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1 아브라함 때에 첫 흉년이 들었더니 그 땅에 또 흉년이 들매 이삭이 그랄로 가서 블레셋 왕 아비멜렉에게 이르렀더니

2 여호와께서 이삭에게 나타나 가라사대 애굽으로 내려가지 말고 내가 네게 지시하는 땅에 거하라

3 이 땅에 유하면 내가 너와 함께 있어 네게 주고 내가 이 모든 땅을 너와 네 자손에게 주리라 내가 네 아비 아브라함에게 맹세한 것을 이루어

4 네 자손을 하늘의 별과 같이 번성케 하며 이 모든 땅을 네 자손에게 주리니 네 자손을 인하여 천하 만민이 복을 받으리라

5 이는 아브라함이 내 말을 순종하고 내 명령과, 내 계명과, 내 율례와, 내 법도를 지켰음이니라 하시니라

6 이삭이 그랄에 거하였더니

7 그 곳 사람들이 그 아내를 물으매 그가 말하기를 그는 나의 누이라 하였으니 리브가는 보기에 아리따우므로 그 곳 백성이 리브가로 인하여 자기를 죽일까 하여 그는 나의 아내라 하기를 두려워 함이었더라

8 이삭이 거기 오래 거하였더니 이삭이 그 아내 리브가를 껴안은 것을 블레셋 왕 아비멜렉이 창으로 내다본지라

9 이에 아비멜렉이 이삭을 불러 이르되 `그가 정녕 네 아내여늘 어찌 네 누이라 하였느냐 ?' 이삭이 그에게 대답하되 `내 생각에 그를 인하여 내가 죽게 될까 두려워하였음이로라'

10 아비멜렉이 가로되 `네가 어찌 우리에게 이렇게 행하였느냐 ? 백성 중 하나가 네 아내와 동침하기 쉬웠을뻔 하였은즉 네가 죄를 우리에게 입혔으리라'

11 아비멜렉이 이에 모든 백성에게 명하여 가로되 `이 사람이나 그 아내에게 범하는 자는 죽이리라' 하였더라

12 이삭이 그 땅에서 농사하여 그 해에 백배나 얻었고 여호와께서 복을 주시므로

13 그 사람이 창대하고 왕성하여 마침내 거부가 되어

14 양과 소가 떼를 이루고 노복이 심히 많으므로 블레셋 사람이 그를 시기하여

15 그 아비 아브라함 때에 그 아비의 종들이 판 모든 우물을 막고 흙으로 메웠더라

16 아비멜렉이 이삭에게 이르되 `네가 우리보다 크게 강성한즉 우리를 떠나가라'

17 이삭이 그곳을 떠나 그랄 골짜기에 장막을 치고 거기 우거하며

18 그 아비 아브라함 때에 팠던 우물들을 다시 팠으니 이는 아브라함 죽은 후에 블레셋 사람이 그 우물들을 메웠음이라 이삭이 그 우물들의 이름을 그 아비의 부르던 이름으로 불렀더라

19 이삭의 종들이 골짜기에 파서 샘 근원을 얻었더니

20 그랄 목자들이 이삭의 목자와 다투어 가로되 `이 물은 우리의 것이라' 하매 이삭이 그 다툼을 인하여 그 우물 이름을 에섹이라 하였으며

21 또 다른 우물을 팠더니 그들이 또 다투는고로 그 이름을 싯나라 하였으며

22 이삭이 거기서 옮겨 다른 우물을 팠더니 그들이 다투지 아니하였으므로 그 이름을 르호봇이라 하여 가로되 `이제는 여호와께서 우리의 장소를 넓게 하셨으니 이 땅에서 우리가 번성하리로다' 하였더라

23 이삭이 거기서부터 브엘세바로 올라갔더니

24 그 밤에 여호와께서 그에게 나타나 가라사대 나는 네 아비 아브라함의 하나님이니 두려워 말라! 내 종 아브라함을 위하여 내가 너와 함께 있어 네게 복을 주어 네 자손으로 번성케 하리라 하신지라

25 이삭이 그 곳에 단을 쌓아 여호와의 이름을 부르고 거기 장막을 쳤더니 그 종들이 거기서도 우물을 팠더라

26 아비멜렉이 그 친구 아훗삿과 군대장관 비골로 더불어 그랄에서부터 이삭에게로 온지라

27 이삭이 그들에게 이르되 `너희가 나를 미워하여 나로 너희를 떠나가게 하였거늘 어찌하여 내게 왔느냐 ?'

28 그들이 가로되 `여호와께서 너와 함께 계심을 우리가 분명히 보았으므로 우리의 사이 곧 우리와 너의 사이에 맹세를 세워 너와 계약을 맺으리라 말하였노라

29 너는 우리를 해하지 말라 이는 우리가 너를 범하지 아니하고 선한 일만 네게 행하며 너로 평안히 가게 하였음이니라 이제 너는 여호와께 복을 받은 자니라 !'

