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1 Tiam Jozef jxetis sin sur la vizagxon de sia patro, kaj ploris super li kaj kisis lin.

2 Kaj Jozef ordonis al siaj servantoj kuracistoj, balzami lian patron; kaj la kuracistoj balzamis Izraelon.

3 Kaj pasis super li kvardek tagoj; cxar tiel longe dauxras la tagoj de balzamado. Kaj la Egiptoj ploris pri li sepdek tagojn.

4 Kiam pasis la tagoj de lia priplorado, Jozef ekparolis al la domanoj de Faraono, dirante: Se mi akiris vian favoron, diru al Faraono jene:

5 Mia patro jxurigis min, dirante: Jen mi mortas; en mia tombo, kiun mi elfosis al mi en la lando Kanaana, tie vi min enterigu. Nun mi volus iri, enterigi mian patron, kaj reveni.

6 Kaj Faraono diris: Iru kaj enterigu vian patron, kiel li jxurigis vin.

7 Kaj Jozef iris, por enterigi sian patron; kaj kun li iris cxiuj servantoj de Faraono, la cxefoj de lia domo kaj cxiuj cxefoj de la lando Egipta,

8 kaj la tuta domo de Jozef, kaj liaj fratoj kaj la domo de lia patro; nur siajn infanojn kaj siajn malgrandajn kaj grandajn brutojn ili restigis en la lando Gosxen.

9 Kun ili iris ankaux cxaroj kaj rajdantoj; kaj la anaro estis tre granda.

10 Ili venis al la placo Atad, kiu estas transe de Jordan, kaj ili faris tie grandan kaj fortan priploradon; kaj li funebris pri sia patro dum sep tagoj.

11 Kiam la logxantoj de la lando Kanaana vidis la funebron sur la placo Atad, ili diris: GXi estas granda funebro cxe la Egiptoj; tial la loko ricevis la nomon Abel-Micraim. GXi estas transe de Jordan.

12 Kaj liaj infanoj faris kun li, kiel li ordonis al ili.

13 Kaj liaj filoj forportis lin en la landon Kanaanan, kaj enterigis lin en la kampa duobla kaverno, kiun Abraham acxetis kune kun la kampo kiel tomban posedajxon de el Efron la HXetido, antaux Mamre.

14 Kaj Jozef revenis Egiptujon, li kaj liaj fratoj, kaj cxiuj, kiuj iris kun li, por enterigi lian patron, post kiam ili enterigis lian patron.

15 Kiam la fratoj de Jozef vidis, ke ilia patro mortis, ili diris: Eble Jozef ekmalamos nin, kaj repagos al ni pro la tuta malbono, kiun ni faris al li?

16 Tial ili sendis al Jozef, por diri al li: Via patro ordonis antaux sia morto jene:

17 Tiel diru al Jozef: Mi petas vin, pardonu la kulpon de viaj fratoj kaj ilian pekon, cxar ili faris al vi malbonon. Nun pardonu do la kulpon de la sklavoj de la Dio de via patro. Kaj Jozef ploris, kiam ili parolis al li.

18 Kaj iris liaj fratoj mem kaj jxetis sin teren antaux li, kaj diris: Jen ni estas sklavoj al vi.

19 Sed Jozef diris al ili: Ne timu; cxar cxu mi estas anstataux Dio?

20 Vi intencis fari al mi malbonon; sed Dio arangxis de tio bonon, por fari tiel, kiel nun estas, por konservi la vivon de multe da homoj.

21 Kaj nun ne timu; mi nutros vin kaj viajn infanojn. Kaj li konsolis ilin kaj parolis al ili kore.

22 Kaj Jozef logxis en Egiptujo, li kaj la domo de lia patro; kaj Jozef vivis cent dek jarojn.

23 Kaj Jozef vidis cxe Efraim infanojn gxis la tria generacio; ankaux la infanoj de Mahxir, filo de Manase, naskigxis sur la genuoj de Jozef.

24 Kaj Jozef diris al siaj fratoj: Mi mortas, sed Dio rememoros vin, kaj elkondukos vin el cxi tiu lando en la landon, pri kiu Li jxuris al Abraham, Isaak, kaj Jakob.

25 Kaj Jozef jxurigis la filojn de Izrael, dirante: Kiam Dio rememoros vin, tiam elportu miajn ostojn el cxi tie.

26 Kaj Jozef mortis en la agxo de cent dek jaroj; kaj oni balzamis lin kaj metis lin en cxerkon en Egiptujo.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6522

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6522. 'And Joseph went up to bury his father' means the steps taken by the internal to re-establish the Church. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, dealt with above in 6499; from the meaning of 'burying' as restoration to life, dealt with in 6516, thus a re-establishment, since it is used to refer to the Church; and from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as the Church, dealt within 4286, 6426.

