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Postanak 27

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1 Kad Isak ostare i oči mu potamneše, te ne videše, dozva Isava starijeg sina svog, i reče mu: Sine! A on odgovori: Evo me.

2 Tada reče: Evo ostareo sam, ne znam kad ću umreti;

3 Uzmi oružje svoje, tul i luk, i izađi u planinu, te mi ulovi lov;

4 I zgotovi mi jelo po mojoj volji, i donesi mi da jedem, pa da te blagoslovi duša moja dok nisam umro.

5 A Reveka ču šta Isak reče sinu svom Isavu. I Isav otide u planinu da ulovi lov i donese.

6 A Reveka reče Jakovu, sinu svom govoreći: Gle, čuh oca tvog gde govori s Isavom, bratom tvojim i reče:

7 Donesi mi lov, i zgotovi jelo da jedem, pa da te blagoslovim pred Gospodom dok nisam umro.

8 Nego sada, sine, poslušaj me šta ću ti kazati.

9 Idi sada k stadu i donesi dva dobra jareta, da zgotovim ocu tvom jelo od njih, kako rado jede.

10 Pa ćeš uneti ocu da jede i da te blagoslovi dok nije umro.

11 A Jakov reče Reveci materi svojoj: Ali je Isav brat moj rutav, a ja sam gladak;

12 Može me opipati otac, pa će se osetiti da sam ga hteo prevariti, te ću navući na se prokletstvo mesto blagoslova.

13 A mati mu reče: Neka prokletstvo tvoje, sine padne na mene; samo me poslušaj, i idi i donesi mi.

14 Tada otišavši uze i donese materi svojoj; a mati njegova zgotovi jelo kako jeđaše rado otac njegov.

15 Pa onda uze Reveka najlepše haljine starijeg sina svog, koje behu u nje kod kuće, i obuče Jakova mlađeg sina svog.

16 I jarećim kožicama obloži mu ruke i vrat gde beše gladak.

17 I dade Jakovu sinu svom u ruke jelo i hleb što zgotovi.

18 A on uđe k ocu svom i reče: Oče. A on odgovori: Evo me; koji si ti, sine?

19 I Jakov reče ocu svom: Ja, Isav tvoj prvenac; učinio sam kako si mi rekao; digni se, posadi se da jedeš lov moj, pa da me blagoslovi duša tvoja.

20 A Isak reče sinu svom: Kad brže nađe, sine? A on reče: Gospod Bog tvoj dade, te izađe preda me.

21 Tada reče Isak Jakovu: Hodi bliže, sine da te opipam jesi li sin moj Isav ili ne.

22 I pristupi Jakov k Isaku ocu svom, a on ga opipa, pa reče: Glas je Jakovljev, ali ruke su Isavove.

23 I ne pozna ga, jer mu ruke behu kao u Isava brata njegovog rutave: Zato ga blagoslovi;

24 I reče mu: Jesi li ti sin moj Isav? A on odgovori: Ja sam.

25 Tada reče: A ti daj, sine, da jedem lov tvoj, pa da te blagoslovi duša moja. I dade mu, te jede; pa mu donese i vino te pi.

26 Potom Isak, otac njegov reče mu: Hodi sine, celivaj me.

27 I on pristupi i celiva ga; a Isak oseti miris od haljina njegovih, i blagoslovi ga govoreći: Gle, miris sina mog kao miris od polja koje blagoslovi Gospod.

28 Bog ti dao rose nebeske, i dobre zemlje i pšenice i vina izobila!

29 Narodi ti služili i plemena ti se klanjala! Bio gospodar braći svojoj i klanjali ti se sinovi matere tvoje! Proklet bio koji tebe usproklinje, a blagosloven koji tebe uzblagosilja!

30 A kad Isak blagoslovi Jakova, i Jakov otide ispred Isaka oca svog, u taj čas dođe Isav brat njegov iz lova.

31 Pa zgotovi i on jelo i unese ocu svom, i reče mu: Ustani, oče, da jedeš šta ti je sin ulovio, pa da me blagoslovi duša tvoja.

32 A Isak otac njegov reče mu: Ko si ti? A on reče: Ja, sin tvoj, prvenac tvoj Isav.

33 Tada se prepade Isak, i reče: Ko? Da gde je onaj koji ulovi i donese mi lova, i od svega jedoh pre nego ti dođe, i blagoslovih ga? On će i ostati blagosloven.

34 A kad ču Isav reči oca svog, vrisnu glasno i ožalosti se veoma, i reče ocu svom: Blagoslovi i mene, oče.

35 A on mu reče: Dođe brat tvoj s prevarom, i odnese tvoj blagoslov.

36 A Isav reče: Pravo je što mu je ime Jakov, jer me većdrugom prevari. Prvenaštvo mi uze, pa eto sada mi uze i blagoslov. Potom reče: Nisi li i meni ostavio blagoslov?

