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Genesis 48

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1 Pärast seda sündmust öeldi Joosepile: 'Vaata, su isa on haige!' Siis ta võttis oma kaks poega enesega, Manasse ja Efraimi.

2 Ja Jaakobile anti teada ning öeldi: 'Näe, su poeg Joosep tuleb sinu juurde!' Iisrael võttis siis jõu kokku ning tõusis voodis istukile.

3 Ja Jaakob ütles Joosepile: 'Kõigeväeline Jumal ilmutas ennast mulle Luusis Kaananimaal, ja õnnistas mind

4 ning ütles mulle: Vaata, ma teen sind viljakaks ja paljuks ja teen sinust rahvaste hulga ja annan selle maa sinu soole pärast sind igaveseks omandiks.

5 Ja nüüd olgu su kaks poega, kes sulle Egiptusemaal on sündinud, enne kui ma tulin sinu juurde Egiptusesse, minu omad: Efraim ja Manasse olgu minu omad nagu Ruuben ja Siimeongi.

6 Aga su järeltulijad, kes sulle pärast neid sünnivad, olgu sinu päralt ja neid nimetatagu nende vendade nime järgi nende pärisosades.

7 Kui ma Mesopotaamiast tulin, suri mul Raahel Kaananimaal, tee peal, kui veel tükk maad oli minna Efratasse. Ja ma matsin tema Efrata tee äärde, see on Petlemma.'

8 Kui Iisrael nägi Joosepi poegi, siis ta küsis: 'Kes need on?'

9 Ja Joosep vastas oma isale: 'Need on mu pojad, keda Jumal mulle siin on andnud!' Siis ta ütles: 'Too nad minu juurde, et ma neid õnnistaksin!'

10 Aga Iisraeli silmad olid vanadusest tuhmid ja ta ei näinud enam. Siis Joosep viis nad tema juurde ja tema andis neile suud ning süleles neid.

11 Ja Iisrael ütles Joosepile: 'Ei oleks uskunud, et saan näha su nägu, aga vaata, Jumal on mind lasknud näha ka su järglasi.'

12 Siis Joosep võttis nad ära tema põlvilt ja kummardas silmili maha.

13 Ja Joosep võttis nad mõlemad, Efraimi oma paremale käele, Iisraelist vasakule poole, ja Manasse oma vasakule käele, Iisraelist paremale poole, ja viis nad tema juurde.

14 Aga Iisrael sirutas oma parema käe ja pani Efraimi pea peale, kes oli noorem, ja oma vasaku käe Manasse pea peale; ta pani oma käed ristamisi, sest Manasse oli esmasündinu.

15 Ja ta õnnistas Joosepit ning ütles: 'Jumal, kelle palge ees mu isad Aabraham ja Iisak on rännanud, Jumal, kes on olnud mu karjane kogu mu elu kuni tänapäevani,

16 ingel, kes mind on päästnud kõigest kurjast, õnnistagu neid poisse; neid nimetades nimetatagu minu nime ja mu isade Aabrahami ja Iisaki nime! Ja nad siginegu rohkesti keset maad!'

17 Aga kui Joosep nägi, et ta isa oma parema käe asetas Efraimi pea peale, siis ta pani seda pahaks ja haaras kinni oma isa käest, et seda Efraimi pea pealt tõsta Manasse pea peale.

18 Ja Joosep ütles oma isale: 'Mitte nõnda, mu isa, sest see on mu esmasündinu! Pane oma parem käsi tema pea peale!'

19 Aga ta isa keeldus ja ütles: 'Ma tean, mu poeg, ma tean, ka tema peab saama rahvaks ja temagi peab olema suur! Ometi peab ta noorem vend saama temast suuremaks ja selle sugu olema rahvarohke!'

20 Ja ta õnnistas neid sel päeval, öeldes: 'Sinu nimel õnnistatagu Iisraelis, öeldagu: Jumal tehku sind Efraimi ja Manasse sarnaseks!' Nõnda seadis ta Efraimi Manassest ettepoole.

21 Ja Iisrael ütles Joosepile: 'Vaata, ma suren, aga Jumal on teiega ja viib teid tagasi teie isade maale.

22 Ja ma annan sulle ühe mäeseljandiku rohkem kui su vendadele, mille olen mõõga ja ammuga võtnud emorlastelt.'

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6227

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6227. Verses 3-7 And Jacob said to Joseph, God Shaddai showed Himself to me in Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me. And He said to me, Behold, I am making you fruitful and will cause you to be multiplied, and I will make you into a congregation of peoples, and I will give this land to your seed after you as an everlasting possession. And now your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt, prior to my coming to you, to Egypt, they are mine, Ephraim and Manasseh; as Reuben and Simeon will they be mine. And your offspring 1 that you beget after them will be yours; they will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance. And as for me, when I was coming from Paddan, Rachel died on me in the land of Canaan on the road when there was still a stretch of land to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the road to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.

