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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 #3667

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3667. And God Shaddai will bless thee. That this signifies the temptations of that truth and good through which there is conjunction, is evident from the signification of “God Shaddai,” as being temptations (concerning which signification in what follows); and from the signification of being “blessed,” as being conjunction (see n. 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584). Inasmuch as by Jacob is now represented the good of truth, as before shown (n. 3659), therefore that good and truth are here meant by “thee.” The reason why “God Shaddai” signifies temptations, is that in ancient times they distinguished the Supreme God (that is, the Lord) by various names, and this in accordance with His attributes, and in accordance with the goods which are from Him, and also in accordance with the truths, the multiplicity of which is a fact that is known to everyone. They who were of the Ancient Church by all these appellations understood only one God, namely, the Lord, whom they called Jehovah; but after the church had declined from good and truth, and at the same time from this wisdom, they began to worship as many gods as there were appellations of the one God; insomuch that every nation, and at last every family, acknowledged one of them for its own god; hence came the many gods of which mention is often made in the Word.

[2] The same thing took place in the family of Terah the father of Abraham, and also in the house of Abraham himself, who worshiped other gods (as may be seen above, n. 1356, 2559), and especially the God Shaddai (n. 1992). That the worship of this God remained in that house, is evident also from these words in Moses:

I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, in God Shaddai, but by My name Jehovah I was not known to them (Exodus 6:3).

This is the reason why it was said to Abraham: “I am God Shaddai; walk before Me, and be perfect” (Genesis 17:1); and why it is here said by Isaac to Jacob, “God Shaddai will bless thee.” That this is the case is also clearly evident from what follows in this chapter, in that after the Lord had said to Jacob in a dream, “I am Jehovah the God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac” (verse 13), still Jacob afterwards said, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way wherein I walk, and will give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, and I return in peace to my father’s house, then Jehovah shall be to me for God” (verses 20-21); from which it is evident that neither did the house of Jacob acknowledge Jehovah; but that Jacob would acknowledge Him as his God if He would be his benefactor-just as is the case at this day in Christian Gentilism.

[3] But as specifically regards God Shaddai, the Lord had been so called in the Ancient Church with respect to temptations and to blessings and benefits after temptations, as was shown in Second Part (n. 1992). This is the reason why by “God Shaddai” in the internal sense are signified temptations. That by temptations is effected a conjunction of good and truth, see what has already been stated and shown concerning temptations (n. 2819).

  
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3 My words shall utter the uprightness of my heart. That which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.