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1 Ελαβε δε ο Αβρααμ και αλλην γυναικα, ονομαζομενην Χεττουραν.

2 Και αυτη εγεννησεν εις αυτον τον Ζεμβραν και τον Ιοξαν και τον Μαδαν και τον Μαδιαμ και τον Ιεσβωκ και τον Σουα.

3 και ο Ιοξαν εγεννησε τον Σεβα και τον Δαιδαν· οι δε υιοι του Δαιδαν ησαν Ασσουρειμ και Λετουσιειμ και Λαωμειμ.

4 Οι υιοι δε του Μαδιαμ ησαν Γεφα και Εφερ και Ανωχ και Αβειδα και Ελδαγα· παντες ουτοι υιοι της Χεττουρας.

5 Εδωκε δε ο Αβρααμ παντα τα υπαρχοντα αυτου εις τον Ισαακ.

6 Εις δε τους υιους των παλλακων αυτου εδωκεν ο Αβρααμ χαρισματα, και εξαπεστειλεν αυτους, ετι ζων, μακραν απο του υιου αυτου Ισαακ προς ανατολας, εις την γην της Ανατολης.

7 Και ταυτα ειναι τα ετη των ημερων της ζωης του Αβρααμ, οσα εζησεν, ετη εκατον εβδομηκοντα πεντε.

8 Και εκπνευσας απεθανεν ο Αβρααμ εν γηρατι καλω, γερων και πληρης ημερων· και προσετεθη εις τον λαον αυτου.

9 Και εθαψαν αυτον ο Ισαακ και ο Ισμαηλ οι υιοι αυτου εν τω σπηλαιω Μαχπελαχ, εν τω αγρω του Εφρων, υιου του Σωαρ του Χετταιου, τω απεναντι της Μαμβρη·

10 τω αγρω, τον οποιον ηγορασεν ο Αβρααμ παρα των υιων του Χετ· εκει εταφη ο Αβρααμ και Σαρρα η γυνη αυτου.

11 Και μετα τον θανατον του Αβρααμ, ευλογησεν ο Θεος Ισαακ τον υιον αυτου· και κατωκησεν ο Ισαακ πλησιον του φρεατος Λαχαι-ροι.

12 Αυτη δε ειναι η γενεαλογια του Ισμαηλ, υιου του Αβρααμ, τον οποιον εγεννησεν εις τον Αβρααμ Αγαρ η Αιγυπτια, η δουλη της Σαρρας·

13 και ταυτα ειναι τα ονοματα των υιων του Ισμαηλ, κατα τα ονοματα αυτων, εις τας γενεας αυτων· πρωτοτοκος του Ισμαηλ Ναβαιωθ, επειτα Κηδαρ και Αβδεηλ και Μιβσαμ,

14 και Μισμα, και Δουμα και Μασσα

15 Χαδδαρ, και Θαιμα, Ιετουρ, Ναφις, και Κεδμα·

16 ουτοι ειναι οι υιοι του Ισμαηλ, και ταυτα τα ονοματα αυτων κατα τας κωμας αυτων και κατα τας κατοικιας αυτων· δωδεκα αρχοντες κατα τα εθνη αυτων.

17 Και ταυτα ειναι τα ετη της ζωης του Ισμαηλ, ετη εκατον τριακοντα επτα· και εκπνευσας απεθανε και προσετεθη εις τον λαον αυτου.

18 Κατωκησαν δε απο Αβιλα εως Σουρ, της κατα προσωπον Αιγυπτου, καθως υπαγει τις προς την Ασσυριαν· ο Ισμαηλ κατωκησεν εμπροσθεν παντων των αδελφων αυτου.

19 Και αυτη ειναι η γενεαλογια του Ισαακ, υιου του Αβρααμ· ο Αβρααμ εγεννησε τον Ισαακ·

20 ητο δε ο Ισαακ ετων τεσσαρακοντα, οτε ελαβεν εις εαυτον γυναικα την Ρεβεκκαν, θυγατερα Βαθουηλ του Συρου απο Παδαν-αραμ, αδελφην Λαβαν του Συρου.

21 Και εδεετο ο Ισαακ προς τον Κυριον περι της γυναικος αυτου, διοτι ητο στειρα· και επηκουσεν ο Κυριος αυτου, και συνελαβεν η Ρεβεκκα η γυνη αυτου.

22 Και τα παιδια συνεκρουοντο εντος αυτης· και ειπεν, Αν μελλη ουτω να γεινη, δια τι εγω να συλλαβω; και υπηγε να ερωτηση τον Κυριον.

23 Και ειπεν ο Κυριος προς αυτην, Δυο εθνη ειναι εν τη κοιλια σου· και δυο λαοι θελουσι διαχωρισθη απο των εντοσθιων σου· και ο εις λαος θελει εισθαι δυνατωτερος του αλλου λαου· και ο μεγαλητερος θελει δουλευσει εις τον μικροτερον.

24 Και οτε επληρωθησαν αι ημεραι αυτης δια να γεννηση, ιδου, ησαν διδυμα εν τη κοιλια αυτης.

25 Εξηλθε δε ο πρωτος ερυθρος και ολος ως δερμα δασυτριχος· και εκαλεσαν το ονομα αυτου, Ησαυ.

26 Και επειτα εξηλθεν ο αδελφος αυτου· και η χειρ αυτου εκρατει την πτερναν του Ησαυ· δια τουτο ωνομασθη Ιακωβ· ο δε Ισαακ ητο ετων εξηκοντα, οτε εγεννησεν αυτους.

