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Genesis 41

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1 Ja kahe aasta pärast sündis, et vaarao nägi und, ja vaata, ta seisis Niiluse jõe ääres.

2 Ja näe, jõest tõusis seitse lehma, ilusad näha ja lihavad liha poolest, ja sõid roostikus.

3 Ja vaata, teist seitse lehma tõusis nende järel jõest, pahad näha ja lahjad liha poolest, ja need seisid teiste lehmade kõrval jõe kaldal.

4 Ja lehmad, kes olid pahad näha ja lahjad liha poolest, sõid ära need seitse lehma, kes olid ilusad näha ja lihavad. Siis vaarao ärkas üles.

5 Aga ta jäi magama ja nägi teist puhku und, ja vaata, seitse viljapead tõusis ühest kõrrest, jämedad ja head.

6 Ja vaata, seitse peenikest ja hommikutuulest kõrvetatud viljapead võrsus nende järel.

7 Ja peenikesed viljapead neelasid ära need seitse jämedat ja täit viljapead. Ja vaarao ärkas üles, ja vaata, see oli olnud unenägu!

8 Aga hommikul oli ta vaim rahutu ja ta läkitas järele ning kutsus kõik Egiptuse ennustajad ja targad, ja vaarao jutustas neile oma unenäo, aga ükski ei suutnud seda vaaraole seletada.

9 Siis rääkis joogikallajate ülem vaaraoga, öeldes: 'Täna meenub mulle mu patt.

10 Vaarao sai väga kurjaks oma sulaste peale ja pani mind vahi alla ihukaitsepealiku kotta, minu ja pagarite ülema.

11 Ja me nägime ühel ööl unenägu, mina ja tema, kumbki nägime unenäo, millel oli oma tähendus.

12 Ja sealsamas oli meiega heebrea noormees, ihukaitsepealiku sulane, ja me jutustasime temale ja tema seletas meile meie unenäod, kummalegi ta unenäo tähenduse.

13 Ja nõnda nagu ta meile seletas, nõnda sündis: mina sain tagasi oma ametisse ja teine poodi üles.'

14 Siis vaarao läkitas järele ja laskis kutsuda Joosepi; ja Joosep toodi kiiresti vangiurkast välja; ta ajas habeme, vahetas riided ja tuli vaarao juurde.

15 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Ma nägin unenäo, kuid keegi ei oska seda seletada. Aga ma olen kuulnud sinust räägitavat, et kui sina unenägu kuuled, siis sa seletad selle.'

16 Ja Joosep vastas vaaraole, öeldes: 'Mitte mina! Küllap Jumal annab vaaraole õige vastuse!'

17 Ja vaarao jutustas Joosepile: 'Mu unenäos oli nõnda: vaata, ma seisin Niiluse jõe kaldal.

18 Ja näe, jõest tõusis seitse lehma, lihavad liha poolest ja ilusad näha, ja sõid roostikus.

19 Ja vaata, teist seitse lehma tõusis nende järel, väetid ja väga pahad näha ning lahjad liha poolest. Ei ole ma kogu Egiptusemaal näinud selliseid pahu.

20 Ja lahjad ning pahad lehmad sõid ära need seitse esimest lihavat lehma.

21 Ja need läksid nende kõhtu, aga ei olnud tundagi, et need olid läinud nende kõhtu ja nende välimus oli paha nagu ennegi. Ja ma ärkasin üles.

22 Siis ma nägin und, ja vaata, seitse viljapead tõusis ühest kõrrest, täis ja head.

23 Ja vaata, seitse kuiva, peenikest, hommikutuulest kõrvetatud viljapead võrsus nende järel.

24 Ja peenikesed viljapead neelasid ära need seitse head viljapead. Ma olen seda rääkinud oma ennustajaile, aga ükski ei oska mulle seletada.'

25 Ja Joosep ütles vaaraole: 'Vaarao unenäod tähendavad ühte ja sedasama. Jumal on vaaraole teada andnud, mida ta kavatseb teha.

