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Бытие 43

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1 Между тјмъ голодъ усилился на землј.

2 И когда они съјли весь хлјбъ, привезенный изъ Египта: тогда отецъ ихъ сказалъ имъ: подите опять, купите намъ немного хлјба.

3 Іуда сказалъ ему въ отвјтъ: тотъ человјкъ рјшительно сказалъ намъ: не увидите лица моего, если брата вашего не будетъ съ вами.

4 Если ты пошлешь съ нами брата нашего, то мы пойдемъ, и купимъ тебј хлјба.

5 А если не пошлешь, то не пойдемъ, ибо тотъ человјкъ сказалъ намъ: не увидите лица моего, если брата вашего не будеть съ вами.

6 Израиль сказалъ: для чего же вы мнј сдјлали такое зло, сказавъ тому человјку, что у васъ есть еще братъ?

7 Они отвјчали: онъ спрашивалъ насъ объ насъ и о родствј нашемъ, говоря: живъ ли у васъ отецъ? есть ли у васъ братъ? и мы разсказали ему по случаю сихъ вопросовъ. Могли ли мы знать, что онъ скажетъ: приведите брата вашего?

8 Іуда же сказалъ Израилю, отцу своему: отпусти отрока со мною; и мы встанемъ и пойдемъ; и тјмъ сохранимъ жизнь нашу, и не умремъ мы и ты, и малыя дјти наши.

9 Я отвјчаю за него, изъ моихъ рукъ требуй его. Если я не приведу его къ тебј, и не поставлю его предъ лицемъ твоимъ; пусть останусь я виновнымъ предъ тобою на всю жизнь.

10 Еслибы мы не откладывали, то уже сходили бы два раза.

11 Наконецъ Израиль, отецъ ихъ, сказалъ имъ: если такъ, то вотъ что сдјлайте: возьмите лучшихъ произведеній этой земли въ сосуды ваши, и отнесите въ даръ тому человјку нјсколько бальзама, нјсколько меду, стираксы, ладону, фисташковыхъ и миндальныхъ орјховъ

12 Возьмите и другое серебро въ руки ваши; а серебро, обратно положенное въ отверстіе мјшковъ вашихъ, возвратите руками вашими: можетъ быть это ошибка.

13 Возьмите и брата вашего, и, возставъ, подите опять къ тому человјку.

14 Богъ же Всемогущій да дастъ вамъ обрјсти милость у того человјка, чтобы онъ отпустилъ вамъ и оставшагося брата вашего и Веніамина. А мнј, если уже быть бездјтнымъ, то пусть буду бездјтнымъ.

15 Тогда они взяли дары тј, и другое серебро взяли въ руки свои, и Веніамина, и встали, и пошли въ Египетъ, и предстали предъ лице Іосифа.

16 Іосифъ, увидя между ними Веніамина, сказалъ управляющему домомъ своимъ: введи сихъ людей въ домъ, заколи что-нибудь изъ скота, и приготовь; потому что они будутъ објдать у меня въ полдень.

17 Онъ сдјлалъ, какъ сказалъ Іосифъ, и ввелъ ихъ въ домъ Іосифовъ.

18 Они испугались того, что ввели ихъ въ домъ Іосифовъ, и сказали: это за серебро, возвращенное прежде въ мјшки наши, ведутъ насъ, чтобы придраться къ намъ, и напасть на насъ, и взять насъ въ рабство, и ословъ нашихъ.

19 Итакъ они подошли къ управляющему домомъ Іосифовымъ и начали говорить ему у дверей дома,

20 и сказали: послушай, господинъ мой, мы приходили уже прежде покупать хлјба.

21 И случилось, что пришедши на ночлегъ, и открывъ мјшки наши, мы увидјли серебро въ отверстіи мјшка у каждаго изъ насъ, по вјсу серебро наше, и мы возвращаемъ его своими руками.

22 А для покупки хлјба мы принесли другое серебро въ рукахъ нашихъ. Мы не знаемъ, кто положилъ серебро наше въ мјшки наши.

