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Génesis 46

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1 Salió Israel con todo lo que tenía, y vino a Beerseba, y ofreció sacrificios al Dios de su padre Isaac.

2 Y habló Dios a Israel en visiones de noche, y dijo: Jacob, Jacob. Y él respondió: Heme aquí.

3 Y dijo: Yo soy el Dios, el Dios de tu padre; no temas de descender a Egipto, porque yo te pondré allí en gran gente.

4 Yo descenderé contigo a Egipto, y yo también te haré volver; y José pondrá su mano sobre tus ojos.

5 Y se levantó Jacob de Beerseba; y tomaron los hijos de Israel a su padre Jacob, y a sus niños, y a sus mujeres, en los carros que el Faraón había enviado para llevarlo.

6 Y tomaron sus ganados, y su hacienda que habían adquirido en la tierra de Canaán, y vinieron a Egipto, Jacob, y toda su simiente consigo;

7 sus hijos, y los hijos de sus hijos consigo; sus hijas, y las hijas de sus hijos, y a toda su simiente trajo consigo a Egipto.

8 Y estos son los nombres de los hijos de Israel, que entraron en Egipto: Jacob y sus hijos; Rubén, el primogénito de Jacob.

9 Y los hijos de Rubén: Hanoc, y Falú, y Hezrón, y Carmi.

10 Y los hijos de Simeón: Jemuel, y Jamín, y Ohad, y Jaquin, y Zohar, y Saúl, hijo de la cananea.

11 Y los hijos de Leví: Gersón, Coat, y Merari.

12 Y los hijos de Judá: Er, y Onán, y Sela, y Fares, y Zara: mas Er y Onán, murieron en la tierra de Canaán. Y los hijos de Fares fueron Hezrón y Hamul.

13 Y los hijos de Isacar: Tola, y Fúa, y Job, y Simrón.

14 Y los hijos de Zabulón: Sered y Elón, y Jahleel.

15 Estos fueron los hijos de Lea, los que dio a luz a Jacob en Padan-aram, y además su hija Dina; treinta y tres las almas todas de sus hijos e hijas.

16 Y los hijos de Gad: Zifión, y Hagui, y Ezbón, y Suni, y Eri, y Arodi, y Areli.

17 Y los hijos de Aser: Imna, e Isúa, e Isúi y Bería, y Sera, hermana de ellos. Los hijos de Bería: Heber, y Malquiel.

18 Estos fueron los hijos de Zilpa, la que Labán dio a su hija Lea, y dio a luz éstos a Jacob; dieciséis almas.

19 Y los hijos de Raquel, mujer de Jacob: José y Benjamín.

20 Y nacieron a José en la tierra de Egipto Manasés y Efraín, los que le dio a luz Asenat, hija de Potifera, sacerdote de On.

21 Y los hijos de Benjamín fueron Bela, y Bequer y Asbel, y Gera, y Naamán, y Ehi, y Ros y Mupim, y Hupim, y Ard.

22 Estos fueron los hijos de Raquel, que nacieron a Jacob; en todas, catorce almas.

23 Y los hijos de Dan: Husim.

24 Y los hijos de Neftalí: Jahzeel, y Guni, y Jezer, y Silem.

25 Estos fueron los hijos de Bilha, la que dio Labán a Raquel su hija, y dio a luz éstos a Jacob; por todas siete almas.

26 Todas las personas que vinieron con Jacob a Egipto, procedente de sus lomos, sin las mujeres de los hijos de Jacob, todas las personas fueron sesenta y seis.

27 Y los hijos de José, que le nacieron en Egipto, dos personas. Todas las almas de la casa de Jacob, que entraron en Egipto, fueron setenta.

28 Y envió a Judá delante de sí a José, para que le viniese a ver a Gosén; y llegaron a la tierra de Gosén.

29 Y José unció su carro y vino a recibir a Israel su padre a Gosén; y se manifestó a él, y se echó sobre su cuello, y lloró sobre su cuello bastante.

30 Entonces Israel dijo a José: Muera yo ahora, ya que he visto tu rostro, pues aún vives.

31 Y José dijo a sus hermanos, y a la casa de su padre: Subiré y haré saber al Faraón, y le diré: Mis hermanos y la casa de mi padre, que estaban en la tierra de Canaán, han venido a mí;

32 y los hombres son pastores de ovejas, porque son hombres ganaderos; y han traído sus ovejas y sus vacas, y todo lo que tenían.

33 Y cuando Faraón os llamare y dijere: ¿cuál es vuestro oficio?

34 Entonces diréis: Hombres de ganadería han sido tus siervos desde nuestra juventud hasta ahora, nosotros y nuestros padres; a fin de que moréis en la tierra de Gosén, porque los egipcios abominan todo pastor de ovejas.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #4316

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4316. In the internal historical sense 'even to this day' means that their nature was perpetually so. This is clear from the meaning of 'even to this day', when used in the Word, as that which is perpetual, dealt with in 2838. The fact that the nature of those descendants was such from earliest times becomes clear from Jacob's sons themselves - from Reuben, in that he lay with Bilhah, his father's concubine, Genesis 35:22; from Simeon and Levi, in that they killed Hamor and Shechem and all the men of their city [Genesis 34:25-26]; and from the remaining sons, in that these came on the slain and destroyed the city, Genesis 34:27-29. Because of all this Jacob, who by then was Israel, spoke of them in the following manner before he died: Of Reuben he said,

You shall not be a superior one, for you went up to your father's bed; then you made yourself unworthy. He went up to my couch. Genesis 49:3-4.

And of Simeon and Levi he said,

Into their secret place let my soul not come; with their congregation let not my glory be united; for in their anger they killed a man, and deliberately hamstrung an ox. Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce, and their fury, for it is severe. I will divide them within Jacob, and will scatter them within Israel. Genesis 49:5-7.

[2] What Judah was like becomes additionally clear from his marriage to a Canaanite, Genesis 38:1-2, which was nevertheless contrary to what had been commanded, as may be seen from Abraham's words addressed to the servant who was sent to betroth Rebekah to Isaac his son, Genesis 24:3, 6, and from many places in the Word. A third of that nation belonged to this lineage, that is to say, a third descended from his son Shelah who was born from a Canaanite mother, Genesis 38:11; 46:12. See Numbers 26:20; and 1 Chronicles 4:21-22. Further evidence of what these and the rest of Jacob's sons were like lies in the unspeakable crime which they committed against Joseph, Genesis 37:18-end. What their descendants in Egypt were like is evident from the details which are recorded about them when they were in the desert, where they were rebellious on so many occasions, and after that in the land of Canaan where they became idolaters on so many occasions; and lastly what they were like in the Lord's time is shown just above, in 4314. And what they are like today is well known - they are opposed to the Lord, opposed to the things that constitute the Church, and opposed to charity towards the neighbour, being opposed even to one another. These considerations show that the nature of that nation has been such perpetually. Let no one therefore assume any longer that any Church has existed among them, only that which is a representative of the Church. Still less should anyone assume that they have been chosen in preference to others.

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

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Genesis 33

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1 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.

2 He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

3 He himself passed over in front of them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother.

4 Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, fell on his neck, kissed him, and they wept.

5 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."

6 Then the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.

7 Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.

8 Esau said, "What do you mean by all this company which I met?" Jacob said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord."

9 Esau said, "I have enough, my brother; let that which you have be yours."

10 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.

11 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.

12 Esau said, "Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you."

13 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.

14 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."

15 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."

16 So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir.

17 Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.

18 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.

19 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.

20 He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.