26 Seitse head lehma on Seitse aastat ja Seitse head viljapead on Seitse aastat; unenägudel on sama tähendus.

27 Ja seitse lahjat ja paha lehma, kes tõusid nende järel, on seitse aastat, ja seitse peenikest, hommikutuulest kõrvetatud viljapead on seitse nälja-aastat.

28 See ongi see asi, mis ma vaaraole rääkisin: mida Jumal kavatseb teha, seda on ta vaaraole näidanud.

29 Vaata, tuleb seitse aastat, millal on suur küllus kogu Egiptusemaal.

30 Aga neile järgneb seitse nälja-aastat, mil Egiptusemaal ununeb kõik küllus ja näljahäda ulatub üle kogu maa.

31 Maal ei ole enam küllust tundagi nälja tõttu, mis tuleb selle järel, sest see on väga kange.

32 Ja kuna vaaraol on unenägu kaks korda kordunud, siis on see asi Jumala poolt kindel ja Jumal laseb selle varsti sündida.

33 Ja nüüd vaarao vaadaku välja üks mõistlik ja tark mees ja seadku Egiptusemaa üle.

34 Vaarao tehku nõnda: pangu ülevaatajad maale ja lasku Egiptusemaad maksta viiendikku neil seitsmel külluseaastal.

35 Ja kogutagu kõik nende tulevaste heade aastate toidus ja varutagu vilja linnadesse vaarao käe alla toiduseks ning säilitatagu seda.

36 See vili olgu maale tagavaraks seitsmeks nälja-aastaks, mis tulevad Egiptusemaale, et maad ei tabaks näljaajal hukatus.'

37 See kõne oli hea vaarao silmis ja kõigi ta sulaste silmis.

38 Ja vaarao ütles oma sulastele: 'Kas leiame veel sellise mehe, kelles on Jumala Vaim?'

39 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Et Jumal on sulle kõike seda teada andnud, siis ei ole keegi nii mõistlik ja tark kui sina!

40 Sina pead olema mu koja üle ja kogu mu rahvas suudelgu sind suu peale. Ainult aujärje poolest tahan ma olla sinust suurem!'

41 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Vaata, ma olen pannud su kogu Egiptusemaa üle!'

42 Ja vaarao võttis sõrmest pitserisõrmuse ning pani Joosepi sõrme; ja ta pani temale kallid linased riided selga ja riputas kuldkee kaela.

43 Ja ta laskis teda sõita oma teises tõllas, mis tal oli, ja hüüda tema ees: 'Põlvili!' Ja ta pani tema kogu Egiptusemaa üle.

44 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Mina olen vaarao, aga ilma sinu tahtmata ei tohi keegi tõsta kätt ega jalga kogu Egiptusemaal.'

45 Ja vaarao pani Joosepile nimeks Safnat-Paneah ja andis temale naiseks Asnati, Ooni preestri Pooti-Fera tütre; ja Joosep läks välja Egiptusemaale.

46 Joosep oli kolmekümneaastane, kui ta astus vaarao, Egiptuse kuninga ette; ja Joosep läks ära vaarao juurest ning käis läbi kogu Egiptusemaa.

47 Ja maa kandis seitsmel külluseaastal ühest ivast peotäie.

48 Ja ta kogus kõik põllusaagi seitsmel aastal Egiptusemaal ja talletas selle linnadesse; igasse linna andis ta ümbruskonna põldude saagi.

49 Ja Joosep kuhjas väga palju vilja, nagu liiva mere ääres, kuni lakati seda mõõtmast, sest see ei olnud enam mõõdetav.

50 Ja Joosepile sündis enne nälja-aasta tulekut kaks poega. Need tõi temale ilmale Asnat, Ooni preestri Pooti-Fera tütar.

51 Ja Joosep pani esmasündinule nimeks Manasse, sest ta ütles: 'Jumal on mind lasknud unustada kõik mu vaeva ja kogu mu isakoja.'