'And Jacob said to Joseph' means a communication of the truth of the natural with the internal. 'God Shaddai showed Himself to me in Luz in the land of Canaan' means the Divine appearing within the natural in a previous state. 'And blessed me' means a foretelling about a bestowal of life. 'And he said to me, Behold, I am making you fruitful and will cause you to be multiplied' means a bestowal of life through the good of charity and the truth of faith. 'And I will make you into a congregation of peoples' means an increase without limit. 'And I will give [this] land to [your] seed after you as an everlasting possession' means the Lord's kingdom belonging to those who have that goodness and truth within them. 'And now your two sons born to you in the land of Egypt' means goodness and truth within the natural that come from the internal. 'Prior to my coming to you, to Egypt' means before the truth of the natural existed within factual knowledge there. 'They are mine' means that they are within me. 'Ephraim and Manasseh' means the Church's understanding and will. 'As Reuben and Simeon will they be mine' means that they will be truth and the good of truth. 'And your offspring that you beget after them' means interior truths and forms of good which are begotten later on. 'Will be yours' means that they will be in the rational which is within the internal. 'They will be called by the name of their brothers in their inheritance' means that they will be of the same essential nature as that of the Church's truths and forms of good, and will exist together among them. 'And as for me, when I was coming from Paddan' means from a state of cognitions. 'Rachel died on me in the land of Canaan' means the end of a former affection for interior truth. 'On the road when there was still a stretch of land' means what comes in between. 'To go to Ephrath' means the spiritual of the celestial in a former state. 'And I buried her on the road to Ephrath' means a casting away of that state. 'That is, Bethlehem' means replacing this, a state in which there is a new affection for truth and good.

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1. literally, generation

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 9258

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9258. 'And you would cease from removing [it] for him' means not receiving truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'ceasing from removing' as not giving instruction and correcting, at this point not being able to receive instruction, and so not receiving truth since what is said refers to falsity which does not accord with the Church's good, and that falsity is such. The fact that 'removing' has this meaning in the spiritual sense is evident from this consideration, that words are used with reference to the matter under discussion. Thus 'removing' is used in the sense of the letter with reference to the burden under which the ass lies, and in the internal sense with reference to the falsity that is not in accord with the Church's good. In the internal sense therefore not removing from falsity by means of correction is meant, thus also not receiving truth brought about through such correcting or removing. There are falsities which are in accord with the Church's good, and there are falsities which are not in accord with it. The falsities that are in accord are ones which have good lying hidden within them, and which for that reason can be brought by the good nearer to truths. But the falsities that are not in accord with the Church's good are ones which have evil lying hidden within them, and which for that reason cannot be brought nearer to truths.

[2] As regards the good which lies within authentic truths, or else within unauthentic truths, which have been called falsities immediately above, and as regards the evil within falsities and even within truths, that good or evil is like the reproductive germ of life in the seed of a fruit. When the fruit starts to grow all its fibres fix their attention on the germ in the seed; they nourish it with juice passing through them and form it. But once it has been formed the fibres forsake it and convey the juice away from the seed. As a consequence the flesh of the fruit deteriorates and goes rotten, and then it serves the germ as its soil. The same applies to the seed itself when the germ in it begins a new phase of development in the ground. The germ of life in new shoots corresponds to the good within a person; the seed itself corresponds to the inward parts of his being; and the flesh around the seed corresponds to the outward parts. When the inward part of a person is formed anew or regenerated, the factual knowledge and truths belonging to the external man are like the fibres of a fruit through which juice is transported to the inward part. And afterwards, when the person has been regenerated, they are separated and serve as the soil [for the inward part]. Something similar happens in the person's inward part to which the seed corresponds. The good which has been formed in that manner gives rise to a new person, just as the germ within the seed develops into a new tree or new shoot. In this way all things are made new, after which they multiply and remain fruitful for evermore. So it is that the new person becomes like a garden, a paradise garden, to which also he is compared in the Word.

[3] This is the meaning of the Lord's words in Matthew,

The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed which a person took and sowed in his field, which is the smallest of all seeds. But when it has grown it is the greatest of all plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches. Matthew 13:31-32.

These words make clear what the situation is with authentic truths and unauthentic truths which have good within them, namely this: When the good has been formed it gives rise to truths such as are in accord with good. Even if they are unauthentic truths they are accepted as though they were authentic ones because they savour of good; for they derive their very being and life from it. Good germinates and develops by means of truths, and while it is developing it is constantly endeavouring to give birth to new good which holds a like ability to germinate. It acts in much the same way as the seed's reproductive germ does in a new shoot or tree when this comes up out of the ground and exists to produce new fruit and new seeds. But there are endless varieties, the different natures of which are determined by the kinds of good that have been formed through a charitable life led in keeping with the commandments of faith.

[4] By contrast one can see also what the situation is with falsities which have evil within them, namely that they are like trees which bear bad fruit, which must be uprooted and thrown into the fire, in accordance with the Lord's words in Matthew,

Every good tree bears good fruit, but a rotten tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them. Matthew 7:17-20; 12:33.

And in John,

Jesus said, As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from Me you cannot do anything. If a person does not abide in Me he will be cast forth as a branch and be withered; and they gather it and throw it into the fire, and it is burned. John 15:4-6.

From this it is evident that all good which is going to bear any fruit begins in the Lord, and unless it comes from Him it is not good.

  
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