23 Оннъ отвјчалъ: будьте спокойны и не бойтесь. Богъ вашъ и Богъ отца вашего далъ вамъ кладъ въ мјшкахъ вашихъ; серебро ваше дошло до меня. Потомъ привелъ къ нимъ Симеона.

24 И ввелъ ихъ въ домъ Іосифовъ, и далъ воды, и они омыли ноги свои, и далъ корму осламъ ихъ.

25 Къ тому времени, какъ придти Іосифу въ полдень, они приготовили дары; ибо слышали, что тутъ будутъ објдать.

26 И когда пришелъ Іосифъ въ домъ, они принесли къ нему въ домъ дары, бывшіе въ рукахъ ихъ, и поклонились ему до земли.

27 Онъ спросилъ ихъ о благосостояніи и сказалъ: здраствуетъ ли отецъ вашъ, старецъ, о которомъ вы сказывали? живъ ли еще онъ?

28 Они отвјчали: здравствуетъ рабъ твой, отецъ нашъ, еще живъ. Они поклонились и простерлись.

29 И возведши очи свои, Іосифъ увидјлъ Веніамина, брата своего, сына матери своей, и сказалъ: это братъ вашъ меньшій, о которомъ вы мнј сказывали? И сказалъ: милость Божія съ тобою, сынъ мой!

30 И поспјшилъ Іооифъ удалиться; потому что воскипјло сердце его при видј брата его; онъ искалъ міъста плакать, и, войдя во внутреннюю комнату, плакалъ тамъ.

31 Потомъ умылъ лице свое, вышелъ и скрјпился, и сказалъ: подавайте пищу.

32 И подали ему особо, имъ особо, Египтянамъ, објдающимъ съ нимъ, также особо; ибо Египтяне немогутъ јсть съ Евреями; потому что Египтяне отвращаются отъ сего.

33 И были они посажены предъ нимъ старшіе по старшинству своему, и младшіе по ихъ молодости; такъ что они дивились между собою.

34 И послалъ имъ части отъ себя; Веніамину же далъ часть впятеро больше частей всјхъ ихъ. И пили у него, и напились.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5585

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5585. 'Saying, You will not see my face' means that no compassion will show itself. This is clear from the meaning of 'face', when used in reference to a person, as his interiors, that is to say, his affections and consequent thoughts, dealt with in 358, 1999, 2434, 3527, 3573, 4066, 4796, 4797, 5102. But when used in reference to the Lord, for the Lord is represented in the highest sense by 'Joseph', 'face' means mercy and compassion, and therefore 'not seeing his face' means a lack of mercy or absence of compassion. Not that the Lord lacks any compassion, for He is pure mercy; but when the intermediary that effects the joining to Him is not present it does seem to a person as though there is no compassion in the Lord. The reason for this is that if no intermediary effecting the joining together is present, no acceptance of good takes place. And if there is no acceptance of good, evil is present instead. If at this time the person calls out to the Lord because evil prompts him to do so, thus for selfish reasons in defiance of anyone else's needs, he is not heard, in which case it seems as though no compassion shows itself.

[2] As regards 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' meaning mercy, this is evident from the Word; for understood properly 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' is Divine love itself, and being Divine love it is the face of mercy since mercy is the expression of love towards the human race set in such miseries. The truth that 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' is Divine Love may be seen from the Lord's face when He was transfigured in the presence of Peter, James, and John; that is, when He displayed His Divinity to them,

His face shone like the sun. Matthew 17:2.

It has been shown already that 'the sun' is Divine Love, see 30-38, 1521, 1529-1531, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4321 (end), 4696. The Lord's actual Divinity had never previously appeared in any face; but His Divine Human had so appeared, through which, seemingly within which, Divine Love - which in relation to the human race is Divine Mercy - showed itself. This Divine Mercy within the Divine Human is called 'the angel of His face' in Isaiah,

I will cause the mercies of Jehovah to be remembered. He has rewarded 1 them according to His mercies, and according to the abundance of His mercies; and He became their Saviour. And the angel of His face saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them. Isaiah 63:7-9.

The expression 'the angel' is used because 'angels' in the Word means in the internal sense some attribute of the Lord, 1925, 2821, 4085, in this case His mercy, which is why the phrase 'the angel of His face' is used.

