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1 Авраамъ пошелъ оттуда въ землю полуденную; и сталъ жить между Кадесомъ и между Суромъ; и пришелъ на время въ Гераръ.

2 И сказалъ Авраамъ о Саррј, женј своей: она сестра моя. И послалъ Авимелехъ, царь Герарскій, и взялъ Сарру.

3 И пришелъ Богъ къ Авимелеху ночью во снј, и сказалъ ему: вотъ, ты умрешь за сію женщину, которую ты взялъ; ибо она имјетъ мужа.

4 Впрочемъ Авимелехъ не прикасался къ ней, и сказалъ: Господи! не ужели Ты погубишь и неповинный народъ?

5 Не самъ ли онь сказалъ мнј: она сестра моя? и она сама сказала: онъ братъ мой. Я сдјлалъ это въ простотј сердца и чистыми руками.

6 И сказалъ ему Богъ во снј: и Я знаю, что ты сдјлалъ сіе въ простотј сердца, Я же и удержалъ тебя отъ грјха предо Мною, потому и не допустилъ тебя прикоснуться къ ней.

7 Итакъ, возврати жену мужу: ибо онъ пророкъ, и помолится о тебј, и ты будешь живъ; а если не возвратишь, то знай, что непремјнно умрешь ты, и всј твои.

8 Авимелехъ всталъ рано, и призвалъ всјхъ рабовъ своихъ, и пересказалъ всј слова сіи въ уши ихъ; и сіи люди весьма испугались.

9 И призвалъ Авимелехъ Авраама, и сказалъ ему: что ты съ нами сдјлалъ? чјмъ согрјшилъ я противъ тебя, что ты навелъ было на меня и на царство мое столь великій грјхъ? ты сдјлалъ со мною дјла. какихъ не дјлають.

10 И сказалъ Авимелехъ Аврааму: что ты имјлъ въ виду, когда дјлалъ такое дјло?

11 Авраамъ сказалъ: я подумалъ: можетъ быть, нјтъ страха Божія на мјстј семъ, и убьютъ меня за жену мою.

12 Да она и подлинно сестра мнј; она дочь отца моего, только не дочь матери моей; и сдјлалась моею женою.

13 Итакъ, когда Богъ повелъ меня изъ дома отца моего странствовать, то я сказалъ ей: сдјлай со мною сію милость, въ какое ни придемъ мы мјсто, вездј говори обо мнј: это братъ мой.

14 Тогда Авимелехъ взялъ мјлкаго и крупнаго скота, и рабовъ, и рабынь, и далъ Аврааму; и возвратилъ ему Сарру, жену его.

15 И сказалъ Авимелехъ: вотъ, земля моя предъ тобою; живи, гдј понравится глазамъ твоимъ.

16 А Саррј сказалъ: вотъ, я далъ брату твоему тысячу сиклей серебра; вотъ, это тебј покрывало для очей, предъ всјми находящимися съ тобою, и предъ всјми прочими, чтобы знали тебя.

17 И помолился Авраамъ Богу, и изцјлилъ Богъ Авимелеха, и жену его, и рабынь его, и онј стали рождать.

18 Ибо совсјмъ заключилъ было Іегова всякое чрево въ домј Авимелеха, за Сарру, жену Авраамову.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #1502

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1502. From these considerations it is now evident that Abram's sojourning in Egypt represents and means nothing else than the Lord, in particular His instruction during childhood. This is also confirmed by what is stated in Hosea,

Out of Egypt I called My son. Hosea 11:1; Matthew 2:15.

And further still from what is said in Moses,

The dwelling of the sons of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. And it happened at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that very day it happened that all the hosts of Jehovah went out of the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:40-41.

Those four hundred and thirty years were measured not from the time that Jacob entered Egypt but from Abram's sojourning in Egypt. Thus 'My son out of Egypt' in Hosea 11:1 means, in the internal sense, the Lord. The matter gains further confirmation from the fact that 'Egypt' in the Word means nothing other than knowledge, as shown in 1164, 1165, 1462.

[2] And that these arcana are contained in this section may become additionally clear from the fact that similar things are said of Abram when he sojourned in Philistia, namely that he called his wife his sister, Genesis 20:1-end, and also of Isaac, who, when he too sojourned in Philistia, called his wife his sister, Genesis 26:6-13. These actions would never have been recorded in the Word, and set in almost identical circumstances, unless these arcana had been lying hidden within. Furthermore this is the Word of the Lord which cannot possibly have any life unless there is an internal sense which has regard to Him.

[3] The arcana which lie hidden in this section, and in those regarding Abram and Isaac in Philistia, have to do with the way in which the Lord's Human Essence was joined to His Divine Essence, or what amounts to the same, how the Lord became Jehovah as regards His Human Essence also. They also have to do with the fact that His initiation, which is the subject in this chapter, began in childhood. Besides all this these descriptions also embody more arcana than anyone can possibly believe, and those that can be mentioned are so few as to be scarcely anything at all. In addition to the very deep arcana concerning the Lord, they also embody arcana concerning the instruction and regeneration of a person so that he may become celestial, as well as his instruction and regeneration so that he may become spiritual; and not only concerning the individual in particular but also concerning the Church in general. The descriptions here also embody arcana regarding the instruction of young children in heaven. In short they have to do with all who become images and likenesses of the Lord. These arcana are not at all clearly visible in the sense of the letter, the reason being that historical details engulf and obscure them; but they are clearly visible in the internal sense.

  
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