27 Ηυξησαν δε τα παιδια· και εγεινεν ο μεν Ησαυ ανθρωπος εμπειρος εις το κυνηγιον, ανθρωπος του αγρου· ο δε Ιακωβ, ανθρωπος απλους, κατοικων εν σκηναις.

28 Και ο μεν Ισαακ ηγαπα τον Ησαυ, διοτι το κυνηγιον ητο τροφη εις αυτον· η δε Ρεβεκκα ηγαπα τον Ιακωβ.

29 Εμαγειρευε δε ο Ιακωβ μαγειρευμα· και ηλθεν ο Ησαυ εκ του αγρου και ητο αποκαμωμενος·

30 και ειπεν ο Ησαυ προς τον Ιακωβ, Δος μοι, παρακαλω, να φαγω απο το κοκκινον, το κοκκινον τουτο, διοτι ειμαι αποκαμωμενος· δια τουτο εκληθη το ονομα αυτου, Εδωμ.

31 Και ειπεν ο Ιακωβ, Πωλησον μοι σημερον τα πρωτοτοκια σου.

32 Και ο Ησαυ ειπεν, Ιδου, εγω υπαγω να αποθανω, και τι με ωφελουσι ταυτα τα πρωτοτοκια;

33 Και ειπεν ο Ιακωβ, Ομοσον μοι σημερον· και ωμοσεν εις αυτον· και επωλησε τα πρωτοτοκια αυτου εις τον Ιακωβ.

34 Τοτε ο Ιακωβ εδωκεν εις τον Ησαυ αρτον και μαγειρευμα της φακης· και εφαγε και επιε και σηκωθεις ανεχωρησεν· ουτως ο Ησαυ κατεφρονησε τα πρωτοτοκια.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#3246

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3246. 'And to the concubines' sons, whom Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts' means that places in the Lord's spiritual kingdom were allotted to spiritual people adopted by the Lord's Divine Human. This is clear from the meaning of 'the concubines' sons' as those who are spiritual, to be dealt with below; from the representation of 'Abraham' here as the Lord's Divine Human (so that the words 'whom Abraham had' mean that they - those who were spiritual - were adopted by the Lord's Divine Human); and from the meaning of 'the gifts which Abraham gave them' as allotted places in the Lord's spiritual kingdom.

[2] From what has been shown several times already about those who constitute the Lord's spiritual kingdom and who are called the spiritual, as in 3235 and elsewhere, it becomes clear that they are not sons of the marriage itself of good and truth, but of a certain covenant not so conjugial. They are indeed descended from the same father but not from the same mother, that is, from the same Divine Good but not from the same Divine Truth. Indeed with those who are celestial, since they are the product of the marriage itself of good and truth, good exists and truth rooted in that good. They never make investigations into what the truth may be but have a perception of it from good. Nor in conversation do they say more than this regarding what is true, 'Yes, that is so', in keeping with the Lord's teaching in Matthew,

Let your words be Yes, yes; No, no; anything beyond this is from evil. 1 Matthew 5:37.

But those who are spiritual, since they are the product of a covenant not so conjugial, do not have any perception from which they can know what is true. Instead they call that the truth which parents and teachers have told them to be the truth. Consequently with them there is no marriage of good and truth. Nevertheless that which they believe to be the truth for the reason just given is adopted by the Lord as truth when goodness of life exists with them; see 1832. This now explains why the spiritual are here called 'the concubines' sons', which is used to mean all the sons of Keturah mentioned already, and also those descended from Hagar, dealt with shortly below in verses 12-18.

[3] In former times - to enable both those who are celestial and those who are spiritual to be represented in marriages - a man was allowed to have a concubine in addition to a wife. That concubine was given to the husband by his wife (uxor), in which case the concubine was called his wife (mulier), or was said to have been given to him as a wife (mulier), as when Hagar the Egyptian was given to Abraham by Sarah, Genesis 16:3, when the servant-girl Bilhah was given to Jacob by Rachel, Genesis 30:4, and when the servant-girl Zilpah was given to Jacob by Leah, Genesis 30:9. In those cases they are called 'wives' (mulier), but elsewhere concubines, as is Hagar the Egyptian in the present verse, Bilhah in Genesis 35:22, and even Keturah herself in 1 Chronicles 1:32.

[4] The reason why those men of old had concubines in addition to a wife, as not only Abraham and Jacob did, but also their descendants, such as Gideon, Judges 8:31; Saul, 2 Samuel 3:7; David, 2 Samuel 5:13; 15:16; Solomon, 1 Kings 11:3, was that they were permitted to do so for the sake of the representation. That is to say, the celestial Church was represented by the wife, and the spiritual Church by the concubine. They were permitted to do so because they were the kind of men with whom conjugial love did not exist; so that to them marriage was not marriage but merely copulation for the sake of begetting off-spring. With such persons those permissions were possible without any harm being done to love or consequently to the conjugial covenant. But such permissions are never possible among people with whom good and truth are present and who are internal people, or potentially so. For as soon as good and truth, and internal things, exist with the human being, such permissions come to an end. This is why Christians are not allowed, as the Jews were, to take a concubine in addition to a wife, and why such is adultery. Regarding the adoption of those who are spiritual by the Lord's Divine Human, see what has been stated and shown already on the same subject in 2661, 2716, 2833, 2834.

脚注:

1. or from the evil one

  
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