30 이삭이 그들을 위하여 잔치를 베풀매 그들이 먹고 마시고

31 아침에 일찌기 일어나 서로 맹세한 후에 이삭이 그들을 보내매 그들이 평안히 갔더라

32 그 날에 이삭의 종들이 자기들의 판 우물에 대하여 이삭에게 와서 고하여 가로되 `우리가 물을 얻었나이다' 하매

33 그가 그 이름을 세바라 한지라 그러므로 그 성읍 이름이 오늘까지 브엘세바더라

34 에서가 사십세에 헷 족속 브에리의 딸 유딧과, 헷 족속 엘론의 딸 바스맛을 아내로 취하였더니

35 그들이 이삭과 리브가의 마음의 근심이 되었더라

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3365

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3365. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar. That this signifies the doctrinal things of faith, is evident from the representation of Isaac, as being the Lord as to the Divine rational (see above, n. 1893, 2066, 2072, 2083, 2630; and that “Isaac” is the Lord’s Divine rational as to Divine good, n. 3012, 3194, 3210; and also as to Divine truth, which is represented by the marriage of Isaac with Rebekah, n. 3012, 3013, 3077); thus by Isaac is here represented the Lord as to Divine truth conjoined with the Divine good of the rational; for Rebekah was with Isaac, and was called “sister;” from the representation of Abimelech, as being the doctrine of faith that looks to rational things (n. 2504, 2509, 2510, 2530); and from the signification of the “king of the Philistines,” as being doctrinal things (that in the internal sense a “king” denotes the truth which is of doctrine, may be seen above, n. 1672, 2015, 2069; and that the “Philistines” signify the memory-knowledge of knowledges, which also is that of doctrinal things, n. 1197, 1198); and from the signification of “Gerar,” as being faith (n. 1209, 2504).

This shows what is signified by Isaac’s going to Abimelech king of the Philistines, unto Gerar, namely, that from the Lord comes the doctrine of faith that looks to rational things; or what is the same, the doctrinal things of faith. All those things are called doctrinal which are of doctrine, and which insofar as they can be received and acknowledged in heaven by angels, and on earth by men, are said to look to rational things, for it is the rational that receives and acknowledges them. But the rational is such that it cannot possibly apprehend Divine things, for it is finite, and the finite cannot apprehend what is of the infinite; and consequently truths Divine from the Lord are presented before the rational by means of appearances. Hence it is that doctrinal things are nothing but appearances of truth Divine, that is, nothing but celestial and spiritual vessels, within which is what is Divine; and because the Divine, that is, the Lord, is in them, they affect us, whence comes the conjunction of the Lord with angels and men.

  
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Genesis 26

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1 There was a famine in the land, besides the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

2 Yahweh appeared to him, and said, "Don't go down into Egypt. Live in the land I will tell you about.

3 Live in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.

4 I will multiply your seed as the stars of the sky, and will give to your seed all these lands. In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed,

5 because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my requirements, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."

6 Isaac lived in Gerar.

7 The men of the place asked him about his wife. He said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "My wife," lest, he thought, "the men of the place might kill me for Rebekah, because she is beautiful to look at."

8 It happened, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was caressing Rebekah, his wife.

9 Abimelech called Isaac, and said, "Behold, surely she is your wife. Why did you say, 'She is my sister?'" Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'Lest I die because of her.'"

10 Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"

11 Abimelech commanded all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death."

12 Isaac sowed in that land, and reaped in the same year one hundred times what he planted. Yahweh blessed him.

13 The man grew great, and grew more and more until he became very great.

14 He had possessions of flocks, possessions of herds, and a great household. The Philistines envied him.

15 Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

16 Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go from us, for you are much mightier than we."

17 Isaac departed from there, encamped in the valley of Gerar, and lived there.

18 Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.

19 Isaac's servants dug in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

20 The herdsmen of Gerar argued with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water is ours." He called the name of the well Esek, because they contended with him.

21 They dug another well, and they argued over that, also. He called its name Sitnah.

22 He left that place, and dug another well. They didn't argue over that one. He called it Rehoboth. He said, "For now Yahweh has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land."

23 He went up from there to Beersheba.

24 Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake."

25 He built an altar there, and called on the name of Yahweh, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac's servants dug a well.

26 Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the captain of his army.

27 Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me, and have sent me away from you?"

28 They said, "We saw plainly that Yahweh was with you. We said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you,

29 that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace.' You are now the blessed of Yahweh."

30 He made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

31 They rose up some time in the morning, and swore one to another. Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace.

32 It happened the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water."

33 He called it Shibah. Therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day.

34 When Esau was forty years old, he took as wife Judith, the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath, the daughter of Elon the Hittite.

35 They grieved Isaac's and Rebekah's spirits.