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1 Kun Raakel näki, ettei hän synnyttänyt Jaakobille, kadehti hän sisartaan ja sanoi Jaakobille: "Hanki minulle lapsia, muuten minä kuolen".

2 Niin Jaakob vihastui Raakeliin ja sanoi: "Minäkö olen Jumala, joka on kieltänyt sinulta kohdun hedelmän?"

3 Mutta Raakel sanoi: "Tässä on orjattareni Bilha; yhdy häneen, että hän synnyttäisi minun helmaani ja minäkin siten saisin lapsia hänestä".

4 Ja hän antoi hänelle orjattarensa Bilhan vaimoksi ja Jaakob yhtyi häneen.

5 Ja Bilha tuli raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille pojan.

6 Niin Raakel sanoi: "Jumala hankki minulle oikeuden, ja hän kuuli minun ääneni ja antoi minulle pojan". Sentähden hän antoi hänelle nimen Daan.

7 Ja Bilha, Raakelin orjatar, tuli jälleen raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille toisen pojan.

8 Niin Raakel sanoi: "Jumalan taisteluja minä olen taistellut sisareni kanssa ja olen voittanut". Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Naftali.

9 Kun Leea näki lakanneensa synnyttämästä, otti hän orjattarensa Silpan ja antoi hänet Jaakobille vaimoksi.

10 Ja Silpa, Leean orjatar, synnytti Jaakobille pojan.

11 Niin Leea sanoi: "Onneksi!" Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Gaad.

12 Ja Silpa, Leean orjatar, synnytti Jaakobille toisen pojan.

13 Niin Leea sanoi: "Onnellista minua! Niin, naiset ylistävät minua onnelliseksi." Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Asser.

14 Mutta Ruuben meni kerran ulos nisunleikkuun aikana ja löysi lemmenmarjoja vainiolta ja toi ne äidillensä Leealle. Niin Raakel sanoi Leealle: "Anna minulle poikasi lemmenmarjoja".

15 Leea vastasi hänelle: "Eikö riitä, että olet vienyt minulta mieheni, koska tahdot ottaa vielä poikani lemmenmarjatkin?" Raakel sanoi: "Olkoon, maatkoon hän tämän yön sinun kanssasi, kunhan saan poikasi lemmenmarjat".

16 Kun Jaakob illalla palasi vainiolta, meni Leea häntä vastaan ja sanoi: "Minun luokseni sinun on tultava, sillä minä olen ostanut sinut poikani lemmenmarjoilla". Ja hän makasi sen yön hänen kanssaan.

17 Ja Jumala kuuli Leeaa, ja Leea tuli raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille viidennen pojan.

18 Niin Leea sanoi: "Jumala on palkinnut minulle sen, että annoin orjattareni miehelleni". Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Isaskar.

19 Ja Leea tuli jälleen raskaaksi ja synnytti Jaakobille kuudennen pojan.

20 Silloin Leea sanoi: "Jumala on antanut minulle hyvän lahjan. Nyt mieheni on asuva minun luonani, sillä minä olen synnyttänyt hänelle kuusi poikaa." Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Sebulon.

21 Sitten hän synnytti tyttären ja antoi hänelle nimen Diina.

22 Mutta Jumala muisti Raakeliakin, ja Jumala kuuli häntä ja avasi hänen kohtunsa.

23 Niin hän tuli raskaaksi ja synnytti pojan ja sanoi: "Jumala on ottanut pois minun häpeäni".

24 Ja hän antoi hänelle nimen Joosef, sanoen: "Herra antakoon minulle vielä toisen pojan".

25 Ja kun Raakel oli synnyttänyt Joosefin, sanoi Jaakob Laabanille: "Päästä minut menemään kotiini ja omaan maahani.

26 Anna minulle vaimoni ja lapseni, joiden vuoksi olen sinua palvellut, mennäkseni pois; sillä tiedäthän itse, kuinka olen sinua palvellut."

