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Бытие 14

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1 Случилось во дни Амрафела, царя Сеннаарскаго, Аріоха, царя Елласарскаго, Кедорлаомера царя Еламскаго и Ѕидала царя Гоимскаго,

2 что они пошли войною противъ Беры царя Содомскаго, противъ Бирши царя Гоморскаго, Шинава царя Адмы, Шемевера царя Цевоимскаго и противъ царя Белы, которая есть Цоаръ.

3 Всј сіи собрались въ долинј Сиддимъ, гдј нынј море соленое.

4 Двјнадцать лјтъ были они въ порабощеніи у Кедорлаомера, а въ тринадцатомъ году отложились.

5 Итакъ въ четырнадцатомъ году пришелъ Кедорлаомеръ, и цари, которые съ нимъ, и поразили Рефаимовъ въ Аштероѕ-Карнаимј, Зузимовъ въ Гамј, Эмимовъ въ Шаве-Киріаѕаимј,

6 и Хорреевъ въ горј ихъ Сеирј до Эл-Фарана, что при пустынј.

7 Обратясь оттуда, они пришли къ источнику Мишпатъ, который есть Кадесъ, и поразили все поле Амалекитянъ, и также Аморреевъ, живущихъ въ Хацацонъ-Ѕамарј.

8 Тогда вышли царь Содомскій, царь Гоморскій, царь Адмы, царь Цевоимскій и царь Белы, которая есть Цоаръ; и устроились въ долинј Сиддимъ къ сраженію противъ нихъ,

9 противъ Кедорлаомера царя Еламскаго, Ѕидала царя Гоимскаго, Амрафела царя Сеннаарскаго, Аріоха царя Елдасарскаго; четыре царя противъ пяти.

10 Въ долинј же Сиддимъ было много смоляныхъ колодезей. Итакъ цари Содомскій и Гоморскій, обратясь въ бјгство, попадали въ нихъ; а прочіе убјжали въ горы.

11 Победители взяли все богатство Содомское и Гоморское, и весь хлјбъ ихъ, и удалились.

12 И взяли Лота, племянника Аврамова, жившаго въ Содомј, и имущество его, и удалились.

13 И пришелъ одинъ изъ уцјлјвшихъ, и извјстилъ Аврама Еврея, жившаго тогда у дубравы Мамре, Аморреянина, брата Эшколу, и брата Анеру, которые были союзники Аврамовы.

14 Итакъ, когда Аврамъ услышалъ, что сродникъ его взятъ въ плјнъ, то вывелъ опытныхъ въ войнј домочадцевъ своихъ триста осьмнадцать и преслјдовалъ непріятелей до Дана;

15 и раздјлясь, напалъ на нихъ ночью, самъ и отроки его, и поразилъ ихъ, и преслјдовалъ ихъ до Ховы, что по лјвую сторону Дамаска.

16 И возвратилъ все бсгатство, и Лота, сродника своего, и имущество его возвратилъ, также и женщинъ и народъ.

17 Когда онъ возвращался послј пораженія Кедорлаомера и царей бывшихъ съ нимъ, то царь Содомскій вышелъ ему на встрјчу въ долину Шаве, что нынј долина царская.

18 И Мельхиседекъ царь Салимскій вынесъ хлјбъ и вино Онъ былъ священникъ Бога Всевышняго.

19 И бдагословилъ его, и сказалъ: Благословенъ Аврамъ отъ Бога Всевышняго, Владыки небесъ и земли.

20 И благословенъ Богъ Всевышній, Который предалъ враговъ твоихъ въ руки твои. Аврамъ далъ ему десятую часть изъ всего.

21 Тогда царь Содомскій сказалъ Авраму: отдай мнј людей, а имјніе возми себј,

22 Но Аврамъ сказадъ царю Содомскому: подъемлю руку мою къ Іеговј, Богу Всевышнему, Владыкј небесъ и земли.

