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Genesis 27

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1 Kui Iisak oli vanaks jäänud ja ta silmanägemine oli tuhmunud, siis ta kutsus Eesavi, oma vanema poja, ja ütles temale: 'Mu poeg!' Ja see vastas temale: 'Siin ma olen!'

2 Ja ta ütles: 'Vaata, ma olen vanaks jäänud ega tea oma surmapäeva.

3 Võta nüüd oma jahiriistad, nooletupp ja amb, mine väljale ja küti mulle mõni jahiloom!

4 Valmista siis mulle maitsvat rooga, mida ma armastan, ja too mulle süüa, et mu hing sind õnnistaks, enne kui ma suren!'

5 Aga Rebeka kuulis, kui Iisak rääkis oma poja Eesaviga. Ja kui Eesav oli läinud väljale küttima ja jahisaaki tooma,

6 siis rääkis Rebeka oma poja Jaakobiga, öeldes: 'Vaata, ma kuulsin su isa rääkivat su venna Eesaviga ja ütlevat:

7 Too mulle jahisaaki ja valmista mulle maitsvat rooga, et ma söön ja sind Issanda ees õnnistan, enne kui ma suren.

8 Ja nüüd, mu poeg, kuula mu sõna ja tee, mida ma sind käsin:

9 mine karja juurde ja võta mulle sealt kaks head sikutalle ja ma valmistan need su isale maitsvaks roaks, mida ta armastab.

10 Sina vii need siis oma isale, et ta sööks ja sind õnnistaks, enne kui ta sureb!'

11 Aga Jaakob ütles oma emale Rebekale: 'Vaata, mu vend Eesav on karune, aga mina olen sile.

12 Võib-olla katsub isa mind käega, siis oleksin tema silmis nagu petis ja tooksin enesele needuse, mitte õnnistuse.'

13 Aga ta ema ütles talle: 'Sinu needmine tulgu minu peale, mu poeg! Kuula ainult mu sõna ja mine too mulle!'

14 Siis ta läks ja võttis need ning tõi oma emale; ja ta ema valmistas maitsva roa, mida ta isa armastas.

15 Ja Rebeka võttis oma vanema poja Eesavi parimad riided, mis olid ta juures kodus, ja pani need selga oma nooremale pojale Jaakobile.

16 Tema käte ja sileda kaela ümber aga pani ta sikutallede nahad.

17 Siis ta andis maitsva roa ja leiva, mille ta oli valmistanud, oma poja Jaakobi kätte,

18 ja see läks oma isa juurde ning ütles: 'Mu isa!' Ja tema vastas: 'Siin ma olen! Kumb sa oled, mu poeg?'

19 Ja Jaakob ütles oma isale: 'Mina olen Eesav, sinu esmasündinu! Ma tegin, nagu sa mind käskisid. Tõuse, istu ja söö mu jahisaaki, et su hing mind õnnistaks!'

20 Aga Iisak küsis oma pojalt: 'Kuidas sa nii kähku leidsid, mu poeg?' Ja tema vastas: 'Issand, sinu Jumal, saatis mulle ette.'

21 Siis Iisak ütles Jaakobile: 'Tule ometi ligemale, et ma sind käega katsun, mu poeg, kas sa oled mu poeg Eesav või mitte?'

22 Ja Jaakob astus oma isa Iisaki juurde, ja tema katsus teda käega ning ütles: 'Hääl on Jaakobi Hääl, aga käed on Eesavi käed!'

23 Ja ta ei tundnud teda ära, sest tema käed olid karused nagu ta venna Eesavi käed; ja ta õnnistas teda.

24 Ta küsis veel kord: 'Kas sa oled tõesti mu poeg Eesav?' Ja ta vastas: 'Olen!'

25 Siis ta ütles: 'Ulata mulle ja ma söön oma poja jahisaaki, et mu hing sind õnnistaks!' Ja ta ulatas temale selle, ja ta sõi; ja ta tõi temale veini, ja ta jõi.

26 Seejärel ütles ta isa Iisak temale: 'Tule nüüd ligemale ja anna mulle suud, mu poeg!'

27 Ja ta astus ligi ning andis temale suud; siis ta tundis tema riiete lõhna ja ta õnnistas teda ning ütles: 'Näe, mu poja lõhn - otsekui välja lõhn, mida Issand on õnnistanud!

28 Jumal andku sulle taeva kastet ja maa rammu, ning külluses vilja ja veini!

29 Rahvad orjaku sind, rahvahõimud kummardagu sind! Ole oma vendade isand, su ema pojad kummardagu sind! Neetud olgu, kes sind neab, õnnistatud, kes sind õnnistab!'

30 Ja kui Iisak oli Jaakobit õnnistanud ja kui Jaakob oli just ära läinud oma isa Iisaki juurest, siis tuli tema vend Eesav küttimast.