27 Laaban vastasi hänelle: "Jospa saisin armon silmiesi edessä! Merkkini ilmoittavat, että Herra sinun tähtesi on siunannut minua."

28 Ja hän sanoi vielä: "Määrää palkka, joka minun on sinulle maksettava, niin minä sen annan".

29 Hän vastasi hänelle: "Itsehän tiedät, kuinka minä olen sinua palvellut ja millaiseksi karjasi on tullut minun hoidossani.

30 Sillä vähän sinulla oli ennen minun tuloani, mutta sitten se on karttunut suureksi, ja Herra on siunannut sinua, missä vain minä liikuin. Mutta milloin saan ruveta tekemään työtä minäkin oman perheeni hyväksi?"

31 Hän vastasi: "Mitä minun on sinulle annettava?" Jaakob sanoi: "Ei sinun tarvitse antaa minulle mitään. Jos myönnät minulle tämän, niin minä yhä edelleen paimennan ja vartioitsen sinun laumojasi:

32 minä tarkastan tänään kaiken laumasi; erota siitä pois kaikki pilkulliset ja kirjavat lampaat sekä karitsoista kaikki mustat ja vuohista kirjavat ja pilkulliset. Ja minun palkkani on sitten oleva tämä,

33 ja siinä minun rehellisyyteni tulee toteennäytetyksi: kun vasta tulet omin silmin katsomaan minun palkkaani, niin kaikki vuohet, jotka eivät ole pilkullisia eivätkä kirjavia, ja kaikki karitsat, jotka eivät ole mustia, katsottakoon minun varastamikseni."

34 Laaban vastasi: "Hyvä, olkoon, niinkuin olet puhunut".

35 Ja samana päivänä hän erotti pois juovikkaat ja kirjavat vuohipukit ja kaikki pilkulliset ja kirjavat vuohet-kaikki, joissa oli jotakin valkoista-sekä kaikki mustat karitsat ja jätti ne poikiensa hoitoon.

36 Ja hän asetti niin, että oli kolmen päivän välimatka hänen ja Jaakobin välillä; ja Jaakob paimensi Laabanin muuta karjaa.

37 Mutta Jaakob otti itselleen tuoreita haavan, mantelipuun ja plataanin oksia ja kuori niihin valkeita juovia, paljastaen oksien valkoisen rungon.

38 Ja kuorimansa oksat hän pani eläinten eteen vesikaukaloihin eli juoma-astioihin, joista ne tulivat juomaan; ja ne olivat kiimallaan tullessansa juomaan.

39 Ja eläimet pariutuivat oksien edessä ja synnyttivät juovikkaita, pilkullisia ja kirjavia karitsoita.

40 Sitten Jaakob erotti karitsat; ja hän asetti eläinten päät niihin päin, jotka olivat pilkullisia, ja kaikkiin niihin päin, jotka olivat mustia Laabanin laumassa; siten hän hankki itselleen eri laumansa eikä päästänyt niitä Laabanin laumaan.

41 Ja joka kerta kun voimakkaat eläimet olivat kiimallaan, pani Jaakob oksat eläinten silmien eteen vesikaukaloihin, niin että ne pariutuivat oksien edessä.

42 Mutta heikkojen eläinten eteen hän ei niitä pannut. Niin joutuivat heikot Laabanille ja voimakkaat Jaakobille.

43 Ja siten mies tuli ylen rikkaaksi; hän sai paljon pikkukarjaa sekä palvelijattaria, palvelijoita, kameleja ja aaseja.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#3921

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3921. 'Rachel said, God has judged me, and also has heard my voice' in the highest sense means righteousness and mercy, in the internal sense the holiness of faith, in the external sense the good of life. This is clear from the meaning of 'God's judging me', and from the meaning of 'hearing my voice'. 'God's judging me' means the Lord's righteousness, as may be seen without explanation, while 'hearing my voice' means mercy, as may likewise be seen; for the Lord judges everyone from righteousness, and hears everyone from mercy. He judges from righteousness in that He does so from Divine Truth, and hears from mercy in that He does so from Divine Good. He judges from righteousness those who do not receive Divine Good, and hears from mercy those who do. Yet when He judges from righteousness He does so at the same time from mercy since all Divine righteousness includes mercy within itself, even as Divine Truth includes Divine Good within it. But as these arcana are too deep for brief comment, they will in the Lord's Divine mercy be explained more fully elsewhere.

