4012.创世记30:37-40.雅各拿杨树、榛树、梧桐树的嫩枝，将皮剥成白纹，使枝子露出白的来。将剥了皮的枝子，插在羊群来喝的水沟里和水槽里，正对着羊群；它们来喝的时候，就发热配合。羊群对着枝子发热配合，就生下有纹的、有点的、有斑的来。雅各把羊羔分出来，使羊群面对拉班羊群中有纹和一切黑色的，把自己的羊群单独放一处，不把它们放到拉班的羊群中。
“雅各拿杨树的嫩枝”表适合属世良善的能力。“榛树、梧桐树”表由此所衍生的属世真理所拥有的能力。“将皮剥成白纹，使枝子露出白的来”表由真理的内在能力所产生的排序。“将剥了皮的枝子，插在水沟里”表进一步的准备。“羊群来喝的水槽里”表对真理的情感。“正对着羊群；它们来喝的时候，就发热配合”表甚至直到对真理的情感里面有一种强烈的渴望，即与属世层里面的良善并真理的结合能得以产生。“羊群对着枝子发热配合”表由祂自己的能力所产生的效果。“（羊群）就生下有纹的、有点的、有斑的来”表属世良善由此通过“拉班”所表示的居间良善而拥有这类事物。“雅各把羊羔分出来”表在纯真方面。“使羊群面对有纹的”表对着散布于邪恶与虚假中的真理。“一切黑色的”表对着这样一种状态。“拉班羊群中”表在“拉班”所表示的良善里面。“把自己的羊群单独放一处”表凭祂自己能力将良善与真理分离出来。“不把它们放到拉班的羊群中”表与“拉班”所表示的良善完全分离。
Potts(1905-1910) 4012
4012. Verses 37-40. And Jacob took him a fresh rod of poplar, and hazel, and plane-tree, and peeled white peelings on them, laying bare the white that was upon the rods. And he set the rods which he had peeled in the gutters, in the watering troughs, whither the flocks came to drink, over against the flocks; and they grew warm when they came to drink. And the flocks grew warm at the rods, and the flocks brought forth party-colored, speckled, and spotted. And Jacob separated the lambs, and set the faces of the flock toward the party-colored, and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put for himself droves for himself alone, and put them not unto Laban's flock. "And Jacob took him a fresh rod of poplar," signifies the power proper to natural good; "and hazel, and plane-tree," signifies the derivative power of natural truths; "and peeled white peelings on them, laying bare the white that was upon the rods," signifies a disposition into order by the interior power of truth; "and he set the rods which he had peeled in the gutters," signifies further preparation; "in the watering troughs, whither the flocks came to drink," signifies the affections of truth; "over against the flocks; and they grew warm when they came to drink," signifies even to ardor of affection, that they might be conjoined; "and the flocks grew warm at the rods," signifies the effect from His own power; "and the flocks brought forth party-colored, speckled, and spotted," signifies that thereby natural good itself had such things from the mediate good signified by "Laban;" "and Jacob separated the lambs," signifies as to innocence; "and set the faces of the flock toward the party-colored," signifies to truths scattered over with evils and falsities; "and all the black," signifies to such a state; "in the flock of Laban," signifies in the good signified by "Laban;" "and he put for himself droves for himself alone," signifies the separation of the goods and truths by His own power; "and put them not unto Laban's flock," signifies absolute separation from the good signified by "Laban."
Elliott(1983-1999) 4012
4012. Verses 37-40 And Jacob took for himself fresh rots of poplar, and hazel and plane, and stripped white strips on them - an exposing of the white which was on the rods. And he set the rods which he had stripped in runners, in the troughs of water where the flocks came to drink, in front of the flocks; and they came on heat as they came to drink. And the flocks came on heat at the rods, and the flocks brought forth variegated, speckled, and spotted ones. And Jacob singled out the lambs, and set the faces of the flock towards the variegated, and every black one in Laban's flock; and he put his own droves apart and did not put them near Laban's flock.
'Jacob took for himself fresh rods of poplar' means the power proper to natural good. 'And hazel and plane' means the power deriving from this which natural truths possess. 'And stripped white strips on them - an exposing of the white which was on the rods' means an ordering effected by the interior power of truth. 'And he set the rods which he had stripped in runners' means further preparation. 'In the troughs of water where the flocks came to drink' means affections for truth. 'In front of the flocks; and they came on heat as they came to drink' means even to the point of an intense desire in the affection for truth that a joining [to the goods and truths within the natural] might be effected. 'And the flocks were on heat at the roast means the effect produced by His own power. 'And the flocks brought forth variegated, speckled, and spotted ones' means that as a consequence natural good itself possessed such things, from the intermediate good meant by Laban. 'And Jacob singled out the lambs' means as regards innocence. 'And set the faces of the flock towards the variegated' means towards truths interspersed with evils and falsities. 'And every black one' means towards such a state. 'In Laban's flock' means within the good meant by Laban. 'And he put his own droves apart' means the separation of goods and truths by His own power. 'And did not put them near Laban's flock' means total separation from the good meant by Laban.
Latin(1748-1756) 4012
4012. Vers. 37-40. Et accepit sibi Jacob baculum populi recentem, et corylum, et platanum, et decorticavit in illis decorticationes albas, denudationem albi, quod super baculis. Et constituit baculos quos decorticavit, in canalibus, in potatoriis aquae, quo veniebant greges ad bibendum, e regione gregum, et incalescebant in veniendo illos ad bibendum. Et incalescebant greges ad baculos, et pariebant greges variegatos, punctatos, et maculosos. Et agnos separavit Jacob, et dedit facies gregis ad variegatum, et omne nigrum in grege Labanis, et posuit sibi catervas soli sibi, et non posuit eos ad gregem Labanis. `Accepit sibi Jacob baculum populi recentem' significat propriam potentiam naturalis boni: `et corylum, et platanum' significat potentiam inde naturalium veritatum: `et decorticavit in illis decorticationes albas, denudationem albi quo super baculis' significat dispositionem veri interioris potentiae: `et constituit baculos quos decorticavit, in canalibus' significat praeparationem ulteriorem: `in potatoriis aquae quo veniebant greges ad bibendum' significat veri affectiones: `e regione gregum, et incalescebant in veniendo illos ad bibendum' significat usque ad affectionis ardorem ut conjungerentur: `et incalescebant greges ad baculos' significat effectum ex propria potentia: `et pariebant greges variegatos, punctatos et maculosos' significat quod inde ipsi naturali bono, ex bono medio significato per Labanem, talia: `et agnos separavit Jacob' significat quoad innocentiam: `et dedit facies gregis ad variegatum' significat ad vera sparsa malis et falsis: `et omne nigrum' significat ad statum talem: `in grege Labanis' significat in bono per Labanem significato, `et posuit sibi catervas soli sibi' significat separationem bonorum et verorum ex propria potentia: `et non posuit eos ad gregem Labanis' significat separationem absolutam a bono per Labanem significato.