31 Ja temagi valmistas maitsva roa ja viis oma isa juurde ning ütles isale: 'Tõuse, mu isa, ja söö oma poja jahisaaki, et su hing mind õnnistaks!'

32 Aga tema isa Iisak küsis temalt: 'Kes sa oled?' Ja ta vastas: 'Mina olen su poeg Eesav, su esmasündinu!'

33 Siis Iisak värises väga suurest ärritusest ja ütles: 'Kes oli siis see, kes jahilooma küttis ja mulle tõi? Ja mina sõin kõike, enne kui sa tulid, ning õnnistasin teda! Õnnistatuks ta jääbki!'

34 Kui Eesav kuulis oma isa sõnu, siis ta kisendas väga valjusti ja kibedasti ning ütles oma isale: 'Õnnista ka mind, mu isa!'

35 Aga ta vastas: 'Su vend tuli kavalusega ja võttis su õnnistuse.'

36 Siis ta ütles: 'Eks ole temale nimeks pandud Jaakob? Juba teist korda on ta mind petnud: ta võttis mu esmasünniõiguse, ja vaata, nüüd ta võttis ka mu õnnistuse!' Ja ta küsis: 'Kas sul pole hoitud õnnistust eraldi minu jaoks?'

37 Aga Iisak vastas ning ütles Eesavile: 'Vaata, ma olen pannud ta sinu isandaks ja olen andnud kõik ta vennad temale sulaseiks, ja ma olen teda varustanud vilja ja veiniga. Mida võiksin siis nüüd teha sinu heaks, mu poeg?'

38 Ja Eesav ütles oma isale: 'Ons see sul ainus õnnistus, mu isa? Õnnista ka mind, mu isa!' Ja Eesav tõstis häält ning nuttis.

39 Siis vastas tema isa Iisak ning ütles temale: 'Vaata, su eluase on eemal rammusast maast ja ilma taeva kasteta ülalt.

40 Sa elad oma mõõga varal ja pead oma venda orjama. Ometi sünnib, kui end raputad, et rebid tema ikke oma kaelast.'

41 Ja Eesav hakkas Jaakobit vihkama õnnistuse pärast, millega ta isa teda oli õnnistanud; ja Eesav mõtles iseeneses: 'Küllap tulevad mu isa leinamise päevad, siis ma tapan oma venna Jaakobi!'

42 Kui Rebekale tehti teatavaks ta vanema poja Eesavi mõtted, siis ta laskis kutsuda oma noorema poja Jaakobi ja ütles temale: 'Vaata, sinu vend Eesav trööstib ennast sellega, et ta su tapab.

43 Aga nüüd, mu poeg, kuula mu sõna! Võta kätte ja põgene mu venna Laabani juurde Haaranisse

44 ja jää tema juurde mõneks ajaks, kuni su venna raev on raugenud,

45 kuni su venna viha sinu pärast on möödunud ja ta unustab, mis sa temale oled teinud. Siis ma läkitan sulle järele ja lasen sind sealt ära tuua. Miks peaksin teid mõlemaid kaotama ühel ja samal päeval?'

46 Ja Rebeka ütles Iisakile: 'Ma olen elust tüdinud hetitaride pärast. Kui Jaakob võtab naise hetitaride hulgast, selle maa tütreist, niisuguse nagu need, mis elu mul siis on?'

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 3660

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3660. 'And blessed him' means that this good was accordingly joined [to the rational]. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as being joined to, dealt with in 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584. The reason why Isaac the father now blessed Jacob his son [a second time] - even though the latter had come to him deceitfully and had taken the blessing that was Esau's, an action that had made Isaac tremble, as is evident from verses 27:33, 35 of the previous chapter - is that he now perceived it was to be Jacob's descendants, not Esau's, who were to have possession of the land of Canaan. It was on account of this perception that the blessing was re-affirmed by Isaac. The deceit which had made Isaac tremble however meant and foretold the false impression which that nation would give in regard to representatives. That is to say, there was nothing in the least genuine or from the heart in its representation of the Divine or the heavenly things of the Lord's kingdom. Thus that nation was not at all like the Ancient Church but was interested only in things that were external separated from anything internal. Nor indeed did their interest end there, for they fell away so many times into plain idolatry.

[2] But what the expression being joined to, or conjunction, describes, meant in the internal sense by 'being blessed', has been stated already, namely this: Both the good and the truth of the natural were to be linked to the rational, or what amounts to the same, the external man to the internal. For to make His Natural Divine, the Lord imparted such good and truth to it as could correspond to the good and truth of the Divine Rational. Unless goods and truths in the one correspond to those in the other no conjunction is possible. The goods and truths of the natural, that is, those proper to the natural man, are countless, so countless that a person can hardly know the most general kinds of them, though when natural good and truth are referred to these are seen by him as a simple whole; for the entire natural, and everything there, is nothing else. This being so one may see that goods and truths of the natural exist which are able to accommodate the goods and truths of the rational, and goods and truths of the natural exist which are not able to do so; consequently that goods and truths of the natural exist which, by means of correspondence, are able to be linked to the goods and truths of the rational. It is the latter that are referred to in this chapter and those that follow.

