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Бытие 27

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1 Когда Исаак состарился и притупилось зрение глаз его, он призвал старшего сына своего Исава и сказал ему: сын мой! Тотсказал ему: вот я.

2 Он сказал: вот, я состарился; не знаю дня смерти моей;

3 возьми теперь орудия твои, колчан твой и лук твой, пойди в поле,и налови мне дичи,

4 и приготовь мне кушанье, какое я люблю, и принеси мне есть, чтобы благословила тебя душа моя, прежде нежели я умру.

5 Ревекка слышала, когда Исаак говорил сыну своему Исаву. И пошел Исав в поле достать и принести дичи;

6 а Ревекка сказала сыну своему Иакову: вот, я слышала, как отец твойговорил брату твоему Исаву:

7 принеси мне дичи и приготовь мне кушанье; я поем и благословлю тебя пред лицем Господним, пред смертью моею.

8 Теперь, сын мой, послушайся слов моих в том, что я прикажу тебе:

9 пойди в стадо и возьми мне оттуда два козленка хороших, и я приготовлю из них отцу твоему кушанье, какое он любит,

10 а ты принесешь отцу твоему, и он поест, чтобы благословить тебя пред смертью своею.

11 Иаков сказал Ревекке, матери своей: Исав, брат мой, человек косматый, а я человек гладкий;

12 может статься, ощупает меня отец мой,и я буду в глазах его обманщиком и наведу на себя проклятие, а не благословение.

13 Мать его сказала ему: на мне пусть будет проклятие твое, сын мой, только послушайся слов моих и пойди, принеси мне.

14 Он пошел, и взял, и принес матери своей; и мать его сделала кушанье, какое любил отец его.

15 И взяла Ревекка богатую одежду старшего сына своего Исава, бывшуюу ней в доме, и одела в нее младшего сына своего Иакова;

16 а руки его и гладкую шею его обложила кожею козлят;

17 и дала кушанье и хлеб, которые она приготовила, в руки Иакову,сыну своему.

18 Он вошел к отцу своему и сказал: отец мой! Тот сказал: вот я; кто ты, сын мой?

19 Иаков сказал отцу своему: я Исав, первенец твой; я сделал, как тысказал мне; встань, сядь и поешь дичи моей, чтобы благословила меня душа твоя.

20 И сказал Исаак сыну своему: что так скоро нашел ты, сын мой? Он сказал: потому что Господь Бог твой послал мне навстречу.

21 И сказал Исаак Иакову: подойди, я ощупаю тебя, сын мой, ты ли сын мой Исав, или нет?

22 Иаков подошел к Исааку, отцу своему, и он ощупал его и сказал: голос, голос Иакова; а руки, руки Исавовы.

23 И не узнал его, потому что руки его были, как руки Исава, брата его, косматые; иблагословил его

24 и сказал: ты ли сын мой Исав? Он отвечал: я.

25 Исаак сказал: подай мне, я поем дичи сына моего, чтобыблагословила тебя душа моя. Иаков подал ему, и он ел; принес емуи вина, и он пил.

26 Исаак, отец его, сказал ему: подойди, поцелуй меня, сын мой.

27 Он подошел и поцеловал его. И ощутил Исаак запах от одеждыего и благословил его и сказал: вот, запах от сына моего, как запах отполя, которое благословил Господь;

28 да даст тебе Бог от росы небесной и от тука земли, и множествохлеба и вина;

29 да послужат тебе народы, и да поклонятся тебе племена; будь господином над братьями твоими, и да поклонятся тебе сыны матери твоей; проклинающие тебя – прокляты; благословляющие тебя – благословенны!

30 Как скоро совершил Исаак благословение над Иаковом, и как только вышел Иаков от лица Исаака, отца своего, Исав, брат его, пришел с ловли своей.

31 Приготовил и он кушанье, и принес отцу своему, и сказал отцу своему: встань, отец мой, и поешь дичи сына твоего, чтобы благословила меня душа твоя.

32 Исаак же, отец его, сказал ему: кто ты? Он сказал: я сын твой, первенец твой, Исав.

33 И вострепетал Исаак весьма великим трепетом, и сказал: кто ж это,который достал дичи и принес мне, и я ел от всего, прежде нежели ты пришел, и я благословил его? он и будет благословен.

34 Исав, выслушав слова отца своего, поднял громкий и весьма горький вопль и сказал отцу своему: отец мой! благослови и меня.

35 Но он сказал: брат твой пришел с хитростью и взял благословение твое.

