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1 Koska Abram oli yhdeksänkymmenen ja yhdeksän ajastaikainen, näkyi Herra Abramille ja sanoi hänelle: Minä olen Jumala kaikkivaltias: vaella minun edessäni, ja ole vakaa.

2 Ja minä teen liittoni minun ja sinun välilles, ja lisään sinun sangen suuresti.

3 Ja Abram lankesi kasvoillensa: Ja Jumala puhui hänen kanssansa, sanoen:

4 Katso, Minä olen, ja minun liittoni on sinun kanssas, ja sinä tulet paljon kansan isäksi.

5 Sentähden ei sinua pidä enää kutsuttaman Abram; mutta Abrahamin pitää oleman sinun nimes: sillä minä olen tehnyt sinun paljon kansan isäksi.

6 Ja teen sinun sangen suuresti hedelmälliseksi, ja asetan sinun kansoiksi: ja kuninkaat tulevat sinusta.

7 Ja minä teen minun liittoni minun vaiheelleni ja sinun, ja sinun siemenes sinun jälkees, heidän suvuissansa ijankaikkiseksi liitoksi: että minä olen sinun Jumalas, ja sinun siemenes sinun jälkees.

8 Ja annan sinulle ja sinun siemenelles sinun jälkees, sen maan, jossa sinä muukalainen olet; koko Kanaanin maan ijäiseksi omaisuudeksi: ja olen heidän Jumalansa.

9 Ja Jumala sanoi Abrahamille: pidä siis minun liittoni, sinä ja sinun siemenes sinun jälkees, heidän suvuissansa.

10 Ja tämä on liitto, jonka teidän pitämän pitää, minun vaiheellani ja teidän, ja sinun siemenes vaiheella sinun jälkees: kaikki miehenpuoli pitää teidän seassanne ympärileikattaman.

11 Ja teidän pitää ympärileikkaaman teidän esinahkanne lihan: sen pitää oleman liiton merkiksi minun ja teidän vaiheellanne.

12 Kahdeksan päiväinen poikalapsi pitää ympärileikattaman teidän seassanne, kaikki miehenpuoli teidän suvuissanne: kotona syntynyt, eli kaikkinaiselta muukalaiselta rahalla ostettu, joka ei ole sinun siemenestäs.

13 Kaiketi pitää ympärileikattaman sekä kotonas syntynyt, että rahallas ostettu; ja niin minun liittoni on oleva teidän lihassanne ijankaikkiseksi liitoksi.

14 Ja jonka esinahallisen miehenpuolen esinahan liha ei ympärileikata, se sielu pitää hukutettaman kansastansa: hän on minun liittoni rikkonut.

15 Ja Jumala sanoi Abrahamille: Saraita sinun emäntääs ei pidä sinun enää kutsuman Sarai; vaan Saara pitää oleman hänen nimensä:

16 Sillä minä siunaan häntä, ja annan myös hänestä sinulle pojan; sillä minä siunaan hänen , ja hän on tuleva kansoiksi, ja kansain kuninkaat tulevat hänestä.

17 Ja Abraham lankesi kasvoillensa ja naurahti, ja sanoi sydämessänsä: syntyneekö sadanajastaikaiselle poika? ja Saara yhdeksänkymmenen ajastaikainen synnyttäneekö?

18 Ja Abraham sanoi Jumalalle: josko Ismael sais elää sinun edessäs!

19 Niin sanoi Jumala: Tosin Saara sinun emäntäs synnyttää sinulle pojan ja sinun pitää hänen nimensä kutsuman Isaak: ja minä teen minun liittoni hänen kanssansa ijankaikkiseksi liitoksi, hänen siemenellensä hänen jälkeensä.

20 Ismaelista olen minä myös sinun rukoukses kuullut, katso, minä olen siunannut häntä, ja teen hänen hedelmälliseksi, ja lisään hänen sangen suuresti: kaksitoistakymmentä ruhtinasta pitää hänen siittämän, ja minä teen hänen suureksi kansaksi.

21 Mutta minun liittoni teen minä Isaakin kanssa; jonka Saara on sinulle synnyttävä, tähän aikaan tulevana vuonna.

22 Ja kuin puhe oli päätetty hänen kanssansa, meni Jumala ylös Abrahamin tyköä.

23 Ja Abraham otti poikansa Ismaelin, ja kaikki kotona syntyneet, ja kaikki ostetut: kaiken miehenpuolen Abrahamin huoneessa: ja ympärileikkasi heidän esinahkansa lihan, kohta sinä päivänä kuin Jumala oli puhunut hänen kanssansa.

24 Ja Abraham oli yhdeksän ja yhdeksänkymmenen ajastaikainen, koska hänen esinahkansa liha ympärileikattiin.

25 Mutta Ismael hänen poikansa oli kolmentoistakymmenen ajastaikainen, koska hänen esinahkansa liha ympärileikattiin.

26 Yhtenä päivänä ympärileikattiin Abraham, ja Ismael hänen poikansa.

27 Ja kaikki miehenpuoli hänen huoneessansa, kotona syntyneet ja muukalaisilta ostetut, ympärileikattiin hänen kanssansa.

