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1 Mosebok 32

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1 Og Jakob drog videre, og Guds engler møtte ham.

2 Da Jakob så dem, sa han: Dette er Guds leir. Og han kalte stedet Mahana'im*. / {* d.e. to leire.}

3 Og Jakob sendte bud foran sig til sin bror Esau i landet Se'ir, på Edoms mark.

4 Og han bød dem og sa: Således skal I si til min herre Esau: Så sier din tjener Jakob: Jeg har opholdt mig hos Laban og vært der helt til nu,

5 og jeg har fått okser og asener, småfe og træler og trælkvinner; og nu vilde jeg sende bud til min herre om dette for å finne nåde for dine øine

6 Og budene kom tilbake til Jakob og sa: Vi kom til Esau, din bror, og han drar dig nu selv i møte, og fire hundre mann med ham.

7 Da blev Jakob overmåte forferdet; og han delte folket som var med ham, og småfeet og storfeet og kamelene i to leire.

8 For han tenkte: Om Esau kommer til den ene leir og slår den, da kan den leir som er igjen, få berge sig unda.

9 Og Jakob sa: Min far Abrahams Gud og min far Isaks Gud, Herre, du som sa til mig: Dra tilbake til ditt land og til ditt folk, og jeg vil gjøre vel imot dig!

10 Jeg er ringere enn all den miskunnhet og all den trofasthet som du har vist mot din tjener; for med min stav gikk jeg over Jordan her, og nu er jeg blitt til to leire.

11 Fri mig ut av Esaus, min brors hånd; for jeg er redd han skal komme og slå ihjel mig og mine, både mor og barn.

12 Du har jo selv sagt: Jeg vil alltid gjøre vel mot dig og la din ætt bli som havets sand, som ikke kan telles for mengde.

13 Så blev han der den natt, og av alt det han eide, tok han ut en gave til Esau, sin bror:

14 to hundre gjeter og tyve bukker, to hundre får og tyve værer,

15 tretti kameler som gav die, med sine føll, firti kjør og ti okser, tyve aseninner og ti asenfoler.

16 Og han lot sine tjenere dra avsted med dem, hver hjord for sig, og han sa til sine tjenere: Far i forveien, og la det være et mellemrum mellem hver hjord!

17 Og han bød den første og sa: Når min bror Esau møter dig og han taler til dig og spør: Hvem hører du til, og hvor skal du hen, og hvem eier denne hjord som du driver foran dig?

18 da skal du si: Din tjener Jakob; det er en gave han sender til min herre Esau, og snart kommer han selv efter.

19 Og han bød likeledes den annen og den tredje og alle de andre som drev hjordene, og sa: Således skal I tale til Esau når I møter ham,

20 I skal si: Snart kommer din tjener Jakob selv efter. For han tenkte: Jeg vil forsone ham ved den gave som jeg sender foran mig, og siden vil jeg selv trede frem for ham; kanskje han vil ta nådig imot mig.

21 Så drog de i forveien med gaven; men selv blev han i leiren den natt.

22 samme natt stod han op og tok sine hustruer og de to trælkvinner og sine elleve sønner og gikk over Jabboks vadested.

23 Han tok og satte dem over åen og førte over alt det han eide.

24 Så var Jakob alene tilbake. Da kom det en mann og kjempet med ham inntil morgenen grydde.

25 Og da mannen så at han ikke kunde rå med ham, rørte han ved hans hofteskål; og Jakobs hofteskål gikk av ledd, mens han kjempet med ham.

