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創世記 41

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1 過了兩年,法老做夢,夢見自己站在河邊,

2 隻母從河裡上來,又美好又肥壯,在蘆荻中吃

3 又有隻母從河裡上來,又醜陋又乾,與那隻母一同站在河邊。

4 這又醜陋又乾隻母盡了那又美好又肥壯的隻母法老就醒了。

5 他又睡著,第二回做夢,夢見棵麥子長了個穗子,又肥大又佳美,

6 又長了個穗子,又細弱又被東風吹焦了。

7 這細弱的穗子了那個又肥大又飽滿的穗子。法老醒了,不料是個夢。

8 到了早晨法老心裡不安,就差人召了埃及所有的術士和博士來;法老就把所做的夢告訴他們,卻沒有人能給法老圓解。

9 那時酒政對法老:我今日想起我的罪來。

10 從前法老惱怒臣僕,把我和膳長下在護衛長府內的監裡。

11 我們同夜各做夢,各夢都有講解。

12 在那裡同著我們有一個希伯來的少年,是護衛長的僕人我們告訴他,他就把我們的夢圓解,是按著各的夢圓解的。

13 後來正如他給我們圓解的成就了;我官復原職,膳長被起來了。

14 法老遂即差人去召約瑟,他們便急忙帶他出監,他就剃頭,刮臉,換衣裳,進到法老面前。

15 法老對約瑟:我做了一夢,沒有人能解;我見人,你了夢就能解。

16 約瑟回答法老:這不在乎我,必將平安的話回答法老

17 法老對約瑟:我夢見我站在河邊,

18 隻母從河裡上來,又肥壯又美好,在蘆荻中吃

19 又有隻母上來,又軟弱又醜陋又乾瘦,在埃及,我沒有見過這樣不好的。

20 這又乾瘦又醜陋的母盡了那以先的隻肥母

21 吃了以後卻看不出是吃了,那醜陋的樣子仍舊和先前一樣。我就醒了。

22 我又夢見棵麥子,長了個穗子,又飽滿又佳美,

23 又長了個穗子,枯槁細弱,被東風吹焦了。

24 這些細弱的穗子了那個佳美的穗子。我將這夢告訴了術士,卻沒有人能給我解說。

25 約瑟對法老法老的夢乃是個。已將所要做的事指示法老了。

26 年,穗子也是年;這夢乃是個。

27 那隨上來的隻又乾瘦又醜陋的母年,那個虛空、被東風吹焦的穗子也是年,都是個荒年。

28 這就是我對法老已將所要做的事顯明給法老了。

29 埃及豐年,

30 又要來個荒年,甚至埃及忘了先前的豐收,全必被饑荒所滅。

31 因那以的饑荒甚大,便不覺得先前的豐收了。

32 至於法老兩回做夢,是因命定這事,而且必速速成就。

33 所以,法老當揀選一個有聰明有智慧的,派他治理埃及

34 法老當這樣行,又派員管理這。當個豐年的時候,征收埃及的五分之一,

35 叫他們把將豐年一切的糧食聚斂起,積蓄五穀,收存在各城裡做食物,歸於法老的

36 所積蓄的糧食可以防備埃及將來的個荒年,免得這被饑荒所滅。

37 法老和他一切臣僕都以這事為妙。

38 法老對臣僕:像這樣的,有的靈在他裡頭,我們豈能得著呢?