52 Ja teisele ta pani nimeks Efraim, sest ta ütles: 'Jumal on mind teinud viljakaks mu viletsusemaal!'

53 Kui seitse külluseaastat, mis Egiptusemaale tulid, lõppesid,

54 siis hakkasid tulema seitse nälja-aastat, nõnda nagu Joosep oli öelnud; ja nälg oli kõigis maades, ent kogu Egiptusemaal oli leiba.

55 Aga kui kogu Egiptusemaa hakkas tundma nälga, siis rahvas kisendas vaarao poole leiva pärast; ja vaarao ütles kõigile egiptlastele: 'Minge Joosepi juurde! Mis tema teile ütleb, seda tehke!'

56 Ja nälg oli üle kogu maa ja Joosep avas kõik viljaaidad, mis olid nende juures, ning müüs egiptlastele vilja, sest nälg võttis Egiptusemaal võimust.

57 Ja kõigist maadest tuldi Egiptusesse Joosepilt vilja ostma, sest nälg oli võtnud võimust kõigis maades.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5291

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5291. 'And let him take up a fifth part of the land [of Egypt]' means which are to be preserved and then stored away. This is clear from the meaning of 'taking up a fifth part' as that which implies something similar to taking tenths. In the Word 'taking tenths' means preserving remnants, and preserving remnants is a gathering together and then storing away of forms of truth and good. For remnants are the forms of good and truth that the Lord has stored away in the interior man, see 468, 530, 560, 561, 661, 1050, 1906, 2284, 5135, and 'tenths' is used in the Word to mean remnants, 576, 1738, 2280, and so also is 'ten', 1906, 2284. And the number five, which is half of ten, is likewise used to mean the same. Half or twice any number when used in the Word holds the same meaning as the number itself. Twenty for example holds the same meaning as ten, four the same as two, six the same as three, twenty-four the same as twelve, and so on. A multiplication of a number also holds the same meaning. A hundred or a thousand for example holds the same as ten; seventy-two and also a hundred and forty-four hold the same as twelve. Therefore what it is that composite numbers hold within them may be seen from the simple numbers of which they are the products. What the more simple numbers hold within them may be seen in a similar way from their integers. Five for example may be seen from ten, two and a half from five, and so on. In general it should be recognized that multiples hold the same meaning as their factors, yet more completely, while quotients hold the same meaning as their dividends, yet less completely.

[2] As regards the number five specifically, this has a dual meaning. First, it means that which is little and consequently something; second, it means remnants. It receives its meaning of that which is little from its relationship with other numbers meaning that which is much, namely a thousand and a hundred, and therefore ten also. For 'a thousand' and 'a hundred' mean that which is much, see 2575, 2636, and so therefore does 'ten', 3107, 4638, as a consequence of which 'five' means that which is little, and also something, 649, 4638. But 'five' means remnants when it has a connection with ten, 'ten' in this case meaning remnants, as stated above. For all numbers used in the Word have spiritual realities as their meaning, see 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670, 5265.

[3] Anyone who does not know that the Word has an internal sense which is not visible in the letter will be utterly astonished by the idea that spiritual realities too are meant by the numbers used in the Word. The specific reason for his astonishment is his inability to use numbers to give shape to any spiritual idea, when yet the spiritual ideas known to angels present themselves as numbers, see 5265. The identity of those ideas or spiritual realities to which numbers correspond can, it is true, be known; but the origin of such correspondence remains hidden, such as the origin of the correspondence of 'twelve' to all aspects of faith, the correspondence of 'seven' to things that are holy, as well as that of 'ten' and also 'five' to forms of good and truth stored up by the Lord within the interior man, and so on. Even so, it is enough if people know simply that such a correspondence does exist and that by virtue of that correspondence each number used in the Word denotes something present in the spiritual world, consequently that what is Divine has been inspired into them and so lies concealed within them.

