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1 И возвелъ Іаковъ очи свои, и видитъ, и вотъ идетъ Исавъ, и съ нимъ четыреста человјкъ. Тогда онъ раздјлилъ дјтей - Ліи, Рахили и двумъ служанкамъ;

2 и поставилъ служанокъ и дјтей ихъ впереди, Лію и дјтей ея за нпми, а Рахиль и Іосифа позади.

3 А самъ пошелъ передъ ними, и поклонился до земли семь разъ, подходя къ брату своему.

4 Исавъ побјжалъ ему на встрјчу, обнялъ его, бросился ему на шею, и цјловалъ его, и плакали.

5 И возведши очи свои, увидјдъ женъ и дјтей, и спросидъ: кто это у тебя? Іаковъ отвјчалъ: дјти, которыхъ Богъ даровалъ рабу твоему.

6 И подошли служанки, сами и дјти ихъ, и поклонились.

7 Потомъ подошла Лія, и дјти ея, и поклонились. Наконецъ подошли Іосифъ и Рахиль и поклонились.

8 Еще спросилъ: что значитъ у тебя все это ополченіе, съ которымъ я встрјтился? онъ отвјчалъ: дабы обрјсти благодать въ очахъ господина моего.

9 Исавъ сказалъ: у меня много, братецъ; пусть твое - у тебя.

10 Но Іаковъ сказалъ: нјтъ, сдјлай милость; если я обрјлъ благоволеніе въ очахъ твоихъ, прими даръ мой отъ руки моей; ибо я увидјлъ лице твое, какъ бы кто увидјлъ лице Божіе, и ты принялъ меня милостиво.

11 Прими благословеніе мое, которое представлено тебј; потому что Богъ даровалъ мнј, и есть у меня все. И принудилъ его, и онъ взялъ.

12 Исавъ сказалъ: поднимемся в пойдемъ; и я пойду предъ тобою.

13 Онъ отвјчалъ ему: господинъ мой знаетъ, что дјти мои молоды, а мелкій и крупный скотъ дойный; если погнать его одинъ день, то помретъ весь скотъ.

14 Пусть господинъ мой пойдетъ впереди раба своего, а я пойду тихимъ шагомъ своимъ, какъ пойдетъ скотъ, который передо мною, и какъ пойдутъ дјти; и приду къ господину моему въ Сеиръ.

15 Исавъ сказалъ: такъ я оставлю съ тобою нјсколько изъ людей, которые при мнј. Онъ отвјчалъ: на что это? только бы мнј обрјсти благоволеніе въ очахъ господина моего!

16 И возвратился Исавъ въ тотъ же день путемъ своимъ въ Сеиръ.

17 А Іаковъ пошелъ въ Сюкоѕъ, и построилъ себј домъ, и для скота своего сдјлалъ дворы. Отъ сего дано имя мјсту: Сюкоѕъ.

18 Іаковъ, пришедши изъ Падан-Арама, въ мирј пришелъ въ городъ Сихемъ, который въ землј Ханаанской, и расположился противъ города.

19 И купилъ часть поля, на которомъ онъ раскинулъ шатеръ свой, у сыновъ Эммора, отца Сихемова, за сто монетъ.

20 И поставилъ тамъ жертвенникъ; и назвалъ его: Богъ крјпкій, Богъ Израилевъ.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#4366

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4366. 'And Esau said, I have much, my brother; let what is yours be yours' means a tacit acceptance, in order that in this way He might instill the affection for good that develops out of truth. This becomes clear from this refusal to accept what was offered, in that it really implies a willingness to take it; for Esau went on to accept it. One sometimes refuses an offer when in fact accepting it, to the end that affection may be instilled. That affection is also increased by such a refusal and so advances from the thought of what is good to the desire for it. Man is led by the Lord in the spiritual life by means of things that are virtually the same as those by which one leads others in everyday life. In everyday life it is quite normal to refuse an offer so that the one who makes it may do so with affection, thus not simply because he has thought of making it but also because he desires to do so. Should the offer not be accepted the ultimate intention would perish, and therefore that intention incites the one making the offer to think more intently about it and so to make it his heart's desire.

[2] The reason why this procedure is not apparent in the spiritual life as it is in everyday life is that the people with whom good is being joined to truths, that is, who are being regenerated, are few; and what is more, the few who are being regenerated neither reflect on nor are able to reflect on such matters as they do not know what spiritual good is because they do not know what charity is and what the neighbour is in the genuine sense. And because they do not know these things they cannot have any interior conception about truth which is the truth of faith. In addition to this they set the spiritual life and everyday life so far apart from each other that they do not dare to infer from everyday life any notion about the spiritual life. They are totally unaware of the fact that these correspond to each other and that the spiritual life is represented within everyday life; indeed some do not even allow any comparison to be made. But the fact of the matter is that no notion of the spiritual life can be had except from the things which belong to everyday life. Once everyday life is taken away therefore spiritual life falls to nothing, until at length belief in the existence of it remains no longer. This is made perfectly clear by the fact that people no longer have any belief in the idea that spirits and angels mix with one another as men mix, or that they converse with one another, reason with one another just as men reason, though in a far more perfect way, about what is honourable and decent, about what is just and fair, and about what is good and true. Even less belief exists in the idea that spirits and angels can see, hear, and find out about one another, combine into communities and live together, besides many other things.

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