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Genesi 50

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1 Allora Giuseppe si gettò sulla faccia di suo padre, pianse su lui, e lo baciò.

2 Poi Giuseppe ordinò ai medici ch’erano al suo servizio, d’imbalsamare suo padre; e i medici imbalsamarono Israele.

3 Ci vollero quaranta giorni; perché tanto è il tempo che s’impiega ad imbalsamare; e gli Egiziani lo piansero settanta giorni.

4 E quando i giorni del lutto fatto per lui furon passati, Giuseppe parlò alla casa di Faraone, dicendo: "Se ora ho trovato grazia agli occhi vostri, fate giungere agli orecchi di Faraone queste parole:

5 Mio padre m’ha fatto giurare e m’ha detto: Ecco, io mi muoio; seppelliscimi nel mio sepolcro, che mi sono scavato nel paese di Canaan. Ora dunque, permetti ch’io salga e seppellisca mio padre; poi tornerò".

6 E Faraone rispose: "Sali, e seppellisci tuo padre come t’ha fatto giurare".

7 Allora Giuseppe salì a seppellire suo padre; e con lui salirono tutti i servitori di Faraone, gli Anziani della sua casa e tutti gli Anziani del paese d’Egitto,

8 e tutta la casa di Giuseppe e i suoi fratelli e la casa di suo padre. Non lasciarono nel paese di Goscen che i loro bambini, i loro greggi e i loro armenti.

9 Con lui salirono pure carri e cavalieri; talché il corteggio era numerosissimo.

10 E come furon giunti all’aia di Atad, ch’è oltre il Giordano, vi fecero grandi e profondi lamenti; e Giuseppe fece a suo padre un lutto di sette giorni.

11 Or quando gli abitanti del paese, i Cananei, videro il lutto dell’aia di Atad, dissero: "Questo e un grave lutto per gli Egiziani!" Perciò fu messo nome Abel-Mitsraim a quell’aia, ch’è oltre il Giordano.

12 I figliuoli di Giacobbe fecero per lui quello ch’egli aveva ordinato loro:

13 lo trasportarono nel paese di Canaan, e lo seppellirono nella spelonca del campo di Macpela, che Abrahamo avea comprato, col campo, da Efron lo Hitteo, come sepolcro di sua proprietà, dirimpetto a Mamre.

14 Giuseppe, dopo ch’ebbe sepolto suo padre, se ne tornò in Egitto coi suoi fratelli e con tutti quelli ch’erano saliti con lui a seppellire suo padre.

15 I fratelli di Giuseppe, quando videro che il loro padre era morto, dissero: "Chi sa che Giuseppe non ci porti odio, e non ci renda tutto il male che gli abbiam fatto!"

16 E mandarono a dire a Giuseppe: "Tuo padre, prima di morire, dette quest’ordine:

17 Dite così a Giuseppe: Deh, perdona ora ai tuoi fratelli il loro misfatto e il loro peccato; perché t’hanno fatto del male. Deh, perdona dunque ora il misfatto de’ servi dell’Iddio di tuo padre!" E Giuseppe, quando gli fu parlato così, pianse.

18 E i suoi fratelli vennero anch’essi, si prostrarono ai suoi piedi, e dissero: "Ecco, siamo tuoi servi".

19 E Giuseppe disse loro: "Non temete; poiché son io forse al posto di Dio?

20 Voi avevate pensato del male contro a me; ma Dio ha pensato di convertirlo in bene, per compiere quello che oggi avviene: per conservare in vita un popolo numeroso.

21 Ora dunque non temete; io sostenterò voi e i vostri figliuoli". E li confortò, e parlò al loro cuore.

22 Giuseppe dimorò in Egitto: egli, con la casa di suo padre; e visse centodieci anni.

23 Giuseppe vide i figliuoli di Efraim, fino alla terza generazione; anche i figliuoli di Makir, figliuolo di Manasse, nacquero sulle sue ginocchia.

24 E Giuseppe disse ai suoi fratelli: "Io sto per morire; ma Dio per certo vi visiterà, e vi farà salire, da questo paese, nel paese che promise con giuramento ad Abrahamo, a Isacco e a Giacobbe".

25 E Giuseppe fece giurare i figliuoli d’Israele, dicendo: "Iddio per certo vi visiterà; allora, trasportate di qui le mie ossa".

