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Genesis 25

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1 At si Abraham ay nagasawa ng iba, at ang pangalan ay Cetura.

2 At naging anak nito sa kaniya si Zimram at si Joksan, at si Medan, at si Midiam, at si Ishbak, at si Sua.

3 At naging anak ni Joksan si Seba at si Dedan. At ang mga anak na lalake ni Dedan, ay si Assurim at si Letusim, at si Leummim.

4 At ang mga anak ni Midian: si Epha at si Epher, at si Enech, at si Abida, at si Eldaa. Lahat ng ito ay mga anak ni Cetura.

5 At ibinigay ni Abraham ang lahat ng kaniyang tinatangkilik kay Isaac.

6 Datapuwa't ang mga anak ng naging mga babae ni Abraham, ay pinagbibigyan ni Abraham ng mga kaloob; at samantalang nabubuhay pa siya ay mga inilayo niya kay Isaac na kaniyang anak sa dakong silanganan sa lupaing silanganan.

7 At ito ang mga araw ng mga taon ng buhay na ikinabuhay ni Abraham, isang daan at pitong pu't limang taon.

8 At nalagot ang hininga ni Abraham at namatay sa mabuting katandaan, matanda at puspos ng mga taon; at nalakip sa kaniyang bayan.

9 At inilibing siya ni Isaac at ni Ismael na kaniyang mga anak sa yungib ng Macpela, sa parang ni Ephron, na anak ni Zohar na Hetheo, na nasa tapat ng Mamre;

10 Sa parang na binili ni Abraham sa mga anak ni Heth: doon inilibing si Abraham at si Sara na kaniyang asawa.

11 At nangyari, pagkamatay ni Abraham, na pinagpala ng Dios si Isaac na kaniyang anak; at si Isaac ay nanahan sa tabi ng Beer-lahai-roi.

12 Ang mga ito nga ang sali't saling lahi ni Ismael, anak ni Abraham, na naging anak kay Abraham ni Agar na taga Egipto, na alila ni Sara:

13 At ito ang mga pangalan ng mga anak ni Ismael, ayon sa kanikaniyang lahi: ang panganay ni Ismael ay si Nabaioth; at si Cedar, at si Adbeel, at si Mibsam,

14 At si Misma, at si Duma, at si Maasa,

15 At si Hadad, at si Tema, si Jetur, si Naphis, at si Cedema:

16 Ito ang mga anak ni Ismael, at ito ang kanikaniyang pangalan, ayon sa kanikaniyang nayon, at ayon sa kanikaniyang hantungan: labing dalawang pangulo ayon sa kanilang bansa.

17 At ito ang mga naging taon ng buhay ni Ismael, isang daan at tatlong pu't pitong taon; at nalagot ang hininga at namatay; at siya'y nalakip sa kaniyang bayan.

18 At nagsisitahan sila mula sa Havila hanggang sa Shur, na natatapat sa Egipto, kung patutungo sa Asiria; siya'y tumahan sa harap ng lahat niyang mga kapatid.

19 At ito ang mga sali't saling lahi ni Isaac, na anak ni Abraham: naging anak ni Abraham si Isaac,

20 At si Isaac ay may apat na pung taon, nang siya'y magasawa kay Rebeca, na anak ni Bethuel na taga Siria sa Padan-aram, kapatid na babae ni Laban na taga Siria.

21 At nanalangin si Isaac sa Panginoon dahil sa kaniyang asawa, sapagka't baog; at nadalanginan niya ang Panginoon, at si Rebeca na kaniyang asawa ay naglihi.

22 At nagbubuno ang mga bata sa loob niya; at kaniyang sinabi, Kung ganito'y bakit nabubuhay pa ako? At siya'y yumaong nagsiyasat sa Panginoon.

23 At sinabi sa kaniya ng Panginoon, Dalawang bansa ay nasa iyong bahay-bata, At dalawang bayan ay papaghihiwalayin mula sa iyong tiyan: At ang isang bayan ay magiging malakas kaysa isang bayan; At ang matanda ay maglilingkod sa bata.

24 At nang matupad ang mga araw ng kaniyang kapanganakan, narito't kambal sa kaniyang bahay-bata.

25 At ang unang lumabas ay mapula na buong katawa'y parang mabalahibong damit; at siya'y pinanganlang Esau.

26 At pagkatapos ay lumabas ang kaniyang kapatid, at ang kaniyang kamay ay nakakapit sa sakong ni Esau; at ipinangalan sa kaniya ay Jacob: at si Isaac ay may anim na pung taon na, nang sila'y ipanganak ni Rebeca.

