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Genesis 34

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1 Kartą Lėjos duktė Dina išėjo pasižiūrėti tos šalies dukterų.

2 Šalies kunigaikščio hivo Hamoro sūnus Sichemas, ją pamatęs, nutvėrė ir išprievartavo.

3 Jo siela prisirišo prie Jokūbo dukters Dinos. Jis pamilo mergaitę ir meiliai kalbėjo su ja.

4 Sichemas prašė savo tėv o Hamoro: “Leisk man vesti šią mergaitę!”

5 Jokūbas sužinojo, kad Sichemas išprievartavo jo dukterį Diną; kadangi jo sūnūs buvo prie gyvulių laukuose, Jokūbas tylėjo, kol jie pareis.

6 Sichemo tėvas Hamoras atėjo pas Jokūbą, norėdamas su juo pasikalbėti.

7 Jokūbo sūnūs, tai išgirdę, parėjo iš laukų. Jie įsižeidė ir labai supyko, nes Sichemas padarė gėdą Izraeliui, gulėdamas su Jokūbo dukterimi, nors nederėjo taip daryti.

8 Hamoras kalbėjosi su jais: “Mano sūnaus Sichemo siela ilgisi jūsų dukters. Prašau, leiskite mano sūnui ją vesti.

9 Susigiminiuokime: duokite mums savo dukteris, o mūsų dukteris veskite!

10 Gyvenkite pas mus. Kraštas jums yra atviras. Pasilikite ir laisvai jame gyvenkite ir įsigykite čia nuosavybę”.

11 Ir Sichemas kalbėjo Dinos tėvui ir broliams: “O kad rasčiau malonę jūsų akyse! Ko tik iš manęs paprašysite, duosiu.

12 Prašykite pačio didžiausio kraičio ir dovanos; aš viską duosiu, ko paprašysite, tik leiskite man vesti mergaitę!”

13 Jokūbo sūnūs klastingai kalbėjo su Sichemu ir jo tėvu Hamoru, nes Sichemas buvo išprievartavęs jų seserį Diną.

14 Jie sakė jiems: “Mes negalime to padaryti­išleisti savo seserį už vyro, kuris yra neapipjaustytas, nes tai būtų mums negarbė ir gėda.

15 Sutiksime su jumis tik su sąlyga, jei jūs tapsite kaip mes ir kiekvienas vyras tarp jūsų bus apipjaustytas.

16 Tada mes leisime jums vesti savo dukteris ir vesime jūsų; liksime pas jus gyventi ir tapsime viena tauta.

17 Bet jei mūsų nepaklausysite ir neapsipjaustysite, pasiimsime savo dukterį ir išeisime”.

18 žodžiai patiko Hamorui ir jo sūnui Sichemui.

19 Jaunuolis nedelsė įvykdyti pasiūlymo, nes jis buvo įsimylėjęs Jokūbo dukterį. O jis buvo žymiausias savo tėvo namuose.

20 Hamoras ir jo sūnus Sichemas atėjo prie miesto vartų ir kalbėjo savo miesto vyrams:

21 “Šitie žmonės yra taikingi mūsų atžvilgiu. Jie telieka gyventi ir laisvai verstis mūsų krašte. Kraštas juk platus! Jų dukteris vesime, o savo dukteris leisime tekėti už jų.

22 Tie žmonės sutinka gyventi pas mus ir tapti viena tauta tik su šita sąlyga, jei kiekvienas mūsų vyras apsipjaustys, kaip jie yra apipjaustyti.

23 galvijai, jų manta ir visi gyvuliai priklausys mums. Sutikime su jais, ir jie liks pas mus gyventi!”

24 Visi miesto vyrai paklausė Hamoro ir jo sūnaus Sichemo ir buvo apipjaustyti.

25 Trečią dieną, kai jiems labai skaudėjo, du Jokūbo sūnūs, Simeonas ir Levis, Dinos broliai, pasiėmė savo kardus ir, drąsiai atėję į miestą, išžudė visus vyrus.

26 Jie taip pat nužudė Hamorą ir jo sūnų Sichemą, paėmė Diną iš Sichemo namų ir išėjo.

27 Jokūbo sūnūs atėjo prie nužudytųjų ir apiplėšė miestą, keršydami už sesers išniekinimą.

28 Pasiėmė jų avis, galvijus, asilus ir visa, kas buvo mieste ir laukuose.

29 Pagrobė visą jų turtą, vaikus ir žmonas išsivedė į nelaisvę ir išplėšė viską, kas buvo namuose.

30 Jokūbas tarė Simeonui ir Leviui: “Jūs pridarėte man bėdos, padarydami mane nekenčiamą tarp šios šalies gyventojų, tarp kanaaniečių ir perizų. Mūsų labai mažai; jie susirinks prieš mane ir nužudys mane. Taip aš ir mano namai bus sunaikinti”.

