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Gênesis 41

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1 Passados dois anos inteiros, Faraó sonhou que estava em pé junto ao rio Nilo;

2 e eis que subiam do rio sete vacas, formosas à vista e gordas de carne, e pastavam no carriçal.

3 Após elas subiam do rio outras sete vacas, feias à vista e magras de carne; e paravam junto às outras vacas à beira do Nilo.

4 E as vacas feias à vista e magras de carne devoravam as sete formosas à vista e gordas. Então Faraó acordou.

5 Depois dormiu e tornou a sonhar; e eis que brotavam dum mesmo pé sete espigas cheias e boas.

6 Após elas brotavam sete espigas miúdas e queimadas do vento oriental;

7 e as espigas miúdas devoravam as sete espigas grandes e cheias. Então Faraó acordou, e eis que era um sonho.

8 Pela manhã o seu espírito estava perturbado; pelo que mandou chamar todos os adivinhadores do Egito, e todos os seus sábios; e Faraó contou-lhes os seus sonhos, mas não havia quem lhos interpretasse.

9 Então falou o copeiro-mor a Faraó, dizendo: Dos meus pecados me lembro hoje:

10 Estando faraó mui indignado contra os seus servos, e pondo-me sob prisão na casa do captão da guarda, a mim e ao padeiro-mor.

11 Então sonhamos um sonho na mesma noite, eu e ele, cada um conforme a interpretação do seu sonho sonhamos.

12 Ora, estava ali conosco um mancebo hbreu, servo do capitão da guarda, ao qual contamos os nossos sonhos, e ele no-los interpretou, a cada um conforme o seu sonho.

13 E como ele nos interpretou, assim mesmo foi feito: a mim me fez tornar ao meu estado, e a ele fez enforcar.

14 Então enviou Faraó, e chamou a José, e o fizeram sair logo da cova; e barbeou-se e mudou os seus vestidos, e veio a Faraó.

15 E Faraó disse a José: Eu sonhei um sonho, e ninguém há que o interprete; mas de ri ouvi dizer que quando ouves um sonho o interpretas.

16 E respondeu José a Faraó, dizendo: Isso não está em mim; Deus dará resposta de paz a Faraó.

17 Então disse Faraó a José: Eis que em meu sonho estava em pé na praia do rio,

18 E eis que subiam do rio sete vacas gordas de carne e formosas à vista, e pastavam no prado.

19 E eis que outras sete vacas subiam após estas, muito feias à vista, e magras de carne; não tenho visto outras taus, quanto à fealdade, em toda a terra do Egito

20 E as vacas magras e feias comiam as primeiras sete vacas gordas;

21 E entravam em suas entranhas, mas não se conhecia que houvessem entrado em suas entranhas; porque o seu parecer era feio como no principio. Então acordei.

22 Depois vi em meu sonho, e eis que dum mesmo pé subiam sete espigas cheias e boas;

23 E eis que sete espigas secas, miúdas e queimadas do vento oriental brotavam após elas.

24 E as sete espigas miudas devoravam as sete espigas boas. E eu disse-o aos magos, mas ninguém houve que mo interpretasse.

25 Então disse José a Faraó: O sonho de Faraó é um só; o que Deus há de fazer, notificou-o a Faraó.

26 As sete vacas formosas são sete anos; as sete espigas formosas também são sete anos; o sonho é um só.

27 E as sete vacas magras e feias à vista, que subiam depois delas, são sete anos, como as sete espigas miúdas e queimadas do vento oriental; serão sete anos de fome.

28 Esta é a palavra que tenho dito a Faraó; o que Deus há de fazer, mostrou-o a Faraó.

29 E eis que vêm sete anos, e haverá grande fartura em toda a terra do Egito

30 E depois deles levantar-se-ão sete anos de fome, e toda aquela fartura será esquecida na terra do Egito, e a fome consumirá a terra:

31 e não será conhecida a abundância na terra, por causa daquela fome que seguirá; porquanto será gravíssima.

32 Ora, se o sonho foi duplicado a Faraó, é porque esta coisa é determinada por Deus, e ele brevemente a fará.

33 Portanto, proveja-se agora Faraó de um homem entendido e sábio, e o ponha sobre a terra do Egito.

34 Faça isto Faraó: nomeie administradores sobre a terra, que tomem a quinta parte dos produtos da terra do Egito nos sete anos de fartura;

35 e ajuntem eles todo o mantimento destes bons anos que vêm, e amontoem trigo debaixo da mão de Faraó, para mantimento nas cidades e o guardem;

36 assim será o mantimento para provimento da terra, para os sete anos de fome, que haverá na terra do Egito; para que a terra não pereça de fome.

