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Genesis 30

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1 achelė matydama, kad ji nevaisinga, pavydėjo savo seseriai Lėjai ir tarė Jokūbui: “Duok man vaikų, kitaip aš mirsiu!”

2 Jokūbas, supykęs ant achelės, tarė: “Ar aš Dievas, kuris tau vaikų neduoda?”

3 Tada ji tarė: “Štai mano tarnaitė Bilha. Įeik pas ją, kad ji pagimdytų ant mano kelių ir aš galėčiau turėti vaikų iš jos”.

4 Ji davė jam už žmoną savo tarnaitę Bilhą, ir Jokūbas įėjo pas ją.

5 Bilha pastojo ir pagimdė Jokūbui sūnų.

6 Tada achelė tarė: “Dievas teisingai nusprendė dėl manęs, išklausydamas mano balsą ir davė man sūnų”. Todėl ji pavadino jį Danu.

7 achelės tarnaitė Bilha pastojo ir pagimdė Jokūbui antrą sūnų.

8 Tada achelė tarė: “Didžiose grumtynėse grūmiausi su savo seserimi ir nugalėjau”. Ir ji pavadino jį Neftaliu.

9 Lėja matydama, kad nebegali daugiau gimdyti, davė Jokūbui savo tarnaitę Zilpą už žmoną.

10 Zilpa, Lijos tarnaitė, pagimdė Jokūbui sūnų.

11 Tada Lėja tarė: “Laimingai!” Ir ji pavadino jį Gadu.

12 Vėliau Zilpa pagimdė Jokūbui antrą sūnų.

13 Tada Lėja tarė: “Aš laimingoji! Nes moterys vadins mane palaiminta”. Ir ji pavadino jį Ašeru.

14 Kviečių pjūties metu ubenas išėjęs rado mandragorų ir juos parnešė savo motinai Lėjai. Tada achelė tarė Lėjai: “Duok man savo sūnaus mandragorų”.

15 Bet ji atsakė: “Ar negana tau, kad turi mano vyrą, ar nori atimti ir mano sūnaus mandragorus?” achelė tarė: “Tegul jis šią naktį praleidžia su tavimi už tavo sūnaus mandragorus!”

16 Jokūbui pareinant vakare iš lauko, Lėja išėjo jo pasitikti ir tarė: “Tu eisi pas mane, nes aš tave pasamdžiau už mano sūnaus mandragorus”. Taip jis praleido su ja tą naktį.

17 Dievas išklausė Lėją; ji pagimdė Jokūbui penktąjį sūnų.

18 Tada Lėja tarė: “Dievas man atlygino, nes aš daviau savo tarnaitę savo vyrui”. Ji pavadino jį Isacharu.

19 Lėja vėl pastojo ir pagimdė Jokūbui šeštąjį sūnų.

20 Tada Lėja tarė: “Dievas apdovanojo mane gera dovana; dabar mano vyras gyvens su manimi, nes aš jam pagimdžiau šešis sūnus”. Ir ji praminė jį Zabulonu.

21 Po to ji pagimdė dukterį ir ją pavadino Dina.

22 Dievas atsiminė achelę, išklausė ją ir padarė vaisingą.

23 Ji pagimdė sūnų ir tarė: “Dievas pašalino mano gėdą”.

24 Ji pavadino jį Juozapu, sakydama: “Viešpats duos man dar kitą sūnų!”

25 achelei pagimdžius Juozapą, Jokūbas tarė Labanui: “Paleisk mane, grįšiu į tėvynę, į savo šalį!

26 Duok man mano žmonas ir mano vaikus, už kuriuos tau tarnavau, ir leisk man eiti. Tu juk žinai, kaip aš tau tarnavau!”

27 Labanas jam tarė: “O kad aš rasčiau malonę tavo akyse! Aš patyriau, kad Viešpats laimino mane dėl tavęs.

28 Nustatyk tu pats sau užmokestį, ir aš tau jį duosiu!”

29 Jokūbas atsakė: “Tu pats žinai, kaip tau tarnavau ir kokia tapo tavo banda mano priežiūroje.

30 Tu mažai turėjai prieš man atvykstant, bet dabar tai smarkiai padaugėjo, nes Viešpats tave laimino, kai aš atėjau. O dabar ar ne laikas man pasirūpinti savo namais?”

31 Labanas tarė: “Ką turiu tau duoti?” Jokūbas atsakė: “Nieko man neduok! Jei sutiksi su mano reikalavimu, aš vėl ganysiu ir saugosiu tavo kaimenę:

32 šiandien pereisiu visas avių bandas, išskirdamas iš jų kiekvieną dėmėtą bei lopiniuotą avį ir kiekvieną juodą avį, ir visas lopiniuotas bei dėmėtas ožkas. Tai bus mano atlyginimas.

33 Mano sąžiningumas kalbės už mane, kai ateis laikas man atsiimti užmokestį tavo akivaizdoje. Visa, kas nebus dėmėta bei lopiniuota tarp ožkų ir avių, tebūna kaip mano pavogta!”

34 Labanas atsakė: “Sutinku. Tebūna kaip sakai!”

35 Ir jis atskyrė tą dieną ožkas ir avis, ožius ir avinus­lopiniuotus ir dėmėtus; visus vienos spalvos gyvulius atidavė savo sūnums.

36 Labanas nustatė, kad tarp jo ir Jokūbo būtų trijų dienų atstumas. Jokūbas ganė likusią Labano kaimenę.

37 Jokūbas, paėmęs žalias drebulių, migdolų ir liepų lazdeles, išlupinėjo jose dryžius, kad tose vietose, kur buvo žievė, būtų balta.

