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創世記 28

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1 イサクはヤコブを呼んで、これを祝福し、命じて言った、「あなたはカナンにめとってはならない。

2 立ってパダンアラムへ行き、あなたのの父ベトエルのに行って、そこであなたのラバンのにめとりなさい。

3 全能の神が、あなたを祝福し、多くの子を得させ、かつふえさせて、多くの国民とし、

4 またアブラハムの祝福をあなたと子孫とに与えて、アブラハムに授けられたあなたの寄留の地を継がせてくださるように」。

5 こうしてイサクはヤコブを送り出した。ヤコブはパダンアラムに向かい、アラムびとベトエルので、ヤコブとエサウとのリベカのラバンのもとへ行った。

6 さてエサウは、イサクがヤコブを祝福して、パダンアラムにつかわし、そこからをめとらせようとしたこと、彼を祝福し、命じて「あなたはカナンにめとってはならない」と言ったこと、

7 そしてヤコブが父の言葉に従って、パダンアラムへ行ったことを知ったとき、

8 彼はカナンが父イサクの心にかなわないのを見た

9 そこでエサウはイシマエルの所に行き、すでにあるたちのほかにアブラハムのイシマエルの娘で、ネバヨテの妹マハラテをにめとった。

10 さてヤコブはベエルシバを立って、ハランへ向かったが、

11 一つの所に着いた時、日が暮れたので、そこに一夜を過ごし、その所のを取ってまくらとし、そこに伏して寝た。

12 時に彼はをみた。一つのはしごが地の上に立っていて、その頂は天に達し、神の使たちがそれを上り下りしているのを見た。

13 そしては彼のそばに立って言われた、「わたしはあなたの父アブラハムの、イサクのである。あなたが伏している地を、あなたと子孫とに与えよう。

14 あなたの子孫は地のちりのように多くなって、西、東、にひろがり、地の諸族はあなたと子孫とによって祝福をうけるであろう。

15 わたしはあなたと共にいて、あなたがどこへ行くにもあなたを守り、あなたをこの地に連れ帰るであろう。わたしは決してあなたを捨てず、あなたに語った事を行うであろう」。

16 ヤコブは眠りからさめて言った、「まことにがこの所におられるのに、わたしは知らなかった」。

17 そして彼は恐れて言った、「これはなんという恐るべき所だろう。これは神のである。これは天のだ」。

18 ヤコブははやく起きて、まくらとしていたを取り、それを立てて柱とし、その頂にを注いで、

19 その所の名をベテルと名づけた。そのの名は初めはルズといった。

20 ヤコブは誓いを立てて言った、「がわたしと共にいまし、わたしの行くこの道でわたしを守り、食べるパンと着る着物を賜い、

21 安らかに父のに帰らせてくださるなら、をわたしのといたしましょう。

22 またわたしが柱に立てたこの神のといたしましょう。そしてあなたがくださるすべての物の十分の一を、わたしは必ずあなたにささげます」。

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3702

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3702. And behold Jehovah standing upon it. That this signifies the Lord in the highest, is evident from the fact that in the Word of the Old Testament the Lord is so often called “Jehovah” (see n. 1736, 3023, 3035); and that in the Word of the New Testament He is nowhere called “Jehovah,” but instead of Jehovah “the Lord” (n. 2921). That “standing upon it,” signifies to be in the highest, is evident without explication. The arcanum which lies concealed in the internal sense of these words, is that all goods and truths descend from the Lord, and ascend to Him; that is, that He is the first and the last; for man has been so created that the Divine things of the Lord may descend through him down to the ultimates of nature, and from the ultimates of nature may ascend to Him; so that man might be a medium that unites the Divine with the world of nature, and the world of nature with the Divine; and that thus the very ultimate of nature might live from the Divine through man as the uniting medium; which would be the case if man had lived according to Divine order.

[2] That man was so created is evident from the fact that as to his body he is a little world, for all the arcana of the world of nature are stored within him; for every hidden property there is in the ether and its modifications is stored within the eye; and every property in the air is stored within the ear; and whatever invisible thing floats and acts in the air is in the organ of smell where it is perceived; and whatever invisible thing there is in waters and other fluids is in the organ of taste; and the very changes of state are in the sense of touch everywhere in the body; besides that things still more hidden would be perceived in his interior organs if his life were in accordance with order. Hence it is evident that there would be a descent of the Divine through man into the ultimate of nature, and from the ultimate of nature there would be an ascent to the Divine, if with faith of heart, that is, with love, man would only acknowledge the Lord as his first and last end.

[3] In such a state were the most ancient people, who were celestial men; for whatever they apprehended by any sense was to them a means for thinking concerning the things of the Lord; thus concerning the Lord and His kingdom; and from this came the delight they derived from things worldly and terrestrial (see n. 1409, 2896, 2897, 2995). Moreover when they thus contemplated the lower and ultimate things of nature, these appeared before their eyes as if they were alive; for the life from which they descended was in their internal sight and perception, and the objects presented to their eyes were as images of this life; which images, although inanimate, to them were thereby animated. Such is the perception the celestial angels have regarding all things in the world; as has frequently been given me to perceive; and hence also little children have such a perception (n. 2297, 2298). From all this we can see what is the quality of those through whom the Divine things of the Lord descend down to the ultimates of nature, and from the ultimates of nature ascend to Him, and represent the Divine communication and the consequent conjunction which in the supreme sense are signified by the “angels ascending and descending on the ladder set on the earth, whose head reached unto heaven, and upon which stood Jehovah.”

  
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