[2] The reason why 'God has judged me, and also has heard my voice' in the internal sense means the holiness of faith is that faith, which is associated with truth, corresponds to Divine righteousness, and holiness, which is goodness, corresponds to the Lord's Divine mercy; and in addition to this, judging or judgement is associated with the truth of faith, 2235. And since it is God who is said to have judged, that which is good or holy is meant. From this it is evident that the holiness of faith, at the same time as righteousness and mercy, is meant by these two expressions - 'God has judged me' and 'has heard my voice'. And because the two together mean a single entity they are joined by the words 'and also'. The reason the good of life is meant in the external sense is also rooted in correspondence, for the good of life corresponds to the holiness of faith. Without the internal sense no one can know what 'God has judged me, and also has heard me' means, and this is evident from the consideration that in the sense of the letter the two phrases do not fit together very easily to present one complete and intelligible idea.

[3] The reason why in this verse and in those that follow as far as 'Joseph' the name God is used and why in the verses immediately before these Jehovah is used is that in this and the following verses the regeneration of the spiritual man is the subject, whereas in those before them the regeneration of the celestial man was the subject. For God is used when the good of faith which is an attribute of the spiritual man is the subject, but Jehovah when the good of love which is an attribute of the celestial man is the subject, see 2586, 2769, 2807, 2822. For Judah, down to whom the births of sons went in the previous chapter, represented the celestial man, see 3881, whereas Joseph, down to whom those births go in the present chapter, represents the spiritual man, dealt with below in verses 23-24. The name Jehovah is used down to Judah, see Genesis 29:32-33, 35, but God down to Joseph, see verses 6, 8, 17-18, 20, 22-23 of the present chapter, after which Jehovah occurs again because the subject moves on from the spiritual man to the celestial. This is the arcanum which lies concealed in these words and which no one can know except from the internal sense, and also unless he knows what the celestial man is and what the spiritual.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#2235

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2235. That 'righteousness' means in regard to good, and 'judgement' to truth, becomes clear from the meaning of 'righteousness' and from the meaning of 'judgement'. Righteousness and judgement are mentioned together many times in the Word, but what they mean in the internal sense has not yet been known. In the proximate sense 'righteousness' has reference to that which is righteous, and 'judgement' to that which is upright. That which is righteous occurs when something is judged from good, and according to conscience, but that which is upright when it is judged from law, and so from the righteous demands of the law, thus also according to conscience since the law gives conscience its standards. In the internal sense however, 'righteousness' is that which stems from good, and 'judgement' that which stems from truth. Good is everything that belongs to love and charity, truth everything that belongs to faith derived from love and charity. Truth derives its essence from good, and is called truth derived from good, just as faith is derived from love, and so also judgement from righteousness.

[2] That such is the meaning of 'righteousness and judgement' is clear from the following places in the Word: In Jeremiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Do judgement and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Woe to him who builds his house in unrighteousness, and his upper rooms not in judgement! Did not your father eat and drink, and do judgement and righteousness? Then it was well with him. Jeremiah 22:3, 13, 15.

'Judgement' stands for the things connected with truth, 'righteousness' for those connected with good. In Ezekiel,

If the wicked man turns away from his sin and does judgement and righteousness, all his sins which he has committed will not be remembered; he has done judgement and righteousness; he will surely live. When the wicked turns away from his wickedness and does judgement and righteousness he will live because of these. Ezekiel 33:14, 16, 19.

Here similarly 'judgement' stands for the truth of faith, and 'righteousness' for the good of charity.

[3] In Amos,

Let judgement flow like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. Amos 5:24.