26 Poi Giuseppe morì, in età di centodieci anni; e fu imbalsamato, e posto in una bara in Egitto.

   

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6588. 'And God will certainly visit you' means that the final period is about to come. This is clear from the meaning of 'being visited' as the final period, here that of the oppression of the children of Israel in Egypt, which in the internal sense is the final period of the old Church and the first of the new. In the Word this final period is called 'visitation', and this is used in reference both to the Church collectively and to those within the Church individually. It is used in reference to a new Church that is being born and an old one that is breathing its last, and to the individual member of the Church who is being saved, as well as to one who is damned.

[2] The fact that these things are meant in the Word by 'visitation' and 'the day of visitation' may be seen from the following places: In Luke,

Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and brought deliverance to His people, through the heart 1 of mercy of our God, by which the risen sun from on high has visited us, to appear to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death. Luke 1:68, 78-79.

In this prophecy of Zechariah regarding the Lord, telling what would happen after He had been born, 'being visited' stands for the raising up from death of a new Church and the enlightenment at that time of those who had no knowledge of the truth and good of faith, thus the deliverance of them. It is for this reason that the words 'He has visited and brought deliverance to His people, . . . has visited [us], to appear to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death' are used.

[3] In Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, Gather the elders of Israel and say to them, Jehovah, the God of your fathers, has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will certainly visit you and what has been done to you in Egypt. Exodus 3:16.

And in the same author,

The people believed and heard that Jehovah had visited the children of Israel. Exodus 4:31.

'Being visited' here stands for the final period when the Church has gone out of existence and for the first period when it comes into existence - for the final period among the Egyptians, and for the first among the children of Israel, and so for the deliverance of them too.

[4] In Jeremiah,

They will be carried away to Babel, and there they will be until the day [ visit them. Then I will cause the vessels of the house of God to come up, and I will bring them back to this place. Jeremiah 27:22.

In the same prophet,

When seventy years have been completed at Babel I will visit you and fulfill My promise 2 to you and bring you back to this place. Jeremiah 29:10.

'Visiting' stands for delivering, in general for the final period of captivity and desolation.

[5] 'Visitation' and 'the day of visitation' stand for the final period of the Church in Isaiah,

What will you do on the day of visitation and devastation? It will come from afar. To whom will you flee for help? Isaiah 10:3.

In the same prophet,

Behold, the day of Jehovah comes, cruel, and one of indignation and wrath and anger, to make the earth a waste. I will visit the world for evil, and the wicked for their iniquity. Isaiah 13:9, 11.

In Jeremiah,

They will fall among those who fall, and in the time of their visitation they will stumble. Jeremiah 8:12.

In Hosea,

The days of visitation have come, the days of recompense have come. Hosea 9:7.

In Moses,

Jehovah said to Moses, All the same, go, lead this people to [the place] of which I have spoken to you; behold, My angel will go before you. But on the day of My visiting, I will visit them for their sin. Exodus 32:34.

In Luke,

Jesus said regarding Jerusalem, They will not leave in you stone upon stone, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation. Luke 19:44.

'The day of visitation' stands for the Lord's Coming, and enlightenment at that time. But in reference to the Jewish nation - seeing that it did not recognize His Coming - 'the day of visitation' stands for the final period of the representative acts of the Church among them. For once Jerusalem was destroyed sacrifices came to an end and that nation was scattered abroad.

[6] In Ezekiel,

A loud voice called out in my ears, saying, The visitations of the city have drawn near, and each man has his weapon of destruction in his hand. Ezekiel 9:1.

Here the meaning is similar. In Isaiah,

The Rephaim will not rise. To that end You have visited them, You have wiped them out. Isaiah 16:14.

'The Rephaim' stands for descendants of the Most Ancient Church which existed before the Flood. They are also called the Nephilim and the Anakim, regarding whom see 567, 581, 1673. 'You have visited and wiped out the Rephaim' stands for the final period of that Church; it also stands for the casting of them into hell, regarding which see 1265-1272. 'Visitation' stands for retribution, thus for damnation, in Jeremiah,

Shall I not visit them on account of this? Or will not My soul be avenged on a nation which is like this? Jeremiah 5:9.

In the same prophet,

I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him, at the time I visit him. Jeremiah 49:8.

In Hosea,

I will visit upon him his ways, and requite his works. Hosea 4:9.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. literally, viscera or bowels

2. literally, establish upon you My good word

  
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