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Genesis第33章

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1 En Jakob hief zijn ogen op en zag; en ziet, Ezau kwam, en vierhonderd mannen met hem. Toen verdeelde hij de kinderen onder Lea, en onder Rachel, en onder de twee dienstmaagden.

2 En hij stelde de dienstmaagden en haar kinderen vooraan; en Lea en haar kinderen meer achterwaarts; maar Rachel en Jozef de achterste.

3 En hij ging voorbij hun aangezicht heen, en hij boog zich zeven malen ter aarde, totdat hij bij zijn broeder kwam.

4 Toen liep Ezau hem tegemoet, en nam hem in den arm, en viel hem aan den hals, en kuste hem; en zij weenden.

5 Daarna hief hij zijn ogen op, en zag die vrouwen en die kinderen, en zeide: Wie zijn deze bij u? En hij zeide: De kinderen, die God aan uw knecht genadiglijk verleend heeft.

6 Toen traden de dienstmaagden toe, zij en haar kinderen, en zij bogen zich neder.

7 En Lea trad ook toe, met haar kinderen, en zij bogen zich neder; en daarna trad Jozef toe en Rachel, en zij bogen zich neder.

8 En hij zeide: Voor wien is u al dit heir, dat ik ontmoet heb? En hij zeide: Om genade te vinden in de ogen mijns heren!

9 Maar Ezau zeide: Ik heb veel, mijn broeder! het zij het uwe, wat gij hebt!

10 Toen zeide Jakob: Och neen! indien ik nu genade in uw ogen gevonden heb, zo neem mijn geschenk van mijn hand; daarom, omdat ik uw aangezicht gezien heb, als had ik Gods aangezicht gezien, en gij welgevallen aan mij genomen hebt.

11 Neem toch mijn zegen, die u tegemoet gebracht is, dewijl het God mij genadiglijk verleend heeft, en dewijl ik alles heb; en hij hield bij hem aan, zodat hij het nam.

12 En hij zeide: Laat ons reizen en voorttrekken; en ik zal voor u trekken.

13 Maar hij zeide tot hem: Mijn heer weet, dat deze kinderen teder zijn, en dat ik zogende schapen en koeien bij mij heb; indien men dezelve maar een dag afdrijft, zo zal de gehele kudde sterven.

14 Mijn heer trekke toch voorbij, voor het aangezicht van zijn knecht; en ik zal mij op mijn gemak als leidsman voegen, naar den gang van het werk, hetwelk voor mijn aangezicht is, en naar den gang dezer kinderen, totdat ik bij mijn heer te Seir kome.

15 En Ezau zeide: Laat mij toch van dit volk, dat met mij is, u bijstellen. En hij zeide: Waartoe dat? laat mij genade vinden in mijns heren ogen!

16 Alzo keerde Ezau dien dag wederom zijns weegs naar Seir toe.

17 Maar Jakob reisde naar Sukkoth, en bouwde een huis voor zich, en maakte hutten voor zijn vee; daarom noemde hij den naam dier plaats Sukkoth.

18 En Jakob kwam behouden tot de stad Sichem, welke is in het land Kanaan, als hij kwam van Paddan-Aram; en hij legerde zich in het gezicht der stad.

19 En hij kocht een deel des velds, waarop hij zijn tent gespannen had, van de hand der zonen van Hemor, den vader van Sichem, voor honderd stukken gelds.

20 En hij richte aldaar een altaar op, en noemde het: De God Israels is God!

   

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Arcana Coelestia#4390

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4390. 'And built a house for himself means an increase of good from truth within that state. This is clear from the meaning of 'building a house' as providing the external man with intelligence and wisdom, dealt with in 1488. And because intelligence is essentially truth, and wisdom is essentially good, 'building a house' here means an increase of good from truth. 'A house' means good, see 2233, 2234, 3128, 3142, 3652, 3720; and what the good of truth is has been stated above in 4337, 4353 - namely, truth in will and action. This truth is such that it is called good; and conscience which is a product of that good is termed the conscience of truth. This good which springs from truth increases in the measure that a person exercises charity which stems from a desire to do good, and so to the extent and degree that he loves his neighbour.