38 Jis tas išpjaustytas lazdeles sudėjo į lovius, į kuriuos pilamas vanduo, prie kurių bandos ateidavo gerti, ir atėję gerti imdavo poruotis.

39 Ir avys poruodavosi, žiūrėdamos į lazdeles; ir jos vesdavo dryžuotus, dėmėtus ir lopiniuotus ėriukus.

40 Jokūbas perskyrė savo bandą. Jis sudėjo lazdeles taip, kad jo avys ir Labano avys matytų jas. Jis laikė savo bandas atskirai ir nesuleisdavo jų su Labano bandomis.

41 Kai poravosi stipresnieji gyvuliai, Jokūbas įdėdavo lazdeles į lovius taip, kad gyvuliai matytų jas ir poruotųsi.

42 Silpnesniems gyvuliams poruojantis, jis neįdėdavo tų lazdelių. Taigi silpnesnieji teko Labanui, o stipresnieji Jokūbui.

43 Taip šis žmogus nepaprastai pralobo. Jis turėjo daug tarnų ir tarnaičių, galvijų, avių, kupranugarių ir asilų.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #2157

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2157. If I pray I have found grace in Thine eyes. That this signifies the deference of the Lord’s state when He observed that perception, may be seen from the affection of humiliation which there is in these very words; and also in those which directly follow—“Pass not I pray from over Thy servant”—in which likewise there is humiliation. In every particular in the Word there are both affection and subject matter. The celestial angels perceive the Word such as it is in the internal sense as to the affection; but the spiritual angels perceive it such as it is in the internal sense as to the matter. Those who perceive the Word in the internal sense as to the affection, pay no attention to the words which belong to the matter, but form for themselves ideas from the affection and its series, and this with endless variety. Here for example at the words, “If I pray I have found grace in Thine eyes, pass not I pray from over Thy servant,” they perceive the Lord’s state of humiliation in the Human, but only the affection of the humiliation. From this, in a manner, variety, and abundance inexpressible, they form for themselves celestial ideas, which can scarcely be called ideas, but rather so many lights of affections and perceptions, which follow in a continuous series, in accordance with the series of the affection of the things contained in the Word that is being read.

[2] This shows that the perception, thought, and speech of the celestial angels are more ineffable and much richer than the perception, thought, and speech of the spiritual angels, the latter being simply determined to the subject matter [rem], in accordance with the series of the expressions. (That the speech of the celestial angels is of this nature, may be seen in Part First,n. 1647.) Hence it is that these words, “If I pray I have found grace in Thine eyes,” in the celestial sense signify the deference of the Lord’s state when He observed that perception. Moreover to “find grace in thine eyes” was a customary mode of speech for every expression of deference; as may be seen from Laban’s deference to Jacob:

Laban said unto him, If I pray I have found grace in thine eyes (Genesis 30:27);

also from Jacob’s deference to Esau:

Jacob said, Nay, I pray, if I pray I have found grace in thine eyes (Genesis 33:10); and in like manner elsewhere in the Word.

  
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Genesis 19

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1 The two angels came to Sodom at evening. Lot sat in the gate of Sodom. Lot saw them, and rose up to meet them. He bowed himself with his face to the earth,

2 and he said, "See now, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can rise up early, and go on your way." They said, "No, but we will stay in the street all night."

3 He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

4 But before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter.

5 They called to Lot, and said to him, "Where are the men who came in to you this night? Bring them out to us, that we may have sex with them."

6 Lot went out to them to the door, and shut the door after him.

7 He said, "Please, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.

8 See now, I have two virgin daughters. Please let me bring them out to you, and you may do to them what seems good to you. Only don't do anything to these men, because they have come under the shadow of my roof."

9 They said, "Stand back!" Then they said, "This one fellow came in to live as a foreigner, and he appoints himself a judge. Now will we deal worse with you, than with them!" They pressed hard on the man Lot, and drew near to break the door.

10 But the men put forth their hand, and brought Lot into the house to them, and shut the door.

11 They struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves to find the door.

12 The men said to Lot, "Do you have anybody else here? Sons-in-law, your sons, your daughters, and whoever you have in the city, bring them out of the place:

13 for we will destroy this place, because the outcry against them has grown great before Yahweh that Yahweh has sent us to destroy it."

14 Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were pledged to marry his daughters, and said, "Get up! Get out of this place, for Yahweh will destroy the city." But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be joking.

15 When the morning came, then the angels hurried Lot, saying, "Get up! Take your wife, and your two daughters who are here, lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city."

16 But he lingered; and the men grabbed his hand, his wife's hand, and his two daughters' hands, Yahweh being merciful to him; and they took him out, and set him outside of the city.

17 It came to pass, when they had taken them out, that he said, "Escape for your life! Don't look behind you, and don't stay anywhere in the plain. Escape to the mountains, lest you be consumed!"

18 Lot said to them, "Oh, not so, my lord.

19 See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life. I can't escape to the mountain, lest evil overtake me, and I die.

20 See now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh let me escape there (isn't it a little one?), and my soul will live."

21 He said to him, "Behold, I have granted your request concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow the city of which you have spoken.

22 Hurry, escape there, for I can't do anything until you get there." Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.

23 The sun had risen on the earth when Lot came to Zoar.

24 Then Yahweh rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah sulfur and fire from Yahweh out of the sky.

25 He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground.

26 But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.

27 Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he had stood before Yahweh.

28 He looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.

29 It happened, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot lived.

30 Lot went up out of Zoar, and lived in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to live in Zoar. He lived in a cave with his two daughters.

31 The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us in the way of all the earth.

32 Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

33 They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.

34 It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."

35 They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger went and lay with him. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she got up.

36 Thus both of Lot's daughters were with child by their father.

37 The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites to this day.

38 The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. He is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.