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1 Mosebok第21章

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1 Och HERREN såg till Sara, såsom han hade lovat, och HERREN gjorde med Sara såsom han hade sagt.

2 Sara blev havande och födde åt Abraham en son på hans ålderdom, vid den bestämda tid som Gud hade sagt honom.

3 Och Abraham gav den son som var född åt honom, den som Sara hade fött åt honom, namnet Isak.

4 Och Abraham omskar sin son Isak, när denne var åtta dagar gammal, såsom Gud hade bjudit honom.

5 Och Abraham var hundra år gammal, när hans son Isak föddes åt honom.

6 Och Sara sade: »Gud har berett mig ett löje; var och en som får höra detta skall le mot mig.»

7 Och hon sade: »Vem skulle hava sagt Abraham att Sara skulle giva barn di? Och nu har jag fött honom en son på hans ålderdom!»

8 Och barnet växte upp och blev avvant; och den dagIsak avvandes gjorde Abraham ett stort gästabud.

9 Då fick Sara se Hagars, den egyptiska kvinnans, son, som denna hade fött åt Abraham, leka och skämta;

10 och hon sade till Abraham: »Driv ut denna tjänstekvinna och hennes son, ty denna tjänstekvinnas son skall icke ärva med min son Isak

11 Det talet misshagade Abraham mycket för hans sons skull.

12 Men Gud sade till Abraham: »Du må icke för gossens och för din tjänstekvinnas skull låta detta misshaga dig. Lyssna till Sara i allt vad hon säger dig; ty genom Isak är det som säd skall uppkallas efter dig.

13 Men också tjänstekvinnans son skall jag göra till ett folk, därför att han är din säd.»

14 Bittida följande morgon tog Abraham bröd och en lägel med vatten och gav det åt Hagar; han lade det på hennes rygg och gav henne barnet med och lät henne gå. Och hon begav sig åstad och irrade omkring i Beer-Sebas öken.

15 Men när vattnet i lägeln hade tagit slut, kastade hon barnet ifrån sig under en buske

16 och gick bort och satte sig ett stycke därifrån, på ett bågskotts avstånd, ty hon tänkte: »Jag förmår icke se på, huru barnet dör.» Och där hon nu satt, på något avstånd, brast hon ut i gråt.

17 Då hörde Gud gossens röst, och Guds ängel ropade till Hagar från himmelen och sade till henne: »Vad fattas dig, Hagar? Frukta icke; ty Gud har hört gossens röst, där han ligger.

18 Gå och lyft upp gossen, och tag honom vid handen; jag skall göra honom till ett stort folk.»

19 Och Gud öppnade hennes ögon, så att hon blev varse en vattenbrunn. Och hon gick dit och fyllde sin lägel med vatten och gav gossen att dricka.

20 Och Gud var med gossen, och han växte upp och bodde i öknen och blev med tiden en bågskytt.

21 Han bodde i öknen Paran; och hans moder tog en hustru åt honom från Egyptens land.

22 Vid den tiden kom Abimelek med Pikol, sin härhövitsman, och talade med Abraham och sade: »Gud är med dig i allt vad du gör.

23 Så lova mig nu här med ed vid Gud att du icke skall göra dig skyldig till något svek mot mig eller mina barn och efterkommande, utan att du skall bevisa mig och det land där du nu bor såsom främling samma godhet som jag har bevisat dig.»

24 Abraham sade: »Det vill jag lova dig.»

25 Dock gjorde Abraham Abimelek förebråelser angående en vattenbrunn som Abimeleks tjänare hade tagit ifrån honom.

26 Men Abimelek svarade: »Jag vet icke vem som har gjort detta; själv har du ingenting sagt mig, och jag har icke hört något därom förrän i dag

27 Då tog Abraham får och fäkreatur och gav åt Abimelek; och de slöto förbund med varandra.

28 Men Abraham ställde sju lamm av hjorden avsides.

29 Då sade Abimelek till Abraham: »Vad betyda de sju lammen som du har ställt där avsides?»

30 Han svarade: »Dessa sju lamm skall du taga emot av mig, för att detta må vara mig till ett vittnesbörd därom att det är jag som har grävt denna brunn

31 Därav kallades det stället Beer-Seba , eftersom de båda där gingo eden.

32 När de så hade slutit förbund vid Beer-Seba, stodo Abimelek och hans härhövitsman Pikol upp och vände tillbaka till filistéernas land.