[2] The reason why good and truth are mentioned so many times in the explanations given is that all things in heaven, and consequently all in the Lord's Church, have a connection with truth and good In general these two include everything that is part of doctrine and everything that is part of life, ideas that are true being part of doctrine and those that are good being part of life. Furthermore the human mind generally does not have any objects of its thought and desire which do not involve truth or good, thought in the understanding involving truth and desire in the will involving good. From this it is evident that truth and good possess a very wide range of meaning and that they have an unimaginable number of derivations. This is why truth and good are mentioned so many times.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#627

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627. 'For all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth 1 ' means that man's bodily-mindedness destroyed all understanding of truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'flesh', dealt with already at verse 3, as in general the whole of mankind, and in particular the bodily-minded man, or everything of a bodily nature; and from the meaning of 'way' as the understanding of truth, or truth itself. The fact that 'way' has reference to the understanding of truth, or to truth itself, becomes clear from the examples already quoted in several places as well as from the following,

Jehovah said, Get up, go down quickly from here, for your people have corrupted themselves. They have suddenly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have cast for themselves a metal image. Deuteronomy 9:11, 16.

This means that they forsook His commandments, which are truths.

[2] In Jeremiah,

Whose eyes have been opened upon all the ways of the sons of man, giving to every man (vir) according to his ways and according to the fruit of his works. Jeremiah 32:19.

'Ways' means life according to the commandments, 'fruit of his works' life based on charity. 'Way' accordingly has reference to truths, which comprise commandments and ordinances, and so do 'son of man' and 'man' (vir), as shown above. Jeremiah 7:3; 17:10, also contain similar usages.

In Hosea,

I will visit upon him his ways, and require him for his works. Hosea 4:9.

In Zechariah,

Return from your evil ways and from your evil works. As Jehovah Zebaoth thought to deal with us for our ways and for our works. Zechariah 1:4, 6.

Similar phrases appear here, yet they are the contrary in meaning to those mentioned before them, since they are 'evil ways' and 'evil works'.

In Jeremiah,

I will give them one heart and one way. Jeremiah 32:39.

'Heart' stands for goods, 'way' for truths. In David,

Make me understand the way of Your commandments. Take from me the way of untruth, and graciously grant me Your law. I have chosen the way of truth. I will run in the way of Your precepts. Psalms 119:26-27, 29-30, 32, 35.

Here 'the way of the commandments and precepts' is called 'the way of truth', and the contrary of this, 'the way of untruth'.

[3] In the same author,

Make Your ways known to me, O Jehovah, teach me Your paths, guide my way in Your truth, and teach me. Psalms 25:4-5.

This in like manner plainly stands for the truth. In Isaiah,

With whom did Jehovah consult, and he instructed Him, and taught Him the path of judgement, and taught Him knowledge, and made Him know the way of understanding? Isaiah 40:14.

This plainly stands for an understanding of truth. In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Stand upon the highways and look, and ask concerning the paths of old, which is the good way, and go in it. Jeremiah 6:16.

This in like manner stands for an understanding of truth. In Isaiah,

I will lead the blind in a way they do not know; and in paths they do not know I will guide them. Isaiah 42:16.

The expressions way, by-path, pathway, road, and street all have reference to truths because they lead to what is true, as also in Jeremiah,

They have caused them to stumble in their ways, in the pathways of old, going into by-paths and not the highway. Jeremiah 18:15.

Similarly in the Book of Judges,

In the days of Jael pathways ceased to be. And those who went along the paths kept to twisting pathways; the streets in Israel ceased to be. Judges 5:6-7.

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1. or the land

  
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