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Genesis 50

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1 καὶ ἐπιπεσὼν ιωσηφ ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἔκλαυσεν ἐπ' αὐτὸν καὶ ἐφίλησεν αὐτόν

2 καὶ προσέταξεν ιωσηφ τοῖς παισὶν αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἐνταφιασταῖς ἐνταφιάσαι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐνεταφίασαν οἱ ἐνταφιασταὶ τὸν ισραηλ

3 καὶ ἐπλήρωσαν αὐτοῦ τεσσαράκοντα ἡμέρας οὕτως γὰρ καταριθμοῦνται αἱ ἡμέραι τῆς ταφῆς καὶ ἐπένθησεν αὐτὸν αἴγυπτος ἑβδομήκοντα ἡμέρας

4 ἐπειδὴ δὲ παρῆλθον αἱ ἡμέραι τοῦ πένθους ἐλάλησεν ιωσηφ πρὸς τοὺς δυνάστας φαραω λέγων εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐναντίον ὑμῶν λαλήσατε περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὰ ὦτα φαραω λέγοντες

5 ὁ πατήρ μου ὥρκισέν με λέγων ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ ᾧ ὤρυξα ἐμαυτῷ ἐν γῇ χανααν ἐκεῖ με θάψεις νῦν οὖν ἀναβὰς θάψω τὸν πατέρα μου καὶ ἐπανελεύσομαι

6 καὶ εἶπεν φαραω ἀνάβηθι θάψον τὸν πατέρα σου καθάπερ ὥρκισέν σε

7 καὶ ἀνέβη ιωσηφ θάψαι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ συνανέβησαν μετ' αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ παῖδες φαραω καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τοῦ οἴκου αὐτοῦ καὶ πάντες οἱ πρεσβύτεροι τῆς γῆς αἰγύπτου

8 καὶ πᾶσα ἡ πανοικία ιωσηφ καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ οἰκία ἡ πατρικὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν συγγένειαν καὶ τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς βόας ὑπελίποντο ἐν γῇ γεσεμ

9 καὶ συνανέβησαν μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἅρματα καὶ ἱππεῖς καὶ ἐγένετο ἡ παρεμβολὴ μεγάλη σφόδρα

10 καὶ παρεγένοντο ἐφ' ἅλωνα αταδ ὅ ἐστιν πέραν τοῦ ιορδάνου καὶ ἐκόψαντο αὐτὸν κοπετὸν μέγαν καὶ ἰσχυρὸν σφόδρα καὶ ἐποίησεν τὸ πένθος τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας

11 καὶ εἶδον οἱ κάτοικοι τῆς γῆς χανααν τὸ πένθος ἐν ἅλωνι αταδ καὶ εἶπαν πένθος μέγα τοῦτό ἐστιν τοῖς αἰγυπτίοις διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλεσεν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ πένθος αἰγύπτου ὅ ἐστιν πέραν τοῦ ιορδάνου

12 καὶ ἐποίησαν αὐτῷ οὕτως οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν ἐκεῖ

13 καὶ ἀνέλαβον αὐτὸν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ εἰς γῆν χανααν καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ σπήλαιον τὸ διπλοῦν ὃ ἐκτήσατο αβρααμ τὸ σπήλαιον ἐν κτήσει μνημείου παρὰ εφρων τοῦ χετταίου κατέναντι μαμβρη

14 καὶ ἀπέστρεψεν ιωσηφ εἰς αἴγυπτον αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ οἱ συναναβάντες θάψαι τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ

15 ἰδόντες δὲ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ ιωσηφ ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῶν εἶπαν μήποτε μνησικακήσῃ ἡμῖν ιωσηφ καὶ ἀνταπόδομα ἀνταποδῷ ἡμῖν πάντα τὰ κακά ἃ ἐνεδειξάμεθα αὐτῷ

16 καὶ παρεγένοντο πρὸς ιωσηφ λέγοντες ὁ πατήρ σου ὥρκισεν πρὸ τοῦ τελευτῆσαι αὐτὸν λέγων

17 οὕτως εἴπατε ιωσηφ ἄφες αὐτοῖς τὴν ἀδικίαν καὶ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν αὐτῶν ὅτι πονηρά σοι ἐνεδείξαντο καὶ νῦν δέξαι τὴν ἀδικίαν τῶν θεραπόντων τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ ἔκλαυσεν ιωσηφ λαλούντων αὐτῶν πρὸς αὐτόν

