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Bereshit 41

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1 ויהי מקץ שנתים ימים ופרעה חלם והנה עמד על־היאר׃

2 והנה מן־היאר עלת שבע פרות יפות מראה ובריאת בשר ותרעינה באחו׃

3 והנה שבע פרות אחרות עלות אחריהן מן־היאר רעות מראה ודקות בשר ותעמדנה אצל הפרות על־שפת היאר׃

4 ותאכלנה הפרות רעות המראה ודקת הבשר את שבע הפרות יפת המראה והבריאת וייקץ פרעה׃

5 ויישן ויחלם שנית והנה שבע שבלים עלות בקנה אחד בריאות וטבות׃

6 והנה שבע שבלים דקות ושדופת קדים צמחות אחריהן׃

7 ותבלענה השבלים הדקות את שבע השבלים הבריאות והמלאות וייקץ פרעה והנה חלום׃

8 ויהי בבקר ותפעם רוחו וישלח ויקרא את־כל־חרטמי מצרים ואת־כל־חכמיה ויספר פרעה להם את־חלמו ואין־פותר אותם לפרעה׃

9 וידבר שר המשקים את־פרעה לאמר את־חטאי אני מזכיר היום׃

10 פרעה קצף על־עבדיו ויתן אתי במשמר בית שר הטבחים אתי ואת שר האפים׃

11 ונחלמה חלום בלילה אחד אני והוא איש כפתרון חלמו חלמנו׃

12 ושם אתנו נער עברי עבד לשר הטבחים ונספר־לו ויפתר־לנו את־חלמתינו איש כחלמו פתר׃

13 ויהי כאשר פתר־לנו כן היה אתי השיב על־כני ואתו תלה׃

14 וישלח פרעה ויקרא את־יוסף ויריצהו מן־הבור ויגלח ויחלף שמלתיו ויבא אל־פרעה׃

15 ויאמר פרעה אל־יוסף חלום חלמתי ופתר אין אתו ואני שמעתי עליך לאמר תשמע חלום לפתר אתו׃

16 ויען יוסף את־פרעה לאמר בלעדי אלהים יענה את־שלום פרעה׃

17 וידבר פרעה אל־יוסף בחלמי הנני עמד על־שפת היאר׃

18 והנה מן־היאר עלת שבע פרות בריאות בשר ויפת תאר ותרעינה באחו׃

19 והנה שבע־פרות אחרות עלות אחריהן דלות ורעות תאר מאד ורקות בשר לא־ראיתי כהנה בכל־ארץ מצרים לרע׃

20 ותאכלנה הפרות הרקות והרעות את שבע הפרות הראשנות הבריאת׃

21 ותבאנה אל־קרבנה ולא נודע כי־באו אל־קרבנה ומראיהן רע כאשר בתחלה ואיקץ׃

22 וארא בחלמי והנה שבע שבלים עלת בקנה אחד מלאת וטבות׃

23 והנה שבע שבלים צנמות דקות שדפות קדים צמחות אחריהם׃

24 ותבלען השבלים הדקת את שבע השבלים הטבות ואמר אל־החרטמים ואין מגיד לי׃

25 ויאמר יוסף אל־פרעה חלום פרעה אחד הוא את אשר האלהים עשה הגיד לפרעה׃

26 שבע פרת הטבת שבע שנים הנה ושבע השבלימ* הטבת שבע שנים הנה חלום אחד הוא׃

27 ושבע הפרות הרקות והרעת העלת אחריהן שבע שנים הנה ושבע השבלים הרקות שדפות הקדים יהיו שבע שני רעב׃