37 Esse parecer foi bom aos olhos de Faraó, e aos olhos de todos os seus servos.

38 Perguntou, pois, Faraó a seus servos: Poderíamos achar um homem como este, em quem haja o espírito de Deus?

39 Depois disse Faraó a José: Porquanto Deus te fez saber tudo isto, ninguém há tão entendido e sábio como tu.

40 Tu estarás sobre a minha casa, e por tua voz se governará todo o meu povo; somente no trono eu serei maior que tu.

41 Disse mais Faraó a José: , eu te hei posto sobre toda a terra do Egito.

42 E Faraó tirou da mão o seu anel-sinete e pô-lo na mão de José, vestiu-o de traje de linho fino, e lhe pôs ao pescoço um colar de ouro.

43 Ademais, fê-lo subir ao seu segundo carro, e clamavam diante dele: Ajoelhai-vos. Assim Faraó o constituiu sobre toda a terra do Egito.

44 Ainda disse Faraó a José: Eu sou Faraó; sem ti, pois, ninguém levantará a mão ou o em toda a terra do Egito.

45 Faraó chamou a José Zafnate-Paneã, e deu-lhe por mulher Asenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om. Depois saiu José por toda a terra do Egito.

46 Ora, José era da idade de trinta anos, quando se apresentou a Faraó, rei do Egito. E saiu José da presença de Faraó e passou por toda a terra do Egito.

47 Durante os sete anos de fartura a terra produziu a mancheias;

48 e José ajuntou todo o mantimento dos sete anos, que houve na terra do Egito, e o guardou nas cidades; o mantimento do campo que estava ao redor de cada cidade, guardou-o dentro da mesma.

49 Assim José ajuntou muitíssimo trigo, como a areia do mar, até que cessou de contar; porque não se podia mais contá-lo.

50 Antes que viesse o ano da fome, nasceram a José dois filhos, que lhe deu Asenate, filha de Potífera, sacerdote de Om.

51 E chamou José ao primogênito Manassés; porque disse: Deus me fez esquecer de todo o meu trabalho, e de toda a casa de meu pai.

52 Ao segundo chamou Efraim; porque disse: Deus me fez crescer na terra da minha aflição.

53 Acabaram-se, então, os sete anos de fartura que houve na terra do Egito;

54 e começaram a vir os sete anos de fome, como José tinha dito; e havia fome em todas as terras; porém, em toda a terra do Egito havia pão.

55 Depois toda a terra do Egito teve fome, e o povo clamou a Faraó por pão; e Faraó disse a todos os egípcios: Ide a José; o que ele vos disser, fazei.

56 De modo que, havendo fome sobre toda a terra, abriu José todos os depósitos, e vendia aos egípcios; porque a fome prevaleceu na terra do Egito.

57 Também de todas as terras vinham ao Egito, para comprarem de José; porquanto a fome prevaleceu em todas as terras.

   

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5259. 'And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph' means thought expressed by the natural but belonging to the celestial of the spiritual. This is clear from what has been stated above in 5151. Where the same words occur, except that there it says that Pharaoh said to Joseph, here that he spoke to him; for 'said' means perception, whereas 'spoke' means thought, 2271, 2287, 2619. The reason 'Pharaoh spoke to Joseph' means thought which is expressed by the natural but belongs to the celestial of the spiritual, and not the other way round, is that when thought is going on in what is exterior, the source of such thought does not lie there but in what is interior. Or what amounts to the same, when thought is going on in what is lower, nothing else than what is higher is the source of it. Even so, while the thought belonging to what is interior or higher is going on in what is exterior or lower, it does seem as though the exterior or lower is itself the source of the thought going on in it. But that is an illusion. It is like a person who sees some object in a mirror but does not know that the mirror is there. He supposes that the object exists where it appears to do so, but in reality it does not exist there.

[2] Now because the celestial of the spiritual is interior or higher, and the natural is exterior or lower, 'Pharaoh spoke to Joseph' therefore means in the internal sense thought expressed by the natural but belonging to the celestial of the spiritual. In short, nothing in a lower position possesses anything self-derived whatsoever. Any ability it possesses comes from what is higher, which being so it plainly follows that the Highest one of all, that is, the Divine, is the source of everything. Consequently the source of a person's thought proceeding from his understanding and of his activity proceeding from his will is the Highest one or the Divine. If however a person thinks false ideas and acts in evil ways, this is due to the form he has stamped on his own character; but if he thinks right ideas and acts in ways that are good, it is due to the form he has received from the Lord. For it is well known that one and the same power and force produces differing movements which are determined by the ways in which the intermediate and outermost parts are structured, so that in the human being life from the Divine produces differing thoughts and actions, determined by the forms existing there.

  
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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.