18 καὶ ἐλθόντες πρὸς αὐτὸν εἶπαν οἵδε ἡμεῖς σοι οἰκέται

19 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ιωσηφ μὴ φοβεῖσθε τοῦ γὰρ θεοῦ εἰμι ἐγώ

20 ὑμεῖς ἐβουλεύσασθε κατ' ἐμοῦ εἰς πονηρά ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἐβουλεύσατο περὶ ἐμοῦ εἰς ἀγαθά ὅπως ἂν γενηθῇ ὡς σήμερον ἵνα διατραφῇ λαὸς πολύς

21 καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς μὴ φοβεῖσθε ἐγὼ διαθρέψω ὑμᾶς καὶ τὰς οἰκίας ὑμῶν καὶ παρεκάλεσεν αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτῶν εἰς τὴν καρδίαν

22 καὶ κατῴκησεν ιωσηφ ἐν αἰγύπτῳ αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ πανοικία τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔζησεν ιωσηφ ἔτη ἑκατὸν δέκα

23 καὶ εἶδεν ιωσηφ εφραιμ παιδία ἕως τρίτης γενεᾶς καὶ υἱοὶ μαχιρ τοῦ υἱοῦ μανασση ἐτέχθησαν ἐπὶ μηρῶν ιωσηφ

24 καὶ εἶπεν ιωσηφ τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς αὐτοῦ λέγων ἐγὼ ἀποθνῄσκω ἐπισκοπῇ δὲ ἐπισκέψεται ὑμᾶς ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἀνάξει ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῆς γῆς ταύτης εἰς τὴν γῆν ἣν ὤμοσεν ὁ θεὸς τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν αβρααμ καὶ ισαακ καὶ ιακωβ

25 καὶ ὥρκισεν ιωσηφ τοὺς υἱοὺς ισραηλ λέγων ἐν τῇ ἐπισκοπῇ ᾗ ἐπισκέψεται ὑμᾶς ὁ θεός καὶ συνανοίσετε τὰ ὀστᾶ μου ἐντεῦθεν μεθ' ὑμῶν

26 καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν ιωσηφ ἐτῶν ἑκατὸν δέκα καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔθηκαν ἐν τῇ σορῷ ἐν αἰγύπτῳ

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6537

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6537. And they came to the threshing-floor Atad. That this signifies the first state, is evident from the signification of “threshing-floor,” as being where the good of truth is, for in a threshing-floor there is grain, and by “grain” is signified the good that is from truth (see n. 5295, 5410), and also the truth of good (n. 5959); and from the signification of “Atad,” as being the quality of this state, according to the signification of names of places elsewhere. That by the “threshing-floor Atad” is signified a state, namely as to the good and truth of the church, is because it was at the passage of the Jordan, and by this passage is signified initiation into the knowledges of good and truth (of which presently). For the Jordan was the first boundary in respect to the land of Canaan; and as by the “land of Canaan” is signified the church, therefore by the “Jordan” is signified those things which are the first of the church, or by means of which entrance to the church is opened.

[2] Hence it is that by the “threshing-floor Atad” is signified the first state; and as the first state was signified, mourning was made near the threshing-floor, because it was on their side of the Jordan, and the land of Canaan, by which is signified the church, was there in sight. That a “threshing-floor” signifies where are the good of truth and the truth of good, thus where are the things of the church, is evident in Joel:

Rejoice ye sons of Zion, and be glad in Jehovah your God; the threshing-floors are full of grain, and the presses overflow with new wine and oil (Joel 2:23-24); where the “sons of Zion” denote truths from good; the “threshing-floors full of grain,” the abundance of truths and goods.

[3] In Hosea:

Be not glad O Israel because thou hast committed whoredom from under thy God, thou hast loved harlot hire upon all the grain-floors; the threshing-floor and the wine-press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall cheat her (Hos. 9:1-2); where “committing whoredom and loving harlot hire” denotes falsifying truths and loving what is falsified; “grain-floors” denote the truths of good falsified.

[4] As a “threshing-floor” signified good and also truth, therefore at the time when they gathered from the floor, they celebrated the feast of tabernacles, of which in Moses:

Thou shalt make to thee the feast of tabernacles seven days, when thou hast gathered in from thy threshing-floor, and from thy wine-press (Deuteronomy 16:13).

The “feast of tabernacles” signified holy worship, thus worship from good and truth (n. 3312, 4391).

  
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