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1 Mose第20章

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1 Und Abraham brach auf von dannen nach dem Lande des Südens und wohnte zwischen Kades und Sur; und er hielt sich auf zu Gerar.

2 Und Abraham sagte von Sara, seinem Weibe: Sie ist meine Schwester. Da sandte Abimelech, (Abimelech war ein gemeinschaftlicher Titel aller Könige der Philister) der König von Gerar, und ließ Sara holen. (W. nahm Sara)

3 Und Gott kam zu Abimelech in einem Traume der Nacht und sprach zu ihm: Siehe, du bist des Todes wegen des Weibes, das du genommen hast; denn sie ist eines Mannes Eheweib.

4 Abimelech aber hatte sich ihr nicht genaht; und er sprach: Herr, willst du auch eine gerechte Nation töten?

5 Hat er nicht zu mir gesagt: Sie ist meine Schwester? Und auch sie selbst hat gesagt: Er ist mein Bruder. In Lauterkeit meines Herzens und in Unschuld meiner Hände habe ich dies getan.

6 Und Gott sprach zu ihm im Traume: Auch ich weiß, daß du in Lauterkeit deines Herzens dies getan hast, und so habe ich dich auch davon abgehalten, gegen mich zu sündigen; darum habe ich dir nicht gestattet, sie zu berühren.

7 Und nun gib das Weib des Mannes zurück; denn er ist ein Prophet und wird für dich bitten, und du wirst am Leben bleiben. Wenn du sie aber nicht zurückgibst, so wisse, daß du gewißlich sterben wirst, du und alles, was dein ist!

8 Und Abimelech stand des Morgens früh auf und rief alle seine Knechte und redete alle diese Worte vor ihren Ohren; und die Männer fürchteten sich sehr.

9 Und Abimelech rief Abraham und sprach zu ihm: Was hast du uns angetan! Und was habe ich wider dich gesündigt, daß du über mich und über mein eich eine große Sünde gebracht hast? Dinge, die nicht getan werden sollten, hast du mir angetan.

10 Und Abimelech sprach zu Abraham: Was hast du beabsichtigt, daß du dies getan hast?

11 Und Abraham sprach: Weil ich mir sagte: Gewiß ist keine (O. Es ist gar keine) Gottesfurcht an diesem Orte, und sie werden mich töten um meines Weibes willen.

12 Auch ist sie wahrhaftig meine Schwester, die Tochter meines Vaters, nur nicht die Tochter meiner Mutter; und sie ist mein Weib geworden.

13 Und es geschah, als Gott mich wandern ließ aus meines Vaters Hause, da sprach ich zu ihr: Dies sei deine Güte, die du mir erweisen mögest; an jedem Orte, wohin wir kommen werden, sage von mir: Er ist mein Bruder.

14 Da nahm Abimelech Kleinvieh und inder und Knechte und Mägde und gab sie dem Abraham; und er gab ihm Sara, sein Weib, zurück.

15 Und Abimelech sprach: Siehe, mein Land ist vor dir; wohne, wo es gut ist in deinen Augen.

16 Und zu Sara sprach er: Siehe, ich habe deinem Bruder tausend Silbersekel gegeben; siehe, das sei dir eine Augendecke vor allen, die bei dir sind, und in Bezug auf alles ist die Sache rechtlich geschlichtet. (O. Es ist dir recht geschehen; O. und so bist du vor allen gerechtfertigt. And. üb.:… und bei allen. So wurde sie gestraft)

17 Und Abraham betete zu Gott; und Gott heilte Abimelech und sein Weib und seine Mägde, so daß sie gebaren.

18 Denn Jehova hatte um Saras, des Weibes Abrahams, willen jeden Mutterleib im Hause Abimelechs gänzlich verschlossen.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1416

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1416. That 'I will make you into a great nation' means a kingdom in heaven and on earth becomes clear from the meaning of 'nation' in the internal sense as the celestial entity of love and the good which flows from this, thus all throughout the world in whom the celestial element of love and charity is present. Since the subject here in the internal sense is the Lord, everything of the celestial and of the good deriving from it, thus His kingdom, is meant - which exists with those in whom love and charity are present. In the highest sense the Lord Himself is 'the great nation' since He is the Celestial itself and Good itself. For all good that flows from love and charity originates in Him alone, which also explains why the Lord comprises His own kingdom, that is, He is the All in all of His kingdom, as also all angels in heaven acknowledge. From this it is now clear that 'I will make you into a great nation' means the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth.