39 法老對約瑟既將這事都指示你,可見沒有人像你這樣有聰明有智慧。

40 你可以掌管我的家;我的民都必聽從你的話。惟獨在寶座上我比你大。

41 法老又對約瑟:我派你治理埃及

42 法老就摘下上打印的戒指,戴在約瑟的上,給他穿上細麻衣,把鍊戴在他的頸項上,

43 約瑟坐他的副車,喝道的在前呼叫說:跪下。這樣、法老派他治理埃及

44 法老對約瑟:我是法老,在埃及,若沒有你的命令,不許擅自辦事(原文作動)。

45 法老賜名約瑟,撒發那忒巴內亞,又將安城的祭司波提非拉的女兒亞西納他為妻。約瑟就出去巡行埃及

46 約瑟見埃及法老的時候年三十歲。他從法老面前出去,遍行埃及

47 個豐年之內,的出產極豐極盛(原文作一把一把的),

48 約瑟聚歛埃及個豐年一切的糧食,把糧食積存在各城裡;各城周圍田的糧食都積存在本城裡。

49 約瑟積蓄五穀甚多,如同邊的沙,無法計算,因為穀不可勝

50 荒年未到以前,安城的祭司波提非拉的女兒亞西納給約瑟生了兩個兒子。

51 約瑟給長子起名瑪拿西(就是使之忘了的意思),因為他使我忘了一切的困苦和我父的全家。

52 他給次子起名以法蓮(就是使之昌盛的意思),因為他使我在受苦的方昌盛。

53 埃及個豐年一完,

54 個荒年就來了。正如約瑟所的,各都有饑荒;惟獨埃及有糧食。

55 及至埃及有了饑荒,眾民向法老哀求糧食,法老對他們:你們往約瑟那裡去,凡他所的,你們都要做。

56 當時饑荒遍滿天下,約瑟開了各處的倉,糶糧給埃及人;在埃及饑荒甚大。

57 的人都往埃及去,到約瑟那裡糴糧,因為天下的饑荒甚大。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5358

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5358. And the seven years of abundance of produce were ended. That this signifies after the states of the multiplication of truth, is evident from what was unfolded above (n. 5276, 5292, 5339), where similar words occur.

  
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3057. About the time that the drawers go out. That this signifies a state of instruction, is evident from the signification of “time,” as being state (see just above, n. 3056); and from the signification of a “drawer,” that is, one who draws water, as being to be instructed-to be explained in what follows. What has now been told (from n. 3054) is what is signified in the internal sense by the things related historically in this verse; but what these particulars involve in a series is not easily made plain to one who has not been instructed concerning the natural man, and concerning the memory-knowledges and doctrinal things therein, and also how truths are elevated therefrom into the rational, and become rational; and still less if he does not know what is the quality of the rational relatively to the natural, that is, the quality of the things in the rational relatively to those in the natural.

[2] The things in the rational are not apparent to man while he lives in the body; for those in the natural are what come to perception, and seldom those in the rational, except by a certain kind of light illuminating the things in the natural, or as an inflowing capacity by which the ideas of thought are disposed into order; and also as a faculty of perceiving that which the mind is considering. Unless these and other things be known, what is contained in this versecan with difficulty be explained to the apprehension, as that there is a holy disposing of the general memory-knowledges, and then a removal from doctrinal things for receiving the truths of faith; and that when this is taking place there is an obscure state, and that such is the state of instruction. Nevertheless we may briefly state as much as can be apprehended, and here, how the case is with a man when he is being reformed by the Lord; for the reformation of a man is a kind of image of what took place with the Lord then He was in the world (as was said above,n. 3043).

[3] When a man is being reformed, the general things in his natural man are disposed by the Lord to correspondence with those which are in heaven. (What correspondence is, and that it is between spiritual things and natural things, may be seen above, n. 2987, 2989-2991, 3002.) General things are first disposed, in order that particulars may be successively insinuated into them by the Lord, and singulars into the particulars; for if the general things are not in order, there cannot come forth order in the particulars, because the particulars enter into the generals, and confirm them; still less can there be order in the singulars, because these enter into the particulars as into their generals, and illustrate them. These are the things that are meant by a holy disposing of general memory-knowledges; and this is meant in the internal sense by “making the camels kneel down;” for so they submit themselves for the reception of influx.

[4] When the general memory-knowledges are being disposed in this way, doctrinal things are removed, as they are conclusions from these knowledges; for there flows in through the rational as it were a dictate that this is true, and this not true; but in this way-that it is true because it agrees with the orderly disposition of the general memory-knowledges; and that it is not true because it disagrees; there is no other influx as to truths. Doctrinal things are indeed there before, but they are not doctrinal things until they are believed, but are merely memory-knowledges; and therefore when the man thinks about them, no conclusion is drawn from them, but only concerning them, from other things. This is what is meant by removal from doctrinal things, and it is what is here signified in the internal sense by “without the city.” But this is the state that is called an obscure state, and is signified by the “time of evening;” whereas when doctrinal things have been confirmed, so that they are believed, then comes the “morning,” or a state of light. The other things contained in this verse are evident from what has been already stated.

  
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