[4] Examples of this are seen in the following places where 'five' is mentioned, such as the Lord's parable in Matthew 25:14 and following verses about the man who, before going away to a foreign country, placed his resources in the hands of his servants. To the first he gave five talents, to the second two, and to the third one. The servant who received five talents traded with them and earned five talents more. In a similar way the one who received two earned two more; but the servant who received one hid his master's money 1 in the earth. The person whose thought does not extend beyond the literal sense knows no other than this, that the numbers five, two, and one have been adopted merely to make up the story told in the parable and that they entail nothing more, when in fact those actual numbers hold some arcanum within them. The servant who received the five talents means those people who have accepted forms of good and truth from the Lord and so have received remnants. The one who received the two talents means those who at a more advanced stage in life have linked charity to faith, while the servant who received the one means someone who receives faith alone devoid of charity. Regarding this servant it is said that he hid his master's money 1 in the earth - the reason for this description being that the money 1 he is said to have received means in the internal sense truth which is the truth of faith, 1551, 2954; but faith that is devoid of charity cannot earn any interest, that is, it cannot be fruitful. These are the kinds of matters that numbers hold within them.

[5] Much the same is contained in other parables, such as the parable in Luke 19:12 and following verses regarding someone who journeyed to a far country to receive a kingdom. He gave his servants ten minas and told them to trade with these until he came back. When he returned the first said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten minas'. He said to him, 'Well done, good servant; because you have been faithful over a very little, be over ten cities'. The second said, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas', and to him too he said, 'You also, be over five cities'. The third had kept his mina stored away in a handkerchief. But the master said, 'Take the mina from him and give it to him who has ten minas'. Here in a similar way 'ten' and 'five' mean remnants, 'ten' rather more, 'five' somewhat less. The one who kept his mina stored away in a handkerchief describes those who acquire the truths of faith but do not join them to the good deeds of charity, so that these truths do not gain interest or become fruitful at all.

[6] The same meaning exists in other places where the Lord uses these numbers, such as the place where He refers to what one of those invited to a supper said,

I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going away to test them. Luke 14:19.

Also in the place where He refers to what the rich man said to Abraham,

I have five brothers; send [Lazarus] to speak to them, lest they come into this place of torment. Luke 16:28.

And in the place where He talks about ten virgins, five of whom were wise and five were foolish, Matthew 25:1-13. The following words spoken by the Lord in a similar way contain such numbers,

Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but division; for from now on there will be in one house five divided; three against two, and two against three. Luke 12:51-52.

And the following details given in the historical narrative also contain such numbers - the Lord fed five thousand people with five loaves and two fishes; He commanded them to sit down in groups of a hundred and groups of fifty; and after they had eaten they collected twelve baskets of broken pieces, Matthew 14:15-21; Mark 6:38 and following verses; Luke 9:12-17; John 6:5-13.

[7] It is hardly credible that the numbers included in such details, since these belong to a historical narrative, have a spiritual meaning. That is, five thousand, the number of people, has a spiritual meaning; so does five, the number of loaves, as well as two, the number of fishes. A hundred, and likewise fifty, the numbers of people sitting down together, each have a spiritual meaning; and so lastly does twelve, the number of baskets containing broken pieces. Though it may seem incredible, every detail holds some arcanum. Every single thing occurred providentially, to the end that Divine realities might be represented by them.

[8] In the following places too 'five' means things of a similar nature in the spiritual world, and it corresponds to such in both senses, the genuine sense and the contrary one: In Isaiah,

Gleanings will be left in it, as in the shaking of an olive tree, 2 two or three berries on the top of the [highest] branch, four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree. Isaiah 17:6-7.

In the same prophet,

On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak in the lips of Canaan and swear to Jehovah Zebaoth. Isaiah 19:18.

In the same prophet,

One thousand at the rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five you are fleeing, until you remain like a flagstaff on top of a mountain, like a signal upon a hill. Isaiah 30:17.