[3] The ability to know those goods and truths and to distinguish one from another, and also to see the nature of them and so to see how suited they are for conjunction, can hardly exist in anyone as long as he does not think from what is interior, that is, from the enlightenment provided by the light of heaven. For at this time such things seem to him to be both obscure and joyless. But such things are nevertheless suited to the mental grasp and understanding of angels, and also to the mental grasp of spirits; for their thoughts are not interspersed with concerns about worldly, bodily, and earthly things, as they had been previously when they lived as men in the world. They - that is to say, angels and spirits - receive the delight of intelligence and the blessedness of wisdom when they have such things from the internal sense of the Word. Indeed the Divine is in that case shining on them, for in the highest sense the Lord is the subject, and in the representative sense the Church and regeneration. They come consequently within the Divine sphere of the Lord and of His ends and purposes.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1616

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1616. That 'Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt in the oak groves of Mamre which are in Hebron' means that the Lord arrived at a perception more interior still is clear from the meaning of 'moving one's tent', that is, moving it and pitching it once again, as the process of being joined together; for 'a tent' is the holiness of worship, as shown already in 414, 1452, by which the external man is joined to the internal. It is also clear from the meaning of 'an oak-grove' as perception, dealt with already in 1442, 1443, where the phrase that occurred was 'the oak-grove of Moreh', meaning a first perception, whereas here the plural 'the oak-groves of Mamre' is used, which means a fuller, that is, more interior perception. This perception is called 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron'. Mamre is also mentioned elsewhere in the Word, as in Genesis 14:13; 18:1; 23:17-19; 35:27; and Hebron too, in Genesis 35:27; 37:14; Joshua 10:36, 39; 14:13-15; 15:13, 54; 20:7; 21:11, 13; Judges 1:10, 20; and elsewhere. But what Mamre and Hebron mean where they are so mentioned will in the Lord's Divine mercy be seen when these other parts of the Word are explained.

[2] The implications of 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron' meaning perception more interior still are as follows: To the extent that those things belonging to the external man are joined to celestial things belonging to the internal man perception grows and becomes more interior. Conjunction with celestial things confers perception, for within the celestial things that belong to love to Jehovah dwells the life itself of the internal man, or what amounts to the same, within celestial things which belong to love, that is, within celestial love, Jehovah is present. This presence is not perceived in the external man however until the conjunction has taken place. All perception is the result of conjunction.

[3] From the internal sense here it is clear what the situation was in the Lord's case: His External Man, or Human Essence, was joined step by step to the Divine Essence as cognitions multiplied and became fruitful. No one can ever, insofar as he is human, be joined to Jehovah, or the Lord, except by means of cognitions, for it is by means of cognitions that a person is made human. This applied to the Lord too since He was born as any other is born, and received instruction as any other does. Yet in the cognitions He had as receptacles celestial things were being instilled continually, with the result that His cognitions were constantly being made into the recipient vessels of celestial things; and these vessels also were themselves made celestial.

[4] Constantly the Lord advanced in this manner towards the celestial things of infancy, for, as stated already, the celestial things which belong to love are being instilled in a person from earliest infancy to childhood and on into adolescence as well. Since he is a human being, at that time and later on he is endowed with knowledge and cognitions. If a person is such that he can be regenerated, that knowledge and those cognitions are filled with celestial things that belong to love and charity, and are accordingly implanted within the celestial things he was endowed with from infancy through to childhood and adolescence, and in this way his external man is joined to his internal. First of all they are implanted in the celestial things he was endowed with in adolescence, then in those he was endowed with in childhood, and finally in those he was endowed with in infancy. At that point he is 'the little child' regarding whom the Lord said 'of such is the kingdom of God'. This implanting is done by the Lord alone, and therefore nothing celestial with man either does or can exist with man that does not come from, and belong to, the Lord.

[5] The Lord however from His own power joined His External Man to His Internal Man and filled His cognitions with celestial things, and He implanted them in celestial things, doing so according to Divine Order. First of all He implanted them in the celestial things of childhood, then in the celestial things of the age of childhood and back to infancy, and finally in the celestial things of His infancy. In this way He at the same time became as regards the Human Essence Innocence itself and Love itself, from which derive all innocence and all love in heaven and on earth. Such Innocence is true Infancy because it is simultaneously Wisdom. But the innocence of infancy is of no use at all unless by means of cognitions it becomes the innocence of wisdom, and this is why little children in the next life are endowed with cognitions. As the Lord implanted cognitions in celestial things, so He had perception, for, as stated, all perception is the result of conjunction. He had His first perception when He implanted the facts acquired in childhood, a perception meant by 'the oak-grove of Moreh'; and He had His second, which is the subject here, and which is more interior, when He implanted cognitions, a perception meant by 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron'.

  
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