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Genesis 38

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1 Sel ajal läks Juuda ära oma vendade juurest ja siirdus ühe Adullami mehe juurde, kelle nimi oli Hiira.

2 Ja Juuda nägi seal kaananlase, Suua-nimelise mehe tütart, võttis selle ning heitis ta juurde.

3 Ja see jäi lapseootele ning tõi poja ilmale; ja ta pani sellele nimeks Eer.

4 Ja tema jäi taas lapseootele ning tõi poja ilmale; ja ta pani sellele nimeks Oonan.

5 Ja tema tõi veel ühe poja ilmale ja pani sellele nimeks Seela; ta oli Kesibis, kui ta selle ilmale tõi.

6 Ja Juuda võttis Eerile, oma esmasündinule, naise nimega Taamar.

7 Aga Eer, Juuda esmasündinu, oli Issanda silmis paha ja Issand laskis tema surra.

8 Siis Juuda ütles Oonanile: 'Heida oma venna naise juurde, ole temale mehe eest ja soeta oma vennale sugu!'

9 Kuna aga Oonan teadis, et sugu ei pidanud saama temale, siis heites oma venna naise juurde ta hävitas oma seemne maha pillates, et mitte anda sugu oma vennale.

10 Aga see, mis ta tegi, oli Issanda silmis paha ja ta laskis surra ka tema.

11 Siis Juuda ütles oma miniale Taamarile: 'Jää lesena oma isakotta elama, kuni mu poeg Seela on kasvanud suuremaks!' Sest ta mõtles: 'Muidu sureb seegi nagu ta vennad.' Ja Taamar läks ning jäi oma isakotta elama.

12 Mõne aja pärast suri Suua tütar, Juuda naine. Kui Juuda leinaaeg oli möödunud, siis ta läks üles Timnasse oma lammaste niitjate juurde, tema ja ta sõber Hiira, Adullami mees.

13 Ja Taamarile anti teada ning öeldi: 'Vaata, su äi läheb üles Timnasse lambaid niitma.'

14 Siis ta võttis lesepõlve riided seljast ära, varjas ennast looriga ja kattis enese kinni ning istus Eenaimi väravasse, kust tee viib Timnasse, sest ta oli näinud, et Seela oli kasvanud suureks, teda aga ei olnud antud temale naiseks.

15 Kui Juuda teda nägi, siis ta pidas teda hooraks, sest ta oli oma näo kinni katnud.

16 Ja ta pöördus teelt tema poole ning ütles: 'Lase ma heidan su juurde!' Sest ta ei teadnud, et see oli tema minia. Aga too vastas: 'Mis sa mulle annad, kui sa heidad mu juurde?'

17 Ta ütles: 'Ma läkitan sulle karjast ühe sikutalle.' Ja naine vastas: 'Jah, kui sa annad mulle pandi, seniks kui sa läkitad.'

18 Siis ta küsis: 'Mis võiks olla pandiks, mille ma pean sulle andma?' Ja tema vastas: 'Su pitsat ja vöö ja kepp, mis sul käes on.' Ja ta andis need temale ning heitis ta juurde; ja naine jäi temast lapseootele.

19 Siis ta tõusis ja läks ära ning võttis eneselt loori ja pani lesepõlve riided selga.

20 Ja Juuda läkitas oma sõbra, Adullami mehega sikutalle, et võtta pant naise käest; aga see ei leidnud teda.

21 Siis ta küsis meestelt seal paigas, öeldes: 'Kus on see liiderlik naine, kes oli Eenaimi tee ääres?' Aga need vastasid: 'Siin pole liiderlikku naist olnud.'

22 Ja ta tuli tagasi Juuda juurde ning ütles: 'Ma ei leidnud teda. Ja mehedki seal paigas ütlesid: Siin pole liiderlikku naist olnud.'

23 Siis ütles Juuda: 'Pidagu siis enesele, et me ei satuks pilke alla! Vaata, ma läkitasin selle siku, aga sina ei leidnud teda.'

24 Aga kolme kuu pärast teatati Juudale ja öeldi: 'Su minia Taamar on hooranud, ja vaata, ta on hooratööst jäänud ka lapseootele.' Siis ütles Juuda: 'Tooge ta välja, et ta põletataks!'

25 Kui ta välja toodi, siis ta läkitas sõna oma äiale: 'Sellest mehest, kelle omad need on, olen ma lapseootel!' Ja ta ütles: 'Tunnista nüüd, kelle see pitsat ja vöö ja kepp on!'

