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1 Mose 39

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1 Und Joseph wurde nach Ägypten hinabgeführt; und Potiphar, ein Kämmerer des Pharao, der Oberste der Leibwache, ein ägyptischer Mann, kaufte ihn aus der Hand der Ismaeliter, die ihn dorthin hinabgeführt hatten.

2 Und Jehova war mit Joseph, und er war ein Mann, dem alles gelang; und er war im Hause seines Herrn, des Ägypters.

3 Und sein Herr sah, daß Jehova mit ihm war und daß Jehova alles, was er tat, in seiner Hand gelingen ließ.

4 Und Joseph fand Gnade in seinen Augen und diente ihm; und er bestellte ihn über sein Haus, und alles, was er hatte, gab er in seine Hand.

5 Und es geschah, seitdem er ihn über sein Haus bestellt und über alles, was er hatte, daß Jehova das Haus des Ägypters segnete um Josephs willen; und der Segen Jehovas war auf allem, was er hatte, im Hause und auf dem Felde.

6 Und er überließ alles, was er hatte, der Hand Josephs und kümmerte sich um gar nichts bei ihm, außer um das Brot, das er . Und Joseph war schön von Gestalt und schön von Angesicht.

7 Und es geschah nach diesen Dingen, da warf das Weib seines Herrn ihre Augen auf Joseph und sprach: Liege bei mir!

8 Er aber weigerte sich und sprach zu dem Weibe seines Herrn: Siehe, mein Herr kümmert sich um nichts bei mir im Hause; und alles, was er hat, hat er in meine Hand gegeben.

9 Niemand ist größer in diesem Hause als ich, und er hat mir gar nichts vorenthalten als nur dich, indem du sein Weib bist; und wie sollte ich dieses große Übel tun und wider Gott sündigen?

10 Und es geschah, als sie Joseph Tag für Tag ansprach und er nicht auf sie hörte, bei ihr zu liegen, bei ihr zu sein,

11 da geschah es an einem solchen Tage, daß er ins Haus ging, um sein Geschäft zu besorgen, und kein Mensch von den Leuten des Hauses war daselbst im Hause;

12 und sie ergriff ihn bei seinem Kleide und sprach: Liege bei mir! Er aber ließ sein Kleid in ihrer Hand und floh und lief hinaus.

13 Und es geschah, als sie sah, daß er sein Kleid in ihrer Hand gelassen hatte und hinausgeflohen war,

14 da rief sie den Leuten ihres Hauses und sprach zu ihnen und sagte: Sehet, er hat uns einen hebräischen Mann hergebracht, um Spott mit uns zu treiben. Er ist zu mir gekommen, um bei mir zu liegen, und ich habe mit lauter Stimme gerufen.

15 Und es geschah, als er hörte, daß ich meine Stimme erhob und rief, da ließ er sein Kleid neben mir und floh und ging hinaus.

16 Und sie legte sein Kleid neben sich, bis sein Herr nach Hause kam.

17 Und sie redete zu ihm nach diesen Worten und sprach: Der hebräische Knecht, den du uns hergebracht hast, ist zu mir gekommen, um Spott mit mir zu treiben;

18 und es geschah, als ich meine Stimme erhob und rief, da ließ er sein Kleid neben mir und floh hinaus.

19 Und es geschah, als sein Herr die Worte seines Weibes hörte, die sie zu ihm redete, indem sie sprach: Nach diesen Worten hat mir dein Knecht getan, da entbrannte sein Zorn.

20 Und Josephs Herr nahm ihn und legte ihn in die Feste, an den Ort, wo die Gefangenen des Königs gefangen lagen; und er war daselbst in der Feste.

21 Und Jehova war mit Joseph und wandte ihm Güte zu und gab ihm Gnade in den Augen des Obersten der Feste.

22 Und der Oberste der Feste übergab alle Gefangenen, die in der Feste waren, der Hand Josephs; und alles, was daselbst zu tun war, das tat er.

23 Der Oberste der Feste sah nicht nach dem Geringsten, das unter seiner Hand war, weil Jehova mit ihm war; und was er tat, ließ Jehova gelingen.

   

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5096. Who were bound in the prison house. That this signifies which were among falsities, is evident from the signification of “being bound in a prison house,” as being to be among falsities (see n. 4958, 5037, 5038, 5085). They who are in falsities, and still more they who are in evils, are said to be “bound,” and in “prison”—not that they are in any bond, but for the reason that they are not in freedom, for those who are not in freedom are interiorly bound. For they who have confirmed themselves in falsity are no longer in any freedom to choose and receive truth; and they who have much confirmed themselves therein are not even in freedom to see truth, still less to acknowledge and believe it; for they are in the persuasion that falsity is truth, and truth falsity. This persuasion is such that it takes away all freedom to think anything else, and consequently holds the very thought in bonds and as it were in prison. This has become evident to me from much experience with those in the other life who have been in persuasion of falsity through confirmations in themselves.

[2] They are such as not at all to admit truths, but to reflect or strike them back again, and this with hardness according to the degree of the persuasion, especially when the falsity is from evil, or when evil has persuaded them. These are they who are meant in the Lord’s parable in Matthew:

Some seeds fell upon the hard way, and the birds came and devoured them (Matthew 13:4).

