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Genesis 34

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1 En Dina, de dochter van Lea, die zij Jakob gebaard had, ging uit, om de dochteren van dat land te bezien.

2 Sichem nu, de zoon van Hemor den Heviet, den landvorst, zag haar, en hij nam ze, en lag bij haar, en verkrachtte ze.

3 En zijn ziel kleefde aan Dina, Jakobs dochter; en hij had de jonge dochter lief, en sprak naar het hart van de jonge dochter.

4 Sichem sprak ook tot zijn vader Hemor, zeggende: Neem mij deze dochter tot een vrouw.

5 Toen Jakob hoorde, dat hij zijn dochter Dina verontreinigd had, zo waren zijn zonen met het vee in het veld; en Jakob zweeg, totdat zij kwamen.

6 En Hemor, de vader van Sichem, ging uit tot Jakob, om met hem te spreken.

7 En de zonen van Jakob kwamen van het veld, als zij dit hoorden; en het smartte deze mannen, en zij ontstaken zeer, omdat hij dwaasheid in Israel gedaan had, Jakobs dochter beslapende, hetwelk alzo niet zoude gedaan worden.

8 Toen sprak Hemor met hen, zeggende: Mijns zoons Sichems ziel is verliefd op ulieder dochter; geeft hem haar toch tot een vrouw.

9 En verzwagert u met ons; geeft ons uw dochteren; en neemt voor u onze dochteren;

10 En woont met ons; en het land zal voor uw aangezicht zijn; woont, en handelt daarin, en stelt u tot bezitters daarin.

11 En Sichem zeide tot haar vader, en tot haar broederen: Laat mij genade vinden in uw ogen; en wat gij tot mij zeggen zult, zal ik geven.

12 Vergroot zeer over mij den bruidschat en het geschenk; en ik zal geven, gelijk als gij tot mij zult zeggen; geef mij slechts de jonge dochter tot een vrouw.

13 Toen antwoordden Jakobs zonen aan Sichem en Hemor, zijn vader, bedriegelijk, en spraken (overmits dat hij Dina, hun zuster, verontreinigd had);

14 En zij zeiden tot hen: Wij zullen deze zaak niet kunnen doen, dat wij onze zuster aan een man geven zouden, die de voorhuid heeft; want dat ware ons een schande.

15 Doch hierin zullen wij u ter wille zijn, zo gij wordt gelijk als wij, dat onder u besneden worde al wat mannelijk is.

16 Dan zullen wij u onze dochteren geven, en uw dochteren zullen wij ons nemen, en wij zullen met u wonen, en wij zullen tot een volk zijn.

17 Maar zo gij naar ons niet zult horen, om besneden te worden, zo zullen wij onze dochteren nemen, en wegtrekken.

18 En hun woorden waren goed in de ogen van Hemor, en in de ogen van Sichem, Hemors zoon.

19 En de jongeling vertoogde niet, deze zaak te doen; want hij had lust in Jakobs dochter; en hij was geeerd boven al zijns vaders huis.

20 Zo kwam Hemor en Sichem, zijn zoon, tot hunner stadspoort; en zij spraken tot de mannen hunner stad, zeggende:

21 Deze mannen zijn vreedzaam met ons; daarom laat hen in dit land wonen, en daarin handelen, en het land (ziet het is wijd van begrip) voor hun aangezicht zijn; wij zullen ons hun dochteren tot vrouwen nemen, en wij zullen onze dochteren aan hen geven.

22 Doch hierin zullen deze mannen ons ter wille zijn, dat zij met ons wonen, om tot een volk te zijn; als al wat mannelijk is onder ons besneden wordt, gelijk als zij besneden zijn.

23 Hun vee, en hun bezitting, en al hun beesten, zullen die niet onze zijn? Alleen laat ons hun te wille zijn, en zij zullen met ons wonen.

