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Genesis 49

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1 At tinawag ni Jacob ang kaniyang mga anak, at sinabi, Magpipisan kayo, upang maisaysay ko sa inyo ang mangyayari sa inyo sa mga huling araw.

2 Magpipisan kayo at kayo'y makinig, kayong mga anak ni Jacob; At inyong pakinggan si Israel na inyong ama.

3 Ruben, ikaw ang aking panganay, ang aking kapangyarihan, at siyang pasimula ng aking kalakasan; Siyang kasakdalan ng kamahalan, at siyang kasakdalan ng kapangyarihan.

4 Kumukulong parang tubig na umaawas, hindi ka magtataglay ng kasakdalan, Sapagka't, sumampa ka sa higaan ng iyong ama: Hinamak mo nga; sumampa sa aking higaan.

5 Si Simeon at si Levi ay magkapatid; Mga almas na marahas ang kanilang mga tabak.

6 Oh kaluluwa ko, huwag kang pumasok sa kanilang payo; Sa kanilang kapisanan, ay huwag kang makiisa, kaluwalhatian ko; Sapagka't sa kanilang galit ay pumatay ng tao: At sa kanilang sariling kalooban ay pumutol ng hita ng baka.

7 Sumpain ang kanilang galit, sapagka't mabangis; At ang kanilang pagiinit, sapagka't mabagsik. Aking babahagihin sila sa Jacob. At aking pangangalatin sila sa Israel.

8 Juda, ikaw ay pupurihin ng iyong mga kapatid: Ang iyong kamay ay magpapahinga sa leeg ng iyong mga kaaway: Ang mga anak ng iyong ama ay yuyukod sa harap mo.

9 Si Juda'y isang anak ng leon, Mula sa panghuhuli, anak ko umahon ka: Siya'y yumuko, siya'y lumugmok na parang leon; At parang isang leong babae; sinong gigising sa kaniya?

10 Ang setro ay hindi mahihiwalay sa Juda, Ni ang tungkod ng pagkapuno sa pagitan ng kaniyang mga paa, Hanggang sa ang Shiloh ay dumating; At sa kaniya tatalima ang mga bansa.

11 Naitatali ang kaniyang batang asno sa puno ng ubas. At ang guya ng kaniyang asno sa puno ng piling ubas; Nilabhan niya ang kaniyang suot sa alak, At ang kaniyang damit sa katas ng ubas.

12 Ang kaniyang mga mata ay mamumula sa alak, At ang kaniyang mga ngipin ay mamumuti sa gatas.

13 Si Zabulon ay tatahan sa daongan ng dagat: At siya'y magiging daongan ng mga sasakyan; At ang kaniyang hangganan ay magiging hanggang Sidon.

14 Si Issachar ay isang malakas na asno, Na lumulugmok sa gitna ng mga tupahan:

15 At nakakita siya ng dakong pahingahang mabuti, At ng lupang kaayaaya; At kaniyang iniyukod ang kaniyang balikat upang pumasan, At naging aliping mangaatag.

16 Si Dan ay hahatol sa kaniyang bayan, Gaya ng isa sa angkan ni Israel.

17 Si Dan ay magiging ahas sa daan, At ulupong sa landas, Na nangangagat ng mga sakong ng kabayo, Na ano pa't nahuhulog sa likuran ang sakay niyaon.

18 Aking hinintay ang iyong pagliligtas, Oh Panginoon.

19 Si Gad, ay hahabulin ng isang pulutong: Nguni't siya ang hahabol sa kanila.

20 Hinggil kay Aser, ay lulusog ang tinapay niya, At gagawa ng masasarap na pagkain.

21 Si Nephtali ay isang usang babaing kawala: Siya'y nagbabadya ng maririkit na pananalita.

22 Si Jose ay sangang mabunga, Sangang mabunga na nasa tabi ng bukal; Ang kaniyang mga sanga'y gumagapang sa pader.

23 Pinamanglaw siya ng mga mamamana, At pinana siya, at inusig siya:

24 Nguni't ang kaniyang busog ay nanahan sa kalakasan, At pinalakas ang mga bisig ng kaniyang mga kamay, Sa pamamagitan ng mga kamay ng Makapangyarihan ni Jacob, (Na siyang pinagmulan ng pastor, ang bato ng Israel),

25 Sa pamamagitan nga ng Dios ng iyong ama, na siyang tutulong sa iyo, At sa pamamagitan ng Makapangyarihan sa lahat, na siyang magpapala sa iyo, Ng pagpapala ng langit sa itaas, Pagpapala ng mga kalaliman na nalalagay sa ibaba, Pagpapala ng mga dibdib at ng bahay-bata.

26 Ang mga basbas ng iyong ama na humigit sa basbas ng aking mga kanunuan Hanggang sa wakas ng mga burol na walang hanggan: Mangapapasa ulo ni Jose, At sa tuktok ng ulo niya na bukod tangi sa kaniyang mga kapatid.

27 Si Benjamin ay isang lobo na mangaagaw: Sa kinaumagaha'y kaniyang kakanin ang huli, At sa kinahapunan ay kaniyang babahagihin ang samsam.

