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创世记 27

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1 以撒年老,眼睛昏花,不能见,就了他大儿子以扫来,:我儿。以扫:我在这里。

2 :我如今老了,不知道一天死。

3 现在拿你的器械,就是箭囊和,往田野去为我打猎,

4 照我所的做成美味,拿给我,使我在未之先给你祝福

5 以撒对他儿子以扫说话,利百加也见了。以扫往田野去打猎,要得野味带来

6 利百加就对他儿子雅各:我见你父亲对你哥哥以扫

7 你去把野兽带来,做成美味给我,我好在未死之先,在耶和华面前给你祝福

8 现在,我儿,你要照着我所吩咐你的,从我的话。

9 你到羊群里去,给我拿两只肥山羊羔来,我便照你父亲的给他做成美味。

10 你拿到你父亲那里给他,使他在未之先给你祝福

11 雅各对他母亲利百加:我哥哥以扫浑身是有毛的,我身上是光滑的;

12 倘若我父亲摸着我,必以我为欺哄人的,我就招咒诅,不得祝福。

13 母亲对他:我儿,你招的咒诅归到我身上;你只管我的话,去把羊羔给我拿来。

14 他便去拿来,交给他母亲;他母亲就照他父亲的做成美味。

15 利百加又把家里所存大儿子以扫上好的衣服给他小儿子雅各穿上,

16 又用山羊包在雅各的上和颈项的光滑处,

17 就把所做的美味和饼交在他儿子雅各里。

18 雅各到他父亲那里:我父亲!他:我在这里。我儿,你是谁?

19 雅各对他父亲:我是你的长子以扫;我已照你所吩咐我的行了。请起来坐着我的野味,好给我祝福

20 以撒对他儿子:我儿,你如何得这麽呢?他:因为耶和华─你的使我遇见好机会得着的。

21 以撒雅各:我儿,你前来,我摸摸你,知道你真是我的儿子以扫不是?

22 雅各就挨父亲以撒以撒摸着他,声音雅各声音却是以扫

23 以撒就辨不出他来;因为他上有毛,像他哥哥以扫一样,就给他祝福

24 :你真是我儿子以扫麽?他:我是。

25 以撒:你递给我,我好儿子的野味,给你祝福。雅各就递给他,他便吃了,又拿酒给他,他也了。

26 父亲以撒对他:我儿,你上前来与我亲嘴。

27 他就上前与父亲亲嘴。他父亲一衣服上的香气,就给他祝福:我儿的香气如同耶和华赐福之田地的香气一样。

28 赐你上的甘上的肥土,并许多五谷新酒

29 愿多民事奉你,多国跪拜你。愿你作你弟兄的主;你母亲的儿子向你跪拜。凡咒诅你的,愿他受咒诅;为你祝福的,愿他蒙福。

30 以撒雅各祝福已毕,雅各从他父亲那里才出,他哥哥以扫正打猎回

31 也做了美味,拿来给他父亲:请父亲起来,儿子的野味,好给我祝福

32 父亲以撒对他:你是谁?他:我是你的长子以扫

33 以撒地战兢,:你未之先,是谁得了野味拿给我呢?我已经吃了,为他祝福;他将也必蒙福。

34 以扫了他父亲,就放声痛哭,:我父阿,求你也为我祝福

35 以撒:你兄弟已经用诡计将你的福分夺去了。

36 以扫:他名雅各,岂不是正对麽?因为他欺骗了我两次:他从前夺了我长子的名分,你看,他现在又夺了我的福分。以扫又:你没有留下为我可祝的福麽?

37 以撒回答以扫:我已立他为你的主,使他的弟兄都他作仆人,并赐他五谷新酒可以养生。我儿,现在我还能为你做甚麽呢?

38 以扫对他父亲:父阿,你只有样可祝的福麽?我父阿,求你也为我祝福以扫就放声而哭。

39 父亲以撒上的肥土必为你所上的甘必为你所得。

40 你必倚靠刀度日,又必事奉你的兄弟;到你强盛的时候,必从你颈项上挣开他的轭。

41 以扫因他父亲雅各祝的福,就怨恨雅各:为我父亲居丧的日子近了,到那时候,我要杀我的兄弟雅各

42 有人把利百加大儿子以扫告诉利百加,他就打发人去,了他小儿子雅各来,对他:你哥哥以扫想要杀你,报仇雪恨。

43 现在,我儿,你要我的话:起来,逃往哈兰、我哥哥拉班那里去,

44 同他些日子,直等你哥哥的怒气消了。

45 哥哥向你消了怒气,忘了你向他所做的事,我便打发人去把你从那里带回来。为甚麽日丧你们人呢?

46 利百加对以撒:我因这赫人的女子连性命都厌烦了;倘若雅各也娶赫人的女子为妻,像这些一样,我活着还有甚麽益处呢?

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3717

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3717. 'And I did not know it' means being in obscurity. This becomes clear without explanation, for 'not knowing' or being ignorant of something means obscurity so far as things understood by the mind are concerned. Because 'not knowing' or being ignorant of something means obscurity, and because also 'awakening from sleep' means becoming enlightened, one may see what the internal sense is and what this is like. That is to say, one may see that the nature of the images belonging to the literal sense is such that they present themselves to a person's external sight or any of his other senses and are also perceived by him as those senses perceive them. But the nature of the images belonging to the internal sense is such that these present themselves to a person's internal sight or any of his other inner sensory powers. The things therefore that are contained in the literal sense and are perceived by a person on the level of the external senses, that is, on the level of worldly images or of ideas formed from these, are perceived by the angels on the level of the internal senses, that is, on that of things in heaven or of ideas formed from these. The difference between images in the literal sense and those in the internal is like that between the things that belong to the light of the world and those that belong to the light of heaven. Those belonging to the light of the world are devoid of life compared with those belonging to the light of heaven; for the light of heaven holds wisdom and intelligence from the Lord within it, 3636, 3643. Consequently when things belonging to the light of the world are removed or cast away those that belong to the light of heaven are left, celestial images replacing earthly ones and spiritual replacing natural. So, as stated above, not knowing or being ignorant comes to mean being in a state of obscurity where good and truth are concerned, and 'awakening from sleep' comes to mean becoming enlightened. And it is similar with all other images in the literal sense.

  
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