is from the internal sense, and more so from the highest sense. The Lord spoke in this fashion in order that mankind which at that time had no knowledge at all of any Divine truth might nevertheless be enabled in its own way to grasp and so accept the Word, while angels did so in theirs, for the angels knew that Jehovah and He were one and that the Father was Divine Good. For this reason also they knew that when He spoke of the Father giving to Him He would be giving to Himself and so drawing on what was His own.

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from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #2571

Studere hoc loco

  
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2571. 'Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you' means the Lord's perception regarding the doctrine of love and charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as thinking, dealt with in 2506, and from the meaning of 'land' here as the doctrine of love and charity. 'Land' or 'earth' has various meanings in the internal sense, 620, 636, 1066, but what is meant in a specific instance is clear from the train of thought. For 'land' or 'earth' means the external member of the Church when 'the sky' or 'heaven' means the internal, 82, 913, 1411, 1733; it also means the region where the Church is, 662, 1066; it means the Church itself, and also in the universal sense the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, since 'the land of Canaan' or 'the holy land' was representative of that kingdom, 1437, 1585, 1607. The same was also meant by 'a new heaven and a new earth', 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118. And because 'land' or 'earth' means the member of the Church, the Church, and the Lord's kingdom, it also means that which is the essential component of these, namely love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour, for it is on these that they all depend, 537, 540, 547, 553, 2130. Consequently 'land' or 'earth' means the doctrine of love and charity which belongs to the Church, and to which here 'the land of Abimelech' refers. For 'Abimelech as a king' means the doctrine of faith, as has been shown, while his land, from which he sprang and in which he dwelt, means the doctrine of love and charity, from which faith springs and in which faith dwells.

[2] The reason why up to this point the Lord's thought had been concerned with the doctrine of faith but was now concerned with the doctrine of love and charity is that the Lord joined the Human to the Divine by means of truths which are matters of faith, yet at the same time by means of Divine Goods which are matters of love that were present within those truths. This He did according to the order by which also man becomes spiritual and celestial but not Divine so as to have life in himself, in the way that the Lord became so. But when the marriage had taken place in the Lord of Divine Truth to Good, and of Good to Truth, which is meant by the words 'Abimelech restored to Abraham Sarah his wife', 2569, His thought was now concerned with the doctrine of love and charity, and this also was according to order; for once man has become spiritual and celestial he no longer thinks from truth but from good, yet not as the Lord did - from Divine Good united to Divine Truth. This is the reason why the doctrine of love and charity is only now mentioned for the first time, even though the doctrine of faith regarded in itself is the same, and the Lord's perception and thought always sprang from Divine love within every thing of faith. Hence it is that the doctrine of love and charity is Divine doctrine itself, and was the doctrine which was cultivated in the Most Ancient Churches. And because that doctrine made one with the doctrine of faith, they rejected people who separated these; see 2417.

  
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