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1 Η δε πεινα επεβαρυνεν επι την γην.

2 Και αφου ετελειωσαν τρωγοντες τον σιτον, τον οποιον εφεραν εξ Αιγυπτου, ειπε προς αυτους ο πατηρ αυτων, Υπαγετε παλιν, αγορασατε εις ημας ολιγας τροφας.

3 Και ειπε προς αυτον ο Ιουδας λεγων, Εντονως διεμαρτυρηθη προς ημας ο ανθρωπος λεγων, Δεν θελετε ιδει το προσωπον μου, εαν δεν ηναι μεθ' υμων ο αδελφος υμων.

4 Εαν λοιπον αποστειλης τον αδελφον ημων μεθ' ημων, θελομεν καταβη και θελομεν σοι αγορασει τροφας·

5 αλλ' εαν δεν αποστειλης αυτον, δεν θελομεν καταβη· διοτι ο ανθρωπος ειπε προς ημας, Δεν θελετε ιδει το προσωπον μου, εαν ο αδελφος υμων δεν ηναι μεθ' υμων.

6 Ειπε δε ο Ισραηλ, Δια τι με εκακοποιησατε, φανερονοντες προς τον ανθρωπον οτι εχετε αλλον αδελφον;

7 Οι δε ειπον, Ο ανθρωπος ηρωτησεν ημας ακριβως περι ημων και περι της συγγενειας ημων λεγων, Ο πατηρ σας ετι ζη; εχετε αλλον αδελφον; Και απεκριθημεν προς αυτον κατα την ερωτησιν ταυτην· ηδυναμεθα να εξευρωμεν οτι ηθελεν ειπει, Φερετε τον αδελφον σας;

8 Και ειπεν ο Ιουδας προς Ισραηλ τον πατερα αυτου, Αποστειλον το παιδαριον μετ' εμου, και σηκωθεντες ας υπαγωμεν, δια να ζησωμεν και να μη αποθανωμεν και ημεις και συ και αι οικογενειαι ημων·

9 εγω εγγυωμαι περι αυτου· εκ της χειρος μου ζητησον αυτον· εαν δεν φερω αυτον προς σε και στησω αυτον εμπροσθεν σου, τοτε ας ημαι διαπαντος υπευθυνος προς σε·

10 επειδη, εαν δεν εβραδυνομεν, βεβαια εως τωρα δευτεραν ταυτην φοραν ηθελομεν επιστρεψει.

11 Και ειπε προς αυτους Ισραηλ ο πατηρ αυτων, Εαν ουτω πρεπη να γεινη, καμετε λοιπον τουτο· λαβετε εις τα αγγεια σας εκ των καλητερων καρπων της γης και φερετε δωρα προς τον ανθρωπον, ολιγον βαλσαμον και ολιγον μελι, αρωματα και μυρον, πιστακια και αμυγδαλα·

12 και λαβετε διπλασιον αργυριον εις τας χειρας σας· και το αργυριον το επιστραφεν εν τω στοματι των σακκιων σας φερετε παλιν εις τας χειρας σας· ισως εγεινε κατα λαθος·

13 και τον αδελφον σας λαβετε και σηκωθεντες επιστρεψατε προς τον ανθρωπον·

14 και ο Θεος ο Παντοδυναμος να σας δωση χαριν εμπροσθεν του ανθρωπου, δια να αποστειλη με σας τον αλλον σας αδελφον και τον Βενιαμιν· και εγω, αν ηναι να ατεκνωθω, ας ατεκνωθω.

15 Λαβοντες δε οι ανθρωποι τα δωρα ταυτα, ελαβον και αργυριον διπλασιον εις τας χειρας αυτων και τον Βενιαμιν· και σηκωθεντες κατεβησαν εις Αιγυπτον και παρεσταθησαν εμπροσθεν του Ιωσηφ.

16 Και οτε ειδεν ο Ιωσηφ τον Βενιαμιν μετ' αυτων, ειπε προς τον επιστατην της οικιας αυτου, Φερε τους ανθρωπους εις την οικιαν και σφαξον σφακτον και ετοιμασον, διοτι μετ' εμου θελουσι φαγει οι ανθρωποι το μεσημεριον.

