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創世記 43

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1 的饑荒甚大。

2 他們從埃及的糧食盡了,他們的父親就對他們:『你們再去給我糴些糧。』

3 猶大對他:『那諄諄地告誡我們:「你們的兄弟若不與你們同來,你們就不得見我的面。」

4 你若打發我們兄弟我們同去,我們去給你糴糧;

5 你若不打發他去,我們就不去,因為那我們:「你們的兄弟若不與你們同來,你們就不得見我的面。」』

6 以色列:『你們為什麼這樣害我,告訴你們還有兄弟呢?』

7 他們回答:『那詳細問到我們我們的親屬,:「你們的父親還在嗎?你們還有兄弟嗎?」我們就按著他所問的告訴他,焉能知道他要「必須把你們的兄弟來」呢?』

8 猶大又對他父親以色列:『你打發童子與我同去,我們就起身下去,好叫我們和你,並我們的婦人孩子,都得存活,不至於

9 我為他作保;你可以從我中追討,我若不他回來交在你面前,我情願永遠擔罪。

10 我們若沒有耽擱,如今第二次都回來了。』

11 他們的父親以色列:『若必須如此,你們就當這樣行:可以將這土產中最好的乳香、蜂蜜、香料、沒藥、榧子、杏仁都取一點,收在器具裡,帶去送給那禮物

12 又要裡加倍地帶子,並將歸還在你們袋內的子仍帶在裡;那或者是錯了。

13 也帶著你們的兄弟,起身去見那

14 但願全能的神使你們在那面前蒙憐憫,釋放你們的那弟兄和便雅憫回來。我若喪了兒子,就喪了吧!』

15 於是,他們拿著那禮物,又裡加倍地帶子,並且帶著便雅憫,起身埃及,站在約瑟面前。

16 約瑟見便雅憫和他們同來,就對家宰:『將這些人領到裡。要宰殺牲畜,預備筵席,因為晌這些人同我飯。』

17 家宰就遵著約瑟的命去行,領他們進約瑟的裡。

18 他們因為被領到約瑟的裡,就害怕:『領我們到這裡,必是因為頭次歸還在我們口袋裡的子,找我們的錯縫,下手害我們,強取我們為奴僕,搶奪我們。』

19 他們就挨約瑟的家宰,在口和他說話

20 :『我啊,我們頭次來實在是要糴糧。

21 到了住宿的地方,我們打開袋,不料,各子,分量足數,仍在各袋內,現在我們裡又來了

22 另外又帶子來糴糧。不知道先前誰把子放在我們的口袋裡。』

23 家宰:『你們可以放心,不要害怕,是你們的和你們父親你們財寶在你們的口袋裡;你們的子,我早已收了。』他就把西緬,交他們。

24 家宰就領他們進約瑟的裡,他們,又他們料餵

25 他們就預備那禮物,等候約瑟晌,因為他們見要在那裡飯。

26 約瑟到家裡,他們就把中的禮物拿進去給他,又俯伏在,向他下拜。

27 約瑟問他們好,又問:『你們的父親─就是你們所的那老人家平安嗎?他還在嗎?』

28 他們回答:『你僕人─我們的父親平安;他還在。』於是他們低頭下拜。

29 約瑟舉目見他同母的兄弟便雅憫,就:『你們向我所那頂小的兄弟就是這位嗎?』又:『小兒啊,願賜恩給你!』

30 約瑟愛弟之情發動,就急忙尋找可哭之地,進入自己的屋裡,哭了一場。

31 了臉出來,勉強隱忍,吩咐人擺飯。

32 他們就為約瑟單擺了一席,為那些人又擺了一席,也為和約瑟同飯的埃及人另擺了一席,因為埃及人不可和希伯來人一同飯;那原是埃及人所厭惡的。

33 約瑟使眾弟兄在他面前排列席,都按著長幼的次序,眾弟兄就彼此詫異。

34 約瑟把他面前的食物分出來,送給他們;但便雅憫所得的比別人多五倍。他們就飲酒,和約瑟一同宴樂。

   

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5594. Verses 6-10 And Israel said, Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had still [another] brother? And they said, The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our generation, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you a brother? And we told him according to the tenor 1 of these words. Could we possibly have known that he would say, Cause your brother to come down? And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the boy with me, and we will rise up and go, and we will live and not die - even we, even you, even our young children. I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you will require him. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, then I shall be sinning against you every day. For if perhaps we had not delayed we would by now have returned these two times. 2

'And Israel said' means a perception received from spiritual good. 'Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had still [another] brother?' means that they separated the truth of good from spiritual good, so as to join it to the spiritual from the internal. 'And they said, The man questioned us closely about ourselves' means the clear perception this had regarding what existed within the natural. 'And our generation' means regarding the truths of faith there. 'Saying, Is your father still alive?' means and regarding spiritual good from which those truths sprang. 'Have you a brother?' means regarding interior truth. 'And we told him according to the tenor of these words' means its accordant discernment of these matters. 'Could we possibly have known that he would say, Cause your brother to come down?' means that we did not believe that he would want the truth of good to be joined to him. 'And Judah said to Israel his father' means a perception received from the good of the Church regarding these matters. 'Send the boy with me' means so that he would be attached to him. 'And we will rise up and go, and we will live and not die' means spiritual life entered into by degrees. 'Even we' means the external aspect of the Church. 'Even you' means the internal aspect of it. 'Even our young children' means aspects even more internal. 'And I will be surety for him' means that in the meantime [the truth of good] will be attached to it [the good of the Church]. 'From my hand you will require him' means that [the truth of good] will not be snatched away, insofar as it lies within its power to prevent it. 'If I do not bring him to you and set him before you' means the complete restoration of it to the Church. 'Then I shall be sinning against you every day' means that the good of the Church will not exist any longer. 'For if perhaps we had not delayed' means lingering in a state of indecision. 'We would by now have returned these two times' means that spiritual life, exterior and interior, [would have been restored].

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, mouth

2. i.e. they would by now have returned home a second time

  
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