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創世記 45

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1 約瑟在左右站著的面前情不自禁,吩咐一聲說:都要離開我出去!約瑟和弟兄相認的時候並沒有一站在他面前。

2 他就放聲大哭,埃及人法老家中的人都見了。

3 約瑟對他弟兄們:我是約瑟。我的父親還在麼?他弟兄不能回答,因為在他面前都驚惶。

4 約瑟又對他弟兄們:請你們前來。他們就前來。他:我是你們的兄弟約瑟,就是你們所埃及的。

5 現在,不要因為把我到這裡自憂自恨。這是差我在你們以先來,為要保全生命。

6 現在這的饑荒已經二年了,還有五年不能耕種,不能收成

7 差我在你們以先來,為要給你們存留餘種在世上,又要施拯,保全你們的生命。

8 這樣看來,差我到這裡來的不是你們,乃是。他又使我如法老的父,作他全家的,並埃及的宰相。

9 你們要趕緊上到我父親那裡。對他:你兒子約瑟這樣使我作全埃及,請你到我這裡來,不要耽延。

10 你和你我兒子孫子,連牛群羊群,並一切所有的,都可以歌珊,與我相近。

11 我要在那裡奉養你;因為還有五年的饑荒,免得你和你的眷屬,並一切所有的,都敗落了。

12 況且你們的眼和我兄弟便雅憫的眼都見是我親對你們說話

13 你們也要將我在埃及一切的榮耀和你們所見的事都告訴父親,又要趕緊的將我父親搬到我這裡來。

14 於是約瑟伏在他兄弟便雅憫的頸項上哭,便雅憫也在他的頸項上哭。

15 他又與眾弟兄親嘴,抱著他們哭,隨他弟兄就和他說話。

16 這風聲傳到法老的宮裡,:約瑟的弟兄們來了法老和他的臣僕都很喜歡。

17 法老對約瑟:你吩咐你的弟兄們:你們要這樣行:把馱子抬在牲口上,起身往迦南去。

18 將你們的父親和你們的眷屬都搬到我這裡,我要把埃及的美物賜你們,你們也要肥美的出產。

19 現在我吩咐你們要這樣行:從埃及著車輛去,把你們的孩子和妻子,並你們的父親都搬

20 你們眼中不要愛惜你們的家具,因為埃及的美物都是你們的。

21 以色列的兒子們就如此行。約瑟照著法老的吩咐他們車輛和上用的食物,

22 他們各一套衣服,惟獨便雅憫子,五套衣服;

23 送給他父親匹,馱著埃及的美物,母匹,馱著糧食與餅和菜,為他父親上用。

24 於是約瑟打發他弟兄們回去,又對他們:你們不要在上相爭。

25 他們從埃及上去,迦南、他們的父親雅各那裡,

26 告訴他:約瑟還在,並且作埃及的宰相。雅各裡冰涼,因為不信他們。

27 他們便將約瑟對他們的一切都告訴了他。他們父親雅各見約瑟打發來接他的車輛,心就甦醒了。

28 以色列:罷了!罷了!我的兒子約瑟還在,趁我未以先,我要去見他一面。

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5960

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5960. 'And food for his father for the way' means interior truth for spiritual good meanwhile. This is clear from the meaning of 'food' as interior truth, for this is provided from the truth of good and the good of truth, which are meant by 'grain and bread', as immediately above in 5959, and interior truth is the food to nourish spiritual good; from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as spiritual good, dealt with above in 5957; and from the meaning of 'for the way' as meanwhile, which is to say, before he arrived, that is, before a complete joining together was effected.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 5959

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5959. 'And ten she-asses carrying grain and bread' means the truth of good and the good of truth, also together with much of a subservient kind. This is clear from the meaning of 'ten' as much, as above in 5958; from the meaning of 'she-asses' as that which is of a subservient kind, as also immediately above in 5958; from the meaning of 'grain' as the good of truth, dealt with in 5295, 5410, in this case the truth of good since it comes from the internal celestial, which is 'Joseph'; and from the meaning of' bread' as the good of that truth, dealt with in 276, 680, 1165, 2177, 3478, 3775, 4111, 4117, 4735, 4976. As regards 'grain' - that here it means the truth of good but elsewhere the good of truth - the situation is this: The meaning is different when an influx from the internal celestial is the subject from when an influx from the internal spiritual is the subject. What flows in from the internal celestial is nothing other than good, which does, it is true, hold truth within it, though that truth is good. But what flows in from the internal spiritual is nothing other than truth, which is called the good of truth once it has been made a matter of life. In this lies the reason why at one point 'grain' means the good of truth, and at another the truth of good - here the truth of good because it flows from the internal celestial, which is 'Joseph'. The reason the female asses carried 'grain and bread' but the male asses 'the good of Egypt' is that the males mean subservient factual knowledge insofar as this has reference to truth, while the females mean the same insofar as it has reference to good. Therefore the burdens carried by the male asses were of a kind appropriate to male asses, and the burdens carried by the female asses of a kind appropriate to female ones. Otherwise there would have been no need to mention that they were 'asses' and 'she-asses', or to say what the former carried and what the latter.

  
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