26 Og han sa: Slipp mig, for morgenen gryr! Men han sa: Jeg slipper dig ikke, uten du velsigner mig.

27 Da sa han til ham: Hvad er ditt navn? Han svarte: Jakob.

28 Han sa: Du skal ikke lenger hete Jakob, men Israel*; for du har kjempet med Gud og med mennesker og vunnet. / {* d.e. en som kjemper med Gud.}

29 Da spurte Jakob: Si mig ditt navn! Han svarte: Hvorfor spør du om mitt navn? Og han velsignet ham der.

30 Og Jakob kalte stedet Pniel*; for [sa han] jeg har sett Gud åsyn til åsyn og enda berget livet. / {* Pniel eller Pnuel betyr Guds åsyn.}

31 Og da han var kommet forbi Pnuel så han solen rinne; og han haltet på sin hofte.

32 Derfor er det så den dag idag at Israels barn aldrig eter spennesenen som er på hofteskålen, fordi han rørte ved Jakobs hofteskål på spennesenen.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4177

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4177. Fourteen years for thy two daughters. That this signifies the first period in order that He might acquire to Himself therefrom the affections of truth, is evident from the signification of “fourteen,” or two weeks, as being the first period; for in the Word “weeks” signify nothing else than an entire period great or small (see n. 2044, 3845), and when two weeks are named as one, the signification is the same, for to double a number and to multiply it into itself does not take away its signification; whence it is manifest what is meant here by “fourteen,” or two weeks; and from the signification of the “two daughters,” here Rachel and Leah, as being the affections of truth (n. 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819); “daughters” signify affections (n. 2362).

  
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3758. GENESIS 29

1. And Jacob lifted up his feet, and went to the land of the sons of the east.

2. And he saw, and behold a well in the field, and behold there three droves of the flock lying by it; for out of that well they watered the droves; and a great stone was upon the well’s mouth.

3. And all the droves were gathered together thither; and they rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock, and they put the stone in its place again upon the well’s mouth.

4. And Jacob said unto them, My brethren whence are ye? And they said, We are from Haran.

5. And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.

6. And he said unto them, Hath he peace? And they said, Peace; and behold Rachel his daughter cometh with the flock.

7. And he said, Behold as yet the day is great, it is not time for the cattle to be gathered together: water ye the flock, and go and feed them.

8. And they said, We cannot until all the droves are gathered together, and they roll the stone from the well’s mouth; then shall we water the flock.

9. While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with the flock which was her father’s, for she was a shepherdess.

10. And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother’s brother, and the flock of Laban his mother’s brother, that Jacob came near, and rolled the stone from the well’s mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother’s brother.

11. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept.

12. And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father’s brother, and that he was Rebekah’s son; and she ran and told her father.

13. And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister’s son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house; and he told Laban all these things.

14. And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he dwelt with him a month of days.

15. And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? Tell me, what shall be thy reward?

16. And Laban had two daughters, the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel.

17. And Leah’s eyes were weak, and Rachel was beautiful in form and beautiful in look.

18. And Jacob loved Rachel, and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

19. And Laban said, It is better that I should give her to thee than give her to another man; abide with me.

20. And Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they were in his eyes as a few days, for the love he had to her.

21. And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my woman, for my days are fulfilled, and I will come to her.

22. And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.

23. And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him, and he came to her.

24. And Laban gave her Zilpah his handmaid, unto his daughter Leah for a handmaid.

25. And it came to pass in the morning that behold it was Leah; and he said unto Laban, What is this that thou hast done unto me? Did not I serve with thee for Rachel? And why hast thou defrauded me?

26. And Laban said, It is not so done in our place, to give the younger before the firstborn.

27. Fulfill this week, and we will give thee her also, for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

28. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled this week, and he gave him Rachel his daughter for a woman.

29. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be to her for a handmaid.

30. And he came also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

31. And Jehovah saw that Leah was hated, and He opened her womb, and Rachel was barren.

32. And Leah conceived and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, Because Jehovah hath seen my affliction, for now my man will love me.

33. And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Because Jehovah hath heard that I was hated, and hath given me this one also; and she called his name Simeon.

34. And she conceived again, and bare a son, and said, Now this time will my man cleave to me, because I have borne him three sons; therefore she called his name Levi.

35. And she conceived again, and bare a son, and she said, This time I will confess Jehovah; therefore she called his name Judah; and she stood still from bearing.

THE CONTENTS.

In the internal sense of this chapter by “Jacob” is described the Lord’s natural-how the good of truth therein was conjoined with kindred good from a Divine origin, which good is “Laban;” at first through the affection of external truth, which is “Leah;” and then through the affection of internal truth, which is “Rachel.”

  
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