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1 Kui Raahel nägi, et ta ei toonud Jaakobile lapsi ilmale, siis Raahel kadestas oma õde ja ütles Jaakobile: 'Muretse mulle lapsi, muidu ma suren!'

2 Aga Jaakobi viha süttis põlema Raaheli vastu ja ta küsis: 'Kas mina olen Jumala asemik, kes sulle ihuvilja keelab?'

3 Ja Raahel vastas: 'Vaata, seal on mu orjatar Billa. Heida tema juurde, et ta sünnitaks lapsi mu põlvede peale ja minagi saaksin nõnda temalt järglasi!'

4 Ja ta andis temale naiseks oma teenija Billa ning Jaakob heitis selle juurde.

5 Ja Billa jäi lapseootele ning tõi Jaakobile poja ilmale.

6 Siis ütles Raahel: 'Jumal tegi mulle õigust. Ta kuulis ka mu häält ja andis mulle poja.' Seepärast ta pani temale nimeks Daan.

7 Ja Billa, Raaheli teenija, jäi taas lapseootele ning tõi Jaakobile teise poja ilmale.

8 Siis ütles Raahel: 'Ma olen oma õega võidelnud Jumala võitlust ja olen võitnud.' Ja ta pani temale nimeks Naftali.

9 Kui Lea nägi, et ta oli lakanud sünnitamast, siis ta võttis oma teenija Silpa ja andis selle Jaakobile naiseks.

10 Ja Silpa, Lea teenija, tõi Jaakobile poja ilmale

11 ning Lea ütles: 'Õnneks!' Ja ta pani temale nimeks Gaad.

12 Ja Silpa, Lea teenija, tõi Jaakobile teise poja ilmale

13 ning Lea ütles: 'Ma olen õnnelik. Tõesti, naised kiidavad mind õnnelikuks.' Ja ta pani temale nimeks Aaser.

14 Kord läks Ruuben nisulõikuse ajal ja leidis väljalt lemmemarju ja tõi neid oma emale Leale. Ja Raahel ütles Leale: 'Anna ka minule oma poja lemmemarju!'

15 Aga ta vastas temale: 'Kas on veel vähe, et sa võtsid mu mehe? Nüüd tahad sa ka mu poja lemmemarjad ära võtta!' Siis ütles Raahel: 'Vastutasuks magagu ta täna öösel sinu juures su poja lemmemarjade eest!'

16 Kui Jaakob tuli õhtul väljalt, siis läks Lea temale vastu ja ütles: 'Sa pead minu juurde heitma, sest ma olen sind tinginud tasu eest, oma poja lemmemarjade eest!' Ja tema magas sel ööl ta juures.

17 Ja Jumal kuulis Lead, ja Lea jäi lapseootele ja tõi Jaakobile viienda poja ilmale.

18 Ja Lea ütles: 'Jumal tasus mulle, et ma andsin oma teenija oma mehele.' Ja ta pani temale nimeks Issaskar.

19 Ja Lea jäi taas lapseootele ja tõi Jaakobile kuuenda poja ilmale.

20 Ja Lea ütles: 'Jumal valmistas mulle ilusa kingituse. Nüüd mu mees hakkab mind sallima, sest ma olen temale kuus poega ilmale toonud!' Ja ta pani temale nimeks Sebulon.

21 Ja pärastpoole ta tõi tütre ilmale ning pani temale nimeks Diina.

22 Aga Jumal mõtles Raahelile, ja Jumal kuulis teda ning avas tema üsa.

23 Ja ta jäi lapseootele ja tõi poja ilmale ning ütles: 'Jumal võttis ära mu teotuse!'

24 Ja ta pani temale nimeks Joosep, öeldes: 'Annaks Issand mulle lisaks veel teisegi poja!'

25 Ja kui Raahel oli Joosepi ilmale toonud, siis Jaakob ütles Laabanile: 'Lase mind, et saaksin minna koju ja oma kodumaale!

26 Anna mu naised ja lapsed, kelle pärast ma sind olen teeninud, ja ma lähen, sest sa tead ju ise, kuidas ma sind olen teeninud!'

27 Ja Laaban vastas temale: 'Kui ma nüüd sinu silmis armu leiaksin! Märgid näitavad mulle, et Issand on mind sinu pärast õnnistanud.'

28 Ja ta ütles: 'Nimeta mulle oma palk ja ma annan selle!'

29 Siis ta vastas temale: 'Sina tead ise, kuidas ma sind olen teeninud ja mis on saanud su karjast minu juures.

30 Sest pisut oli seda, mis sul oli enne mind. See on aga ohtrasti kasvanud ja Issand on sind õnnistanud minu sammude läbi. Millal ma siis nüüd saan hoolitseda ka oma pere eest?'

