The Bible

 

创世记 36

Study

   

1 以扫就是以东,他的後代记在下面。

2 以扫迦南的女子为妻,就是赫人以伦的女儿亚大和希未人祭便的孙女、亚拿的女儿阿何利巴玛,

3 又娶了以实玛利的女儿、尼拜约的妹子巴实抹。

4 亚大给以扫生了以利法;巴实抹生了流珥;

5 阿何利巴玛生了耶乌施、雅兰、可拉。这都是以扫的儿子,是在迦南生的。

6 以扫带着他的妻子、儿女,与家中一切的人口,并他的羊、牲畜,和一切货财,就是他在迦南所得的,往别处去,离了他兄弟雅各

7 因为二人的财物群畜甚多,寄居的方容不下他们,所以不能同居。

8 於是以扫在西珥里;以扫就是以东

9 以扫是西珥以东人的始祖,他的後代记在下面。

10 以扫众子的名字如下。以扫妻子亚大生以利法;以扫妻子巴实抹生流珥。

11 以利法的儿子是提幔、阿抹、洗玻、迦坦、基纳斯。

12 亭纳是以扫儿子以利法的妾;他给以利法生了亚玛力。这是以扫妻子亚大的子孙。

13 流珥的儿子是拿哈、谢拉、沙玛、米撒。这是以扫妻子巴实抹的子孙。

14 以扫妻子阿何利巴玛是祭便的孙女,亚拿的女儿;他给以扫生了耶乌施、雅兰、可拉

15 以扫子孙中作族长的记在下面。以扫长子以利法的子孙中,有提幔族长、阿抹族长、洗玻族长,基纳斯族长、

16 可拉族长、迦坦族长、亚玛力族长。这是在以东从以利法所出的族长,都是亚大的子孙。

17 以扫儿子流珥的子孙中,有拿哈族长、谢拉族长、沙玛族长、米撒族长。这是在以东从流珥所出的族长,都是以扫妻子巴实抹的子孙。

18 以扫妻子阿何利巴玛的子孙中,有耶乌施族长、雅兰族长、可拉族长。这是从以扫妻子,亚拿的女儿,阿何利巴玛子孙中所出的族长。

19 以上的族长都是以扫的子孙;以扫就是以东

20 原有的居民─何利人西珥的子孙记在下面:就是罗坍、朔巴、祭便、亚拿、

21 底顺、以察、底珊。这是从以东的何利人西珥子孙中所出的族长。

22 罗坍的儿子是何利、希幔;罗坍的妹子是亭纳。

23 朔巴的儿子是亚勒文、玛拿辖、以巴录、示玻、阿南。

24 祭便的儿子是亚雅、亚拿〈当时在旷野放他父亲祭便的,遇着温泉的,就是这亚拿〉。

25 亚拿的儿子是底顺;亚拿的女儿是阿何利巴玛。

26 底顺的儿子是欣但、伊是班、益兰、基兰。

27 以察的儿子是辟罕、撒番、亚干。

28 底珊的儿子是乌斯、亚兰。

29 从何利人所出的族长记在下面:就是罗坍族长、朔巴族长、祭便族长、亚拿族长、

30 底顺族长、以察族长、底珊族长。这是从何利人所出的族长,都在西珥,按着宗族作族长。

31 以色列人未有君治理以先,在以东的记在下面。

32 比珥的儿子比拉在以东作王,他的京城名叫亭哈巴。

33 比拉死了,波斯拉人谢拉的儿子约巴接续他作王。

34 约巴死了,提幔的人户珊接续他作王。

35 户珊死了,比达的儿子哈达接续他作王;这哈达就是在摩押地杀败米甸人的,他的京城名叫亚未得。

36 哈达死了,玛士利加人桑拉接续他作王。

37 桑拉死了,大边的利伯人扫罗接续他作王。

38 扫罗死了,亚革波的儿子巴勒哈南接续他作王。

39 亚革波的儿子巴勒哈南死了,哈达接续他作王,他的京城名叫巴乌;他的妻子名叫米希他别,是米萨合的孙女,玛特列的女儿。

40 以扫所出的族长,按着他们的宗族、住处、名字记在下面:就是亭纳族长、亚勒瓦族长、耶帖族长、

41 阿何利巴玛族长、以拉族长、比嫩族长、

42 基纳斯族长、提幔族长、米比萨族长、

43 玛基叠族长、以兰族长。这是以东人在所得为业的上,按着他们的处。〈所有的族长都是以东人的始祖以扫的後代。〉

   

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #4544

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

4544. 'Remove the gods of the foreigner which are in the midst of you' means that falsities were to be cast aside. This is clear from the meaning of 'removing' as casting aside, and from the meaning of 'the gods of the foreigner' as falsities; for in the Word 'gods' means truths and in the contrary sense falsities, 4402. Those people were called 'foreigners' who were outside the Church and therefore those who were subject to falsities and evils, 2049, 2115; and this explains why 'the gods of the foreigner' means falsities.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #2935

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

2935. 'Let him give me the cave of Machpelah [which is his]' means the obscurity of faith [that was theirs]. This is clear from the meaning of 'a cave' as obscurity, dealt with in 2463, and from the meaning of 'Machpelah' as faith which is enveloped in obscurity. The reason 'a cave' means obscurity is that it is a place filled with darkness. When reference is made to a mountain cave - as in Genesis 19:30, where it is said that Lot lived in a mountain cave - obscurity as regards good is meant, but when reference is made to the cave in the field of Machpelah obscurity as regards truth is meant. Here, because the expression 'the cave of Machpelah' is used - Machpelah being the field at the end of which the cave was situated - an obscurity as regards truth, or what amounts to the same, as regards faith is meant. From this it is also evident that Machpelah is faith which is enveloped in obscurity.

[2] Those who are being regenerated and becoming spiritual are very much in obscurity as regards truth. With them good from the Lord is indeed flowing in, but truth less so. Consequently a parallelism and correspondence exists with man between the Lord and good, but not between Him and truth, see 1832. The chief reason for this is that men do not know what good is, and if they did know they would still not believe it at heart. And as long as their good is enveloped in obscurity, so too is their truth, for it is from good that all truth springs. Or to be more explicit, the idea that the Lord is Good itself, and that everything which in itself is a manifestation of love to Him and of charity towards the neighbour is good, and that everything which declares and confirms this is truth, they do not know except in an extremely obscure way. Indeed they even entertain doubts, and allow reasonings to enter in against those considerations. And as long as their state is such, the light of truth from the Lord cannot flow in. Indeed they think of the Lord as they do of another human being and not of Him as God; and they model their idea of love to Him on some worldly kind of love. What genuine affection that stems from charity towards the neighbour is they scarcely know at all, or even what charity is and what the neighbour is. Yet these are essentials. From this one may recognize the great obscurity in which spiritual people are and which is all the greater before regeneration has taken place, which state is the subject here.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.