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1 Послј сихъ произшествій случилось, что виночерпій царя Египетскаго и хлјбодаръ провинились предъ господиномъ своимъ, царемъ Египетскимъ.

2 Фараонъ прогнјвался на двухъ евнуховъ своихъ, на главнаго виночерпія и на главпаго хлјбодара.

3 И отдалъ ихъ подъ стражу въ домъ начальника тјлохранителей, въ домъ темничный, въ то же мјсто, гдј заключенъ былъ Іосифъ,

4 Начальникъ тјлохранителей приставилъ къ нимъ Іосифа, и онъ служилъ имъ. Они пробыли подъ стражею нјсколько времени.

5 Однажды виночерпію и хлјбодару царя Египетскаго. заключеннымъ въ домј темничномъ, видјлись сны, каждому свой сонъ, обоимъ въ одну ночь, каждому сонъ особеннаго значенія.

6 Поутру Іосифъ, войдя къ нимъ, посмотрјлъ на нихъ, и вотъ, они въ задумчивости.

7 И такъ онъ спросилъ евнуховъ Фараоновыхъ, находившихся съ нимъ въ домј господина его подъ стражею, говоря: отъ чего у васъ сегодня такія мрачныя лица?

8 Они сказали ему: намъ видјлись сны; а истолковать ихъ не кому. Тогда Іосифъ сказалъ имъ: не отъ Бога ли истолкованія? разскажите мнј.

9 И сталъ главный виночерпій разсказывать Іосифу сонъ свой, и сказалъ ему: мнј видјлось, будто виноградная лоза передо мною.

10 На лозј были три вјтви. Она развилась, показался на ней цвјтъ, выросли и созрјли на ней ягоды.

11 У меня въ рукахъ была чаша Фараонова. Я взялъ ягодъ, выжалъ ихъ въ чашу Фараонову, и подалъ чашу въ руку Фараону.

12 Тогда Іосифъ сказалъ ему: вотъ истолкованіе: три вјтви значатъ три дня.

13 Чрезъ три дня Фараонъ вознесетъ главу твою, и опять поставитъ тебя на мјсто твое, и ты подашь чашу Фараонову въ руку его, по прежнему обыкновенію, какъ ты былъ у него виночерпіемъ.

14 Вспомни же меня, когда хорошо тебј будетъ; и сдјлай мнј благодјяніе, и скажи обо мнј Фараону, и выведи меня изъ этого дома.

15 Ибо я украденъ изъ земли Еврейской; а также и здјсь ничего не сдјлалъ, за что бы бросить меня въ эту яму.

16 Главный хлјбодаръ увидјлъ, что истолкованіе хорошо, и сказалъ Іосифу: а мнј видјлось, будто на головј у меня три корзины рјшетчатыхъ.

17 Въ верхней корзинј была всякая пища Фараонова, приготовленная хлјбодаромъ; и птицы клевали ее изъ корзины на головј моей.

18 Іосифъ отвјчалъ, и сказалъ: вотъ истолкованіе: три корзины значатъ три дня.

19 Чрезъ три дня Фараонъ сниметъ съ тебя голову, и повјситъ тебя на деревј; и птицы будутъ клевать плоть твою съ тебя.

20 На третій день, который былъ день рожденія Фараонова, сдјлалъ онъ пиръ для всјхъ служащихъ у него; и вспомнилъ о главномъ виночерпіи и главномъ хлјбодарј, среди служащихъ у него;

21 и поставилъ главнаго виночерпія на прежнее мјсто, и онъ подалъ чашу въ руку Фараону;

22 а главнаго хлјбодара повјсилъ, такъ какъ истолковалъ имъ Іосифъ.

23 Главный же виночерпій не вспомнилъ Іосифа, но забылъ его.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5081

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5081. 'With his two courtier-ministers' means from both kinds of sensory powers in the body; that is to say, from these [the new natural man] turned away. This is clear from the meaning of 'courtier-ministers', who in this case are the cupbearer and the baker, as both kinds of sensory powers, dealt with above in 5077, 5078. In relation to the interior man, meant by 'lord the king', the bodily senses - sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch - are also ministers, courtiers so to speak. For they serve to provide the interior man with evidence gathered from experience in the visible world and in human society, thereby enabling it to become intelligent and wise. For the human being is born with not even any knowledge, let alone with any intelligence or wisdom. He is born with no more than the capacity to receive and be endowed with these. Such reception and endowment is effected through two different channels, an internal channel and an external one. By the internal channel that which is from the Divine flows in, by the external that which is from the world. The two meet within a person, in which case, so far as the person allows himself to receive light from the Divine, he enters into wisdom. The things that flow in by the external channel come through the bodily senses; yet they do not flow in of their own accord but are called forth by the internal man to serve as a base laid down for celestial and spiritual things flowing in from the Lord by the internal channel. From this it may be seen that the bodily senses are like courtier-ministers. In general everything exterior, in relation to what is interior, is a minister; the entire natural man in relation to the spiritual man is nothing else.

[2] The word used in the original language means minister, courtier, bed-chamber servant, and eunuch. In the internal sense the good and truth of the natural man are meant, as is the case here. But specifically the good of the natural man is meant, as in Isaiah,

Do not let the son of the foreigner who clings to Jehovah say, Jehovah surely separates me from being with His people. Do not let the eunuch say, Behold, I am dry wood. For thus said Jehovah to the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths and choose that in which I delight, and are holding fast to My covenant, I will give those in My house and within My walls a place and a name better than sons and daughters; I will give them an eternal name which will not be cut off. Isaiah 56:3-5.

In this case 'the eunuch' stands for the good of the natural man, and 'the son of the foreigner for the truth of the natural man; for the Lord's Church is both external and internal. Those who belong to the external Church are natural; those who belong to the internal Church are spiritual. Those who are natural and yet are governed by good are 'the eunuchs', while those governed by truth are 'the sons of the foreigner'. Also, since the truly spiritual or internal ones are to be found solely within the Church, 'the sons of the foreigner' in addition means therefore those who are outside the Church - the gentiles - who are nevertheless governed by the truth as taught by their religion, 2049, 2593, 2599, 2600, 2602, 2603, 2861, 2863, 7263, while 'the eunuchs' means those governed by good.

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