26 Ja Juuda tundis need ära ning ütles: 'Tema on minust õigem! Sest ma ei ole teda andnud oma pojale Seelale.' Ja ta ei ühtinud enam temaga.

27 Aga sünnitamise ajal, vaata, olid ta ihus kaksikud.

28 Ja kui ta sünnitas, sirutus üks käsi välja; ja aitajanaine võttis ning sidus käe ümber helepunase lõnga, öeldes: 'See tuleb esmalt välja!'

29 Aga kui ta oma käe tagasi tõmbas, vaata, siis tuli välja ta vend. Ja aitajanaine ütles: 'Missuguse lõhe sa küll enesele oled rebestanud!' Ja temale pandi nimeks Perets.

30 Ja pärast tuli välja tema vend, kelle käe ümber oli helepunane lõng; ja temale pandi nimeks Serah.

   

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4859. And covered herself in a veil. That this signifies truth obscured, is evident from the signification of “covering herself” or her face “with her veil,” as being to conceal, and thus to obscure the truth which pretended to be from good, as just above (n. 4858); and this for the purpose of conjunction with Judah. For when a bride first approached the bridegroom she covered herself with a veil-as we read of Rebekah when she came to Isaac (Genesis 24:65); and by this were signified appearances of truth (n. 3207). For a wife signifies truth, and a husband good; and as truth does not appear in its quality until it is being conjoined with its good, therefore for the sake of representing this the bride covered herself with a veil on first seeing her husband. The case is similar here with Tamar, for she regarded Shelah Judah’s son as her husband, but because she was not given to him, she regarded his father in his stead as one to perform the duty of a husband’s brother. Therefore she covered herself with a veil as a bride, and not as a harlot, though Judah believed the latter because harlots also were wont at that time to cover their faces, as is evident from verse 15. The reason why Judah so regarded her was that the Jewish nation, which is there signified by “Judah,” regarded the internal truths of the representative church no otherwise than as a harlot; and therefore Judah was conjoined with her as with a harlot, but not so Tamar with him. Because internal truths could not appear otherwise to that nation, therefore truth obscured is here signified by Tamar’s covering herself in a veil. That the truth of the church is obscured to them, is represented also at this day by their covering themselves with veils in their synagogues.

[2] There was a similar representation with Moses when the skin of his face shone as he came down from Mount Sinai, so that he covered himself with a veil whenever he spoke to the people (Exodus 34:28 to the end). Moses represented the Word which is called the Law (see the preface to Genesis 18); for which reason it is sometimes said the “Law and the Prophets” (as in Matthew 5:17, 11:13; 22:36, 40); and sometimes “Moses and the Prophets” (as in Luke 16:29, 31; 24:27, 44). By the shining of the skin of his face was represented the internal of the Word, for the “face” is the internal (n. 358, 1999, 2434, 3527, 4066, 4796, 4797), which being spiritual is in the light of heaven. His veiling his face whenever he spoke to the people represented that internal truth was covered to them, and thus obscured so that they should not have to endure any light from it.

  
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Genesis 17

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1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said to him, "I am God Almighty. Walk before me, and be blameless.

2 I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly."

3 Abram fell on his face. God talked with him, saying,

4 "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.

5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.

6 I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you. Kings will come out of you.

7 I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your seed after you.

8 I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land where you are traveling, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. I will be their God."

9 God said to Abraham, "As for you, you will keep my covenant, you and your seed after you throughout their generations.

10 This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you. Every male among you shall be circumcised.

11 You shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin. It will be a token of the covenant between me and you.

12 He who is eight days old will be circumcised among you, every male throughout your generations, he who is born in the house, or bought with money from any foreigner who is not of your seed.

13 He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

14 The uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people. He has broken my covenant."

15 God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but her name will be Sarah.

16 I will bless her, and moreover I will give you a son by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she will be a mother of nations. Kings of peoples will come from her."

17 Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"

18 Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before you!"

19 God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

20 As for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He will become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

21 But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."

22 When he finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham.

23 Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money; every male among the men of Abraham's house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the same day, as God had said to him.

24 Abraham was ninety-nine years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

25 Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

26 In the same day both Abraham and Ishmael, his son, were circumcised.

27 All the men of his house, those born in the house, and those bought with money of a foreigner, were circumcised with him.