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創世記 34

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1 レアがヤコブに産んだデナはその地の女たちに会おうと出かけて行ったが、

2 その地のつかさ、ヒビびとハモルのシケムが彼女を見て、引き入れ、これと寝てはずかしめた。

3 彼は深くヤコブの娘デナを慕い、この娘をして、ねんごろに娘に語った。

4 シケムは父ハモルに言った、「この娘をわたしのにめとってください」。

5 さてヤコブはシケムが、娘デナを汚したことを聞いたけれども、その子らが家畜を連れて野にいたので、彼らの帰るまで黙っていた。

6 シケムの父ハモルはヤコブと話し合おうと、ヤコブの所に出てきた。

7 ヤコブの子らは野から帰り、この事を聞いて、悲しみ、かつ非常に怒った。シケムがヤコブの娘と寝て、イスラエルに愚かなことをしたためで、こんなことは、してはならぬ事だからである。

8 ハモルは彼らと語って言った、「わたしのシケムはあなたがたの娘を心に慕っています。どうか彼女を彼のにください。

9 あなたがたはわたしたちと婚姻し、あなたがたのをわたしたちに与え、わたしたちのをあなたがたにめとってください。

10 こうしてあなたがたとわたしたちとは一緒に住みましょう。地はあなたがたのにあります。ここに住んで取引し、ここで財産を獲なさい」。

11 シケムはまたデナの父と兄弟たちとに言った、「あなたがたの前に恵みを得させてください。あなたがたがわたしに言われるものは、なんでもさしあげましょう。

12 たくさんの結納金と贈り物とをお求めになっても、あなたがたの言われるとおりさしあげます。ただこの娘はわたしのにください」。

13 しかし、ヤコブの子らはシケムが彼らの妹デナを汚したので、シケムとその父ハモルに偽って答え、

14 彼らに言った、「われわれは割礼を受けない者に妹をやる事はできません。それはわれわれのとするところですから。

15 ただ、こうなさればわれわれはあなたがたに同意します。もしあなたがたのうち男子がみな割礼を受けて、われわれのようになるなら、

16 われわれのをあなたがたに与え、あなたがたのをわれわれにめとりましょう。そしてわれわれはあなたがたと一緒に住んで一つの民となりましょう。

17 けれども、もしあなたがたがわれわれに聞かず、割礼を受けないなら、われわれは娘を連れて行きます」。

18 彼らの言葉がハモルとハモルのシケムとの心にかなったので、

19 若者は、ためらわずにこの事をした。彼がヤコブの娘を愛したからである。また彼は父ののうちで一番重んじられた者であった。

20 そこでハモルとそのシケムとはに行き、の人々に語って言った、

21 「この人々はわれわれと親しいから、この地に住まわせて、ここで取引をさせよう。地は広く、彼らをいれるにじゅうぶんである。そしてわれわれは彼らのにめとり、われわれのを彼らに与えよう。

22 彼らが割礼を受けているように、もしわれわれのうちの男子が皆、割礼を受けるなら、ただこの事だけで、この人々はわれわれに同意し、われわれと一緒に住んで一つの民となるのだ。

23 そうすれば彼らの家畜と財産とすべてのとは、われわれのものとなるではないか。ただわれわれが彼らに同意すれば、彼らはわれわれと一緒に住むであろう」。

24 そこでに出入りする者はみなハモルとそのシケムとに聞き従って、に出入りするすべての男割礼を受けた。

25 目になって彼らが痛みを覚えている時、ヤコブのふたりの子、すなわちデナの兄弟シメオンとレビとは、おのおのつるぎを取って、不意にを襲い、男子をことごとく殺し、

26 またつるぎの刃にかけてハモルとそのシケムとを殺し、シケムからデナを連れ出した。

27 そしてヤコブの子らは殺された人々をはぎ、をかすめた。彼らが妹を汚したからである。

28 すなわち、牛、ろば及びにあるものと、野にあるもの、

29 並びにすべての貨財を奪い、その子女とたちを皆とりこにし、の中にある物をことごとくかすめた。

30 そこでヤコブはシメオンとレビとに言った、「あなたがたはわたしをこの地の住民、カナンびととペリジびとに忌みきらわせ、わたしに迷惑をかけた。わたしは、人数が少ないから、彼らが集まってわたしを攻め撃つならば、わたしも族も滅ぼされるであろう」。

