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1 A Jakov se bijaše nastanio u zemlji gdje je njegov otac boravio kao pridošlica - u zemlji kanaanskoj.

2 Evo nasljedstva Jakovljeva. Kao mladić, u dobi od sedamnaest godina, Josip je čuvao stada sa svojom braćom, sinovima Bilhe i Zilpe, koje bijahu žene njegova oca. Josip je ocu svome donosio zle glasove o njima.

3 Izrael je volio Josipa više nego ijednog svoga sina jer je bio dijete njegove staračke dobi; i on mu napravi kićenu haljinu.

4 Kako njegova braća opaze da ga njihov otac voli više od svih drugih svojih sinova, zamrze ga toliko da mu nisu mogli ni prijaznu riječ progovoriti.

5 Jednom Josip usni san i kaza ga svojoj braći, a oni ga zbog toga još više zamrze.

6 "Poslušajte", reče im, "san što sam ga usnio!

7 Pomislite! Vezali smo nasred polja snopove, kadli se najednom moj snop uspravi i stade uzgor. Uto se vaši snopovi okupe okolo i duboko se poklone mom snopu."

8 Njegova ga braća upitaše: "Kaniš li nad nama zakraljevati? Hoćeš li nam biti gospodar?" I još ga više zamrze zbog njegova pričanja o snovima.

9 Usni on još jedan san te ga ispriča svojoj braći: "Još sam jedan san usnuo. Pazite! Sunce, mjesec i jedanaest zvijezda duboko mi se klanjahu!"

10 Kad je to ispričao svome ocu, ukori ga otac i reče mu: "Što znači taj san što si ga usnuo? Zar ćemo doći ja, tvoja majka i tvoja braća pa ti se do zemlje klanjati?"

11 I dok su braća od zavisti bila ljuta na nj, njegov je otac razmišljao o svemu.

12 Jednom njegova braća odu čuvati očeva stada blizu Šekema.

13 Izrael reče Josipu: "Tvoja braća čuvaju stada kod Šekema, pa hajde da te pošaljem k njima." On mu odgovori: "Dobro, idem."

14 Potom će mu otac: "Hajde i vidi kako su ti braća i stoka pa mi javi." Tako ga otpremi iz doline Hebrona, i on stigne u Šekem.

15 Neki čovjek nađe ga gdje luta poljem pa ga upita: "Što tražiš?"

16 "Tražim braću", odgovori. "Možeš li mi kazati gdje čuvaju stada?"

17 A čovjek reče: "Odavde su otišli. Čuo sam ih gdje govore: 'Hajdemo u Dotan.'" Tako Josip ode za svojom braćom i nađe ih u Dotanu.

18 Oni ga opaze izdaleka; prije nego im se približio, počnu se dogovarati da ga ubiju.

19 I jedan drugom reče: "Eno stiže onaj sanjar!

20 Hajde da ga sad ubijemo i bacimo u kakvu čatrnju! Možemo kazati da ga je proždrla divlja zvijer. Vidjet ćemo što će biti od njegovih snova!"

21 Ali kad je to čuo Ruben, pokuša da ga izbavi iz njihovih šaka. I reče: "Nemojmo oduzimati njegova života!

22 Ne prolijevajte krvi" - dalje je govorio Ruben. "Bacite ga u čatrnju u pustari; ali ne dižite na nj ruke!" Htio ga je tako izbaviti iz njihovih šaka i odvesti ocu.

23 Ali kad je Josip stigao braći, oni s Josipa svuku njegovu haljinu, haljinu kićenu što je bila na njemu;

24 pograbe ga i bace u čatrnju. Čatrnja je bila prazna; nije bilo u njoj vode.

25 Potom sjednu da ručaju. Kako podignu svoje oči, opaze povorku Jišmaelaca gdje dolazi iz Gileada. Deve su im nosile mirodije, balzam i mirisavu smolu da ih preprodaju u Egipat.