36 И сказал он: не потому ли дано ему имя: Иаков, что он запнул меня уже два раза? Он взял первородство мое, и вот, теперь взял благословение мое. И еще сказал: неужели ты не оставил мне благословения?

37 Исаак отвечал Исаву: вот, я поставил его господином над тобою и всех братьев его отдал ему в рабы; одарил его хлебом и вином; что же я сделаю для тебя, сын мой?

38 Но Исав сказал отцу своему: неужели, отец мой, одно у тебя благословение? благослови и меня, отец мой! И возвысил Исав голос свой и заплакал.

39 И отвечал Исаак, отец его, и сказал ему: вот, от тука земли будетобитание твое и от росы небесной свыше;

40 и ты будешь жить мечом твоим и будешь служить брату твоему; будет же время , когда воспротивишься и свергнешь иго его с выи твоей.

41 И возненавидел Исав Иакова за благословение, которым благословил его отец его; и сказал Исав в сердце своем: приближаются дни плача по отце моем, и я убью Иакова, брата моего.

42 И пересказаны были Ревекке слова Исава, старшего сына ее; и она послала, и призвала младшего сына своего Иакова, исказала ему: вот, Исав, брат твой, грозит убить тебя;

43 и теперь, сын мой, послушайся слов моих, встань, беги к Лавану, брату моему, в Харран,

44 и поживи у него несколько времени, пока утолится ярость брата твоего,

45 пока утолится гнев брата твоего на тебя, и он позабудет, что ты сделал ему: тогда я пошлю и возьму тебя оттуда; для чего мне в один день лишиться обоих вас?

46 И сказала Ревекка Исааку: я жизни не рада от дочерей Хеттейских; если Иаков возьмет жену из дочерей Хеттейских, каковы эти, из дочерей этой земли, то к чему мне и жизнь?

   

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3509. And Rebekah said unto Jacob her son. That this signifies the Lord’s perception from Divine truth concerning natural truth, is evident from the representation of Rebekah, as being the Divine truth of the Lord’s Divine rational (see n. 3012, 3013, 3077); from the signification of “saying” as being to perceive (n. 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1898, 1919, 2080, 2506, 2515, 2552, 2619); and from the representation of Jacob, as being the Lord’s natural as to truth (n. 3305); from all which it is manifest that by “Rebekah said unto Jacob her son,” is signified the Lord’s perception from Divine truth concerning natural truth. That the Lord from the Divine good of the Divine rational which is represented by Isaac, willed to procure truth for Himself through the good of the natural which is represented by Esau, whereby He might glorify or make Divine His natural; but that the Lord from the Divine truth of the Divine rational which is represented by Rebekah willed to procure for Himself through the truth of the natural which is represented by Jacob the truth by means of which the rational might be glorified or made Divine, cannot be apprehended unless it is illustrated by the things that come to pass in man while being regenerated or made new by the Lord; nor indeed even by this unless it is known how the case is with the rational as to the good and as to the truth therein-which must therefore be briefly stated.

[2] The rational mind is distinguished into two faculties, one faculty being called the will, and the other the understanding. During man’s regeneration, that which proceeds from the will is called good, and that which proceeds from the understanding is called truth. Before man has been regenerated the will does not act as one with the understanding; but the former wills good, while the latter wills truth; insomuch that an effort of the will is perceived as being quite distinct from one of the understanding. This however is perceived only by those who reflect, and who know what the will is and the things that belong thereto, and what the understanding is and the things that belong thereto; but it is not perceived by those who do not know these things and therefore who do not reflect, for the reason that the natural mind is regenerated through the rational mind (see n. 3493), and this according to an order such that the good of the rational does not flow immediately into the good of the natural and regenerate it, but through the truth which is of the understanding, thus in appearance from the truth of the rational. These are the things treated of in this chapter in the internal sense; for “Isaac” is the rational mind as to the good which is of the will, “Rebekah” being the same with respect to the truth which is of the understanding; “Esau” is the good of the natural that comes forth from the good of the rational; and “Jacob” is the truth of the natural that comes forth from the good of the rational through the truth therein.

[3] From these things it may be seen what arcana are contained in the internal sense of the Word; but still there are very few which can be described to human apprehension; while those which transcend it, and cannot be described, are without limit; for in proportion as the Word penetrates more deeply, that is, more interiorly, into heaven, the more innumerable and ineffable the arcana become, not only to man, but also to the angels of the lower heaven; and when it reaches the inmost heaven, the angels there perceive that the arcana are infinite, and are altogether incomprehensible to them, because they are Divine. Such is the Word.