In John,

The fifth angel sounded, at which point I saw a star that had fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key of the pit of the abyss. It was given the locusts which were coming out from there, that they should not kill the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads, but that they should torment them five months. Revelation 9:1, 3, 5, 10.

In the same book,

Here is intelligence, if anyone has wisdom: The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits; and there are seven kings. Five have fallen; and one is, the other has not yet come. And when he comes he must remain a short time. Revelation 17:9-10.

[9] The number five holds a similar representative meaning in the following places,

The valuation for a man or for a woman was determined by their ages - between one month and five years, and between five years and twenty years. Leviticus 27:1-9.

If a field was redeemed, one-fifth was to be added. Leviticus 27:19.

If tithes were redeemed, again one fifth was to be added. Leviticus 27:31.

The firstborn who were in excess [of the Levites] were to be redeemed for five shekels [each]. Numbers 3:46-end.

The firstborn of an unclean beast was to be redeemed with the addition of one-fifth. Leviticus 27:27.

In the case of any wrongs that were done one-fifth was to be added as a penalty. Leviticus 22:14; 17:13, 15; Numbers 5:6-8.

Anyone who stole an ox or one of the flock, and who slaughtered it or sold it, had to restore five oxen for an ox, and four of the flock for one of the flock. Exodus 11:1.

[10] The fact that the number five contains some heavenly arcanum, as does ten also, is evident from the cherubs referred to in the first Book of Kings,

In the sanctuary Solomon made two cherubs of olive wood, each ten cubits high. The wing of one cherub was five cubits, and the wing of the other cherub five cubits; ten cubits from the tips of the wings of one to the tips of the wings of the other. Thus a cherub was ten cubits; both cherubs were the same size and same shape. 1 Kings 6:23-25.

The same fact is evident from the lavers around the temple, and also from the lampstands, described in the same book,

Five bases for the lavers were placed on the right side of the house, 3 and five on the left side of the house. 3 Also, five lampstands were placed on the right, and five on the left in front of the sanctuary. 1 Kings 7:39, 49.

The bronze sea was ten cubits from one brim to the other, and five cubits high, and thirty cubits in circumference. 1 Kings 7:13.

All this was prescribed so that holy things might be meant spiritually not only by the numbers ten and five but also by thirty, for although geometrically this number giving the circumference is not right for the stated diameter, it nevertheless implies spiritually what is meant by the rim of a vessel.

[11] All numbers mentioned in the Word mean things existing in the spiritual world, as is clearly evident from the numbers used in Ezekiel, where a new land, a new city, a new temple, and a detailed measuring of these by the angel are described; see Chapters 40-43, 45-49 [sic.]. Numbers are used in these chapters to describe practically every sacred object, and therefore anyone unacquainted with what those numbers hold within them can know scarcely anything about the arcana present there. The number ten and the number five occur there in Ezekiel 40:7, 11, 48; 41:2, 9, 11-12; 42:4; 45:11, 14, in addition to the multiplications of such numbers, namely twenty-five, fifty, five hundred, and five thousand. As regards the new land, the new city, and the new temple mentioned in those chapters, these mean the Lord's kingdom in heaven, and therefore His Church on earth, as is clear from every detail mentioned there.

[12] All the references above to 'five' have been gathered together for the reason that here and in what follows the subject is the land of Egypt, where, in the seven years of abundance, a fifth part of the corn was to be gathered and preserved for use in the succeeding years of famine. This demonstrates that 'the fifth part' means the forms of good and truth which a person has received from the Lord, who has stored them away and preserved them in that person for future use when there is a famine, that is, when there is an absence and deprivation of goodness and truth. For unless the Lord stored away in a person such forms of good and truth, there would be nothing to raise him up in a state of temptation and vastation and consequently to make it possible for him to be regenerated, so that he would be left without any means of salvation in the next life.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. or silver

2. The Latin means fig tree, but the Hebrew means olive tree, which Swedenborg has in other places where he quotes this verse.

3. literally, beside the shoulder of the house towards the right/left

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