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En hij stelde de dienstmaagden en haar kinderen vooraan; en Lea en haar kinderen meer achterwaarts; maar Rachel en Jozef de achterste.
Genesis 33:2
Arcana Coelestia #4363
4363. Verses 8-11 And he said, What do you mean by all this camp which I met? And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord. And Esau said, I have much, my brother; let what is yours be yours. And Jacob said, No, I beg of you; if now I have found favour in your eyes, then take my gift from my hand; inasmuch as I have seen your face, as though seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me. Take now my blessing which is brought to you, because God has graciously bestowed much on me, and because I have everything. And he urged him, and he took it.
'He said, What do you mean by all this camp which I met?' means the specific things which came from the good of truth. 'And he said, To find favour in the eyes of my lord' means an introduction that went favourably. 'And Esau said, I have much, my brother; let what is yours be yours' means a tacit acceptance, in order that in this way He might instill the affection for good that develops out of truth. 'And Jacob said, No, I beg of you' means the birth of that affection. 'If now I have found favour in your eyes, then take my gift from my hand' means the reciprocation of that affection, in order that it might be instilled. 'Inasmuch as I have seen your face, as though seeing the face of God, and you have accepted me' means the affection itself within that perception by which it was instilled reciprocally. 'Take now my blessing which is brought to you' means the Divine goods and truths which were to become linked to Divine Natural Good. 'Because God has graciously bestowed much on me' means conferred by Providence. 'And because I have everything' means his spiritual riches. 'And he urged him, and he took it' means that that affection originating in the good of truth was instilled by means of affection inspired by Divine Good.
Genesis 33
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Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.
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He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
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He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.
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Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.
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He lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, "Who are these with you?" He said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant."
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Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.
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Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
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Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."
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Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours."
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Jacob said, "Please, no, if I have now found favor in your sight, then receive my present at my hand, because I have seen your face, as one sees the face of God, and you were pleased with me.
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Please take the gift that I brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough." He urged him, and he took it.
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Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you."
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Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds with me have their young, and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.
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Please let my lord pass over before his servant, and I will lead on gently, according to the pace of the livestock that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord to Seir."
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Esau said, "Let me now leave with you some of the folk who are with me." He said, "Why? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord."
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So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.
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Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
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Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
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He bought the parcel of ground where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money.
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He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