[3] 'Jehovah's (or the Lord's) face' is not only mercy but also peace and goodness since these are attributes of mercy, as may also be seen from the following places: In the Blessing,

Jehovah make His face shine upon you and be merciful to you. Jehovah lift up His face upon you and give you peace. Numbers 6:25-26.

Here it is quite evident that 'making His face shine' means showing mercy, and 'lifting up His face' means granting His peace. In David,

God be merciful to us and bless us, and make His face shine upon us. Psalms 67:1.

Here also 'face' stands for mercy. In the same author,

Turn us back, O God, and make Your face shine, that we may be saved. Psalms 80:3, 7, 19.

Here the meaning is similar. In the same author,

Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and my pursuers. Make Your face shine upon Your servant. Psalms 31:15-16.

Likewise in Psalms 119:134-135. In Daniel,

Hear, our God, the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and make Your face shine upon Your sanctuary that has been made desolate. Daniel 9:17.

Here also 'making His face shine' stands for showing mercy.

[4] In David,

Many are saying, Who will cause us to see good? Lift up the light of Your face upon us. Psalms 4:6-7.

'Lifting up the light of His face' stands for His imparting good because of His mercy. In Hosea,

Let them seek My face; when they are in distress, in the morning let them seek Me. Hosea 5:15.

In David,

Seek My face! Your face, O Jehovah, will I seek. Psalms 27:8-9.

In the same author,

Seek Jehovah and His strength; seek His face continually. Psalms 105:4.

'Seeking Jehovah's face' stands for seeking His mercy. In the same author,

I, in righteousness, shall see Your face. Psalms 17:15.

And in Matthew,

See that you do not despise any of these tiny ones; for I say to you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father who is in heaven. Matthew 18:10.

'Seeing God's face' stands for the enjoyment of peace and good because of His mercy.

[5] But the contrary of this is the hiding or concealment and also the turning away of the face, by which showing no compassion is meant, as in Isaiah,

In an overflowing of My anger I hid My face from you for a moment; but with eternal mercy I will have mercy on you. Isaiah 54:8.

'An overflowing of anger' stands for temptation in which, because the Lord does not seem to show mercy, the words 'I hid My face from you for a moment' are used. In Ezekiel,

I will turn My face away from them. Ezekiel 7:22.

In David,

How long, O Jehovah, will You forget me [as if] for ever? How long will You hide Your face from me? Psalms 13:1

In the same author,

Do not hide Your face from me; do not cast aside Your servant in anger. Psalms 17:8, 9.

In the same author,

Why, O Jehovah, do You abandon my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me? Psalms 88:14.

In the same author,

Make haste, answer me, O Jehovah. MY spirit is consumed. Do not hide Your face from me, lest I become like those going down into the pit. Cause me to hear Your mercy in the morning. Psalms 143:7-8.

And in Moses,

My anger will flare up against this people on that day, so that I forsake them, and I will hide My face from them, and they will be devoured. I will certainly hide My face on that day, because of all the evil which they have done. Deuteronomy 31:17-18.

'Anger flaring up' stands for turning oneself away, 5034, and 'hiding one's face' for not showing any compassion.

[6] These actions are attributed to Jehovah or the Lord, for the reason that although He is never angry and never turns away or hides His face He is said to do so because that is how it seems to someone under the influence of evil. For the person under the influence of evil turns himself away and hides the Lord's face from himself; that is, he removes His mercy from himself. The fact that it is the evils present with a person that do this is also clear from the Word, as in Micah,

Jehovah will hide His face from them at that time, inasmuch as they have rendered their deeds evil. Micah 3:4.

In Ezekiel,

Because they transgressed against Me, therefore I hid My face from them. According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have dealt with them and have hidden My face from them. Ezekiel 39:23-24.

In particular in Isaiah,

Your iniquities are what separate you from your God, and your sins what cause. His face to hide from you. Isaiah 59:2.

From these and many other places one may see the internal sense, which shows itself in various places and is discovered by one who is looking for it.

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1. Reading retribuit (has rewarded), which Swedenborg has in his rough draft and also in 221, for retribuet (will reward)

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