24 En zij hoorden naar Hemor, en naar Sichem, zijn zoon, allen, die ter zijner stadspoort uitgingen; en zij werden besneden, al wat mannelijk was, allen, die ter zijner stadspoort uitgingen.

25 En het geschiedde ten derden dage, toen zij in de smart waren, zo namen de twee zonen van Jakob, Simeon en Levi, broeders van Dina, een iegelijk zijn zwaard, en kwamen stoutelijk in de stad, en doodden al wat mannelijk was.

26 Zij sloegen ook Hemor, en zijn zoon Sichem, dood met de scherpte des zwaards; en zij namen Dina uit Sichems huis, en gingen van daar.

27 De zonen van Jakob kwamen over de verslagenen, en plunderden de stad, omdat zij hun zuster verontreinigd hadden.

28 Hun schapen, en hun runderen, en hun ezelen, en hetgeen dat in de stad, en hetgeen dat in het veld was, namen zij.

29 En al hun vermogen, en al hun kleine kinderen, en hun vrouwen, voerden zij gevankelijk weg, en plunderden denzelven, en al wat binnenshuis was.

30 Toen zeide Jakob tot Simeon en tot Levi: Gij hebt mij beroerd, mits mij stinkende te maken onder de inwoners dezes lands, onder de Kanaanieten, en onder de Ferezieten; en ik ben weinig volks in getal; zo zij zich tegen mij verzamelen, zo zullen zij mij slaan, en ik zal verdelgd worden, ik en mijn huis.

31 En zij zeiden: Zou hij dan met onze zuster als met een hoer doen?

   

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4429. To see the daughters of the land. That this signifies to become acquainted with the affections of truth and the churches thence derived, is evident from the signification of “to see” as being to become acquainted with (of which several times before); from the signification of “daughters,” as being affections and the churches thence derived (see n. 2362, 3024, 3963); and from the signification of “the land,” here the land of Canaan, as being the region where the church is, and hence also the church itself (n. 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 2928, 3355, 3705, 3686).

[2] The signification of the things contained in this verse may be seen from what follows, for the subject treated of is the representative of a church that was to be instituted among the descendants of Jacob. That this representative could not be instituted among them until they had been completely vastated in respect to interior truths—that is, until they no longer knew them—may be seen above (n. 4289). These interior truths are all those represented and signified by the rituals that were commanded them; for all the rituals represented and signified something in the Lord’s kingdom in the heavens, and consequently something in the Lord’s kingdom on earth, that is, in the church; and the things that were signified and represented are the interior truths here meant. That each and all of the things commanded the descendants of Jacob when the representative of a church was being instituted among them (as described in the books of Moses, especially in Exodus and Leviticus) were representative and significative of the celestial and spiritual things of the Lord’s kingdom, has been everywhere shown in the explications. All these things were unknown to the descendants of Jacob, because these were of such a nature that if they had known them they would have profaned them (n. 301-303vvv2, 2520, 3398, 3479, 3769, 4281, 4293); and therefore they did not come into these representatives until they had been completely vastated in respect to their interiors; and therefore the truths in question and the extinguishing of them by the Israelites are described in this chapter.

[3] The representatives that were commanded to the descendants of Jacob were not new, but for the most part were such as had previously been in use among the ancients; but the ancients did not worship the externals, as did the descendants of Jacob (that is, the Jews and Israelites), but they worshiped the internal things, and by means of these they acknowledged the Lord Himself. There were still remains in the land of Canaan of the church of ancient time, especially among those called Hittites and Hivites, and this is the reason why by these nations are represented the truths that had been of the church. From what has been said it may in some measure appear what is signified by Dinah, Jacob’s daughter by Leah, going out to see the daughters of the land; for by Dinah is represented the external church, such as was instituted among the descendants of Jacob, and by the daughters of the land are signified the churches among the ancients. That in the internal sense of the Word “daughters” everywhere signify churches, has been shown above (n. 2362, 3024); and that the “land” signifies the region and nation where the church is, and thus the church (n. 662, 1066, 1067, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118, 2928, 3355, 3686, 3705).

