A Bíblia

 

1 Mose 23

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1 Sara war hundertsiebenundzwanzig Jahre alt

2 und starb in der Hauptstadt, die heißt Hebron, im Lande Kanaan. Da kam Abraham, daß er sie klagete und beweinete.

3 Danach stund er auf von seiner Leiche und redete mit den Kindern Heths und sprach:

4 Ich bin ein Fremder und Einwohner bei euch; gebet mir ein Erbbegräbnis bei euch, daß ich meinen Toten begrabe, der vor mir liegt.

5 Da antworteten Abraham die Kinder Heths und sprachen zu ihm:

6 Höre uns, lieber HERR! Du bist ein Fürst Gottes unter uns; begrabe deinen Toten in unsern ehrlichsten Gräbern; kein Mensch soll dir unter uns wehren, daß du in seinem Grabe nicht begrabest deinen Toten.

7 Da stund Abraham auf und bückte sich vor dem Volk des Landes, nämlich vor den Kindern Heths.

8 Und er redete mit ihnen und sprach: Gefällt es euch, daß ich meinen Toten, der vor mir liegt, begrabe, so höret mich und bittet für mich gegen Ephron, dem Sohn Zoars,

9 daß er mir gebe seine zwiefache Höhle, die er hat am Ende seines Ackers; er gebe mir sie um Geld, soviel sie wert ist, unter euch zum Erbbegräbnis.

10 Denn Ephron wohnete unter den Kindern Heths. Da antwortete Ephron, der Hethiter, Abraham, daß zuhöreten die Kinder Heths, vor allen, die zu seiner Stadt Tor aus und ein gingen, und sprach:

11 Nein, mein HERR, sondern höre mir zu. Ich schenke dir den Acker, und die Höhle drinnen dazu, und übergebe dir's vor den Augen der Kinder meines Volks, zu begraben deinen Toten.

12 Da bückte sich Abraham vor dem Volk des Landes

13 und redete mit Ephron, daß zuhörete das Volk des Landes, und sprach: Willst du mir ihn lassen, so bitte ich, nimm von mir das Geld für den Acker, das ich dir gebe, so will ich meinen Toten daselbst begraben.

14 Ephron antwortete Abraham und sprach zu ihm:

15 Mein HERR, höre doch mich! Das Feld ist vierhundert Sekel Silbers wert; was ist das aber zwischen mir und dir? Begrabe nur deinen Toten.

16 Abraham gehorchte Ephron und wog ihm das Geld dar, das er gesagt hatte, daß zuhöreten die Kinder Heths nämlich vierhundert Sekel Silbers, das im Kauf gang und gäbe war.

17 Also ward Ephrons Acker, darin die zwiefache Höhle ist, gegen Mamre über, Abraham zum eigenen Gut bestätiget, mit der Höhle darinnen und mit allen Bäumen auf dem Acker umher,

18 daß die Kinder Heths zusahen und alle, die zu seiner Stadt Tor aus und ein gingen.

19 Danach begrub Abraham Sara, sein Weib, in der Höhle des Ackers, die zwiefach ist, gegen Mamre über, das ist, Hebron, im Lande Kanaan.

20 Also ward bestätiget der Acker und die Höhle darinnen Abraham zum Erbbegräbnis von den Kindern Heths.

   

Das Obras de Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia # 3069

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3069. 'And I will drink' means instruction from them in truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'drinking' as receiving instruction. References to 'drinking' occur in various places in the Word, and whenever the subject is the goods and truths of faith, instruction in these and reception of them is meant, as in Isaiah,

The new wine will mourn, the vine will languish, all the merry-hearted will sigh; they will not drink wine with singing, strong drink will be bitter to those drinking it. Isaiah 24:7, 9.

'Not drinking wine with singing' stands for not receiving instruction from the affection for truth and not receiving any consequent delight. 'Strong drink being bitter to those drinking it' stands for repugnance. In the same prophet,

It will be as when a thirsting man dreams, and behold, he is drinking; and he awakes, and behold, he is faint, and the soul is craving. Isaiah 29:8.

'Thirsting' stands for desiring instruction, 'drinking' for receiving it, but in things that are valueless.

[2] In Jeremiah,

Our waters we drink for silver, our timbers come for a price. Lamentations 5:4.

'Drinking waters for silver' stands for receiving instruction but not for nothing, and also attributing truth to oneself. Truth is a free gift and so does not come from oneself but from the Lord, as these words in Isaiah declare,

Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters, and he who has no money, come, buy! Isaiah 55:1.

And in John,

Jesus said, If anyone thirsts let him come to Me and drink. Whoever believes in Me, out of his belly will flow rivers of living water. John 7:37-38.

Here 'drinking' means being given instruction and accepting it. In Luke,

They will say, We ate in Your presence and we drank, and You taught in our streets. But the Lord will say, I do not know where you come from; depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity! Luke 13:26-27.

Here 'eating and drinking in the Lord's presence' stands for giving instruction in, and proclaiming, the good and truth of faith, doing so from cognitions drawn from the Word, which is meant by 'You taught in our streets'. But because they did it for selfish reasons - for the sake of personal honour and gain, thus not out of any affection for good and truth, and so possessed cognitions of truth and yet led evil lives - it is said, 'I do not know where you come from; depart from Me, all you workers of iniquity!'

[3] In the same gospel, where Jesus was talking to the disciples,

That you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom. Luke 22:30.

It is evident to anyone that in the Lord's kingdom they do not eat and drink, and that no table is there, thus that something different is meant by 'eating and drinking at the Lord's table in His kingdom', that is to say, enjoying a perception of good and truth. So also with what the Lord says in Matthew,

I tell you that I shall not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it [new] with you in My Father's kingdom. Matthew 26:28, 29.

'Drinking' stands for giving living instruction in truths and imparting a perception of good and truth. That which the Lord said -

Do not be anxious for your soul, what you are going to eat or what you are going to drink, nor for your body, what you are going to put on. Matthew 6:25, 31; Luke 12:29 - is indicative of spiritual things, that so far as all things of faith are concerned, goodness and truth are imparted by the Lord. In John,

Jesus said to the Samaritan woman, Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but he who drinks from the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water leaping up into eternal life. John 4:7-14. 'Drinking' clearly stands for being given instruction in goods and truths, and the acceptance of them.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.