17 Και επραξεν ο ανθρωπος καθως ελαλησεν ο Ιωσηφ· και ο ανθρωπος εισηγαγε τους ανθρωπους εις την οικιαν του Ιωσηφ.

18 Και εφοβηθησαν οι ανθρωποι, διοτι εισηχθησαν εις την οικιαν του Ιωσηφ· και ειπον, δια το αργυριον το επιστραφεν εις τα σακκια ημων την πρωτην φοραν ημεις εισαγομεθα, δια να ευρη αφορμην εναντιον ημων και να επιπεση εφ' ημας και να λαβη ημας δουλους και τους ονους ημων.

19 Και προσελθοντες προς τον ανθρωπον τον επιστατην της οικιας του Ιωσηφ, ελαλησαν προς αυτον εν τη πυλη της οικιας·

20 και ειπον, Δεομεθα, κυριε· κατεβημεν την πρωτην φοραν δια να αγορασωμεν τροφας·

21 και οτε ηλθομεν εις το καταλυμα, ηνοιξαμεν τα σακκια ημων και ιδου, εκαστου το αργυριον ητο εν τω στοματι του σακκιου αυτου, το αργυριον ημων σωστον· οθεν εφεραμεν αυτο οπισω εις τας χειρας ημων·

22 εφεραμεν και αλλο αργυριον εις τας χειρας ημων, δια να αγορασωμεν τροφας· δεν εξευρομεν τις εβαλε το αργυριον ημων εις τα σακκια ημων.

23 Ο δε ειπεν, Ειρηνη εις εσας· μη φοβεισθε· ο Θεος σας και ο Θεος του πατρος σας, εδωκεν εις εσας θησαυρον εις τα σακκια σας· το αργυριον σας ηλθεν εις εμε. Και εξηγαγε προς αυτους τον Συμεων.

24 Και ο ανθρωπος εισηγαγε τους ανθρωπους εις την οικιαν του Ιωσηφ και εδωκεν υδωρ και ενιψαν τους ποδας αυτων· και εδωκε τροφην εις τους ονους αυτων.

25 Οι δε ητοιμασαν τα δωρα, εωσου ελθη ο Ιωσηφ το μεσημεριον· διοτι ηκουσαν οτι εκει μελλουσι να φαγωσιν αρτον.

26 Και οτε ηλθεν ο Ιωσηφ εις την οικιαν, προσεφεραν εις αυτον τα δωρα τα εις τας χειρας αυτων εν τη οικια και προσεκυνησαν αυτον εως εδαφους.

27 Και ηρωτησεν αυτους περι της υγιειας αυτων· και ειπεν, Υγιαινει ο πατηρ σας, ο γερων περι του οποιου μοι ειπετε; ετι ζη;

28 Οι δε ειπον, Υγιαινει ο δουλος σου ο πατηρ ημων· ετι ζη. Και κυψαντες προσεκυνησαν.

29 Υψωσας δε τους οφθαλμους αυτου ειδε τον Βενιαμιν τον αδελφον αυτου τον ομομητριον και ειπεν, Ουτος ειναι ο αδελφος σας ο νεωτερος, περι του οποιου μοι ειπετε; Και ειπεν, Ο Θεος να σε ελεηση, τεκνον μου.

30 Και εσπευσε να αποσυρθη ο Ιωσηφ· διοτι συνεταραττοντο τα σπλαγχνα αυτου δια τον αδελφον αυτου· και εζητει τοπον να κλαυση· εισελθων δε εις το ταμειον, εκλαυσεν εκει.

31 Επειτα νιψας το προσωπον αυτου εξηλθε, και συγκρατων εαυτον ειπε, Βαλετε αρτον.

32 Και εβαλον χωριστα δι' αυτον και χωριστα δι' εκεινους και δια τους Αιγυπτιους, τους συντρωγοντας μετ' αυτου, χωριστα· διοτι οι Αιγυπτιοι δεν ηδυναντο να συμφαγωσιν αρτον μετα των Εβραιων, επειδη τουτο ειναι βδελυγμα εις τους Αιγυπτιους.