31 Siis ta küsis: 'Mis ma sulle pean andma?' Ja Jaakob vastas: 'Ära anna mulle midagi. Kui sa lubad mulle seda, siis ma karjatan ja hoian veelgi su lambaid ja kitsi:

32 ma käisin täna läbi kõik su lamba- ja kitsekarjad, lahutades kõik tähnilised ja kirjud uted ja kõik mustad uted su tallede seast, samuti kirjud ja tähnilised kitsede hulgast. Need olgu mulle palgaks

33 ja mu õigus kostku minu eest tulevikus, kui sa tuled mu palka vaatama: kõik, kes ei ole tähnilised ja kirjud kitsede hulgas ja mustad tallede seas, loetagu minu poolt varastatuiks!'

34 Ja Laaban vastas: 'Hästi, sündigu tõesti su sõna järgi!'

35 Ja ta lahutas selsamal päeval vöödilised ja kirjud sikud ja kõik tähnilised ja kirjud kitsed, kellel oli valget küljes, ja kõik mustad tallede seas, andis need oma poegade hooleks

36 ning jättis kolme päeva tee enese ja Jaakobi vahele; Jaakob aga jäi karjatama Laabani ülejäänud lambaid ja kitsi.

37 Ja Jaakob võttis enesele papli-, mandli- ja plataanipuu tooreid keppe ja kooris neile valged vöödid, paljastades keppide valge puu.

38 Siis ta pani kooritud kepid lammaste ja kitsede ette rennidesse ja veekünadesse, kuhu loomad tulid jooma; ja joomas olles nad paaritusid.

39 Ja kui lambad ja kitsed keppide juures paaritusid, siis nad sünnitasid tallesid: vöödilisi, tähnilisi ja kirjusid.

40 Ja Jaakob eraldas noored jäärad: ta pööras isaloomade pead vöödiliste poole ja kõigi mustade poole Laabani karja hulgas. Nõnda tegi ta enesele eraldi karjad ega pannud neid Laabani lammaste ja kitsede sekka.

41 Ja iga kord, kui tugevamad loomad paaritusid, pani Jaakob kepid künadesse nende silme ette, et nad paarituksid keppide juures.

42 Aga kui loomad olid nõrgemad, siis ta ei pannud. Nõnda said nõrgad Laabanile ja tugevamad Jaakobile.

43 Ja mees kosus väga ja tal oli palju lambaid ja kitsi, teenijaid ja sulaseid, kaameleid ja eesleid.

   

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Apocalypse Explained#438

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438. Of the tribe of Asher were sealed twelve thousand.- That this signifies charity towards the neighbour, and that all who are in it are in heaven, and come into heaven, is evident from the signification of the tribe of Asher, which denotes that spiritual affection, which is charity, of which we shall speak presently; and from the signification of twelve thousand sealed, as denoting those who are in heaven, and who come into heaven, as above (n. 433). That the tribe of Asher signifies love towards the neighbour, which is called charity, will be evident from what follows, and is also clear from this fact, that the twelve tribes taken together represented heaven and the church, and therefore signify these in the Word, and that each tribe represented, and therefore signifies, some universal essential which makes heaven and the church. There are in general three universal essentials which make these, that is, love to the Lord, charity towards the neighbour, and the obedience of faith. Love to the Lord is signified by the first three tribes, Judah, Reuben, and Gad, as shown above; charity towards the neighbour is signified by the following three tribes, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh; but the obedience of faith is signified by the three following, Simeon, Levi, and Issachar; the conjunction of all these with the Lord is signified by the last three tribes, Zebulun, Joseph, and Benjamin. This is the signification in brief of all the tribes named in the above order; for their significations are governed by the order in which they are named, as shown above (n. 431:12, 435, 436).

[2] Moreover the sealed mean those who are separated from the evil and are received into heaven. The first three tribes mean those who are received into the highest or third heaven, where all are in love to the Lord. The next three tribes, which are now the subject, mean those who are received into the middle or second heaven, where all are in charity towards the neighbour; but the three tribes which follow these mean those who are received into the ultimate or first heaven, where those are who are in obedience, which is called the obedience of faith. The last three tribes mean the reception of all these into the three heavens by the Lord. For there are three heavens which are distinguished one from another according to the degrees of the good of love. From these considerations, it is evident in the first place, that this second class of the tribes, that is, the three tribes, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh, mean those who are in charity towards the neighbour. The tribe of Asher denotes charity towards the neighbour; Naphtali, the regeneration of these; and Manasseh, their good of life.

[3] But it shall first be explained, what Asher signifies in the kingdom of the Lord, or in the church. Asher signifies the blessedness of spiritual affections, and thence spiritual affection itself. And because spiritual affection is that which is called love towards the neighbour or charity, therefore Asher here signifies charity, consequently, the twelve thousand of that tribe here signify all who are in charity, and therefore in the second or middle heaven.