33 Och Abraham planterade en tamarisk vid Beer-Seba och åkallade där HERRENS, den evige Gudens, namn.

34 Och Abraham bodde i filistéernas land en lång tid.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#2863

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2863. 'Behold, Milkah, she also has borne sons, to Nahor your brother' means those outside the Church who dwell in a brotherly relationship by virtue of good. This too becomes clear from what has been stated already about Milkah and Nahor in 1363, 1369, 1370. For Terah had three sons, Abram, Nahor, and Haran, who worshipped other gods, see 1356; Milkah was Haran's daughter who became Nahor's wife, 1369; and Haran died in Ur of the Chaldeans 'in the presence of Terah', 1365-1368. These places show what 'Milkah and Nahor' means, namely that 'Milkah' means truth as it existed among those gentiles, and Nahor good. The existence of truths among these nations becomes clear from many considerations, for it is well known that wisdom and intelligence existed with them in former times, such as their acknowledgement of one God, and their writing about Him in a sacred fashion. They also acknowledged the immortality of the soul and a life after death, as well as happiness for the good and misery for the evil.

[2] In addition to this they had the ten commandments for their law, that is to say, the commandments that they should worship God, honour parents, and not murder, steal, commit adultery, or covet what belonged to others. Nor were they satisfied to be such as are interested only in external things, but were interested in internal. It is similar at the present day, in that the more decent of the gentiles from all parts of the world sometimes talk more fittingly about such matters than Christians do. Nor do they merely talk about them but also live according to them.

[3] These and many other truths exist with gentiles, and these join themselves to the good which comes to them from the Lord. From these conjunctions of truths and good, gentiles are in a condition to receive still more truths, for one truth acknowledges another. Truths link together without difficulty as they are all interconnected and related to one another. For this reason people who have been endowed with good in the world accept the truths of faith without difficulty in the next life. Falsities with them do not combine with that good but merely attach themselves to it, yet in such a way that they can be separated from it. Things that are combined remain, whereas those that merely attach themselves are separated. They are separated at the same time as people come to know and take in truths of faith. Every truth of faith removes and separates falsity till at length the individual loathes it and flees from it. From this it is now evident who are meant by the sons whom Milkah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother, namely those outside the Church who dwell in a brotherly relationship by virtue of good.

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

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Genesis第11章

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1 The whole earth was of one language and of one speech.

2 It happened, as they traveled east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and they lived there.

3 They said one to another, "Come, let's make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." They had brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar.

4 They said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let's make ourselves a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth."

5 Yahweh came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built.

6 Yahweh said, "Behold, they are one people, and they have all one language, and this is what they begin to do. Now nothing will be withheld from them, which they intend to do.

7 Come, let's go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech."

8 So Yahweh scattered them abroad from there on the surface of all the earth. They stopped building the city.

9 Therefore its name was called Babel, because there Yahweh confused the language of all the earth. From there, Yahweh scattered them abroad on the surface of all the earth.

10 This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood.

11 Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and became the father of sons and daughters.

12 Arpachshad lived thirty-five years and became the father of Shelah.

13 Arpachshad lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Shelah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

14 Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber:

15 and Shelah lived four hundred three years after he became the father of Eber, and became the father of sons and daughters.

16 Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg.

17 Eber lived four hundred thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and became the father of sons and daughters.

18 Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu.

19 Peleg lived two hundred nine years after he became the father of Reu, and became the father of sons and daughters.

20 Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug.

21 Reu lived two hundred seven years after he became the father of Serug, and became the father of sons and daughters.

22 Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor.

23 Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and became the father of sons and daughters.

24 Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah.

25 Nahor lived one hundred nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and became the father of sons and daughters.

26 Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

27 Now this is the history of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran became the father of Lot.

28 Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.

29 Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.

30 Sarai was barren. She had no child.

31 Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife. They went forth from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan. They came to Haran and lived there.

32 The days of Terah were two hundred five years. Terah died in Haran.