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Genesis 50

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1 Siis Joosep langes oma isa palge vastu, nuttis tema kohal ja suudles teda.

2 Ja Joosep käskis oma teenistuses olevaid arste tema isa palsameerida; ja arstid palsameerisid Iisraeli.

3 Selleks kulus nelikümmend päeva, sest nii palju päevi kulub palsameerimiseks; ja egiptlased nutsid teda seitsekümmend päeva.

4 Kui tema nutupäevad olid möödunud, siis Joosep rääkis vaarao hoovkonnaga, öeldes: 'Kui ma nüüd teie silmis olen armu leidnud, siis rääkige vaarao kõrva ees ja öelge:

5 Minu isa laskis mind vanduda, öeldes: Vaata, ma suren. Mata mind mu hauda, mille ma enesele olen kaevanud Kaananimaal! Ma tahaksin nüüd minna, oma isa matta ja siis tagasi tulla.'

6 Ja vaarao ütles: 'Mine ja mata oma isa, nõnda nagu ta sind on lasknud vanduda!'

7 Ja Joosep läks oma isa matma; ja temaga koos läksid kõik vaarao sulased, tema hoovkonna vanemad ja kõik Egiptusemaa vanemad,

8 ja kogu Joosepi pere ja tema vennad ja ta isa pere; ainult oma väetid lapsed ja lambad, kitsed ja veised jätsid nad Gooseni maakonda.

9 Ja temaga koos läksid niihästi vankrid kui ratsanikud, ja see oli väga suur karavan.

10 Kui nad jõudsid Atadi rehealuse juurde, mis on teisel pool Jordanit, siis nad panid seal toime väga suure ja mõjuva leinakaebuse, ja ta pidas oma isa peiesid seitse päeva.

11 Kui maa elanikud, kaananlased, nägid neid peiesid Atadi rehealuse juures, siis nad ütlesid: 'Need on egiptlastel suured peied.' Seepärast pandi sellele paigale nimeks Aabel-Mitsraim; see on teisel pool Jordanit.

12 Ja ta pojad tegid temaga nõnda, nagu ta neid oli käskinud:

13 ta pojad viisid tema Kaananimaale ja matsid ta Makpela välja koopasse Mamre kohal, mille Aabraham koos väljaga oli ostnud pärandhauaks hett Efronilt.

14 Ja Joosep läks tagasi Egiptusesse, tema ja ta vennad ja kõik, kes koos temaga olid läinud ta isa matma, pärast seda kui ta oma isa oli matnud.

15 Kui Joosepi vennad nägid, et nende isa oli surnud, siis nad ütlesid: 'Kui Joosep meid nüüd vihkab ja tõesti tasub meile kätte kõige kurja eest, mis me temale oleme teinud?'

16 Ja nad käskisid Joosepile öelda: 'Su isa andis käsu, enne kui ta suri, ja ütles:

17 Öelge Joosepile nõnda: Anna ometi andeks oma vendade üleastumine ja patt, et nad sulle on kurja teinud! Seepärast anna siis nüüd andeks oma isa Jumala sulaste üleastumine!' Ja Joosep nuttis, kui temale seda räägiti.

18 Siis tulid ka Joosepi vennad ise, heitsid maha ta ette ja ütlesid: 'Vaata, me jääme sulle orjadeks!'

19 Aga Joosep vastas neile: 'Ärge kartke! Kas mina olen Jumala asemik?

20 Te mõtlesite küll mu vastu kurja, aga Jumal pööras selle heaks, et teha, mis tänapäeval ongi tehtud: hoida palju rahvast elus.

21 Ja nüüd ärge kartke, mina toidan teid ja teie väeteid lapsi!' Ja ta trööstis ning rahustas neid.

22 Ja Joosep jäi Egiptusesse, tema ja ta isa pere. Ja Joosep elas saja kümne aastaseks.

23 Ja Joosep nägi Efraimi lapsi kolm põlve; ka Manasse pojast Maakirist sündis lapsi Joosepi põlvede peale.

24 Ja Joosep ütles oma vendadele: 'Mina suren, aga Jumal hoolitseb kindlasti teie eest ja viib teid siit maalt sellele maale, mille ta vandega on tõotanud anda Aabrahamile, Iisakile ja Jaakobile!'

