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Genesis 22

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1 Po šių įvykių Dievas mėgi no Abraomą. Jis tarė jam: “Abraomai!” Tas atsiliepė: “Aš čia!”

2 Tada Jis tarė: “Imk Izaoką, savo vienintelį sūnų, kurį myli, ir eik į Morijos šalį, ten aukok jį kaip deginamąją auką ant kalno, kurį tau parodysiu!”

3 Abraomas atsikėlė anksti rytą, pasibalnojo asilą, pasiėmė jaunuolius ir Izaoką, savo sūnų, prisiskaldė malkų deginamajai aukai ir išėjo į vietą, kurią jam Dievas buvo nurodęs.

4 Trečią dieną Abraomas iš tolo pamatė tą vietą.

5 Abraomas tarė savo jaunuoliams: “Pasilikite čia su asilu, o mes su sūnumi nueisime ten ir pagarbinę sugrįšime pas jus”.

6 Abraomas, paėmęs malkas deginamajai aukai, uždėjo ant savo sūnaus Izaoko pečių, o pats pasiėmė ugnies ir peilį. Jiems beeinant,

7 Izaokas tarė savo tėvui: “Mano tėve!” O tas atsiliepė: “Aš čia, sūnau!” Jis klausė: “Štai ugnis ir malkos! Bet kur yra ėriukas deginamajai aukai?”

8 Abraomas atsakė: “Dievas parūpins sau ėriuką deginamajai aukai, mano sūnau!” Taip juodu ėjo toliau.

9 Jiems atėjus į vietą, kurią Dievas buvo nurodęs, Abraomas pastatė aukurą, uždėjo ant jo malkas, surišo savo sūnų Izaoką ir jį uždėjo ant aukuro.

10 Abraomas ištiesė savo ranką ir paėmė peilį, kad nužudytų sūnų.

11 Viešpaties angelas pašaukė jį iš dangaus: “Abraomai! Abraomai!” Tas atsakė: “Aš čia!”

12 “Nekelk savo rankos prieš vaiką ir nieko jam nedaryk! Dabar žinau, kad bijai Dievo ir nepagailėjai man savo vienintelio sūnaus”.

13 Abraomas, pakėlęs akis, pamatė netoliese aviną, įstrigusį ragais į tankų krūmokšnį. Jis paėmė jį ir aukojo deginamąją auką savo sūnaus vietoje.

14 Abraomas pavadino tą vietą “Viešpats mato”. Ir šiandien dar sakoma: “Ant kalno, kur Viešpats mato”.

15 Viešpaties angelas antrą kartą pašaukė Abraomą iš dangaus

16 ir tarė: “Savimi prisiekiusako Viešpats,­kadangi tu tai padarei ir nepagailėjai savo vienintelio sūnaus,

17 Aš laiminte tave palaiminsiu ir dauginte padauginsiu tavo palikuonis, kad jų bus kaip žvaigždžių danguje ir kaip smilčių jūros pakrantėje. Tavo palikuonys užims savo priešų vartus,

18 ir tavo palikuonyse bus palaimintos visos žemės tautos dėl to, kad paklausei mano balso”.

19 Abraomas sugrįžo pas jaunuolius, ir jie nuėjo į Beer Šebą; ir Abraomas gyveno Beer Šeboje.

20 Po šių įvykių Abraomui buvo pranešta: “Milka pagimdė sūnų tavo broliui Nahorui:

21 pirmagimį Ucą ir Būzą, jo brolį, ir Kemuelį, Aramo tėvą,

22 Kesedą, Hazoją, Pildašą, Idlafą ir Betuelį”.

23 Betuelio duktė buvo ebeka. Šituos aštuonis Milka pagimdė Abraomo broliui Nahorui.

24 Be to, jo sugulovė euma pagimdė Tebachą, Gahamą, Tahašą ir Maaką.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2824

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2824. And He said, Put not forth thine hand upon the boy. That this signifies that He should admit the temptation no further into the Truth Divine which belonged to the rational, is evident from the signification of “putting forth the hand,” as being temptation even to the utmost of power-explained just above (n. 2816); and from the signification of the “boy,” that is, of Isaac, as being the rational as to Truth Divine, into which the temptations were admitted (see n. 2803, 2813, 2814, 2817).

  
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Genesis 22

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1 It happened after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

2 He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

3 Abraham rose early in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son. He split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him.

4 On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.

5 Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey. The boy and I will go yonder. We will worship, and come back to you."

6 Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son. He took in his hand the fire and the knife. They both went together.

7 Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"

8 Abraham said, "God will provide himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son." So they both went together.

9 They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.

10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to kill his son.

11 The angel of Yahweh called to him out of the sky, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" He said, "Here I am."

12 He said, "Don't lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."

13 Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering instead of his son.

14 Abraham called the name of that place Yahweh Will Provide. As it is said to this day, "On Yahweh's mountain, it will be provided."

15 The angel of Yahweh called to Abraham a second time out of the sky,

16 and said, "I have sworn by myself, says Yahweh, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son,

17 that I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your seed greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your seed will possess the gate of his enemies.

18 In your seed will all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice."

19 So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba. Abraham lived at Beersheba.

20 It happened after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah, she also has borne children to your brother Nahor:

21 Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,

22 Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel."

23 Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother.

24 His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.