The “seeds” are Divine truths; the “hard rock” is persuasion; the “birds” are principles of falsity. They who are such do not even know that they are in bonds or in prison, for they are affected with their own falsity, and love it for the sake of the evil from which it springs; hence they suppose that they are in freedom, for whatever is of the affection or love appears free. But they who are not in confirmed falsity-that is, in the persuasion of falsity-easily admit truths, and see and choose them, and are affected with them, and afterward see falsities as it were beneath themselves, and also see how they who are in the persuasion of falsity are bound. These are in so much freedom that in view and thought they can as it were range through the whole heaven to innumerable truths; but no one can be in this freedom unless he is in good; for from good man is in heaven, and in heaven truths appear from good.

  
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5037. That “to be put into the prison house, and to be kept bound there,” denotes to be let into temptations as to false-speaking against good, is because all that region next under the sole of the foot and around about, is called a “prison house,” where those are kept who are in vastation, that is, those who have been in principles of falsity and in a life of evil from falsity, and yet in good as to intentions. Such cannot be received into heaven until they have put off the principles of falsity, and also the delight of life thence derived. They who are there are let into temptations; for principles of falsity and the derivative delights of life cannot be cast out except by means of temptations. The place where they are, or rather the state in which they are, is signified in general by a “prison house,” and the places themselves by “pits.” In regard to vastations in the other life, see what has been said above (n. 698, 699, 1106-1113, 2699, 2701, 2704). They who are in vastations are called the “bound”—not that they are in any bond or chain, but that they are not in freedom as to their former thoughts and the derivative affections.

[2] That such are they who are meant in the Word by the “bound,” and by those who are “in prison,” is plain from other passages in the Word, as in Isaiah:

I will give Thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles, to open the blind eyes, to bring out the bound from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the house of confinement (Isaiah 42:6-7;

speaking of the Lord, and of His coming. Here “to open the blind eyes, and to bring out the bound from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the house of confinement,” denotes those who are in ignorance of good and truth, and yet are in the desire of knowing and being imbued with them; but in the original language “prison” is here expressed by a different word.

[3] Again:

All the youths are hid in prison houses; they are made for a prey, and none rescueth, and none saith, Bring forth (Isaiah 42:22);

“youths” in the internal sense are the truths of faith, which are said “to be hid in prison houses,” and “to be made for a prey,” when they are no longer acknowledged. Again:

It shall be in that day that Jehovah shall visit upon the army of the height in the height, and upon the kings of the ground upon the ground. And they shall be gathered, the bound over the pit, and they shall be shut over the place of confinement; after a multitude of days they shall be visited (Isaiah 24:21-22);

“the bound over the pit” denotes those who are in vastations or those who are in temptations.

[4] Again:

What will ye do in the day of visitation, and of laying waste? It cometh from afar; to whom will ye flee for help? He who hath not bowed down himself; they shall fall under the bound, and under the slain (Isaiah 10:3-4);

“under the bound” denotes the hell which is under the places of vastation; and “the slain” denotes those who have extinguished in themselves the truths of faith by principles of falsity, in a less degree than “the pierced,” of whom see above (n. 4503).

[5] In Zechariah:

He shall speak peace to the nations; and His dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. As for Thee also, by the blood of Thy covenant I will send forth the bound ones out of the pit wherein is no water. Return ye to the stronghold, ye bound ones of hope (Zech. 9:10-12);

“sending forth the bound out of the pit” denotes those who are in vastation and those who are in temptation. That the places where they are who are in vastation are called “pits” may be seen above (n. 4728, 4744).

In David:

Jehovah heareth the needy, and despiseth not His bound ones (Psalms 69:33).

Again:

Let the sighing of the bound one come before Thee (Psalms 79:11).

Again:

From the heavens did Jehovah look back to the earth, to hear the sighing of the bound one, to open to the sons of death (Psalms 102:19-20); where “the bound ones” denote those who are in vastation, and those who are in temptations.

In Isaiah:

In the time of what is well pleasing have I answered Thee, and in the day of salvation have I heard Thee; and I have also guarded Thee, and I gave Thee for a covenant of the people, to restore the land, to share the wasted heritages, to say to them that are bound, Go forth; and to them that are in darkness, Unveil yourselves. They shall feed upon the ways, and in all the heights there is good pasture; and they shall not hunger nor thirst (Isaiah 49:8-10).

[6] Again:

The spirit of the Lord Jehovih is upon me, Jehovah hath anointed me, He hath sent me to preach good tidings to the poor, and to bind up the broken-hearted; to proclaim liberty to the captives, and to the bound, to the holden in eyes, to proclaim the year of what is well pleasing to Jehovah (Isaiah 61:1-2

In David:

Jehovah, who executeth judgment for the oppressed; who giveth food to the hungry; Jehovah who looseth the prisoners; Jehovah who openeth the blind; Jehovah who raiseth up the bowed down; Jehovah who loveth the just; Jehovah who guardeth the strangers; He upholdeth the fatherless and the widow (Psalms 146:7-9);

“the bound” denote those who are in vastation and in temptations on account of falsities. From these passages it is also plain who are meant in Matthew by the “bound,” or “those who are in prison,” and likewise by the “hungry,” the “thirsty,” and “strangers”:

Then shall the King say to those who are on His right hand, I was hungry and ye gave Me to eat, I was thirsty and ye gave Me drink, I was a stranger and ye gathered Me, naked and ye clothed Me, I was sick and ye visited Me, I was in prison and ye came unto Me (Matthew 25:34-36);

regarding whom see the preface to this chapter (n. 4954-4958).

  
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