[2] That 'nation' in the internal sense, where the Lord and celestial things of love are the subject, means Him and all celestial things may become clear also from what has been introduced in 1258, 1259, regarding the meaning of a nation and nations. This matter may be confirmed further still from the following places: In reference to Abraham further on,

No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. Genesis 17:5.

The soft 'h' sound in Abraham was taken from Jehovah's name because he represented Jehovah, that is, the Lord. Similarly in reference to Sarai,

You will not call her name Sarai, but Sarah will be her name, and I will bless her, and I will also give you a son by her; thus will I bless her, and she will become nations; kings of peoples will be from her. Genesis 17:15-16.

'Nations' here stands for the celestial things of love, and 'kings of peoples' for the spiritual things of faith deriving from that love, which are the Lord's alone.

[3] In reference to Jacob likewise,

Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel will be your name. And He called his name Israel, and God said, I am God Almighty, 1 increase and multiply; a nation and an assembly of nations will come into being from you, and kings will go out from your loins. Genesis 35:10-11.

Here 'Israel' stands for the Lord, who Himself, as is well known to some, is in the highest sense Israel. And when He is meant by 'Israel' it is evident that 'a nation and an assembly of nations' and 'kings from his loins' mean the celestial and spiritual things of love, and therefore all in whom the celestial and spiritual things of love are present. In reference to Ishmael, Abram's son by Hagar, it is said,

The son of the servant-girl I will make into a nation, because he is your seed. Genesis 21:13, 18.

What Ishmael represents will be seen in that place. 'The seed of Abram' means love itself, and because of this the word nation is used for those begotten from Ishmael.

[4] That 'nation' means the celestial things of love is clear in Moses,

If you will surely hearken to My voice, and keep My covenant and be a peculiar treasure to Me from among all peoples, you will be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. Exodus 19:5-6.

Here 'a kingdom of priests', a phrase used to describe the Lord's kingdom in heaven and on earth, springing from the celestial things of love, is openly called 'a holy nation'. But the Lord's kingdom springing from His Royalty is described as such by virtue of the spiritual things of love and is called 'a holy people'. 'Kings from the loins' therefore, as above, 2 is spiritual things. In Jeremiah,

If these ordinances depart from before Me, said Jehovah, the seed of Israel also will cease from being a nation before Me for ever. 3 Jeremiah 31:36.

'Seed of Israel' stands for the celestial entity of charity, and when this ceases to exist there is no longer a nation before the Lord.

[5] In Isaiah,

The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. You have multiplied the nation. Isaiah 9:2-3.

Specifically this refers to the Church of the nations, 4 , but in general to all who are without knowledge but lead charitable lives. These are 'the nation' because they are members of the Lord's kingdom. In David,

O that I may see the good of Your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the joy of Your nation, that I may glory in Your heritage. Psalms 106:5.

Here 'nation' plainly stands for the Lord's kingdom. It was from an ability to perceive that 'a nation' meant the celestial entity of love and the good which flows from this that members of the Most Ancient Church came to be distinguished into separate houses, families, and nations. By this distinguishing they gained a perception of the Lord's kingdom; and because they had a perception of the Lord's kingdom they had a perception of the celestial itself. From that ability to perceive there arose that which held a spiritual meaning, and from this that which was representative.

脚注:

1. literally, the Lightning-Hurler or the Thunderbolt-Hurler. Generally Swedenborg retains the Hebrew Shaddai, usually translated the Almighty, regarding which see 1992 below; but here Swedenborg employs the Latin word fulminator.

2. i.e.. in Genesis 35:10-11

3. literally, all the days

4. i.e. the Church established among gentiles

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

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Isaiah第9章:2-3

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2 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light. Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.

3 You have multiplied the nation. You have increased their joy. They rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.