26 Tada reče Juda svojoj braći: "Što ćemo postići ako ubijemo svog brata a krv njegovu sakrijemo?

27 Hajde da ga prodamo Jišmaelcima; ali ne dižimo na nj ruke. TÓa on je naš brat, naše meso." Braća ga poslušaju.

28 Uto naiđu ljudi, midjanski trgovci. Braća izvuku Josipa iz čatrnje i prodaju ga za dvadeset srebrnika Jišmaelcima, a oni Josipa dovedu u Egipat.

29 Kad se Ruben vratio k čatrnji i vidio da Josipa nema u čatrnji, razdere svoju odjeću.

30 A kad se vratio svojoj braći, povika: "Dječaka nema! Kamo ću ja sad?"

31 A oni uzmu Josipovu haljinu, zakolju jedno kozle i haljinu zamoče u krv.

32 Kićenu haljinu otpreme ocu i poruče: "Ovo smo našli; gledaj je li ovo haljina tvoga sina ili nije."

33 Prepozna je on pa reče: "Haljina je moga sina! Divlja ga je zvijer rastrgla! Na komade je Josip rastrgan!"

34 I razdere Jakov svoje haljine, stavi pokorničku kostrijet oko bokova i dugo vremena oplakivaše svoga sina.

35 Svi su ga njegovi sinovi i sve njegove kćeri nastojali utješiti, ali se on ne mogaše utješiti. Govorio je: "Ne, sići ću k svome sinu u Šeol tugujući!" Tako ga je oplakivao njegov otac.

36 A Midjanci ga prodaju u Egipat Potifaru, dvoraninu faraonovu, zapovjedniku straže.

   

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4678. Verses 4-11 And his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, and they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him all the more. 1 And he said to them, Hear now this dream which I have dreamed. Behold, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and also stood up, and behold, your sheaves gathered round it and bowed down to my sheaf. And his brothers said to him, Are you indeed going to reign over us? Or are you indeed going to have dominion over us? And they hated him all the more 1 for his dreams and for his words. And he dreamed yet another dream, and he recounted it to his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream again, and behold, the sun and the moon, and the eleven stars were bowing down to me. And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall we indeed come - I and your mother, and your brothers - to bow down to you to the earth? And his brothers envied him; and his father kept the matter 2 [in mind].

'His brothers saw' means things that are matters of faith - in the proximate sense, the descendants of Jacob. 'That their father loved him more than all his brothers' means that [the Lord's Divine Spiritual or Divine Truth] was joined to the Divine Natural - in the proximate sense, to the Ancient Church meant by 'father'. 'And they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him' means contempt and aversion. 'And Joseph dreamed a dream' means a declaration concerning Himself. 'And he told it to his brothers' means to the adherents to faith separated from charity. 'And they hated him all the more' means still greater contempt and aversion. 'And he said to them, Hear now this dream which I have dreamed' means the contents of the declaration. 'Behold, we were binding sheaves in the middle of the field' means that they were teaching from doctrine. 'And behold, my sheaf arose and also stood up' means teaching concerning the Lord's Divine Human. 'And behold, your sheaves gathered round it' means those who were governed by faith. 'And bowed down to my sheaf' means worship. 'And his brothers said to him' means the adherents to faith separated from charity. 'Are you indeed going to reign over us? Or are you indeed going to have dominion over us?' means, Were the concepts in their understandings and the desires in their wills to be made subject to it? 'And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for his words' means still greater contempt and aversion on account of that declaration of truth. 'And he dreamed yet another dream' means a further declaration. 'And he recounted it to his brothers, and said' means to the adherents to faith separated from charity. 'Behold, I have dreamed a dream again' means the contents. 'And behold, the sun and the moon' means natural good and natural truth. 'And the eleven stars' means cognitions of good and truth. 'Were bowing down to me' means worship. 'And he recounted it to his father and to his brothers' means being given to know it. 'And his father rebuked him and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed?' means indignation, 'father' at this point being the Jewish religion, an offspring of ancient religion. 'Shall we indeed come - I and your mother, and your brothers - to bow down to you to the earth?' means, Will the Church come to worship? 'And his brothers envied him' means their aversion. 'And his father kept the matter [in mind]' means that truth remained within their semblance of religion.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, they added more still to hating him

2. literally, word

  
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