   


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Arcana Coelestia #2075

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2075. 'And will Sarah, a daughter of ninety years, give birth?' means that truth joined to good will achieve this. This is clear from the representation and meaning of 'Sarah' as truth joined to good, which is Divine truth, and from the meaning of the number 'ninety', or what amounts to the same, 'nine'. One is bound to be surprised that the number 'a hundred years', which was Abraham's age, means that the Rational belonging to the Lord's Human Essence was to be united to the Divine Essence, and that the number 'ninety years', which was Sarah's age, means that truth joined to good would achieve this. But as there is nothing in the Lord's Word that is not heavenly and Divine, the same must be true of the actual numbers which appear there. That all numbers used in the Word, as with all names used in it, mean real things has been shown in Volume One, in 482, 487, 488, 493, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 893, 1988.

[2] Now as regards the number nine meaning conjunction, more so the number ninety, which is the product of nine times ten, 'ten' meaning remnants by which conjunction is achieved - as shown by what has been said above at the end of 1988 - this is also made clear from the following representatives and meaningful signs. It was commanded that on the tenth day of the seventh month there was to be a day of atonement, and that this was to be a sabbath of rest; 1 and on the ninth day of the seventh month in the evening, from one evening to the next, they were to celebrate the sabbath, Leviticus 23:27, 32.

[3] In the internal sense these details mean conjunction through remnants, that is to say, 'nine' means conjunction and 'ten' remnants. The existence of a Divine arcanum lying concealed within these numbers is quite evident from the months and the days of the year which were to be held sacred, for example, every seventh day was to be a sabbath; every seventh month, as stated here, was to be a sabbath of rests; likewise every seventh year, and also every seven times seventh year, which was to mark the start of a jubilee year. The same applies to all other numbers in the Word, for example, to the number three which has almost the same meaning as seven; to the number twelve which means all things belonging to faith; and to the number ten which, the same as tenths, means remnants, 576; and so on. And in the verses from Leviticus quoted above, unless the numbers ten and nine embodied arcana it would by no means have been commanded that there should be this sabbath of rest 1 on the tenth day of the seventh month, and that they should celebrate it on the ninth day of the month. Such is the Word of the Lord in the internal sense, even though nothing of the sort is evident in the historical sense.

[4] The same applies to what is recorded about Jerusalem being besieged by Nebuchadnezzar in the ninth year of Zedekiah, and about its being breached on the ninth day of the month in the eleventh year, as follows in the Second Book of Kings,

In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel came against Jerusalem, and the city came under siege until the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. On the ninth day of the month the famine was severe in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land; and the city was breached. 2 Kings 25:1, 3-4.

'The ninth year, the tenth month' and 'the eleventh year and ninth day of the month when there was a famine in the city and no bread for the people of the land' means in the internal sense that no conjunction by means of the things of faith and charity existed any longer. 'Famine in the city and no bread for the people of the land' means that no faith at all nor any charity at all was left. This is the internal sense of these words which is nowhere apparent in the letter. Matters like these shine out even less from the historical sections of the Word than from the prophetical because the historical incidents captivate the mind (animus), so much that belief in anything deeper there is scarcely possible. Yet all those incidents are representative and the words used to describe them in every case carry spiritual meanings. These matters are hard to believe but they are nevertheless true, see 1769 1772.

Footnotes:

1. literally, a sabbath of a sabbath

  
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Arcana Coelestia #648

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648. As for numbers and measurements in the Word meaning celestial and spiritual things, this becomes quite clear from the measuring of the New Jerusalem and of the Temple in John and Ezekiel. It may become clear to anyone that the 'New Jerusalem' and the 'New Temple' mean the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, and that the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth is not subject to earthly measurements, even though the size of it - its length, breadth, and height - is specified numerically. From this anyone may conclude that numbers and measurements mean things that are holy, as in John,

I was given a measuring rod like a staff, and the angel stood and said to me, Rise and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and those who worship in it. Revelation 11:1.

And concerning the New Jerusalem,

The wall of the heavenly Jerusalem was great and high, having twelve gates, and above the gates twelve angels, and names written which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel; on the east three gates, on the north three gates, on the south three gates, and on the west three gates. The wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them the twelve names of the apostles of the Lamb. He who talked to me had a golden measuring-rod to measure the city, and its gates, and its wall. The city lies four-square, and its length is the same as its breadth. He therefore measured the city with the measuring rod, twelve thousand stadia; its length and breadth and height were equal. He measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Revelation 21:12-17.

[2] Here the number twelve occurs repeatedly. It is a very holy number since it means the holy things of faith, as has been stated above at verse 3 of this chapter, and in the Lord's Divine mercy will be shown at Genesis 29, 30. Hence also the comment added at the end of the quotation set out above about this measure being 'the measure of a man, that is, of an angel'. The same applies with the New Temple and the New Jerusalem in Ezekiel, which are also described according to their measurements, Chapter 40:3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13-14, 22, 25, 30, 36, 42, 47; Ezekiel 41:1-end; 42:5-15; Zechariah 2:1-2. There also, regarded in themselves the numbers mean nothing but celestial and spiritual holiness independent of actual numbers. The same applies to all the numbers giving the dimensions of the Ark, Exodus 25:10, and similarly of the mercy seat, the golden table, the Tabernacle, the altar, Exodus 25:17, 23; Exodus 26; 27:1; and to all the numbers and dimensions of the Temple, 1 Kings 6:2-3, and many other examples.

  
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