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1 Іосифа же отвели въ Египетъ, и купилъ его изъ рукъ Измаильтянъ, приведшихъ его туда, Египтянинъ Потифаръ, евнухъ Фараоновъ, начальникъ тјлохранителей.

2 И былъ Іегова съ Іосифомъ: онъ былъ успјшенъ въ дјлахъ, и жилъ въ домј господина своего, Египтянина.

3 Господинъ его увидјлъ, что Іегова съ нимъ, и что всему, что онъ ни дјлаетъ, Іегова въ рукахъ его даетъ успјхъ.

4 И обрјлъ Іосифъ благоволеніе въ очахъ его, и служилъ ему. Онъ поставилъ его надъ всјмъ домомъ своимъ, и все, что имјлъ, отдалъ на руки его.

5 И съ того времени, какъ онъ поставилъ Іосифа въ домј своемъ надъ всјмъ, что имјлъ, Іегова благословилъ домъ Египтянина ради Іосифа, и было благословеніе Іеговы на всемъ, что у него было въ домј и въ полј.

6 Посему онъ все, что имјлъ, отдалъ на руки Іосифу; и не зналъ при немъ ничего, кромј хлјба, который јлъ. Іосифъ же былъ прекрасенъ лицемъ и прекрасенъ взоромъ.

7 И случилось послј сихъ происшествій, что обратила взоры на Іосифа жена господина его, и сказала: спи со мною.

8 Но онъ отказался и сказалъ женј господииа своего: вотъ, господинъ мой не знаетъ при мнј ничего въ домј, и все, что имјлъ, отдалъ въ мои руки;

9 нјтъ больше меня въ домј семъ; и онъ не запретилъ мнј ничего, кромј тебя, потому что ты жена ему; какъ же содјлаю я сіе великое зло, и согрјшу предъ Богомъ?

10 Когда такимъ образомъ она ежедневно говорила Іосифу, а онъ не слушался ея, чтобы спать съ нею и быть съ нею;

11 случилось въ одинъ день, что онъ вошелъ въ домъ дјлать дјло свое, тогда какъ никого изъ домашнихъ тутъ въ домј не было;

12 она схватила его за одежду и сказала: ложись со мною. Но онъ, оставя одежду свою въ рукахъ ея, побјжалъ и выбјжалъ вонъ.

13 Она же, увидя, что онъ оставилъ одежду свою въ рукахъ ея, и побјжалъ вонъ,

14 кликнула домашнихъ, и сказала: посмотрите, онъ привелъ къ намъ Еврея, ругаться надъ нами. Онъ пришелъ ко мнј, чтобы лечь со мною; но я закричала громкимъ голосомъ;

15 и онъ, услыша, что я подняла вопль и кричала, оставилъ у меня одежду свого, и побјжалъ, и выбјжалъ вонъ.

16 И оставила одежду его у себя до того времени, когда господинъ его придетъ въ домъ свой.

17 И пересказала ему тјже слова, говоря: рабъ Еврей, котораго ты привелъ къ намъ, приходилъ ко мнј ругаться надо мною;

18 но когда я подняла вопль, и стала кричать, онъ оставилъ у меня одежду свою, и убјжалъ вонъ.

19 Когда господинъ его услышалъ слова жены своей, которыя она разсказывала ему, говоря: такимъ образомъ поступилъ со мною рабъ твой, тогда онъ воспылалъ гнјвомъ;

20 и взялъ Іосифа господинъ его, и отдалъ его въ домъ темничный, гдј содержатся царскіе узники. И былъ онъ тамъ въ домј темничномъ.

21 Но Іегова былъ съ Іосифомъ; и простеръ къ нему милость, и даровалъ ему благоволеніе въ очахъ начальника темничиаго дома.

22 И отдалъ начальникъ темничнаго дома въ руки ІосиФу всјхъ узниковъ, находившихся въ домј темничномъ, и что тамъ ни дјлалось, все дјлалось чрезъ него.

23 Начальникъ темничнаго дома и не смотрјлъ ни за чјмъ, что было у него въ рукахъ: потому что Іегова былъ съ нимъ и во всемъ, что онъ ни дјлалъ, Іегова давалъ ему успјхъ.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 4966

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4966. 'The chief of the attendants' means which facts come first and foremost in explanations. This is clear from the meaning of 'the chief of the attendants' as the facts which come first and foremost in explanations, dealt with in 4790. Ones which come first and foremost in explanations are those which are pre-eminently suitable for explaining the Word, and so for coming to understand teachings drawn from the Word about love to God and charity towards the neighbour. It should be recognized that the factual knowledge of the people of old was entirely different from that existing at the present day. As stated above, the factual knowledge of the people of old had to do with the correspondences of things in the natural world with realities in the spiritual world. Knowledge which at the present day is called philosophical knowledge, such as Aristotelian systems and their like, did not exist among them. This is also evident from the books written by ancient authors, most of which consisted of descriptions of such things as were signs of, represented, and corresponded to more internal realities, as may be seen from the following evidence, and ignoring all else.

[2] They envisaged Helicon on a mountain and took it to mean heaven, and Parnassus on a hill below that, and took it to mean factual knowledge. They spoke of a flying horse, called Pegasus by them, which broke open a fountain there with its hoof; they called branches of knowledge virgins; and so on. For with the help of correspondences and representatives they knew that 'a mountain' meant heaven, 'a hill' the heaven beneath this, which is heaven as it exists among men, a horse' the power of understanding, 'its wings with which it flew' spiritual things, 'its hoof' that which was natural, 'a fountain' intelligence, while three virgins called 'the Graces' meant affections for good, and virgins who were named 'the Heliconians and 'the Parnassians' meant affections for truth. To the sun they likewise allotted horses, whose food they called ambrosia and whose drink they called nectar; for they knew that 'the sun' meant heavenly love, 'horses' powers of the understanding which sprang from that love, while 'food' meant celestial things and 'drink' spiritual ones.

[3] The Ancients are also the originators of customs that are still followed when kings are crowned. The king has to sit on a silver throne, wear a purple robe, and be anointed with oil. He has to wear a crown on his head, while holding in his hands a sceptre, a sword, and keys. He has to ride in regal splendour on a white horse shed with horseshoes made of silver; and he has to be waited on at table by the chief nobles of the kingdom. And many other customs are followed besides these. The Ancients knew that 'a king' represented Divine Truth that is rooted in Divine Good, and from this they knew what was meant by a silver throne, a purple robe, anointing oil, crown, sceptre, sword, keys, white horse, horseshoes made of silver, and what was meant by being waited on at table by the chief nobles. Who at the present day knows the meaning of any of these customs, or where the information exists to show him their meaning? People refer to them as symbols, but they know nothing at all about correspondence or representation. All this evidence shows what the factual knowledge possessed by the Ancients was like, and that this knowledge gave them a discernment of spiritual and heavenly realities, which at the present day are scarcely known to exist.

[4] The factual knowledge that has replaced that of the Ancients, and which strictly speaking is called philosophical knowledge, tends to draw the mind away from knowing such things because such knowledge can also be employed to substantiate false ideas. Furthermore, even when used to substantiate true ones it introduces darkness into the mind, because for the most part mere terms are used to substantiate them, which few people can understand and which the few who do understand them argue about. From this it may be seen how far the human race has departed from the learning of the Ancients, which led to wisdom. Gentiles received their factual knowledge from the Ancient Church, whose external worship consisted in representatives and meaningful signs and whose internal worship consisted in the realities represented and meant by these. This was the kind of factual knowledge that is meant in the genuine sense by 'Egypt'.

  
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