37 A Isak odgovori, i reče Isavu: Eto sam ga postavio tebi za gospodara; i svu braću njegovu dadoh mu da mu budu sluge; pšenicom i vinom ukrepih ga; pa šta bih sada tebi učinio, sine?

38 I Isav reče ocu svom: Eda li je samo jedan blagoslov u tebe, oče? Blagoslovi i mene, oče. I stade glasno plakati Isav.

39 A Isak otac njegov odgovarajući reče mu: Evo, stan će ti biti na rodnoj zemlji i rosi nebeskoj ozgo.

40 Ali ćeš živeti od mača svog, i bratu ćeš svom služiti; ali će doći vreme, te ćeš pošto se naplačeš skršiti jaram njegov s vrata svog.

41 I Isav omrze ljuto na Jakova radi blagoslova, kojim ga blagoslovi otac, i govoraše u srcu svom: Blizu su žalosni dani oca mog, tada ću ubiti Jakova brata svog.

42 I kazaše Reveci reči Isava sina njenog starijeg, a ona poslavši dozva Jakova mlađeg sina svog, i reče mu: Gle, Isav brat tvoj teši se time što hoće da te ubije.

43 Nego, sine, poslušaj šta ću ti kazati; ustani i beži k Lavanu bratu mom u Haran.

44 I ostani kod njega neko vreme dokle prođe srdnja brata tvog,

45 Dokle se gnev brata tvog odvrati od tebe, te zaboravi šta si mu učinio; a onda ću ja poslati da te dovedu odande. Zašto bih ostala bez obojice vas u jedan dan?

46 A Isaku reče Reveka: Omrzao mi je život radi ovih Hetejaka. Ako se Jakov oženi Hetejkom, kakvom između kćeri ove zemlje, na šta mi život?

   

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Arcana Coelestia #3509

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3509. 'And Rebekah said to Jacob her son - she said' means the Lord's perception from Divine Truth concerning natural truth. This is clear from the representation of 'Rebekah' as the Divine Truth of the Lord's Divine Rational, dealt with in 3012, 3013, 3077; from the meaning of 'saying' as perceiving, dealt with in 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1898, 1919, 2080, 2506, 2515, 2552, 2619; and from the representation of 'Jacob' as the Lord's Natural as regards truth, dealt with in 3305. From this it is evident that 'Rebekah said to Jacob her son' means the Lord's perception from Divine Truth concerning natural truth. For on the one hand the Lord wished to acquire truth from the Divine Good of the Divine Rational, represented by 'Isaac', through the good of the Natural, represented by 'Esau', by means of which truth He would glorify, or make Divine, the Natural. But on the other hand the Lord wished to acquire truth from the Divine Truth of the Divine Rational, represented by 'Rebekah', through the truth of the Natural, represented by 'Jacob', by means of which truth He would glorify, or make Divine, the Rational. But these two wishes of His cannot be grasped unless light is thrown on the subject from what happens with man when being regenerated or made new by the Lord. And even then it cannot be grasped unless one knows the situation with the rational as regards good and as regards truth there. So let this matter be discussed briefly.

[2] The rational mind is distinguished into two separate mental powers, one called the will, the other the understanding. That which goes forth from the will when someone is being regenerated is called good, and that which goes forth from the understanding is called truth. Until a person has been regenerated the will does not act in unison with the understanding. Instead the will desires good whereas the understanding desires truth; and so different is each desire from the other that the effort of the will is perceived to be quite distinct and separate from that of the understanding. This is perceived however only by those who stop to reflect, knowing what the will is and the things that constitute this, and what the understanding is and the things that constitute that. But it is not perceived by those who do not know those things and therefore do not stop to reflect. And there is the added reason that the natural mind is regenerated by way of the rational mind, see 3493, and indeed according to order as follows: The good of the rational does not pass directly into the good of the natural and regenerate it but by way of truth which belongs to the understanding, thus giving the appearance that it enters in from the truth of the rational. These are the matters which this chapter deals with in the internal sense; for 'Isaac' is the rational mind as regards good present in the will, 'Rebekah' as regards truth present in the understanding. 'Esau' is the good of the natural springing from the good of the rational, 'Jacob' the truth of the natural springing from the good of the rational by way of the truth there.

[3] These considerations show the kind of arcana contained in the internal sense of the Word; yet there are very few which can be described in a way intelligible to the human mind. The number of those which are beyond man's comprehension and defy description is unlimited. For the more deeply the Word goes, that is, the more interiorly into heaven, the more unlimited and also the more indescribable do they become not only to man but also to angels of the lower heaven. And when it reaches the inmost heaven the angels there perceive that the arcana are infinite and, being Divine are quite beyond their comprehension. Such is the nature of the Word.

  
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