Here the meaning is similar. In Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah, Keep judgement and do righteousness, for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to reveal itself. Isaiah 56:1.

In the same prophet,

To peace there will be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it in judgement and righteousness, from now and even for evermore. Isaiah 9:7.

Here 'judgement and righteousness' stands for the existence with them of the truths of faith, and of the goods of charity. In the same prophet,

Jehovah is exalted, for He dwells on high. He has filled Zion with judgement and righteousness. Isaiah 33:5.

'Judgement' stands for faith, 'righteousness' for love, 'Zion' for the Church. 'Judgement' is mentioned first because love comes through faith; but when 'righteousness' is mentioned first it is for the reason that faith is derived from love, as in Hosea,

I will betroth you to Me for ever, and I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and judgement, and in mercy and in compassion, 1 and I will betroth you to Me in faith, and you will know Jehovah. Hosea 2:19-20.

Here 'righteousness' is mentioned first, as also is 'mercy', which are the attributes of love, while 'judgement' is mentioned second, as also is 'compassion', which are the attributes of faith that is derived from love. And both are called 'faith' or faithfulness.

[4] In David,

O Jehovah, Your mercy is in the heavens; Your truth reaches up to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgements like the great deep. Psalms 36:5-6.

Here both 'mercy' and 'righteousness' are in a similar way the attributes of love, while 'truth' and 'judgements' are those of faith. In the same author,

Let truth spring out of the ground, and let righteousness look down from heaven. Jehovah will indeed give what is good, and our land will give its increase. Psalms 85:11-12.

Here 'truth', which constitutes faith, stands for judgement, and 'righteousness' for love or mercy. In Zechariah,

I will lead them and they will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and they will be My people, and I will be their God in truth and in righteousness. Zechariah 8:8.

From this place also it is evident that 'judgement' is truth and 'righteousness' good, since 'truth' is mentioned here in place of judgement. Similarly in David,

He who walks blameless and performs righteousness and speaks the truth. Psalms 15:2.

[5] Because faith is grounded in charity, that is, because truth is grounded in good, truths rooted in good are in various places called 'the judgements of righteousness', so that 'judgements' has virtually the same meaning as commandments, as in Isaiah,

Let them seek Me day by day and desire the knowledge of My ways, as though a nation that does righteousness and does not forsake the judgement of their God. Let them ask of Me the judgements of righteousness, let them desire the approach of God. Isaiah 58:2.

That 'commandments' means virtually the same may be seen in David,

Seven times in the day I have praised You for Your judgements of righteousness. All Your commandments are righteousness. Psalms 119:164, 172.

It is said in particular of the Lord that He performs 'judgement and righteousness' when He creates man anew, as in Jeremiah,

Let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Jehovah who performs mercy, judgement and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I am well pleased. Jeremiah 9:24.

Here mercy, which is an attribute of love, is described as 'judgement and righteousness'. In the same prophet,

I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and he will rule as king, and act intelligently, and execute judgement and righteousness in the land. Jeremiah 23:5; 33:15.

[6] Hence the following in John,

If I go away I will send the Paraclete to you. And when He comes He will convince the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgement: in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me; in regard to righteousness, because I go away to the Father, and you will see Me no more; in regard to judgement, because the prince of this world is judged. John 16:7-11.

'Sin' here stands for all faithlessness. 'He will convince in regard to righteousness' means in regard to everything that is contrary to good, when yet the Lord united the Human to the Divine to save the world, meant by 'I go away to the Father and you will see Me no more'. 'In regard to judgement' means in regard to everything that is contrary to the truth, when yet evils were cast down into their own hells so that they could not do harm any more, meant by 'the prince of this world is judged'. In general 'He will convince in regard to sin, righteousness, and judgement' means in regard to all faithlessness contrary to good and truth, and so means that no charity and faith exist. For in ancient times righteousness and judgement were used, in reference to the Lord, to mean all mercy and grace, but in reference to man all charity and faith.

脚注:

1. literally, compassions

  
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