  
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Genesis 24

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1 Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.

2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh.

3 I will make you swear by Yahweh, the God of heaven and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live.

4 But you shall go to my country, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac."

5 The servant said to him, "What if the woman isn't willing to follow me to this land? Must I bring your son again to the land you came from?"

6 Abraham said to him, "Beware that you don't bring my son there again.

7 Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.

8 If the woman isn't willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath. Only you shall not bring my son there again."

9 The servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter.

10 The servant took ten camels, of his master's camels, and departed, having a variety of good things of his master's with him. He arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.

11 He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time that women go out to draw water.

12 He said, "Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, please give me success this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13 Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

14 Let it happen, that the young lady to whom I will say, 'Please let down your pitcher, that I may drink,' and she will say, 'drink, and I will also give your camels a drink,'--let her be the one you have appointed for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

15 It happened, before he had finished speaking, that behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder.

16 The young lady was very beautiful to look at, a virgin, neither had any man known her. She went down to the spring, filled her pitcher, and came up.

17 The servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please give me a drink, a little water from your pitcher."

18 She said, "Drink, my lord." She hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him Drink.

19 When she had done giving him drink, she said, "I will also draw for your camels, until they have done drinking."

20 She hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw, and drew for all his camels.

21 The man looked steadfastly at her, remaining silent, to know whether Yahweh had made his journey prosperous or not.

22 It happened, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden ring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold,

23 and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"

24 She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor."

25 She said moreover to him, "We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in."

26 The man bowed his head, and worshiped Yahweh.

27 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken his loving kindness and his truth toward my master. As for me, Yahweh has led me in the way to the house of my master's relatives."

28 The young lady ran, and told her mother's house about these words.

29 Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban. Laban ran out to the man, to the spring.

30 It happened, when he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," that he came to the man. Behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring.

31 He said, "Come in, you blessed of Yahweh. Why do you stand outside? For I have prepared the house, and room for the camels."

32 The man came into the house, and he unloaded the camels. He gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.

33 Food was set before him to eat, but he said, "I will not eat until I have told my message." He said, "Speak on."

34 He said, "I am Abraham's servant.

35 Yahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.

36 Sarah, my master's wife, bore a son to my master when she was old. He has given all that he has to him.

37 My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live,

38 but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'

39 I asked my master, 'What if the woman will not follow me?'

40 He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.

41 Then will you be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don't give her to you, you shall be clear from my oath.'

42 I came this day to the spring, and said, 'Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go--

43 behold, I am standing by this spring of water. Let it happen, that the maiden who comes forth to draw, to whom I will say, "Please give me a little water from your pitcher to drink,"

44 and she will tell me, "Drink, and I will also draw for your camels,"--let her be the woman whom Yahweh has appointed for my master's son.'

45 Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder. She went down to the spring, and drew. I said to her, 'Please let me drink.'

46 She hurried and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will also give your camels a Drink.' So I drank, and she also gave the camels a Drink.

47 I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' She said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him.' I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her hands.

48 I bowed my head, and worshiped Yahweh, and blessed Yahweh, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter for his son.

49 Now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me, that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left."

50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, "The thing proceeds from Yahweh. We can't speak to you bad or good.

51 Behold, Rebekah is before you. Take her, and go, and let her be your master's son's wife, as Yahweh has spoken."

52 It happened that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself down to the earth to Yahweh.

53 The servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and clothing, and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious things to her brother and her mother.

54 They ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed all night. They rose up in the morning, and he said, "Send me away to my master."

55 Her brother and her mother said, "Let the young lady stay with us a few days, at least ten. After that she will go."

56 He said to them, "Don't hinder me, since Yahweh has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master."

57 They said, "We will call the young lady, and ask her."

58 They called Rebekah, and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" She said, "I will go."

59 They sent away Rebekah, their sister, with her nurse, Abraham's servant, and his men.

60 They blessed Rebekah, and said to her, "Our sister, may you be the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your seed possess the gate of those who hate them."

61 Rebekah arose with her ladies. They rode on the camels, and followed the man. The servant took Rebekah, and went his way.

62 Isaac came from the way of Beer Lahai Roi, for he lived in the land of the South.

63 Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the evening. He lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, there were camels coming.

64 Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel.

65 She said to the servant, "Who is the man who is walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "It is my master." She took her veil, and covered herself.

66 The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done.

67 Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife. He loved her. Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.