IBhayibheli

 

1 Mosebok 38

Funda

   

1 På denne tid drog Juda ned fra det sted hvor hans brødre bodde, og han tok inn til en mann i Adullam, som hette Hira.

2 Der så Juda datteren til en kana'anittisk mann som hette Sua; og han tok henne til hustru og gikk inn til henne.

3 Og hun blev fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn og kalte ham Er.

4 Så blev hun atter fruktsommelig og fødte en sønn, og hun kalte ham Onan.

5 Siden fødte hun ennu en sønn og kalte ham Sela; da han blev født, var Juda i Kesib.

6 Og Juda tok en hustru til Er, sin førstefødte sønn; hun hette Tamar.

7 Men Er, Judas førstefødte, mishaget Herren, og Herren lot ham dø.

8 Da sa Juda til Onan: Gå inn til din brors hustru, og ta henne til ekte i din brors sted og opreis din bror avkom.

9 Men Onan visste at avkommet ikke skulde høre ham til; når han derfor gikk inn til sin brors hustru, spilte han sæden på jorden for ikke å gi sin bror avkom.

10 Men det var ondt i Herrens øine det han gjorde, og han lot også ham .

11 Da sa Juda til Tamar, sin sønnekone: Bo som enke i din fars hus, til Sela, min sønn, er blitt voksen! For han tenkte: Ellers kommer også han til å , som hans brødre. Så drog Tamar hjem og bodde i sin fars hus.

12 Da nu en lengere tid var gått, døde Suas datter, Judas hustru, og da sørgetiden var over, gikk Juda op til Timna, til dem som klippet hans får, og hans venn Hira fra Adullam var med ham.

13 Da det nu blev fortalt Tamar at hennes svigerfar var på vei op til Timna for å klippe sine får,

14 tok hun sine enkeklær av og la et slør om sig og hyllet sig inn i det og satte sig ved inngangen til Ena'im, på veien til Timna; for hun så at Sela var blitt voksen, og at hun allikevel ikke var gitt ham til hustru.

15 Da Juda så henne, tenkte han det var en skjøge; for hun hadde tilhyllet sitt ansikt.

16 Så bøide han av fra veien og gikk bort til henne og sa: Kom, la mig gå inn til dig! For han visste ikke at det var hans sønnekone. Da sa hun: Hvad vil du gi mig for å gå inn til mig?

17 Han svarte: Jeg vil sende dig et kje av min buskap. Da sa hun: Ja, dersom du vil gi mig et pant, til du sender mig det.

18 Han sa: Hvad skal jeg gi dig til pant? Hun svarte: Ditt signet og din snor og staven som du har i hånden. Det gav han henne og gikk så inn til henne, og hun blev fruktsommelig med ham.

19 Og hun stod op og gikk sin vei, og hun la sitt slør av sig og tok på sig sine enkeklær.

20 Og Juda sendte kjeet med sin venn fra Adullam for å få pantet tilbake av kvinnen; men han fant henne ikke.

21 Og han spurte folkene der på stedet og sa: Hvor er skjøgen, hun i Ena'im, ved veien? De sa: Det har ikke vært nogen skjøge her.

22 Så kom han tilbake til Juda og sa: Jeg fant henne ikke, og tilmed sa folkene der på stedet: Det har ikke vært nogen skjøge her.

23 Da sa Juda: La henne ha det, så vi ikke skal få skam av denne sak! Kjeet har jeg jo sendt henne, men du fant henne ikke.

24 Så gikk det omkring tre måneder; da kom folk og sa til Juda: Tamar, din sønnekone, har drevet hor, og nu er hun også blitt fruktsommelig i hor. Og Juda sa: Før henne ut, hun skal brennes!

25 Men da hun blev ført ut, sendte hun bud til sin svigerfar og lot si: Det er med den mann som eier disse ting, jeg er blitt fruktsommelig. Og hun sa: Se efter hvem som eier dette signet og disse snorer og denne stav!

26 Og Juda kjente dem igjen og sa: Hun er i sin gode rett mot mig fordi jeg ikke har gitt henne til min sønn Sela. Og han hadde ikke siden omgang med henne.

27 Da den tid kom at hun skulde føde, se, da var det tvillinger i hennes liv.

28 Og i det samme hun fødte, stakk den ene hånden frem; da tok jordmoren og bandt en rød tråd om hans hånd og sa: Denne kom først frem.

29 Men så drog han sin hånd tilbake, og da kom hans bror frem, og hun sa: Hvor du har brutt dig frem! Og de kalte ham Peres*. / {* brudd.}

30 Så kom hans bror frem, han som hadde den røde tråd om hånden; ham kalte de Serah*. / {* opgang.}

   

Amazwana

 

Twins

  

'Twins in the womb,' as in Genesis 25:24, signifies that both good and truth, represented by Esau and Jacob, were conceived together.

The natural as to its good is from the good of the rational as a father, and as to its truth from the truth of the rational as a mother. Each of these is called soul, but good is primarily such. (Arcana Coelestia 3299)

In Genesis 38:27, this signifies that good and truth are both elements of the church and are pairs. (Arcana Coelestia 747, 4918)

(Izinkomba: Arcana Coelestia 3298)

IBhayibheli

 

Genesis 38

Funda

   

1 It happened at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

2 Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua. He took her, and went in to her.

3 She conceived, and bore a son; and he named him Er.

4 She conceived again, and bore a son; and she named him Onan.

5 She yet again bore a son, and named him Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him.

6 Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar.

7 Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Yahweh. Yahweh killed him.

8 Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."

9 Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.

10 The thing which he did was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he killed him also.

11 Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, "Remain a widow in your father's house, until Shelah, my son, is grown up;" for he said, "Lest he also die, like his brothers." Tamar went and lived in her father's house.

12 After many days, Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died. Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheepshearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah, the Adullamite.

13 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."

14 She took off of her the garments of her widowhood, and covered herself with her veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gate of Enaim, which is by the way to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah was grown up, and she wasn't given to him as a wife.

15 When Judah saw her, he thought that she was a prostitute, for she had covered her face.

16 He turned to her by the way, and said, "Please come, let me come in to you," for he didn't know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?"

17 He said, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She said, "Will you give me a pledge, until you send it?"

18 He said, "What pledge will I give you?" She said, "Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.

19 She arose, and went away, and put off her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood.

20 Judah sent the young goat by the hand of his friend, the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, but he didn't find her.

21 Then he asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the prostitute, that was at Enaim by the road?" They said, "There has been no prostitute here."

22 He returned to Judah, and said, "I haven't found her; and also the men of the place said, 'There has been no prostitute here.'"

23 Judah said, "Let her keep it, lest we be shamed. Behold, I sent this young goat, and you haven't found her."

24 It happened about three months later, that it was told Judah, saying, "Tamar, your daughter-in-law, has played the prostitute; and moreover, behold, she is with child by prostitution." Judah said, "Bring her forth, and let her be burnt."

25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these--the signet, and the cords, and the staff."

26 Judah acknowledged them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, because I didn't give her to Shelah, my son." He knew her again no more.

27 It happened in the time of her travail, that behold, twins were in her womb.

28 When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."

29 It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.

30 Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.