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Genesis 47

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1 Så drog Josef hen og meldte det til Farao og sagde: "Min Fader og mine Brødre er kommet fra Kana'ans Land med deres Småkvæg og Hornkvæg og alt, hvad de ejer, og befinder sig i Gosen."

2 Og han tog fem af sine Brødre med sig og forestillede dem for Farao.

3 Da nu Farao spurgte dem, hvad de var, svarede de: "Dine Trælle er Hyrder ligesom vore Fædre!"

4 Og de sagde til Farao: "Vi er kommet for at bo som Gæster i Landet, thi der er ingen Græsning for dine Trælles Småkvæg, da Hungersnøden er trykkende i Kana'an, og nu vilde dine Trælle gerne bosætte sig i Gosen."

5 Da sagde Farao til Josef: "Din Fader og dine Brødre er kommet til dig;

6 Ægypten står til din ådighed, lad din Fader og dine Brødre bosætte sig i den bedste Del af Landet; de kan tage Ophold i Gosens Land; og hvis du ved, at der er dygtige Folk iblandt dem, kan du sætte dem til Opsynsmænd over mine Hjorde!"

7 Da hentede Josef sin Fader Jakob og forestillede ham for Farao, og Jakob velsignede Farao.

8 Farao spurgte Jakob: "Hvor mange er dine Leveår?"

9 Jakob svarede ham: "Min Udlændigheds År er 130 År; få og onde var mine Leveår, og ikke når de op til mine Fædres År i deres Udlændigheds Tid."

10 Derpå velsignede Jakob Farao og gik bort fra ham.

11 Men Josef lod sin Fader og sine Brødre bosætte sig og gav dem Jordegods i Ægypten, i den bedste Del af Landet, i Landet ameses, som Farao havde befalet.

12 Og Josef forsørgede sin Fader og sine Brødre og hele sin Faders Hus med Brød efter Børnenes Tal.

13 Der fandtes ikke mere brød Korn i Landet, thi Hungersnøden var overvættes stor, og Ægypten og Kana'an vansmægtede af Sult.

14 Da lod Josef alle de Penge samle, som var indkommet i Ægypten og Kana'an for det Korn, der købtes, og lod dem bringe til Faraos Hus.

15 Men da Pengene slap op i Ægypten og Kana'an, kom hele Ægypten til Josef og sagde: "Giv os Brødkorn, at vi ikke skal for dine Øjne, thi Pengene er sluppet op!"

16 Josef svarede: "Kom med eders Hjorde, så vil jeg give eder Brødkorn for dem, siden Pengene er sluppet op."

17 Da bragte de deres Hjorde til Josef, og han gav dem Brødkorn for Hestene, for deres Hjorde af Småkvæg og Hornkvæg og for Æslerne; og han forsørgede dem i det År med Brødkorn for alle deres Hjorde.

18 Men da Året var omme, kom de til ham det følgende År og sagde: "Vi vil ikke dølge det for min Herre; men Pengene er sluppet op, og Kvæget har vi bragt til min Herre; nu er der ikke andet tilbage for min Herre end vore Kroppe og vor Jord;

19 lad os dog ikke for dine Øjne, vi sammen med vor Jord, men køb os og vor Jord for Brødkorn, og lad os med vor Jord blive livegne for Farao, og giv os derfor Såsæd, så vi kan blive i Live og slippe for Døden, og vor Jord undgå at lægges øde!"

20 Da købte Josef al Jord i Ægypten til Farao, idet enhver Ægypter solgte sin Mark, fordi Hungersnøden tvang dem, og således kom Landet i Faraos Besiddelse;

21 og Befolkningen gjorde han til hans Trælle i hele Ægypten fra Ende til anden.

22 Kun Præsternes Jord købte han ikke, thi de havde faste Indtægter fra Farao, og de levede af de Indtægter, Farao havde skænket dem; derfor behøvede de ikke at sælge deres Jord.

23 Derpå sagde Josef til Folket: "Nu har jeg købt eder og eders Jord til Farao; nu har I Såsæd til Jorden;

24 men af Afgrøden skal I afgive en Femtedel til Farao, medens de fire Femtedele skal tjene eder til Såsæd på Marken og til Føde for eder og eders Husstand og til Føde for eders Børn."

25 De svarede: "Du har reddet vort Liv; måtte vi eje min Herres Gunst, så vil vi være Faraos Trælle!"

26 Således gjorde Josef det til en Vedtægt, der endnu den Dag i Dag gælder i Ægypten, at afgive en Femtedel til Farao; kun Præsternes Jord kom ikke i Faraos Besiddelse.

27 Israel bosatte sig nu i Ægypten, i Gosens Land; og de tog fast Ophold der, blev frugtbare og såre talrige.

28 Jakob levede i Ægypten i sytten År, så at Jakobs Levetid blev 147 År.

29 Da nu Tiden nærmede sig, at Israel skulde , kaldte han sin Søn Josef til sig og sagde til ham: "Hvis jeg har fundet Nåde for dine Øjne, så læg din Hånd under min Lænd og lov mig at vise mig den Kærlighed og Trofasthed ikke at jorde mig i Ægypten.

30 Når jeg har lagt mig til Hvile hos mine Fædre, skal du føre mig fra Ægypten og jorde mig i deres Grav!" Han svarede: "Jeg skal gøre, som du siger."

31 Da sagde han: "Tilsværg mig det!" Og han tilsvor ham det. Da bøjede Israel sig tilbedende over Lejets Hovedgærde.

   


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6154. 'Look, here is seed for you, and you may sow the ground' means the good of charity and the truth of faith that are to be implanted. This is clear from the meaning of 'seed' as truth derived from good, or faith from charity, thus both of them, dealt with in 1025, 1447, 1610, 1940, 2848, 3038, 3310, 3373, 3671; from the meaning of 'sowing' as implanting; and from the meaning of 'ground' as receptacles, dealt with in 6135-6137. But once the truth and good have been implanted, 'the ground' no longer means a receptacle of them but that which actually constitutes the Church, as with 'the field', 566.

  
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1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, 1 come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' 1 is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

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