25 Ja Joosep vannutas Iisraeli poegi, öeldes: 'Kui Jumal tõesti hoolitseb teie eest, siis viige ka minu luud siit ära!'

26 Ja Joosep suri, sada kümme aastat vana, ja ta palsameeriti ja pandi kirstu Egiptuses.

   

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6592. And ye shall make my bones go up from hence. That this signifies that there shall be the representative of a church, but not a church, which must be in the internal also, is evident from the representation of Joseph, as being the internal of the church (see n. 6587); and as by him is represented the internal of the church, by his “bones” is signified that which is most external, or the ultimate of the church, thus the representative thereof. For the representatives that had been in the Ancient Church, and were also instituted with the descendants of Jacob, were the ultimates of the church; but what they signified and represented were the internals of the church. These internals are signified by “flesh in which is spirit,” but the ultimates by “bones.” Hence it is evident what is the quality of the church when it is only in externals without internals, namely, that it is like the bony structure of a man without flesh. (That with the Israelitish and Jewish people there was no church, but only the representative of a church, see n. 4281, 4288, 4307, 4500, 4680, 4844, 4847, 4903, 6304; and that the representative of a church was not instituted with them until after they had been completely vastated as to the internal; and that otherwise they would have profaned holy things, n. 4289)

  
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4281. That by “the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint in his wrestling with him,” is signified that this conjunction was wholly injured and displaced in Jacob’s posterity, is evident from the signification of being “out of joint” in the sense in question, as being to be displaced, and thus to be injured. That the “hollow of the thigh” denotes conjunction, is manifest from what was said above (n. 4280); and because in the Word “Jacob” denotes not only Jacob, but also all his posterity, as is evident from many passages in the Word (Numbers 23:7, 10, 21, 2 23:23; 24:5, 1 24:17, 19; Deuteronomy 33:10; Isaiah 40:27; 43:1, 22; 44:1-2, 21; 48:12; 59:20; Jeremiah 10:16, 25; 30:7, 10, 18; 31:7, 11; 46:27-28; Hosea 10:11 Amos 7:2; Micah 2:12; 3:8; Psalms 14:7; 24:6; 59:13; 78:5; 99:4 and elsewhere).

[2] That Jacob and his posterity were of such a character that with them celestial and spiritual love could not be conjoined with natural good (that is, the internal or spiritual man with the external or natural man), is manifest from everything which is related of that nation in the Word; for they did not know, nor were they willing to know, what the internal or spiritual man is, and therefore this was not revealed to them; for they believed that nothing exists in man except that which is external and natural. In all their worship they had regard to nothing else, insomuch that Divine worship was to them no otherwise than idolatrous; for when internal worship is separated from external, it is merely idolatrous. The church that was instituted with them was not a church, but only the representative of a church; for which reason that church is called a representative church. That a representative of a church is possible with such people may be seen above (n. 1361, 3670, 4208).

[3] For in representations the person is not reflected upon, but the thing which is represented; and therefore Divine, celestial, and spiritual things were represented not only by persons, but also by inanimate things, as by Aaron’s garments, the ark, the altar, the oxen and sheep that were sacrificed, the lampstand with its lamps, the bread of arrangement upon the golden table, the oil with which they were anointed, the frankincense, and other like things. Hence it was that their kings, the evil as well as the good, represented the Lord’s royalty; and the high priests, the evil as well as the good, represented the things that belong to the Lord’s Divine priesthood, when they discharged their office in an outward form according to the statutes and precepts. In order therefore that the representative of a church might come forth among them, such statutes and laws were given them by manifest revelation as were altogether representative; and therefore so long as they were in them and observed them strictly, so long they were able to represent; but when they turned aside from them, as to the statutes and laws of other nations, and especially to the worship of another god, they then deprived themselves of the faculty of representing. For this reason they were driven by outward means, such as captivities, disasters, threats, and miracles, to laws and statutes truly representative; but not by internal means, as are those who have internal worship in external. These things are signified by the “hollow of Jacob’s thigh being out of joint,” taken in the internal historical sense, which regards Jacob and his posterity.

  
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