Писатель: Феаннир
Входит в цикл: “Переводы на английский”
Глава в томе: Reading Bible - 1. Genesis
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When Jacob came to the camp, he saw from the hill that the crowd coming with his brother was approaching. He divided his household into three groups, putting those dearest to him last, and went out ahead of them all to meet his brother and his soldiers. Yesterday this moment had caused him much anguish, and all he could think of was his eternal guilt before his brother, which he could not make up for himself, and the look on his face and Esau's words about his eternal vengeance. But now somehow he did not doubt or worry. It was not the certainty of the gifts sent to meet his brother that made him serene. He was a different man now. The encounter of this night with its battle, when his opponent had been far more powerful than his brother, had given him so much that his brother, with his petty vanity and unreasonable pretensions, far from being right in his claims himself, no longer troubled him. He had, if I may say so, won a war with God, a very small one, of course, with a safety net from Himself, but nevertheless a serious and dangerous one, more dangerous than a meeting with an implacable brother. After that Esau was no longer a problem. Out of inertia Jacob still took safety measures, but when he went out to meet Esau, he felt and realized that he could not worry about anything anymore. The blessing of the Most High - "You have wrestled with God, and you will also wrestle with men" - still resounded in his memory. This is all a good illustration of the religious term "faith." Jacob had defeated himself yesterday, and therefore he was victorious in his wrestling with God. He had not yet met his brother, but he had defeated himself, not him. And everything went on peacefully. Esau, too, was victorious in the context of his offense, but Esau did not feel defeated.
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