28 Ang lahat ng ito ang labing dalawang angkan ng Israel: at ito ang sinalita ng ama nila sa kanila, at sila'y binasbasan; bawa't isa'y binasbasan ng ayon sa basbas sa kanikaniya,

29 At kaniyang ipinagbilin sa kanila, at sinabi sa kanila: Ako'y malalakip sa aking bayan: ilibing ninyo ako sa kasamahan ng aking mga magulang sa yungib na nasa parang ni Ephron na Hetheo,

30 Sa yungib na nasa parang ng Machpela, na nasa tapat ng Mamre, sa lupain ng Canaan, na binili ni Abraham, na kalakip ng parang kay Ephron na Hetheo, na pinakaaring libingan:

31 Na doon nila inilibing si Abraham at si Sara na kaniyang asawa; na doon nila inilibing si Isaac at si Rebeca na kaniyang asawa; at doon ko inilibing si Lea:

32 Sa parang at sa yungib na nandoon na binili sa mga anak ni Heth.

33 At nang matapos si Jacob na makapagbilin sa kaniyang mga anak, ay kaniyang itinaas at itinikom ang kaniyang mga paa sa higaan, at nalagot ang hininga, at nalakip sa kaniyang bayan.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #6401

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6401. 'And its rider will fall backwards' means a receding from [truth]. This is clear from the meaning of 'falling backwards' as a receding from - a receding from truth; and from the meaning of 'rider' as those subject to false notions received from lowest nature. 'Horse' means those false notions, see immediately above in 6400, and therefore 'rider' means those subject to them, the nature of which meanings has been discussed immediately above. Since 'Dan' means those within the Church who are the kind of people described just above in 6396 and who are accordingly among the lowest in the Lord's kingdom, 'Dan' also means those who hatch false teachings out of false notions and disseminate them. These people's false teachings are also called 'horses', and their reasonings about truth and good are called 'serpents', in Jeremiah,

From Dan the snorting of his horses was heard; at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole earth quaked. And they came and devoured the land and the fullness of it, the city and those dwelling in it. For behold, I send into you poisonous serpents which do not respond to charming; and they will bite you. Jeremiah 8:16-17.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #4240

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4240. 'To the land of Seir' means celestial-natural good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Seir' in the highest sense as the Lord's celestial-natural good. The reason why 'the land of Seir' has this meaning is that Mount Seir formed a boundary to the land of Canaan on one side, Joshua 11:16-17, and all boundaries such as rivers, mountains, and stretches of land represented the things that came last, 1585, 1866, 4116. Indeed these boundaries acquired their individual representations from the land of Canaan contained within them, which land represented the Lord's heavenly kingdom, and in the highest sense His Divine Human, see 1607, 3038, 3481, 3705. Things that are last, existing as boundaries, are those which are called natural, for natural things are the boundaries holding spiritual and celestial realities within them. This is so in the heavens, for the inmost or third heaven is celestial because it is governed by love to the Lord; the intermediate or second heaven is spiritual because it is governed by love towards the neighbour; and the last or first heaven is celestial-natural and spiritual-natural because it is governed by simple good, which is the last degree of order there. And the same is true with the regenerate person who is a miniature heaven. From all this one may now see the origin of the meaning of 'the land of Seir' as celestial-natural good. 'Esau' too, who dwelt there, represents that good, as has been shown above, and therefore the land where he dwelt has the same meaning. For lands take on the particular representations of their inhabitants, 1675.

[2] From all this one may now see what is meant in the Word by 'Seir', as in Moses,

Jehovah came from Sinai, and dawned from Seir upon them; He shone from Mount Paran, and came out of myriads of holiness. Deuteronomy 33:2-3.

In the Song of Deborah and Barak in the Book of Judges,

O Jehovah, when You went forth from Seir, when You set out from the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped, the clouds indeed dropped water, the mountains flowed down, this Sinai before Jehovah God of Israel. Judges 5:4-5.

In Balaam's prophecy,

I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near. A star will arise out of Jacob, and a sceptre will rise up out of Israel. And Edom will be an inheritance and Seir will be an inheritance of his enemies; and Israel is gaining strength. Numbers 24:17-18.

Anyone can see that in these places 'Seir' means some aspect of the Lord, since it is said that 'Jehovah dawned from Seir', that 'He went forth from Seir and set out from the field of Edom', and that 'Edom and Seir will be an inheritance'. But what aspect of the Lord is meant no one can know except from the internal sense of the Word. It is the Lord's Divine Human that is meant, and in particular the good of the Divine Natural within that Human, as may be seen from what has been mentioned above. 'Dawning from and going out of Seir' means that He made even the Natural Divine in order that this also might be a source of light, that is, of intelligence and wisdom, and in this way He might become Jehovah not only as regards the Human Rational but also as regards the Human Natural. This is why it is said that 'Jehovah dawned from Seir' and 'Jehovah went out of Seir' - the Lord being Jehovah, see 1343, 1736, 2004, 2005, 2018, 2025, 2156, 2329, 2921, 3023, 3035. Something similar is embodied in the prophetic utterance concerning Dumah,

One is calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, Morning comes, and also the night. Isaiah 21:11-12.

[3] In the relative sense 'the land of Seir' strictly speaking means the Lord's kingdom existing with those outside the Church, that is, with gentiles when the Church is being established among them, while the previous or old Church is simultaneously falling away from charity and faith. As is clear from many places in the Word, light comes at that time to those who are in darkness. And this is strictly speaking the meaning of 'dawning from Seir', and of 'going forth from Seir and setting out from the field of Edom'. It is also the meaning of 'Seir will be an inheritance', as well as of the words in Isaiah, 'One is calling to me from Seir, Watchman, what of the night? The watchman said, Morning comes, and also the night.' 'Morning comes' means the Lord's advent, 2405, 2780, and as a consequence enlightenment coming to people who are 'in the night', that is, who dwell in ignorance; but that enlightenment is from the Lord's Divine Natural, 4211. Since most things in the Word also have a contrary sense, so too does the name 'Seir', as in Ezekiel 25:8-9; 35:2-15, and in various places in the historical parts of the Word.

  
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