  
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6426. 'From there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel' means that from this springs all the goodness and truth which the spiritual kingdom possesses. This is clear from the meaning of 'the shepherd' as one who leads to the good of charity by means of the truth of faith, dealt with in 343, 3795, 6044 (here in the highest sense, since it has reference to the Lord, goodness and truth themselves are meant); from the meaning of 'the stone' as truth, dealt with in 1298, 3720, 3769, 3771, 3773, 3789, 3798; and from the representation of 'Israel' as the spiritual Church, dealt with in 3305, 4286, for 'Israel' is spiritual good or the good of truth, 4286, 4598, 5801, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833. And since the good of truth is the essential element of the spiritual Church, 'Israel' means the spiritual Church, and in the highest sense the Lord's spiritual kingdom. From all this it is evident that 'from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel' means that from this springs all the goodness and truth which the Lord's spiritual kingdom possesses.

[2] The reason why in the highest sense 'the stone of Israel' means the Lord with respect to the truth that His spiritual kingdom possesses is that in general 'the stone' means the temple, and specifically the foundation on which it stands. 'The temple' in turn means the Lord's Divine Human, as is clear in John 2:19, 21, and so does its 'foundation' in Matthew 21:42, 44, and in Isaiah 28:16. This meaning of 'the stone' in the highest sense - the Lord in respect to Divine Truth which His spiritual kingdom possesses - is evident in David,

The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. This has been done by Jehovah; it is marvellous in our eyes. Psalms 118:22-23.

'The stone' here is the Lord, as is made clear in Luke,

It is written, The stone which the builders rejected has become the head of the corner. Whoever falls onto that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will grind him to powder. Luke 20:17-18.

These things are spoken by the Lord regarding Himself. In Isaiah,

He is your fear, and He is your dread; for He will be a sanctuary, though He will be a stone to strike against and a rock to stumble over 1 for both houses of Israel. Many among them will trip, and fall, and be broken to pieces. Isaiah 8:13-15.

Here the Lord is referred to. In the same prophet,

The Lord Jehovih said, Behold I [am He who] will lay in Zion a stone for a foundation, a tested stone, a precious corner-stone, surely founded. He who believes will not be hasty. Isaiah 28:16.

In Zechariah,

Jehovah Zebaoth will visit His flock, the house of Judah, and will place them as His glorious horse 2 in battle. From Him comes the corner-stone, from Him the tent-peg, from Him the battle-bow. Zechariah 10:3-4.

[3] In Daniel,

You were watching, until a stone was cut out, not by means of hands, and it struck the statue on its feet, which were iron and clay, and smashed them to pieces. The stone that struck the statue became a great rock and filled the whole earth. The God of heaven will cause a kingdom to arise that will never be destroyed, and His kingdom will not be left to other people; it will crush and consume all those kingdoms, but will itself stand for ever. Inasmuch as you saw that the stone was cut out of the rock, not by means of hands, and it smashed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold . . . Daniel 2:34-35, 44-45.

Here 'the stone' is used in the highest sense to mean the Lord, and in the relative sense to mean His spiritual kingdom. When it says that 'the stone was cut out of the rock' the meaning is that it came out of the truth of faith, for the truth of faith is meant in the Word by 'rock'. And because the truth of faith is meant by 'the stone' and 'the rock', the Lord's spiritual kingdom is also what is meant, since the truth of faith and good ensuing from this truth prevail in that kingdom. Something similar is also meant by 'the stone' on which Jacob slept and which he afterwards set up as a pillar, described as follows,

Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Surely Jehovah is in this place and I did not know it. And he was afraid and said, How awesome is this place! This is nothing other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. And in the morning Jacob rose up early, and took the stone which he had placed as his headrest, and placed it as a pillar and poured oil on the top of it. He said, This stone which I have placed as a pillar will be God's house. Genesis 28:16-18, 22.

The fact that by 'the stone' the ancients understood the Lord in the highest sense and His spiritual kingdom in the relative sense is also plain to see in Joshua,

Joshua erected the stone under the oak which was in Jehovah's sanctuary. And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone will be a witness to us, for it has heard all the sayings of Jehovah which He spoke to us. And it shall be a witness against you, lest you deny your God. Joshua 24:26, 17.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, a stone of striking and a rock of stumbling

2. literally, the horse of His glory

  
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