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1 Ovo su imena Izraelovih sinova koji su s Jakovom sišli u Egipat, svaki sa svojim domom:

2 Ruben, Šimun, Levi i Juda;

3 Jisakar, Zebulun i Benjamin;

4 Dan i Naftali; Gad i Ašer.

5 U svemu Jakovljevih potomaka bijaše sedamdeset duša. A Josip je već bio u Egiptu.

6 I umre Josip, a pomru i sva njegova braća i sav onaj naraštaj.

7 Ali su Izraelci bili rodni, namnožili se i silno ojačali, tako da su napučili zemlju.

8 Uto u Egiptu zavlada novi kralj koji nije poznavao Josipa.

9 I reče on svome puku: "Eto, sinovi su Izraelovi postali narod brojan i moćniji od nas.

10 Hajde, postupimo mudro s njima: spriječimo im porast, da se u slučaju rata ne pridruže našim neprijateljima, da ne udare na nas i napokon ne odu iz zemlje."

11 I postaviše nad njima nadglednike da ih tlače teškim radovima. Tako su faraonu sagradili gradove-skladišta: Pitom i Ramses.

12 Ali što su ih više tlačili, oni se još više množili, napredovali i širili se, tako da su Egipćani strahovali od Izraelaca.

13 I Egipćani se okrutno obore na Izraelce.

14 Ogorčavali su im život teškim radovima: pravljenjem meljte i opeke, različitim poljskim poslovima i svakovrsnim naporima koje im nemilosrdno nametahu.

15 Egipatski se kralj obrati i na hebrejske babice, od kojih jednoj bijaše ime Šifra, a drugoj Pua, pa im naredi:

16 "Kad u porodu pomažete Hebrejkama, dobro pogledajte oba kamena sjedala: ako je muško dijete, ubijte ga; ako je žensko, neka živi.

17 Ali su se babice bojale Boga i nisu činile kako im je naredio egipatski kralj, nego su ostavljale na životu mušku djecu.

18 Stoga egipatski kralj pozove babice pa im rekne: "Zašto ste tako radile i na životu ostavljale mušku djecu?"

19 Nato babice odgovore faraonu: "Hebrejke nisu kao egipatske žene. One su životne. Prije nego babica dođe k njima, one već rode."

20 Bog je to babicama za dobro primio. Narod se množio i silno porastao.

21 A kako su se babice bojale Boga, on ih obdari potomstvom.

22 Onda faraon izda naredbu svemu svome narodu: "Svako muško dijete koje se rodi Hebrejima bacite u Rijeku! Na životu ostavite samo žensku djecu."

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6657. And it will also join itself to our enemies, and fight against us. That this signifies that so their companions who would occasion evil would be strengthened, is evident from the signification of “joining themselves to,” as being to be strengthened, for armies are strengthened when a multitude is joined to them; from the signification of “enemies,” as being companions who fight along with them; and from the signification of “fighting against us,” as being to occasion evil, for when anyone is fought against, evil is occasioned him insofar as it cannot be resisted. The case herein is this. There is around every man, and also around every good spirit, a general sphere of endeavors from hell, and a general sphere of endeavors from heaven. The sphere from hell is one of endeavors to do evil and to destroy; and the sphere from heaven is one of endeavors to do good and to save (see n. 6477). These are general spheres: in like manner there are particular spheres around each man, for spirits from hell are with him, and also angels from heaven (n. 5846-5866, 5976-5993). From this a man is in equilibrium, and has freedom to think and will evil, and freedom to think and will good.

[2] When therefore the man of the church comes into temptation, which takes place when he is let into his evil, there is then a combat around him between the spirits from hell and the angels from heaven (n. 3927, 4249, 5036), which combat lasts so long as the man is kept in his evil. In this combat it sometimes appears to the spirits from hell that they will conquer, and then they rise up; sometimes that they will be conquered, and then they withdraw, because they then fear that more angels from heaven will join themselves against them, and so that they will be cast down into hell, from which they will no more come out, which also takes place when they have been conquered. This is what is meant by the “prevalence if it grows, and that their companions who would occasion evil would be strengthened.”

[3] When the spirits from hell fight against the angels, they are in the world of spirits, and are in freedom there (n. 5852). From all this it can now be seen what is meant in the internal sense by the sons of Israel being so infested and oppressed by the Egyptians, and by their being multiplied the more, the more they were infested; and by Jehovah, that is, the Lord, fighting for them, and restraining the Egyptians by plagues, and at last submerging them all in the sea Suph.

  
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