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1 约瑟伏在他父亲的面上哀哭,与他亲嘴。

2 约瑟吩咐伺候他的医生用香料薰他父亲,医生就用香料薰了以色列

3 薰尸的常例是四十;那四十满了,埃及人为他哀哭了七十

4 为他哀哭的日子过了,约瑟对法老家中的人:我若在你们眼前蒙恩,请你们报告法老

5 父亲的时候叫我起誓说:你要将我葬在迦南,在我为自己所掘的坟墓里。现在求你让我上去葬我父亲,以後我必回来

6 法老:你可以上去,照着你父亲叫你起的誓,将他葬埋。

7 於是约瑟上去葬他父亲。与他一同上去的,有法老的臣仆和法老家中的长老,并埃及国的长老

8 还有约瑟的全家和他的弟兄们,并他父亲的眷属;只有他们的妇人孩子,和羊群牛群,都留在歌珊

9 又有车辆马兵,和他一同上去;那一帮人甚多。

10 他们到了约但河外、亚达的禾场,就在那里地号啕痛哭。约瑟为他父亲哀哭了

11 迦南的居民见亚达禾场上的哀哭,就:这是埃及人一场大的哀哭。因此那方名亚伯麦西,是在约但河东。

12 雅各的儿子们就遵着他父亲所吩咐的办了,

13 把他搬到迦南,葬在幔利前、麦比拉田间的洞里;那洞和田是亚伯拉罕向赫人以弗仑买来为业,作坟的。

14 约瑟葬了他父亲,就和众弟兄,并一切同他上去葬他父亲的人,都回埃及去了。

15 约瑟的哥哥们见父亲死了,就:或者约瑟怀恨我们,照着我们从前待他一切的恶足足的报复我们

16 他们就打发人去见约瑟,说:你父亲以先吩咐说:

17 你们要对约瑟这样:从前你哥哥们恶待你,求你饶恕他们的过犯和恶。如今求你饶恕你父亲仆人的过犯。他们对约瑟这话,约瑟就哭了。

18 他的哥哥们又来俯伏在他面前,:我们是你的仆人

19 约瑟对他们:不要害怕,我岂能代替呢?

20 从前你们的意思是要害我,但的意思原是的,要保全许多人的性命,成就今日的光景。

21 现在你们不要害怕,我必养活你们和你们的妇人孩子。於是约瑟用亲爱的话安慰他们。

22 约瑟和他父亲的眷属都埃及。约瑟活了一岁。

23 约瑟得见以法莲代的子孙。玛拿西的孙子、玛吉的儿子也养在约瑟的膝上。

24 约瑟对他弟兄们:我要死了,但必定看顾你们,领你们从这上去,到他起誓所应许给亚伯拉罕以撒雅各

25 约瑟叫以色列的子孙起誓说:必定看顾你们;你们要把我的骸从这里搬上去。

26 约瑟死了,正一岁。人用香料将他薰了,把他收殓在棺材里,停在埃及

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4438

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4438. Verses 5-7 And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; and his sons were with his cattle in the field; and Jacob kept silent until they came. And Hamor, Shechem's father, went out to Jacob to speak to him. And Jacob's sons came from the field when they heard; and the men were grieved and blazing with anger, because he had done something disgraceful in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done.

'Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter' means a wrongful joining together, 'Jacob' here being the external Ancient Church. 'And his sons were with his cattle in the field' means that his descendants dwelt in their own semblance of religion. 'And Jacob kept silent until they came' means counsel taken with the truths of faith which were known to him and his descendants. 'And Hamor, Shechem's father, went out to Jacob to speak to him' means consultation regarding the truth of that Church. 'And Jacob's sons came from the field' means that the counsel they took was based in their semblance of religion. 'When they heard; and the men were grieved and blazing with anger' means that they were under the influence of evil that was directed against the truth of the Church among the Ancients. 'Because he had done something disgraceful in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, a thing that ought not to be done' means a joining together which in their eyes was not permissible, going against the truth which they possessed.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 2051

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2051. That 'he must be circumcised' 1 means that they, namely those inside the Church meant by him 'born in the house' and him 'bought with silver', must completely remove from themselves self-love and love of the world is clear from the representation of 'circumcision' as purification from self-love and love of the world, dealt with above in 2039. Here the requirement for them to be circumcised is repeated in the command 'he must be circumcised 1 ' which expresses the necessity for them to be purified completely from those loves. And because it means those who are inside the Church no reference is made here to sons who are foreigners, for the latter, as shown above in 2049, mean those outside the Church.

[2] From this repetition of what has been stated in the previous verse concerning those 'born in the house' and those 'bought with silver', anyone may see that there is a Divine arcanum that is not evident from the sense of the letter. The arcanum is that purification from those foul loves is absolutely vital inside the Church, for the reason also that people inside the Church are capable of rendering sacred things unclean, something that those outside the Church, that is, gentiles, cannot do. For this reason those inside the Church stand in greater danger of condemnation. What is more, those inside the Church are capable of formulating and adopting false assumptions that are contrary to truths of faith themselves, whereas those outside the Church cannot do so because they have no knowledge of those truths. Thus those inside the Church are capable of profaning sacred truths, but not those outside. For more on these matters, see Volume One, in 1059, 1327, 1328.

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1. literally, By being circumcised he shall be circumcised

  
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