  
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3705. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it. That this signifies the good in which He was, that it was from what was His own, is evident from the signification of “land,” as being here the good of the natural, concerning which in what follows; from the signification of “whereon thou liest,” as being that in which He was; and from the signification of “giving it to thee,” as being from what was His own; concerning which also in what follows. That the “land” signifies the good of the natural which will hereafter be represented by Jacob, is because by the “land of Canaan” is signified the Lord’s kingdom (see n. 1413, 1437, 1585, 1607, 1866); and because it signifies the Lord’s kingdom, it also in the supreme sense signifies the Lord (see n. 3038); for the Lord is the all in all of His kingdom, and whatever there is not from Him, and does not look to Him, is not of His kingdom. The Lord’s kingdom is also signified in the Word by “heaven and earth” (n. 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118); but in this case its interior is signified by “heaven,” and its exterior by “earth” (n. 82, 1411, 1733, 3355); consequently in the supreme sense “heaven” signifies the Lord as to His Divine rational, and “earth” as to his Divine natural; here therefore “the land whereon thou liest” signifies the good of the natural, in which He was and which was to be represented by Jacob. That “Jacob” denotes the Lord as to the Divine natural has already been frequently stated.

[2] Moreover, that the signification of “land” is various, see above (n. 620, 636, 1067, 2571, 3368, 3379); and this for the reason that Canaan, which is called the “holy land,” signifies the Lord’s kingdom in general; and when mention is made of “heaven” together with “land” (or “earth”), then, as before said, “heaven” signifies what is interior, and “earth” what is exterior; and consequently it also signifies the Lord’s kingdom on earth, that is, the church; and therefore it also signifies the man who is a kingdom of the Lord, or who is a church. Thus in such a man “heaven” signifies what is interior, and “earth” what is exterior; or what is the same, “heaven” signifies the rational, and “earth” the natural; for the rational is interior with man, and the natural exterior. And as “earth” has these significations, it also signifies that which makes man a kingdom of the Lord, namely, the good of love which is from the Divine; from all which it is evident how various are the significations of “earth” (or “land”) in the Word.

[3] That “to thee will I give it” signifies that it was from what was His own, may be seen from the signification of “giving,” in the Word, when it is predicated of the Lord; for as before shown, the Lord is Divine good and also Divine truth; and the former is what is called “Father,” and the latter “Son”; and whereas Divine good is of Himself, consequently His own, it follows that by “giving to thee,” when said by Jehovah, and predicated of the Lord, is signified that it is from what is His own. This shows what is signified in the internal sense by what the Lord so often said, that the Father “gave” to Him, that is, that He Himself gave to Himself; as in John:

Father, glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son also may glorify Thee; even as Thou gavest Him authority over all flesh; that whatsoever Thou hast given Him, to them He should give eternal life. I have glorified Thee on the earth; I have accomplished the work which Thou gavest Me to do. I have manifested Thy name unto the men whom Thou gavest Me out of the world; Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me. Now they have known that all things whatsoever Thou hast given Me are from Thee; for the words which Thou gavest Me I have given them. I pray for them whom Thou hast given Me, for they are Thine; and all things that are Mine are Thine, and Thine are Mine (John 17:1-10); where by the Father “having given” is signified that they were from Divine good which was His; thus from what was His own.

[4] From all this it is evident how deep an arcanum lies concealed in each word that the Lord spoke; also how much the sense of the letter differs from the internal sense, and still more from the supreme sense. The reason why the Lord so spoke, was that man, who at that time was in total ignorance of any Divine truth, might still in his own way apprehend the Word, and thus receive it; and the angels in their way; for they knew that Jehovah and He were one, and that the “Father” signified the Divine good; hence also they knew that when He said that the Father “gave” to Him, it was that He Himself gave to Himself, and that thus it was from what was His own.

  
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