33 Εκαθισαν λοιπον εμπροσθεν αυτου, ο πρωτοτοκος κατα την πρωτοτοκιαν αυτου και ο νεωτερος κατα την νεοτητα αυτου· και εθαυμαζον οι ανθρωποι προς αλληλους.

34 Λαβων δε απ' εμπροσθεν αυτου μεριδια εστειλε προς αυτους· το μεριδιον ομως του Βενιαμιν ητο πενταπλασιως μεγαλητερον παρα εκαστου αυτων. Και επιον και ευφρανθησαν μετ' αυτου.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5649

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5649. 'And they said, Over the matter of the silver put back in our pouches [at the beginning] are we brought to [this place]' means that because truth in the exterior natural appears to be something freely given, they were being made subservient. This is clear from the meaning of 'the silver put back' as truth freely given, dealt with in 5530, 5624; from the meaning of 'the pouch' as the opening to the exterior natural, dealt with in 5497; and from the meaning of 'brought to' as being linked and made subservient to, dealt with immediately above in 5648.

[2] The implications of all this are as follows: Because it had been perceived that the facts present in the exterior man which held truths within them had been freely given and were therefore being led on to become joined to the internal, which would make them subservient to it, it was consequently perceived that, as stated just above, they would be deprived of their freedom and so of all the delight that life holds within itself. But man has no conception of such a thing, that is to say, of its being perceived that facts holding truths within them can be given freely and that this happens in the natural, in either the exterior part or the interior part of it. The reason he has no conception of this is that he does not enjoy any kind of perception like that, for he does not have the vaguest idea about what is given to him freely, let alone about what is stored away in the exterior natural and what in the interior natural. The common reason why he does not have any perception of this is that his heart is set on worldly and earthly things, not on celestial and spiritual ones, and therefore he has no belief in any influence coming from the Lord by way of heaven and so no belief whatever in the gift of any such things to him. Yet in actual fact all the truth which he arrives at by the use of reason based on factual knowledge and which he imagines he arrives at by his own power of understanding is something that is given to him. And man has even less ability to perceive whether that truth is stored away in the exterior natural or in the interior natural, because he is ignorant of the fact that the natural has two parts, namely an exterior part which leans towards the external senses and an interior part which leans away from these and turns towards the rational.

[3] Since man has no knowledge of any of these matters he cannot have any perception at all regarding such ideas; for acquaintance with a reality must come first if there is to be any perception about it. But angelic communities are properly acquainted with and have a right perception of those matters. They are acquainted with and perceive not only what is given them freely but also in what place this exists, as the following experience makes clear: When any spirit who is moved by good, and therefore has the ability to do so, enters some angelic community, he enters at the same time into all the knowledge and intelligence belonging to this community, which he had not possessed before. At such a time he is not aware of anything different from this - that he was already in possession of such knowledge and understanding, and through his own deliberation. But when he stops to reflect he realizes that it is something freely given him by the Lord through that angelic community. He also knows, from the angelic community where he is, whether that truth exists in the exterior natural or in the interior natural; for there are angelic communities situated in the exterior natural, and there are those situated in the interior natural. But their natural is not like man's natural; rather it is a natural that is spiritual - one that has been made spiritual by having become joined and made subservient to the spiritual.

[4] From all this one may see that the matters mentioned here in the internal sense describe what actually happens in the next life. That is to say, those there are quite aware of what is freely given them and also of where it is stored away, even though man at the present day knows nothing at all about such matters. In ancient times however those who belonged to the Church did know about them; their factual knowledge told them about such matters, and so did their religious teachings. They were people of a more internal frame of mind; but since those times people have become progressively more externally minded, so much so that at the present day they live in the body, thus in what is the most external. A sign of this is seen in the fact that people do not even know what the spiritual is or what the internal is; and they do not believe even in the existence of such realities. Indeed people have moved so far away from things on a more internal level to what is most external within the body that they do not even believe in the reality of a life after death, or in the existence of heaven or hell. Indeed because of their departure from things of a more internal level into what is most external they have become so stupid. So far as spiritual realities are concerned, as to believe that man's life is similar to that of beasts, so that in death man is no different from them. And what is so surprising, the learned believe these kinds of things more than the simple; and anyone whose belief is different from theirs is thought by them to be a simpleton.

  
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