23 И клянусь, что даже нитки и сапожнаго ремня не возму изъ всего твоего, чтобы ты не сказалъ: я обогатилъ Аврама:

24 кромј того только, что съјли рабы, и кромј доли, принадлежащей людямъ ходившимъ со мною; Анеръ, Эшколъ и Мамре, они пусть возмутъ свою долю.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1736

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1736. That the Lord is Jehovah, who is here called “God Most High,” is plainly evident from the Word.

In Isaiah:

Jehovah Zebaoth is His name, and thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; the God of the whole earth is He called (Isaiah 54:5); where it is plain that the Redeemer and the Holy One of Israel, who is the Lord alone, is “Jehovah Zebaoth” and “the God of the whole earth.” Again:

Thus said Jehovah thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, I am Jehovah thy God (Isaiah 48:17).

Again:

I do help thee, saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel (Isaiah 41:14).

The expressions “the Holy One of Israel,” and “the God of Israel” occur many times. That the Lord is the Holy One of Israel and the God of Israel is clearly evident in that:

They saw the God of Israel, and there was under His feet as it were a work of sapphire stone, and as it were the substance of heaven for clearness (Exodus 24:10).

[2] No other was acknowledged and called Jehovah by the Jewish Church, for it worshiped the one God Jehovah, and this was the more fully the case for the reason-which was unknown to most of them-that all the rites of that church represented the Lord, and all the things of the Word in the internal sense were significative of Him.

In Isaiah:

He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord Jehovih will wipe away the tear from off all faces. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us; this is Jehovah, we have waited for Him; let us exult and be glad in his salvation (Isaiah 25:8-9);

treating of the coming of the Lord.

[3] In the same:

Behold the Lord Jehovih will come in strength, and His arm shall rule for Him. He shall feed His flock like a shepherd, He shall gather the little lambs in His arm, He shall carry them in His bosom, He shall lead the sucklings (Isaiah 40:10-11).

Here the Lord is plainly spoken of, who is “the Lord Jehovih.” That He “shall come in strength,” and “His arm rule for Him,” signifies that He would conquer the hells by His own power; to “feed His flock, gather the little lambs in His arm, carry them in His bosom, and lead the sucklings,” are predicated of His love or mercy.

[4] Again:

Thus said Jehovah that created the heavens, God Himself that formed the earth and made it, He established it, He created it not an emptiness, He formed it to be inhabited: I am Jehovah, and there is none else. Am not I Jehovah, and there is no God else besides Me? a just God, and a Saviour, there is none besides Me. Look unto Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else (Isaiah 45:18, 21-22).

Here the Lord is manifestly spoken of as being alone Jehovah and God. That to “create the heavens and form the earth” is to regenerate, thus that the Creator of heaven and earth is the Regenerator, may be seen above at n. 16, 88, 472, and elsewhere; and therefore the Lord is often called the Creator, Former, and Maker.

[5] Again:

Thou art our Father, for Abraham knoweth us not, and Israel doth not acknowledge us. Thou, O Jehovah, art our Father, our Redeemer, Thy name is from everlasting (Isaiah 63:16).

Here the Lord is plainly meant, who alone is the “Redeemer.”

In Moses:

Take heed of His face, and hear His voice, provoke Him not, for He will not bear your transgression, for My name is in the midst of Him (Exodus 23:21). That “name” means essence, see above (n. 144, 145); and “in the midst” means the inmost (n. 1074).

[6] In Isaiah:

Unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, God, Hero, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace (Isaiah 9:6),

plainly said of the Lord.

In Jeremiah:

Behold the days come that I will raise unto David a righteous offshoot, and He shall reign a King, and shall act intelligently, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth; in His days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell in confidence; and this is His name whereby they shall call Him, Jehovah our Righteousness (Jeremiah 23:5-6),

plainly meaning the Lord.

In Zechariah:

Jehovah shall be King over all the earth; in that day there shall be one Jehovah, and His name one (Zech. 14:9),

plainly speaking of the Lord. The “name” denotes the essence.

  
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