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Genesi 39

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1 ORA, essendo stato Giuseppe menato in Egitto, Potifarre, Eunuco di Faraone, Capitan delle guardie, uomo Egizio, lo comperò da quegl’Ismaeliti, che l’aveano menato.

2 E il Signore fu con Giuseppe; e fu uomo che andava prosperando; e stette in casa del suo Signore Egizio.

3 E il suo signore vide che il signore era con lui, e che il signore gli prosperava nelle mani tutto ciò ch’egli faceva.

4 Laonde Giuseppe venne in grazia di esso, e gli serviva; ed egli lo costituì sopra tutta la sua casa, e gli diede in mano tutto ciò ch’egli avea.

5 E da che quell’Egizio l’ebbe costituito sopra la sua casa, e sopra tutto ciò ch’egli avea, il Signore benedisse la casa di esso, per amor di Giuseppe; e la benedizione del Signore fu sopra tutto ciò ch’egli avea in casa, e ne’ campi.

6 Ed egli rimise nelle mani di Giuseppe tutto ciò ch’egli avea, e non tenea ragion con lui di cosa alcuna, salvo del suo mangiare. Or Giuseppe era formoso, e di bell’aspetto.

7 Ed avvenne, dopo queste cose, che la moglie del signore di Giuseppe gli pose l’occhio addosso, e gli disse: Giaciti meco.

8 Ma egli il ricusò, e disse alla moglie del suo signore: Ecco, il mio signore non tiene ragione meco di cosa alcuna che sia in casa, e mi ha dato in mano tutto ciò ch’egli ha.

9 Egli stesso non è più grande di me in questa casa, e non mi ha divietato null’altro che te; perciocchè tu sei sua moglie; come dunque farei questo gran male, e peccherei contro a Dio?

10 E, benchè ella gliene parlasse ogni giorno, non però le acconsentì di giacerlesi allato, per esser con lei.

11 Or avvenne un giorno, che, essendo egli entrato in casa per far sue faccende, e non essendovi alcuno della gente di casa ivi in casa;

12 ella, presolo per lo vestimento, gli disse: Giaciti meco. Ma egli, lasciatole il suo vestimento in mano, se ne fuggì, e se ne uscì fuori.

13 E, quando ella vide ch’egli le avea lasciato il suo vestimento in mano, e che se ne era fuggito fuori;

14 chiamò la gente di casa sua, e disse loro: Vedete, egli ci ha menato in casa un uomo Ebreo per ischernirci; esso venne a me per giacersi meco; ma io gridai ad alta voce.

15 E come egli udì che io avea alzata la voce, e gridava, lasciò il suo vestimento appresso a me, e se ne fuggì, e se ne uscì fuori.

16 Ed ella ripose il vestimento di Giuseppe appo sè, finchè il signore di esso fosse tornato in casa sua.

17 Poi gli parlò in questa maniera: Quel servo Ebreo che tu ci menasti venne a me per ischernirmi.

18 Ma, come io ebbi alzata la voce, ed ebbi gridato, egli lasciò il suo vestimento appresso a me, e se ne fuggì fuori.

19 E quando il signore di Giuseppe ebbe intese le parole che sua moglie gli diceva, cioè: Il tuo servo mi ha fatte cotali cose, si accese nell’ira.

20 E il signore di Giuseppe lo prese, e lo mise nel Torrione, ch’era il luogo dove i prigioni del re erano incarcerati; ed egli fu ivi nel Torrione.

21 E il Signore fu con Giuseppe, e spiegò la sua benignità inverso lui, e lo rendette grazioso al carceriere.

22 E il carceriere diede in mano a Giuseppe tutti i prigioni ch’erano nel Torrione; ed egli faceva tutto ciò che vi si avea a fare.

23 Il carceriere non riguardava a cosa alcuna ch’egli avesse nelle mani; perciocchè il Signore era con lui; e il Signore prosperava tutto quello ch’egli faceva.

   


To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.

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Exploring the Meaning of Genesis 39

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff

Here are some excerpts from Swedenborg's "Arcana Coelestia" that help explain the inner meaning of this chapter:

AC 4960. In the internal sense here the subject treated of is the Lord, how He made His internal man Divine. "Jacob" was the external man, as described in the preceding chapters; "Joseph" is the internal man, as described in this and the following chapters.

AC 4961. And because this was done according to Divine order, this order is here described; and also temptation, which is the means of conjunction.

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4960. Genesis 39

1. And Joseph was made to go down to Egypt, and Potiphar bought him - Pharaoh's bedchamber servant, the chief of the attendants, an Egyptian man - from the hand of the Ishmaelites who made him go down there.

2. And Jehovah was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his lord the Egyptian.

3. And his lord saw that Jehovah was with him, and everything that he did Jehovah made to prosper in his hand.

4. And Joseph found favour in his eyes, and ministered to him; and he put him in charge over his house, and whatever he had he gave into his hand.

5. And it happened from the time he put him in charge in his house and over all that he had, that Jehovah blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Jehovah was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

6. And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand, and did not concern himself with anything 1 except the bread that he ate. And Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

7. And it happened after these events, that his lord's wife lifted up her eyes towards Joseph and said, Lie with me.

8. And he refused and said to his lord's wife, Behold, my lord does not concern himself with anything 2 in the house, and all that he has he has given into my hand.

9. He himself is no greater in this house than I am, and he has not held back anything from me except yourself, in that you are his wife. How then shall I do this great evil, and sin against God?

10. And it happened as she spoke to Joseph day after day, that he did not listen to her, to lie with her, to be with her.

11. And it happened on a certain day, that he went to the house to do his work, and none of the men 3 of the house was there in the house.

12. And she took hold of him by his garment, saying, Lie with me. And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went out of doors.

13. And it happened as she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled out of doors,

14. That she cried out to the men of her house, and said to them - she said, See, he has brought us a Hebrew man to make sport of us. He came to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.

15. And it happened as he was hearing [me], that I lifted up my voice and cried out, and he left his garment with me, and fled, and went out of doors.

16. And she kept his garment with her until his lord came to his house.

17. And she spoke to him in 4 these words, saying, The Hebrew slave whom you have brought to us came to me, to make sport of me.

18. And it happened as I lifted up my voice and cried out, that he left his garment with me and fled out of doors.

19. And it happened - as his lord heard his wife's words which she spoke to him, saying, This is what 5 your slave did to me - that his anger flared up.

20. And Joseph's lord took him and committed him to the prison-house, a place where the king's bound ones were bound; and he was there in the prison-house.

21. And Jehovah was with Joseph, and showed mercy to him, and gave him favour in the eyes of the governor 6 of the prison-house.

22. And the governor 6 of the prison-house gave into Joseph's hand all the bound who were in the prison-house; and everything they did there, he was the doer of it. 7

23. The governor of the prison-house oversaw nothing whatever that was in his hand, in that Jehovah was with him; and whatever he did, Jehovah made it prosper.

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The internal sense deals here with the way in which the Lord made His Internal Man Divine. 'Jacob' was the External Man, the subject in preceding chapters, now 'Joseph' is the Internal Man, the subject in the present chapter and those that follow it.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, did not know anything with him

2. literally, does not know what is with me

3. literally, no man from the men

4. literally, according to

5. literally, According to these words

6. literally, prince or chief

7. i.e. it was done under his instructions

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.