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Genesis第48章

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1 At nangyari, pagkatapos ng mga bagay na ito, na sinabi ng isa kay Jose, Narito, ang iyong ama ay may sakit: at kaniyang ipinagsama ang kaniyang dalawang anak, si Manases at si Ephraim.

2 At may nagsaysay kay Jacob, at nagsabi, Narito, pinaparituhan ka ng anak mong si Jose: at si Israel ay nagpakalakas at umupo sa higaan.

3 At sinabi ni Jacob kay Jose, Ang Dios na Makapangyarihan sa lahat ay napakita sa akin sa Luz sa lupain ng Canaan, at binasbasan ako.

4 At sinabi sa akin, Narito, palalaguin kita, at pararamihin kita, at gagawin kitang isang kapisanan ng mga bayan; at aking ibibigay ang lupaing ito sa iyong lahi pagkamatay mo, na pinakaari magpakailan man.

5 At ang iyo ngang dalawang anak na ipinanganak sa iyo sa lupain ng Egipto bago ako naparito sa iyo sa Egipto, ay akin; si Ephraim at si Manases, gaya ni Ruben at ni Simeon ay magiging akin.

6 At ang iyong mga anak, na iyong mga naging anak na sumunod sa kanila ay magiging iyo; sila'y tatawagin ayon sa pangalan ng kanilang mga kapatid sa kanilang mana.

7 At tungkol sa akin, nang ako'y dumating mula sa Padan, si Raquel ay namatay sa akin sa lupain ng Canaan sa daan, nang kulang pa ng kaunti upang dumating sa Ephrata: at aking inilibing siya roon sa daan ng Ephrata (na siya ring Bethlehem).

8 At nakita ni Israel ang mga anak ni Jose, at sinabi, Sino sino ito?

9 At sinabi ni Jose sa kaniyang ama, Sila'y aking mga anak, na silang mga ibinigay ng Dios sa akin dito. At kaniyang sinabi, Isinasamo ko sa iyo, na iyong dalhin sila rito sa akin, at sila'y aking babasbasan.

10 Ang mga mata nga ni Israel ay malabo na dahil sa katandaan, na ano pa't hindi na siya makakita. At kaniyang inilapit sila sa kaniya; at sila'y kaniyang hinagkan, at niyakap.

11 At sinabi ni Israel kay Jose, Hindi ko akalaing makita ang iyong mukha: at, narito, ipinakita sa akin ng Dios pati ng iyong binhi.

12 At sila'y pinagkuha ni Jose sa pagitan ng kaniyang mga tuhod; at siya'y nagpatirapa sa lupa.

13 At kapuwa dinala ni Jose, si Ephraim sa kaniyang kanang kamay, sa dakong kaliwang kamay ni Israel, at si Manases sa kaniyang kaliwang kamay, sa dakong kanang kamay ni Israel, at inilapit niya sa kaniya.

14 At iniunat ni Israel ang kaniyang kanang kamay, at ipinatong sa ulo ni Ephraim, na siyang bunso, at ang kaniyang kaliwang kamay ay sa ulo ni Manases, na pinapatnubayang sadya ang kaniyang mga kamay; sapagka't si Manases ang panganay.

15 At kaniyang binasbasan si Jose, at sinabi, Ang Dios na sa harap niya ay lumakad ang aking mga magulang na si Abraham at si Isaac, ang Dios na nagpakain sa akin sa buong buhay ko hanggang sa araw na ito,

16 Ang anghel na tumubos sa akin sa buong kasamaan, ay siya nawang magpala sa mga batang ito; at tawagin nawa sila sa aking pangalan, at sa pangalan ng aking mga magulang na si Abraham at si Isaac; at magsidami nawa silang totoo sa ibabaw ng lupa.

17 At nang makita ni Jose na ipinatong ng kaniyang ama ang kaniyang kanang kamay sa ulo ni Ephraim, ay minasama niya; at itinaas niya ang kamay ng kaniyang ama, upang ilipat sa ulo ni Manases mula sa ulo ni Ephraim.

18 At sinabi ni Jose sa kaniyang ama, Hindi ganyan, ama ko: sapagka't ito ang panganay; ipatong mo ang iyong kanang kamay sa kaniyang ulo.

19 At tumanggi ang kaniyang ama, at sinabi, Talastas ko, anak ko, talastas ko; siya man ay magiging isang bayan, at siya man ay magiging dakila: gayon ma'y ang kaniyang kapatid na bata ay magiging lalong dakila kay sa kaniya, at ang kaniyang binhi ay magiging isang makapal na bansa.

20 At kaniyang binasbasan sila ng araw na yaon, na sinasabi Sa iyo magbabasbas ang Israel, na magsasabi, Gawin ka nawa ng Dios na gaya ni Ephraim at gaya ni Manases, at kaniyang ipinagpauna si Ephraim bago si Manases.

21 At sinabi ni Israel kay Jose, Narito, ako'y namamatay: nguni't ang Dios ay sasainyo, at dadalhin kayo uli sa lupain ng inyong mga magulang.

