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1 Tako Izrael krene na put sa svim što bijaše njegovo i stigne u Beer Šebu te prinese žrtvu Bogu svoga oca Izaka.

2 U noćnom viđenju zovne Bog Izraela: "Jakove! Jakove!" On odgovori: "Evo me!"

3 "Ja sam Bog, Bog tvoga oca. Ne boj se sići u Egipat, jer ću ondje od tebe proizvesti velik narod.

4 Ja ću sići u Egipat s tobom i sam ću te vratiti ovamo; a Josip će ti svojom rukom oči zaklopiti."

5 I Jakov krene iz Beer Šebe. Sinovi Izraelovi postave svoga oca Jakova, svoju djecu i svoje žene u kola što ih je faraon poslao da ga prevezu.

6 Uzmu sa sobom svoje blago i dobra što ih bijahu stekli u zemlji kanaanskoj te stignu Jakov i sve njegovo potomstvo u Egipat.

7 Sa sobom je u Egipat poveo svoje sinove i unuke, svoje kćeri i kćeri svojih sinova, sve svoje potomstvo.

8 Ovo su imena Izraelaca - Jakova i njegovih potomaka - koji su stigli u Egipat: Jakovljev prvorođenac Ruben.

9 Rubenovi sinovi: Henok, Falu, Hesron i Karmi.

10 Sinovi Šimunovi: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Sohar i Šaul, sin Kanaanke.

11 Sinovi Levijevi: Geršon, Kehat i Merari.

12 Sinovi Judini: Er, Onan, Šela, Peres i Zerah. Er i Onan umrli su u zemlji kanaanskoj. Peresovi sinovi bili su Hesron i Hamul.

13 Sinovi Jisakarovi: Tola, Fuva, Jašub i Šimron.

14 Sinovi Zebulunovi: Sered, Elon i Jahleel.

15 To su sinovi koje je Lea imala s Jakovom u Padan Aramu i još kćerka Dina. U svemu je, dakle, imao sinova i kćeri trideset i troje.

16 Sinovi Gadovi: Sifjon, Hagi, Šuni, Esbon, Eri, Arodi i Areli.

17 Sinovi Ašerovi: Jimna, Jišva, Jišvi, Berija i sestra im Serah. Sinovi Berijini: Heber i Malkiel.

18 To su bili potomci Zilpe, koju je Laban darovao svojoj kćeri Lei. Ona je tako rodila Jakovu šesnaest duša.

19 Sinovi Jakovljeve žene Rahele: Josip i Benjamin.

20 Josipu su se u egipatskoj zemlji rodili Manaše i Efrajim. Rodila mu ih je kći onskog svećenika Poti-Fere.

21 Sinovi Benjaminovi: Bela, Beker, Ašbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Roš, Mupim, Hupim i Ard.

22 To su bili potomci Rahelini koje je rodila Jakovu - u svemu njih četrnaest.

23 Danov je sin Hušim.

24 Sinovi Naftalijevi: Jahseel, Guni, Jeser i Šilem.

25 To su bili potomci Bilhe, koju je Laban dao svojoj kćeri Raheli. Ona je Jakovu rodila sedam potomaka.

26 Tako je sve Jakovljeve čeljadi što je od njega poteklo i u Egipat doselilo - ne uključujući žena Jakovljevih sinova - u svemu šezdeset i šest osoba.

27 I k tome dva sina Josipova što su mu se rodila u Egiptu. Prema tome, sve čeljadi Jakovljeva doma što se naseli u Egiptu bijaše sedamdeset duša.

28 Izrael posla Judu naprijed k Josipu da se pred njim pojavi u Gošenu. Kad stignu u gošenski kraj,

29 Josip upregne svoja kola i zaputi se u Gošen - u susret svome ocu Izraelu. Stupivši preda nj, pade mu oko vrata i dugo je tako plakao.

30 Onda Izrael reče Josipu: "Sada, pošto sam rođenim očima vidio da si još živ, mogu umrijeti."

31 Zatim Josip reče svojoj braći i očevoj obitelji: "Otići ću i obavijestiti faraona; reći ću mu: 'Moja braća i obitelj moga oca, koji su bili u zemlji kanaanskoj, došli su k meni.

32 Oni su ljudi pastiri, uvijek su se bavili stočarstvom; dotjerali su sa sobom svoja stada i sve što im pripada.'

33 Tako, kad vas faraon pozove i zapita: 'Čime se bavite?'

34 odgovorite: 'Ljudi smo, sluge tvoje, koji se od početka do sad bavimo stočarstvom; i mi i naši preci', tako da se možete naseliti u gošenskom kraju. Svi su, naime, pastiri Egipćanima mrski."

   

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6039. Verses 31-34 And Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's house, I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. And the men are shepherds of the flock, for they are keepers 1 of livestock, and their flocks and their herds, and all that they have, they have made to come. And it may be, that Pharaoh may call you and say, What are your works? 2 And you are to say, Your servants have been keepers 1 of livestock from our 3 boyhoods and right up to now, both we and our fathers - so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd of the flock is an abomination to the Egyptians.

'And Joseph said to his brothers' means a perception by the truths in the natural. 'And to his father's house' means by the forms of good there. 'I will go up and tell Pharaoh' means a communication with the natural, where the Church's factual knowledge resides. 'And say to him, My brothers and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me' means that the truths and forms of good which the Church possesses are to be introduced [into that knowledge]. 'And the men are shepherds of the flock' means that they lead to good. 'For they are keepers of livestock' means that they possess good deriving from truths. 'And their flocks and their herds, and all that they have, they have made to come' means that interior good and exterior good, and whatever is dependent on them, are present. 'And it may be, that Pharaoh may call you' means if the natural in which the Church's factual knowledge resides wishes to be joined to you. 'And says, What are your works?' means and to know your forms of good. 'And you are to say, Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our boyhoods and right up to now' means that the truths which lead to good have been present from the beginning and are present still. 'Both we and our fathers' means that this was so from when the earliest forms of good existed. 'So that you may dwell in the land of Goshen' means that your position will for that reason be in the middle of the natural where the Church's factual knowledge resides. 'For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians' means thereby a separation from perverted factual knowledge which is opposed to the Church's factual knowledge.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, men

2. i.e.. What is your occupation?

3. The Latin means their, but the Hebrew means our.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.