28 הוא הדבר אשר דברתי אל־פרעה אשר האלהים עשה הראה את־פרעה׃

29 הנה שבע שנים באות שבע גדול בכל־ארץ מצרים׃

30 וקמו שבע שני רעב אחריהן ונשכח כל־השבע בארץ מצרים וכלה הרעב את־הארץ׃

31 ולא־יודע השבע בארץ מפני הרעב ההוא אחרי־כן כי־כבד הוא מאד׃

32 ועל השנות החלום אל־פרעה פעמים כי־נכון הדבר מעם האלהים וממהר האלהים לעשתו׃

33 ועתה ירא פרעה איש נבון וחכם וישיתהו על־ארץ מצרים׃

34 יעשה פרעה ויפקד פקדים על־הארץ וחמש את־ארץ מצרים בשבע שני השבע׃

35 ויקבצו את־כל־אכל השנים הטבת הבאת האלה ויצברו־בר תחת יד־פרעה אכל בערים ושמרו׃

36 והיה האכל לפקדון לארץ לשבע שני הרעב אשר תהיין בארץ מצרים ולא־תכרת הארץ ברעב׃

37 וייטב הדבר בעיני פרעה ובעיני כל־עבדיו׃

38 ויאמר פרעה אל־עבדיו הנמצא כזה איש אשר רוח אלהים בו׃

39 ויאמר פרעה אל־יוסף אחרי הודיע אלהים אותך את־כל־זאת אין־נבון וחכם כמוך׃

40 אתה תהיה על־ביתי ועל־פיך ישק כל־עמי רק הכסא אגדל ממך׃

41 ויאמר פרעה אל־יוסף ראה נתתי אתך על כל־ארץ מצרים׃

42 ויסר פרעה את־טבעתו מעל ידו ויתן אתה על־יד יוסף וילבש אתו בגדי־שש וישם רבד הזהב על־צוארו׃

43 וירכב אתו במרכבת המשנה אשר־לו ויקראו לפניו אברך ונתון אתו על כל־ארץ מצרים׃

44 ויאמר פרעה אל־יוסף אני פרעה ובלעדיך לא־ירים איש את־ידו ואת־רגלו בכל־ארץ מצרים׃

45 ויקרא פרעה שם־יוסף צפנת פענח ויתן־לו את־אסנת בת־פוטי פרע כהן אן לאשה ויצא יוסף על־ארץ מצרים׃

46 ויוסף בן־שלשים שנה בעמדו לפני פרעה מלך־מצרים ויצא יוסף מלפני פרעה ויעבר בכל־ארץ מצרים׃

47 ותעש הארץ בשבע שני השבע לקמצים׃

48 ויקבץ את־כל־אכל שבע שנים אשר היו בארץ מצרים ויתן־אכל בערים אכל שדה־העיר אשר סביבתיה נתן בתוכה׃

49 ויצבר יוסף בר כחול הים הרבה מאד עד כי־חדל לספר כי־אין מספר׃

50 וליוסף ילד שני בנים בטרם תבוא שנת הרעב אשר ילדה־לו אסנת בת־פוטי פרע כהן און׃

51 ויקרא יוסף את־שם הבכור מנשה כי־נשני אלהים את־כל־עמלי ואת כל־בית אבי׃

52 ואת שם השני קרא אפרים כי־הפרני אלהים בארץ עניי׃

53 ותכלינה שבע שני השבע אשר היה בארץ מצרים׃

54 ותחלינה שבע שני הרעב לבוא כאשר אמר יוסף ויהי רעב בכל־הארצות ובכל־ארץ מצרים היה לחם׃

55 ותרעב כל־ארץ מצרים ויצעק העם אל־פרעה ללחם ויאמר פרעה לכל־מצרים לכו אל־יוסף אשר־יאמר לכם תעשו׃

56 והרעב היה על כל־פני הארץ ויפתח יוסף את־כל־אשר בהם וישבר למצרים ויחזק הרעב בארץ מצרים׃

57 וכל־הארץ באו מצרימה לשבר אל־יוסף כי־חזק הרעב בכל־הארץ׃

   