22 Bukod dito'y binigyan kita ng isang bahaging higit kay sa iyong mga kapatid, na aking kinuha ng aking tabak at ng aking busog sa kamay ng Amorrheo.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#6272

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6272. 'Crosswise he put out his hands' means thus out of keeping with true order. This is clear from the meaning of 'crosswise putting out one's hands' as not in keeping with true order; for by acting in that way Israel makes the younger the firstborn and the older the later-born, so that the truth of faith is made prior and higher and the good of charity posterior and lower. (For the birthright consists in holding the prior and higher position, 3325.) How much evil is introduced into the Church by that exchange of positions is perfectly plain, for by making the exchange people cast themselves into such obscurity that they do not know what good is, or thus what truth is. For good is like a flame and truth is like the light that shines from it. If you take away the flame the light perishes too; or if any light is visible it is like a false light which does not come from the flame. That exchange of positions also causes Churches to clash and quarrel with one another about what is true, one group declaring that this idea is true, another that it is false. Worse than that, once they make faith take precedence in a group of people forming the Church, they begin to separate faith from charity, to rate charity as nothing in comparison with faith, and so to have no concern about the life they lead - a way of thinking to which a person is by natural disposition also inclined. The Church as a consequence perishes, for the life he leads is what constitutes the Church in a person, not doctrine divorced from life. Nor thus does trust, which is a high degree of faith, constitute the Church; for genuine trust cannot exist except with those who have charity since a life filled with trust springs from charity. Besides, the good of charity is in reality the firstborn, that is, occupies the first place, while the truth of faith only appears to be, see 3324, 3539, 3548, 3556, 3563, 3570, 3576, 3603, 3701, 4243, 4244, 4247, 4337, 4925, 4926, 4928, 4930, 4977.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#4918

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4918. 'That behold, there were twins in her womb' means the two essentials of the Church. This is clear from the meaning of 'twins' as the two - good and truth - dealt with in 3299; and from the meaning of 'the womb' as the place where good and truth have been conceived and are lying, and consequently the place where the essentials of the Church are lying. In the genuine sense 'the womb' means the inmost centre of conjugial love where innocence is present, for the womb corresponds to that love in the Grand Man. Now because conjugial love has its origin in the love of good and truth, which love is at the heart of the heavenly marriage, and because this marriage is heaven itself or the Lord's kingdom, and the Lord's kingdom on earth is the Church, therefore 'the womb' also means the Church. For the Church exists where the marriage of good and truth exists. This explains why 'opening the womb' means the resulting doctrines taught by the Churches, 3856, as well as the ability to receive the truths and goods of the Church, 3967; while 'going out of the womb' means being born again or being regenerated, 4904, that is, becoming the Church since one who is born again or regenerated becomes the Church.

[2] Since 'going out of the womb' means rebirth, and therefore the Church, the Lord is called in the Word 'He who formed from the womb' and 'He who brought out of the womb', and those who have been regenerated and become the Church are said 'to have been carried from the womb', as in Isaiah,

Thus said Jehovah. your Maker. He who formed you from the womb, and who helps you. Isaiah 44:2.

In the same prophet,

Thus said Jehovah, your Redeemer, He who formed you from the womb. Isaiah 44:24.

In the same prophet,

Thus said Jehovah. who formed me from the womb to be His servant, to bring back Jacob to Him, and that Israel might be gathered to Him. Isaiah 49:5.

In David,

Jehovah who brought me out of the womb. Psalms 22:9.

In Isaiah,

Hearken to Me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel who have been carried from the womb, and borne from the belly. Isaiah 46:3.

In David,

The wicked are alienated from the womb, and go astray from the belly, with lying words. Psalms 58:3.

Here 'being alienated from the womb' means alienation from the good fostered by the Church, and 'going astray from the belly' straying from the truth. In Hosea,

The pains of childbirth will come upon him, he is an unwise son, for now he does not present himself at the womb of sons. Hosea 13:13.

'Not presenting himself at the womb of sons' stands for not coming to the good of truth fostered by the Church.

[3] In the same prophet,

Their glory will fly away like a bird, away from birth, from the belly, and from conception. Hosea 9:11.

This means that the truth of the Church will perish fully - 'from birth' being that to which birth is given, 'from the belly' that which is undergoing gestation, 'from conception' that which is taking rise. In Isaiah,

I knew that you would certainly act treacherously, and that you were called [a man] of transgression from the womb. Isaiah 48:8.

This means that from the time when the Church first began he was like this. In John,

A great sign was seen in heaven - a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet. and on her head a crown of twelve stars. Carrying in the belly however, she cried out in labour, and was in anguish to give birth. Revelation 12:1-2.

'The woman' is the Church, 252, 253, 255. 'The sun' with which she was clothed is the good of love, 30-38, 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 4060, 4696; 'the moon' which was under her feet is the truth of faith, 30-38, 1529, 1530, 2120, 2495, 4696; 'the stars' are cognitions of good and truth, 2495, 2849, 4697 - there being 'twelve stars' because 'twelve' means all things, thus all aspects of faith, 577, 2089, 2129 (end), 2130 (end), 3272, 3858, 3913; 'carrying in the belly' is the truth of the Church that had been conceived; 'being in labour and in anguish to give birth' is the fact that it was received with difficulty.

  
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