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创世记 25

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1 亚伯拉罕又娶了一妻,名叫基土拉。

2 基土拉给他生了心兰、约珊、米但、米甸、伊施巴,和书亚。

3 约珊生了示巴和底但。底但的子孙是亚书利族、利都是族,和利乌米族。

4 米甸儿子是以法、以弗、哈诺、亚比大,和以勒大。这都是基土拉的子孙。

5 亚伯拉罕将一切所有的都以撒

6 亚伯拉罕把财物分他庶出的众子,趁着自己还在世的时候打发他们离开他的儿子以撒,往东方去。

7 亚伯拉罕一生的年日是一十五岁。

8 亚伯拉罕寿高年迈,气绝而,归到他列祖(原文作本民)那里。

9 他两个儿子以撒以实玛利把他埋葬在麦比拉洞里。这洞在幔利前、赫人琐辖的儿子以弗仑的田中,

10 就是亚伯拉罕向赫人买的那块田。亚伯拉罕和他妻子撒拉都葬在那里。

11 亚伯拉罕死了以赐福给他的儿子以撒以撒靠近庇耳拉海莱居住

12 撒拉的使女埃及人夏甲给亚伯拉罕所生的儿子以实玛利

13 以实玛利儿子们的名字,按着他们的家谱记在下面。以实玛利长子是尼拜约,又有基达、亚德别、米比衫、

14 米施玛、度玛、玛撒、

15 哈大、提玛、伊突、拿非施、基底玛。

16 这是以实玛利众子的名字,照着他们的村庄、营寨,作了十二族的族长。

17 以实玛利享寿一三十岁,气绝而,归到他列祖(原文作本民)那里。

18 他子孙的住处在他众弟兄东边,从哈腓拉直到埃及前的书珥,正在亚述的道上。

19 亚伯拉罕的儿子以撒的後代记在下面。亚伯拉罕以撒

20 以撒娶利百加为妻的时候正四十岁。利百加是巴旦亚兰地的亚兰人彼土利的女儿,是亚兰人拉班的妹子。

21 以撒因他妻子不生育,就为他祈求耶和华耶和华应允他的祈求,他的妻子利百加就怀了孕。

22 孩子们在他腹中彼此相争,他就:若是这样,我为甚麽活着呢(或作我为甚麽如此呢)?他就去求问耶和华

23 耶和华对他:两国在你腹内;两族要从你身上出来。这族必强於那族;将来大的要服事小的。

24 生产的日子到了,腹中果然是双子。

25 先产的身体发红,浑身有毛,如同皮衣,他们就给他起名以扫(就是有毛的意思)。

26 又生了以扫兄弟抓住以扫脚跟,因此给他起名雅各(就是抓住的意思)。利百加生下两个儿子的时候,以撒年正六十岁。

27 两个孩子渐渐长大,以扫善於打猎,常在田野;雅各安静,常在帐棚里。

28 以撒以扫,因为常吃他的野味;利百加却雅各

29 有一天,雅各熬汤,以扫从田野回累昏了。

30 以扫雅各:我累昏了,求你把这红汤给我喝。因此以扫以东(就是红的意思)。

31 雅各:你今日把长子的名分给我罢。

32 以扫:我将要,这长子的名分於我有甚麽益处呢?

33 雅各:你今日对我起誓罢。以扫就对他起了誓,把长子的名分雅各

34 於是雅各将饼和红豆汤以扫以扫吃了了,便起来走了。这就是以扫轻看了他长子的名分。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3362

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3362. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Included in Chapter Genesis 21 is the description of a time when Abimelech made a covenant with Abraham, and when Abraham reproached him about a well of water that his servants had seized. Here a very similar description occurs again, involving Abimelech and Isaac, similar also in that, as Abraham had done, so also did Isaac call his wife his sister. From these considerations it is evident that the reason why similar events occurred again and are told again - with the mention of wells in both incidents - involves a Divine arcanum within it. Except for that which is Divine being concealed within them, there would be no value in knowing anything about those events. The internal sense however teaches what is concealed there and the fact that the subject is the Lord when joined to those who are in His Kingdom in heaven and on earth by means of truths - to angels by means of the appearances of truth belonging to a higher degree, and to men by the appearances of truth belonging to a lower degree, consequently by means of the Word where, in the internal sense and in the external sense, those appearances exist.

[2] For Divine truths are such that they cannot possibly be grasped by any angel, still less by any man. They go far beyond the whole range of their understanding. Yet so that the Lord may be joined to angels and men Divine truths flow in, with both angels and men, within appearances; and when those appearances have Divine truths within them, then these Divine truths can be received and acknowledged. And this is done in such a way as is adequate for everyone to grasp them. Appearances therefore, that is, angelic and human truths, exist in three degrees. These are the Divine arcana that are contained in the internal sense within the deeds done and told involving Abimelech and Abraham in Chapter 21, and these involving Abimelech and Isaac in this.

  
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