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Genesis 14

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1 Anomis dienomis karalius Amrafelis iš Šinaro, karalius Arjochas iš Elasaro, Elamo karalius Kedorlaomeras ir Goimo karalius Tidalas

2 pradėjo karą su Sodomos karaliumi Bera, Gomoros karaliumi Birša, Admos karaliumi Šinabu, Ceboimo karaliumi Šemeberu ir karaliumi Belos, dar vadinamo Coaru.

3 Visi šitie, sudarę sąjungą, ėjo į Sidimo slėnį, kur dabar yra Druskos jūra.

4 Dvylika metų jie tarnavo Kedorlaomeriui, o tryliktaisiais metais sukilo.

5 Keturioliktaisiais metais atėjo Kedorlaomeris ir jo sąjungininkai. Jie sumušė refajus Aštarot Karnaime, zūzus Hame, emus Šave Kirjataimo lygumoje

6 ir horus Seyro kalne iki El Parano, kuris siekia dykumą.

7 Paskui jie atėjo į En Mišpatą, tai yra Kadešą, ir nusiaubė visą amalekiečių kraštą ir amoritus, kurie gyveno Hacecon Tamaroje.

8 Tada išėjo Sodomos, Gomoros, Admos, Ceboimo ir Belos karaliai ir išsirikiavo kovai Sidimo slėnyje:

9 prieš Elamo karalių Kedorlaomerį, Goimo karalių Tidalą, Šinaro karalių Amrafelį ir Elasaro karalių Arjochą­keturi karaliai prieš penkis.

10 Sidimo slėnis buvo pilnas dervos duobių. Bėgdami Sodomos ir Gomoros karaliai įkrito į jas, o likusieji pabėgo į kalnus.

11 Laimėtojai, pasigrobę visą Sodomos bei Gomoros turtą ir visas atsargas, nuėjo.

12 Jie taip pat paėmė Abromo brolio sūnų Lotą, kuris gyveno Sodomoje, ir jo turtą.

13 Vienas iš pabėgusiųjų atėjęs pranešė tai Abromui, hebrajui, gyvenančiam amorito Mamrės ąžuolyne; Mamrė ir jo broliai Eškolas ir Aneras buvo Abromo sąjungininkai.

14 Abromas išgirdęs, kad jo brolio sūnus buvo išvestas į nelaisvę, apginklavo tris šimtus aštuoniolika savo išlavintų tarnų, gimusių jo namuose, ir vijosi priešą iki Dano.

15 Jis, padalinęs savo būrį, užpuolė juos nakčia, sumušė ir vijosi juos ligi Hobos, kuri yra į kairę nuo Damasko,

16 ir atsiėmė jų pagrobtą turtą, Lotą ir jo turtą, moteris ir žmones.

17 Kai Abromas sugrįžo, nugalėjęs Kedorlaomerį ir karalius, kurie buvo su juo, Sodomos karalius išėjo jo pasitikti į Šavės slėnį­Karaliaus slėnį.

18 Melchizedekas, Salemo karalius, atnešė duonos ir vyno. Jis buvo aukščiausiojo Dievo kunigas.

19 Jis laimino jį, sakydamas: “Tebūna Abromas palaimintas aukščiausiojo Dievo, dangaus ir žemės valdovo!

20 Tebūna šlovinamas aukščiausiasis Dievas, kuris atidavė tavo priešus į tavo rankas!” Ir Abromas davė jam dešimtinę nuo visko.

21 Sodomos karalius tarė Abromui: “Atiduok man žmones, o turtą pasilaikyk!”

22 Bet Abromas tarė Sodomos karaliui: “Aš, pakėlęs ranką, prisiekiu aukščiausiuoju Dievu, dangaus ir žemės valdovu:

23 nei siūlo galo, nei kurpių dirželio, nei ko nors kito, kas tau priklauso, aš neimsiu, kad nesakytum: ‘Aš padariau Abromą turtingą!’

24 Aš nieko neimsiu, išskyrus tai, ką suvalgė jaunuoliai ir kas priklauso vyrams: Anerui, Eškolui ir Mamrei, kurie ėjo su manimi. Jie tepasiima savo dalį”.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1732

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1732. Blessed be Abram to God Most High. That this signifies the Lord’s interior man, that it came into the enjoyment of goods from His internal man, is in like manner evident from the signification of “blessing” as being the enjoyment of goods, as before said; also from the signification of “Abram” here, as being the interior or rational man, treated of above (at verse 13); and also from the signification of “God Most High,” as being the Lord’s internal, which subject also has been treated of before. By “Abram,” as before said, is signified the interior or rational man which is to be united to the internal man or Jehovah, and this by the combats of temptations and victories. For with the interior man the case is as follows. The interior man, as before said, is intermediate between the internal and the external man, and enables the internal man to flow into the external; for without the interior man there is no communication. There is thus effected a communication of celestial things, and of spiritual. When the communication was of celestial things, the interior man was called “Melchizedek;” but when there is a communication of spiritual things, it is called “Abram the Hebrew.”

  
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Genesis 14

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1 It happened in the days of Amraphel, king of Shinar, Arioch, king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer, king of Elam, and Tidal, king of Goiim,

2 that they made war with Bera, king of Sodom, and with Birsha, king of Gomorrah, Shinab, king of Admah, and Shemeber, king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar).

3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).

4 Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year, they rebelled.

5 In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer came, and the kings who were with him, and struck the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

6 and the Horites in their Mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

7 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

8 The king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar) went out; and they set the battle in array against them in the valley of Siddim;

9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings against the five.

10 Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell there, and those who remained fled to the hills.

11 They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.

12 They took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who lived in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

13 One who had escaped came and told Abram, the Hebrew. Now he lived by the oaks of Mamre, the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner; and these were allies of Abram.

14 When Abram heard that his relative was taken captive, he led forth his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued as far as Dan.

15 He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

16 He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative, Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.

17 The king of Sodom went out to meet him, after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley).

18 Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine: and he was priest of God Most High.

19 He blessed him, and said, "blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:

20 and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave him a tenth of all.

21 The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people, and take the goods to yourself."

22 Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have lifted up my hand to Yahweh, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

23 that I will not take a thread nor a sandal strap nor anything that is yours, lest you should say, 'I have made Abram rich.'

24 I will accept nothing from you except that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men who went with me: Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre. Let them take their portion."