[4] That Asher was named from what is blessed, or blessedness, is evident not only from the signification of that expression in the Hebrew, but also from these words spoken respecting him by Leah, the wife of Jacob, when he was born.

"Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son. And Leah said, In my blessedness, for the daughters will call me blessed; and she called his name Asher" (Genesis 30:12, 13).

Here, the daughters who should call her blessed, signify those spiritual affections of truth which make the church from which all that internal blessedness, which is celestial, arises. In this blessedness are those who are in charity towards the neighbour, for charity towards the neighbour is the spiritual affection of truth, as said just above. To love truth in its essence, that is, to love truth because it is truth, is the spiritual affection of truth. The neighbour also, in the spiritual sense, is nothing else but good and truth, and charity is the love thereof. This may be seen in the Doctrine of the New Jerusalem, where the nature of love towards the neighbour, which is called charity, is shown (n. 84-107). The rest of the above passage may be seen explained in the Arcana Coelestia 3936-3940). That Asher signifies the blessedness of love and charity, is further evident from the blessing of Asher by Israel his father:

"From Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall give the delights of a king" (Genesis 49:20).

"From Asher" signifies from celestial and spiritual affections, which are those of love to the Lord and charity towards the neighbour. His bread shall be fat, signifies delight from good. And he shall give the delights of a king, signifies pleasantness from truth. For a further explanation of these things see Arcana Coelestia 6408-6410).

[5] The signification of Asher is similar in the blessing pronounced upon him by Moses, namely, the delight of the affection of truth from the Word. The blessing is as follows:

"And of Asher he said, Blessed above sons be Asher; let him be acceptable to his brethren, dipping his foot in oil. Thy shoe shall be iron and brass; and as the days thy fame" (Deuteronomy 33:24, 25).

In the blessing of the sons of Israel by Moses there are contained interior facts concerning the Word. Asher, who is there named last, signifies the spiritual affection of truth from the Word, wherefore it is said, "Blessed above sons be Asher, let him be acceptable to his brethren," sons signifying, truths, and brethren, the church thence, while blessed and acceptable are used in reference to the affection of these. The good of love, from which are the truths of the Word in the sense of the letter, is signified by dipping his foot in oil; the foot denotes truth in the ultimates, which is the truth of the sense of the letter of the Word, and oil signifies the good of love. That the ultimate of the Word is natural truth and good, is signified by, thy shoe shall be iron and brass; natural truth is signified by iron and natural good, by brass, and the ultimate, by the shoe. And as thy days thy fame, signifies that the Word shall endure to eternity. That iron signifies natural truth, may be seen above (n. 176) that brass signifies natural good, also above (n. 70); and that shoe signifies the ultimate of the natural, which is the sensual, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 1748, 2162, 6844).

[6] Because Asher signifies the delight of affections, such as those have who are in truths from the sense of the letter of the Word, therefore that tribe, together with the tribe of Dan, and the tribe of Naphtali, encamped to the north (Num. 2:25-31). The encampments of the sons of Israel in the wilderness, represented the arrangement of the angelic societies in the heavens (see above, n. 431:12-13), and those dwell in the heavens to the north who, from the good of charity, are in the affection of spiritual knowledges.

[7] That Asher signifies spiritual blessedness, which is blessedness from love and charity, is also evident in Ezekiel, where a new earth and a new city are treated of, and the land said to be distributed as an inheritance among all the tribes of Israel. The city is also stated to have twelve gates, one for each tribe. The inheritance of Asher is there treated of, chapter 48:1-3; and concerning the gates in these words:

"The corner towards the sea four thousand and five hundred; the gates of the city three; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. The circuit eighteen thousand; and the name of the city from that day, Jehovah Shammah" (chap. 48:34, 35).

The land distributed among the tribes for an inheritance, signifies the church; the sons of Israel, amongst whom it was to be distributed, signify all the truths of the church which are from good collectively. The city signifies the doctrine of truth from the good of love, therefore it was called, Jehovah Shammah, Jehovah is there; the gates signify introductory truths, which are doctrinals; the number four thousand and five hundred also signify all truths from good, and eighteen thousand, all the truths of doctrine encompassing and defending. From these things it is evident, that not only all the particulars there mentioned, even to the numbers, signify things of the church, but also that not any tribe of Israel is there meant, but instead of the tribe named, some universal essential of the church. It is also evident there that Asher signifies the spiritual affection of truth, which makes one with charity towards the neighbour. That Asher, in the highest sense, signifies eternity, in the internal sense, felicity of life from the blessedness of the affections of love and charity, and in the external sense, natural delight therefrom, may be seen in the Arcana Coelestia 3938, 3939, 6408).

  
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Translation by Isaiah Tansley. Many thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.