31 Sūnūs atsakė: “Argi jam buvo leista pasielgti su mūsų seserimi kaip su paleistuve?”

   

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4454

Studere hoc loco

  
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4454. 'And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers' means counsel taken by the truth from the ancient Divine stock with the good and truth of this semblance of religion. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in this case as taking counsel; from the representation of 'Shechem' as the truth from the ancient Divine stock, dealt with above in 4447; from the meaning of 'father', who in this case is Jacob, as the good of truth, dealt with in 4273, 4337; and from the meaning of 'brothers', who in this case are the sons of Jacob, as truths, dealt with above. It is evident from the references quoted above in 4447 that Shechem means truth from the ancient Divine stock; for Hamor the Hivite together with his nation and family in the land of Canaan were part of the remnants of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial. This Church, more than all other Churches in the whole world, was in origin Divine, for the good of love to the Lord was present in it. Will and understanding with them made one, and so one mind, and on that account they had from good a perception of truth. For the Lord was flowing in by an internal route into the good present in their will and from this into the good present in their understanding, that is, into their truth, as a consequence of which that Church more than all others was called Man, 477-479, and also the Likeness of God, 51, 473, 1013. From this one may see why Hamor and Shechem are said to be from the ancient Divine stock, as previously in 4399. The fact that the Most Ancient Church, which was called 'Man', or to use the Hebrew word 'Adam', was located in the land of Canaan, as stated above in 4447, is quite evident from their descendants who were called the Nephilim, Genesis 6:4. The presence of the latter in the land of Canaan is referred to in Numbers 13:33; see 581. But at that time the expression 'the land of Canaan' was used to mean all the land from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates, Genesis 15:18.

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

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #1607

Studere hoc loco

  
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1607. That 'for all the land which you see I will give to you' means the heavenly kingdom which was to be the Lord's is clear from the meaning of 'land' - the land of Canaan in this context since the words used are 'the land which you see' - as the heavenly kingdom. Indeed the land of Canaan represented the Lord's kingdom in the heavens, which is heaven, and also the Lord's kingdom on earth, which is the Church. This meaning of 'land' has been discussed frequently already. That the kingdom in heaven and on earth was given to the Lord is clear from various places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

A Boy is born, a Son is given to us; and the government will be upon His shoulder, and His name will be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6.

In Daniel,

I saw in the night visions, and behold with the clouds of the heavens One like the Son of Man was coming, and He came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought Him near before Him. And to Him was given dominion and glory and kingdom, and all peoples, nations, and languages will serve Him. His dominion is an eternal dominion which will not pass away, and His kingdom one that will not perish. Daniel 7:13-14.

The Lord Himself also says the same: in Matthew,

All things have been delivered to Me by My Father. Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22.

Elsewhere in Matthew,

[All] power in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Matthew 28:18.

In John,

You have given to the Son power over all flesh in order that all You have given Him, to them He may give eternal life. John 17:2-3.

And 'sitting on the right hand' has the same meaning, as in Luke,

From now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. Luke 22:69.

[2] As regards all power in heaven and on earth being given to the Son of Man, it should be recognized that the Lord already had power over all things in heaven and on earth before He came into the world, for He was God from eternity and He was Jehovah, as He Himself plainly declares in John,

Now, Father, glorify Me in Your Own Self with the glory I had with You before the world was. John 17:5.

And in the same gospel,

Truly, Truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am. 1 John 8:58.

In fact He was Jehovah and God to the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood, and was seen by them. He was also Jehovah and God to the Ancient Church which existed after the Flood; and He was the One whom all the religious observances of the Jewish Church represented, and the One they worshipped. The reason the Lord says that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Him, as though it had not been His till then, is that 'the Son of Man' is used to mean His Human Essence which became Jehovah as well after it had been united to His Divine Essence. Power was given to Him at that point, which would not have been possible until He was glorified, that is, until His Human Essence as well, through union with the Divine Essence, had life in Itself and likewise became Divine and Jehovah, as He Himself declares in John,

As the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son to have life in Himself. John 5:26.

[3] It is His Human Essence or External Man that is named 'the Son of Man' in the passage quoted from Daniel, and 'a Boy born, a Son given to us' in the passage quoted from Isaiah. The fact that the heavenly kingdom would be given to Him, and all power in heaven and on earth, was shown and promised to Him then, and is the meaning of the statement 'all the land which you see I will give to you, and to your seed after you for ever'. This was before His Human Essence had been united to His Divine Essence, a union which took place when He had overcome the devil and hell, that is to say, when by His own strength and powers He had cast out all evil, which alone causes the severance.

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1. The Latin means I was, but the Greek means I am, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

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