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5212. 'And behold, seven heads of grain were coming up on one stalk' means facts known to the natural, which facts existed linked together. This is clear from the meaning of 'heads' or 'tips' as facts known to the natural, dealt with below, and from the meaning of 'on one stalk' as existing linked together, for all present on one stalk are linked together by their common origin. The reason facts are meant by 'heads' or 'tips' is that 'grain' means the good of the natural, 3580; for facts are the containers of natural good, just as heads are of grain. In general all truths are vessels for containing good; and so too are facts since these are truths of the lowest order. Truths of the lowest order, that is, the truths belonging to the exterior natural, are called known facts because they reside in a person's natural or external memory. They are also called such because for the most part they are dependent on the light of the world and can for that reason be presented and represented to others by the use of words, that is, by the use of ideas put into words that draw on things such as belong to the world and the light of the world. The contents of the interior memory however are not called facts but truths since these are dependent on the light of heaven. Without the aid of that light they are unintelligible, and without the use of words, that is, of ideas put into words that draw on things such as belong to heaven and the light of heaven they are inexpressible. The facts meant here by 'heads' or 'tips' are ones that are known to the Church, regarding which see 4749, 4844, 4964, 4965.

[2] The reason there were two dreams, one about seven cows, the other about seven heads of grain, was that in the internal sense both parts of the natural are dealt with, the interior natural and the exterior natural, the rebirth of the two being the subject in what follows. By 'the seven cows' are meant things in the interior natural which have been called the truths belonging to the natural, 5198; by 'the seven heads of grain' are meant the truths in the exterior natural, which are called facts.

[3] Interior facts and exterior ones are meant by 'the tips of the river Euphrates even to the river of Egypt' in Isaiah,

So it will be on that day, that Jehovah will smite from the tip of the river even to the river of Egypt, and you will be gathered one to another, O children of Israel. So it will be on that day, that a great trumpet will be blown, and they will come - those who are perishing in the land of Asshur, and those who are outcasts in the land of Egypt - and they will bow themselves down to Jehovah on the holy mountain, in Jerusalem. Isaiah 27:12-13.

'Those perishing in the land of Asshur' stands for interior truths, and 'the outcasts in the land of Egypt' for exterior truths, which are facts.

[4] Comparison with the blade, the tip or the ear, and the full grain also implies the rebirth of a person by means of factual knowledge, the truths of faith, and the good deeds of charity, in Mark,

Jesus said, The kingdom of God is like when someone casts seed onto the land. Then he sleeps and rises, by night and by day, but the seed sprouts and grows, he himself knowing not how; for the earth bears fruit of its own accord, first the blade, then the ear, after that the full grain in the ear. Once the fruit has been brought forth, he will immediately put in the sickle, because the harvest is established. Mark 4:26-29.

'The kingdom of God', which is compared to the blade, the ear, and the full grain, is heaven existing with a person through regeneration; for one who has been regenerated has the kingdom of God within him and he becomes an image of the kingdom of God, that is, of heaven. 'The blade' is factual knowledge, which comes first; 'the ear' is knowledge of what is true that develops out of that; and 'the full grain' is the good that develops out of this. In addition the laws laid down regarding gleanings, Leviticus 19:9; 23:22; regarding the freedom to pluck the ears on a companion's standing grain, Deuteronomy 23:25; and also regarding the non-eating of bread or of dried ears or of green ones before they had brought a gift to God, Leviticus 23:14, represented such things as are meant by 'ears'.

  
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Genesis 41

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1 It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.

2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.

3 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.

4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.

5 He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.

6 Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

8 It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.

10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.

11 We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

12 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.

13 It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."

14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.

15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."

17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:

18 and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,

19 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

20 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,

21 and when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good:

23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."

25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

27 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.

28 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.

29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

30 There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

31 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

32 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

33 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.

35 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

36 The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."

37 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

38 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"

39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.

40 You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you."

41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."

42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

43 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt.

44 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."

45 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.

48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was around every city, he laid up in the same.

49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.

51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."

52 The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

54 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."

56 The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

57 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.