3927# "拉结说：'我以神的角力方式与我姐妹角力，我也得胜了'"在至高意义上象征主自己的能力，在内在意义上象征在试探中得胜，在外在意义上象征自然人的抵抗。这里的"神的角力"和"角力"象征着试探。试探本质上就是内在人与外在人之间的争战，或说属灵人与自然人之间的冲突。这种冲突发生是因为两个都想要主导权，当涉及主导权的争夺时，就会产生争战，这就是这里所说的"角力"。至于"得胜"所象征的胜利，其含义是不言自明的。
【2】这些话语在最高意义上象征着主自己的能力，因为主在世上并处于人性时，凭借自身的能力承受了所有的试探，并且凭借自己的能力战胜了它们。这与普通人类完全不同，因为没有任何人能够依靠自己的能力承受属灵试探并在其中得胜，是人里面的主完成了这一切。参考之前的论述与证明，主所经历的试探比其他任何人都更加严峻（参1663，1668，1690，1737，1787，1789，1812，1813，1815，1820，2776，2786，2795，2813，2816，3318节）。主凭借自己的能力战斗并取得胜利（参1616，1692，1813，1815节），并且主独自在人里面战斗（参1692节）。
【3】在内义中，“神的争斗”和“得胜”象征人在试探中获得胜利的过程。这一点可从上文所述得以确认。然而，在外在意义上象征自然人的抵抗，是因为所有试探的本质无非是如此。在属灵试探中，争论的是谁将拥有主权，即属灵人还是自然人；换句话说，是内在人还是外在人。二者之间彼此对立（参3913节）。
当人在试探中时，他的内在人或属灵人由主通过天使引导，而外在人或自然人则由地狱的灵引导。这种冲突在人看来就是试探。当一个人通过信仰与生活能够重生时，他便在试探中得胜；但当他无法重生时，他便在试探中失败。自然人的抵抗象征为“与她的姐妹角力”，因为“利亚”象征自然人的情感，而“拉结”象征内在人的情感（参3793节，3819节）。
3927.“拉结说，我靠神的角力与我姐姐大大相争，并且得胜”在至高意义上表主自己的能力，在内在意义上表人其中得胜的试探，在外在意义上表属世人的抵制。这从“神的角力”和“相争”的含义清楚可知：“神的角力”（wrestlings of God）和“相争”（wrestling）是指试探，因为试探无非是内在人与外在人，或属灵人与属世人的较量；各自都渴望掌权，并且当有涉及掌权的行动时，冲突就会发生，这种冲突在此就被描绘为“大大相争”。至于“得胜”表示胜利，这是显而易见的，无需解释。
这些话在至高意义上表示主自己的能力，这是因为主在世处于（软弱的）人身时，凭自己的能力经受所有试探，并凭自己的能力战胜它们。这和所有人都不同，人凭自己永远不能承受任何属灵的试探，并在其中得胜；唯有在他里面的主去经受并战胜。关于这些主题，可参看前面的阐述和说明，即：主经受最严厉的试探，远比其他所有人所遭受的试探严厉得多（1663，1668，1690，1737，1787，1789，1812，1813，1815，1820，2776，2786，2795，2813，2816，3318节）；主凭自己的能力争战并得胜（1616，1692，1813，3381节）；唯独主在人里面争战（1692节）。
至于“神的角力”和“相争”在内在意义上表示人在其中得胜的试探，这从刚才所述明显可知。但之所以在外在意义上表示属世人的抵制，是因为所有试探并非别的什么。如前所述，属灵的试探当中存在关于统治权的争夺，即谁将拥有至高无上的权力，是内在人还是外在人；或也可说，是属灵人还是属世人，因为它们彼此对立（3913节）。事实上，当人经历试探时，他的内在人或属灵人由主经由天使掌管；而他的外在人或属世人则由地狱灵掌管。它们之间的冲突被此人感觉为试探。当一个人在信仰和生活上能够重生时，他就会在试探中得胜，而当他不能重生时，便在试探中屈服。属世人的这种抵制就由拉结的这句话，即她“与她姐姐大大相争”来表示。因为此处“姐姐”所指的“利亚”表示外在人的情感，而“拉结”表示内在人的情感（3793，3819节）。
Potts(1905-1910) 3927
3927. And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed. That this signifies in the supreme sense own power; in the internal sense, temptation in which there is victory; and in the external sense, resistance by the natural man, is evident from the signification of the "wrestlings of God" and of "wrestling," as being temptations; for temptations are nothing else than wrestlings of the internal man with the external, or of the spiritual man with the natural; for each desires to rule, and when dominion is in question, combat arises, which is here called "wrestling." That "to prevail" is to overcome, is evident without explication. [2] That in the supreme sense these words signify own power, is because the Lord, when He was in the world and in the human there, sustained all temptations from His own power, and conquered from His own power; differently from every man, who never sustains any spiritual temptation and conquers in it from his own power; for it is the Lord who sustains and conquers within him. (See what has been stated and shown on these subjects before, namely, That the Lord sustained the most grievous temptations, beyond all others, n. 1663, 1668, 1690, 1737, 1787, 1789, 1812, 1813, 1815, 1820, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2813, 2816, 3318: That the Lord combated and conquered from His own power, n. 1616, 1692, 1813, 3381: And that the Lord alone combats in man, n. 1692.) [3] That in the internal sense the "wrestlings of God" and "prevailing" denote the temptations in which man conquers, is evident from what has been said just above. But that in the external sense there is signified resistance by the natural man is because all temptation is nothing else; for as before said in spiritual temptations there is dispute about dominion, as to which shall have the supremacy, the internal man or the external; or what is the same, the spiritual man or the natural, for these are opposed to each other (n. 3913). For when man is in temptations, his internal or spiritual man is ruled by the Lord through angels; but his external or natural man through infernal spirits; and the combat between them is that which is perceived by the man as temptation. When a man is such in faith and life that he can be regenerated, he will conquer in temptations; but when he is such that he cannot be regenerated, he yields in temptations. That there is resistance by the natural man, is signified by its being said that she "wrestled with her sister;" for by "Leah," who is here the "sister," is signified the affection of the external man; but by "Rachel," the affection of the internal man (n. 3793, 3819).