27 At nagsilaki ang mga bata; at si Esau ay naging maliksi sa pangangaso, lalake sa parang; at si Jacob ay lalaking tahimik, na tumatahan sa mga tolda.

28 Minamahal nga ni Isaac si Esau, sapagka't kumakain ng kaniyang pinangangasuhan: at minamahal ni Rebeca si Jacob.

29 At nagluto si Jacob ng lutuin: at dumating si Esau na galing sa parang, at siya'y nanglalambot:

30 At sinabi ni Esau kay Jacob, Ipinamamanhik ko sa iyo na pakanin mo ako niyaong mapulang lutuin; sapagka't ako'y nanglalambot: kaya't tinawag ang pangalan niya na Edom.

31 At sinabi ni Jacob, Ipagbili mo muna sa akin ang iyong pagkapanganay.

32 At sinabi ni Esau, Narito, ako'y namamatay: at saan ko mapapakinabangan ang pagkapanganay?

33 At sinabi ni Jacob, Isumpa mo muna sa akin; at isinumpa niya sa kaniya: at kaniyang ipinagbili ang kaniyang pagkapanganay kay Jacob.

34 At binigyan ni Jacob si Esau ng tinapay at nilutong lentehas; at siya'y kumain, at uminom, at bumangon at yumaon: gayon niwalang halaga ni Esau ang kaniyang pagkapanganay.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4290

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4290. In the internal historical sense, by “he said, I will not let thee go unless thou bless me,” is signified that they insisted upon being representative; for their insisting is signified by “I will not let thee go,” and representing a church by being “blessed.” In regard to this subject—that the posterity of Jacob insisted upon being representative of a church, and that they were chosen above all other nations—this cannot indeed be made so evident from the historicals of the Word in the sense of the letter, for the reason that the historicals of the Word in the sense of the letter enfold within them deep secrets of heaven, and therefore these so follow in the series; and also because the names themselves signify things; many names indeed in their supreme sense signify the Lord Himself, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. That these in the supreme sense signify the Lord, has been shown many times in what precedes (see n. 1965, 1989, 2011, 3245, 3305, 3439).

[2] That the posterity of Jacob were not chosen, but insisted that a church should be among them, may be seen from many passages of the Word, from its internal historical sense, and openly in the following.

In Moses:

Jehovah spoke unto Moses, Go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast made to go up out of the land of Egypt, into the land of which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it; I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I consume thee in the way. And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned, and put off everyone his ornament from upon him. And Moses took the tent, and pitched it for himself without the camp, in removing far from the camp. And Moses said unto Jehovah, See, Thou sayest unto me, Make this people go up, and Thou hast not made known to me whom Thou wilt send with me. Now therefore I pray if I have found grace in Thine eyes, make known to me I pray Thy way, that I may know concerning Thee, that I have found grace in Thine eyes; behold also that this nation is Thy people. He said therefore, My faces shall go until I give thee rest (Exodus 33:1-7, 12-14).

It is here said that Moses made the people go up out of the land of Egypt, and then that they put off their ornament and mourned, and that Moses pitched his tent without the camp, and that thereby Jehovah assented; thus plainly showing that they themselves insisted.

[3] In the same:

Jehovah said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke Me, and how long will they not believe in Me, for all the signs which I have wrought in the midst of them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and will extinguish them, and will make of thee a nation greater and mightier than they. But Moses supplicated, and Jehovah being entreated said, I will be gracious according to thy word: nevertheless, I live, and the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah; for as to all those men who have seen My glory, and My signs which I wrought in Egypt, and in the wilderness, yet have tempted Me these ten times, and have not obeyed my voice, surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked Me see it. Your bodies shall fall in this wilderness; but your little children will I bring in (Numbers 14:11-12, 20-23, 29, 31).

From these words it is also manifest that Jehovah willed to extinguish them, and consequently not to set up a church among them, but that they insisted and it was therefore done—besides many other times also, when Jehovah willed to utterly destroy that nation so often rebellious, but as often suffered Himself to be entreated by their supplications.

[4] The like is also involved in Balaam’s not being permitted to curse that people (Numbers 22,23, 24); and in other places also, where it is said that Jehovah repented that He had brought in that people; also that Jehovah was entreated; and also that He so often made a new covenant with them. Such things are signified in the internal historical sense by the words “I will not let thee go, unless thou bless me.” The same is also signified by Jacob’s taking away the birthright from Esau, and also by his taking the blessing from him by fraud (Genesis 25 and 27).

  
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