31 彼らは言った、「わたしたちの妹を遊女のように彼が扱ってよいのですか」。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4448

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4448. 'Shechem my son' means the truth derived from that good. This is clear from the representation of 'Shechem' as interior truth, dealt with in 4430, and so truth derived from the good meant by Hamor, 4447. Actually all the truth of the Church is derived from its good; such truth never arises from any other source. This truth which Shechem represents is called interior truth, being in essence nothing other than the good of charity. Indeed the Most Ancient Church, being celestial, was governed by the good of love to the Lord and as a consequence they had a perception of all truth; for the members of that Church were almost as angels. They also had communication with angels, that being the source of their perception. They never therefore reasoned about any truth of faith, but simply said 'Yes, that is the truth' because they had a perception of it from heaven. They did not even wish to make mention of faith, but of charity instead, see 202, 337, 2715, 2718, 3246. For this reason it is the good of charity that is meant at this point by interior truth. As regards the remnants of that Church existing with Hamor the Hivite and his son Shechem, see immediately above in 4447.

[2] With the Ancient Church, which was spiritual, it was different. This Church was not governed like the Most Ancient Church by love to the Lord but by charity towards the neighbour. Nor was it able to arrive at charity except through the truth of faith, of which, unlike the Most Ancient people, they did not have any perception and therefore began to make investigations into whether the truth was the truth. Regarding the difference between celestial people who had perception and spiritual ones who do not, see 2088, 2669, 2708, 2715, 3235, 3240, 3246, 3887.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #875

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875. 'The dove found no rest for the sole of its foot' means that no good and truth of faith at all had as yet been able to take root. This is clear from the meaning of 'a dove' as the truth of faith, and also from the meaning of 'rest for the sole of the foot' as taking root. The reason why they cannot take root is stated further on, namely that falsities were still there to overflowing. But nobody can begin to understand what all this means unless he knows how the regeneration of the spiritual man is accomplished.

[2] With this man the cognitions of faith drawn from the Word of the Lord - that is, matters of doctrine drawn from that source, which the Ancient Church had from what had been revealed to the Most Ancient Church - had to be planted in his memory, and in this way the understanding part of his mind received instruction. But as long as falsities dwell there to overflowing, truths of faith cannot take root, even though they have been planted there. They remain solely on the surface, or in the memory. Nor, as stated already, does the ground become suitable until falsities have been so dispersed that they do not reappear.

[3] The ground itself with this person is made ready in the understanding part of his mind, and when it has been made ready good that stems from charity is planted in it by the Lord, and through charity conscience from which he then acts, that is, by means of which the Lord produces in him the good and truth of faith. Thus the Lord separates in this man things belonging to his understanding from those belonging to his will in such a manner that they are in no way united. For if they were united he would inevitably and eternally perish.

[4] With the member of the Most Ancient Church things of the will had been united to those of the understanding, as they are with celestial angels too. But with the member of this Church they were not united, nor are they united with the spiritual man. It still seems as though the good of charity which he does is the product of his will, but that is solely an appearance and illusion. All the good of charity which he does is the Lord's alone, coming not by way of the will but of conscience. If the Lord were to let up only slightly and allow a person to act from his own will, he would, from hatred, revenge, and cruelty, perform evil instead of good.

[5] The same applies to the truth which a spiritual man thinks and speaks. Unless he thought and spoke from conscience, and so from good that is the Lord's, he could no more think and speak what is true than the devil's crew when impersonating angels of light. This is perfectly obvious in the next life. From these considerations it is clear how regeneration is accomplished and what the regeneration of a spiritual man is. It is the separation of the understanding part of his mind from the will part by means of conscience, which is formed by the Lord in that understanding part. What is performed in this manner seemingly springs from his own will, but in fact it does so from the Lord.

  
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