Elliott(1983-1999) 3927
3927. 'And Rachel said, With the wrestlings of God I have wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed' in the highest sense means [the Lord's] own power, in the internal sense temptation in which a person overcomes, in the external sense resistance offered by the natural man. This is clear from the meaning of 'the wrestlings of God' and of 'wrestling' as temptations, since temptations are nothing else than the wrestlings of the internal man with the external, or of the spiritual man with the natural, for each desires to have dominion over the other. And when there is any to-do about that dominion, conflict takes place, which in this case is portrayed as 'wrestling'. As regards 'prevailing' meaning overcoming, this is clear without explanation.
[2] The reason these words in the highest sense mean His own power is that when in the world He was in the [infirm] Human the Lord suffered all temptations by His own power and overcame them by His own power, unlike any human being who never endures any spiritual temptation by his own power and overcomes in it; only the Lord residing with him does so. But see what has been stated and shown already concerning these matters:
The Lord suffered the severest temptations, much severer than those suffered by others, 1663, 1668, 1690, 1737, 1787, 1789, 1812, 1813, 1815, 1820, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2813, 2816, 3318.
The Lord fought and overcame by His own power, 1616, 1692, 1813, 3381. And the Lord alone fights in man's conflicts, 1692.
[3] As regards 'the wrestlings of God' and 'prevailing' meaning, in the internal sense, temptations in which a person overcomes, this is clear from what has been stated immediately above. But the reason why in the external sense resistance from the natural man is meant is that no temptation is anything else. For as has been stated, in spiritual temptations there is a to-do over who is to have dominion, that is to say, who is going to have the power. Is the internal man to have it or the external - or what amounts to the same, the spiritual man or the natural? For they stand opposed to each other, 3913. Indeed when a person undergoes temptations his internal or spiritual man is governed by the Lord through angels, but his external or natural man by spirits from hell. And the conflict that takes place between these is experienced by that person as temptation. When a person both in faith and in life is such that he is able to be regenerated he overcomes in temptations, but when he is such that he is not able to be regenerated he goes under in temptations. The resistance offered by the natural man is meant by Rachel's statement that she had wrestled with her sister, for Leah, to whom 'sister' refers here, means the external man's affection, but 'Rachel' the internal man's, 3793, 3819.
Latin(1748-1756) 3927
3927. `Et dixit Rachel, Luctationibus Dei luctata sum cum sorore mea, etiam valui': quod significet in supremo sensu propriam Potentiam, in interno tentationem in qua vincit, in externo resistentiam a naturali homine, constat a significatione `luctationum Dei' et `luctari' quod sint tentationes; tentationes enim non aliud sunt quam luctationes interni hominis cum externo, seu spiritualis hominis cum naturali, uterque enim dominari videt, et cum agitur de dominio, fit pugna, quae hic est luctatio; quod `valere' sit vincere, constat absque explicatione. [2] Quod illa verba in sensu supremo significent propriam Potentiam, est quia Dominus omnes tentationes, cum fuit {1}in mundo et in humano ibi, ex propria potentia sustinuit, et ex propria potentia vicit, secus ac omnis homo, qui nusquam ex propria potentia aliquam tentationem spiritualem sustinet et in illa vincit, sed Dominus apud illum;{2}at videantur quae de his prius dicta et ostensa sunt, nempe quod Dominus prae aliis gravissimas tentationes sustinuerit, n. 1663, 1668, 1690, 1737, 1787, 1789, 1812, 1813, 1815, 1820, 2776, 2786, 2795, 2813, 2816, 3318; quod Dominus ex propria Potentia pugnaverit et vicerit, n. {3}1616, 1692, 1813, 1815, et quod Dominus solus apud hominem pugnet, n. 1692. [3] Quod in sensu interno `luctationes Dei' et `valere' sint tentationes in quibus {4}homo vincit, constat ab illis quae mox supra dicta sunt: quod autem in sensu externo sit resistentia a naturali homine, est quia omnis tentatio non aliud est; agitur enim in tentationibus spiritualibus, ut dictum, de dominio, quis nempe potestatem habebit, num homo internus aut num externus, seu quod idem, num spiritualis {5}aut num naturalis, sunt enim inter se oppositi, n. 3913; cum enim homo in tentationibus est, tunc internus seu spiritualis ejus homo a Domino per angelos regitur, sed externus seu naturalis per spiritus infernales; pugna inter illos est quae sicut tentatio percipitur apud hominem: cum homo talis est et fide et vita, ut regenerari possit, tunc in tentationibus {6}vincit, at cum talis est ut non regenerari possit, tunc in tentationibus succumbit: quod resistentia a naturali homine sit, significatur per verba quod `luctata sit cum sorore sua, per `Leam' enim, quae hic est soror, {7}significatur affectio externi hominis, per `Rachelem' autem affectio interni, n. 3793, 3819. @1 A had in Humano altered to in mundo them back to Humano. I repeats omnes tentationes after ibi$ @2 sed$ @3 1661 seems more appropriate$ @4 indecipherable, perhaps is$ @5 vel$ @6 vincet I$ @7 repraesentatur$