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1 Ovo su imena sinova Izrailjevih koji dođoše u Misir, dođoše s Jakovom, svaki sa svojom porodicom:

2 Ruvim, Simeun, Levije i Juda,

3 Isahar, Zavulon i Venijamin,

4 Dan i Neftalim, Gad i Asir.

5 A svega beše ih od bedara Jakovljevih sedamdeset duša s Josifom, koji beše u Misiru.

6 A Josif umre i sva braća njegova i sav onaj naraštaj.

7 I sinovi Izrailjevi narodiše se i umnožiše se, i napredovaše i osiliše veoma, da ih se zemlja napuni.

8 Tada nasta nov car u Misiru, koji ne znaše za Josifa;

9 I reče narodu svom: Gle, narod sinova Izrailjevih veći je i silniji od nas.

10 Nego hajde mudro da postupamo s njima, da se ne množe, i kad nastane rat da ne pristanu s neprijateljima našim i ne udare na nas i ne odu iz zemlje.

11 I postaviše nad njima nastojnike da ih muče teškim poslovima; i građaše narod Izrailjev Faraonu gradove Pitom i Ramesu.

12 Ali što ga više mučahu to se više množaše i napredovaše, da se grožahu od sinova Izrailjevih.

13 I žestoko nagonjahu Misirci sinove Izrailjeve na poslove,

14 I zagorčavahu im život teškim poslovima, blatom i opekama i svakim radom u polju, i svakim drugim poslom, na koji ih žestoko nagonjahu.

15 I još zapovedi car misirski babicama jevrejskim, od kojih jednoj beše ime Sefora, a drugoj Fuva,

16 I reče: Kad babičite Jevrejke, i u porođaju vidite da je muško, ubijte ga, a kad bude žensko, nek ostane živo.

17 Ali se babice bojahu Boga, i ne činjahu kako im reče car misirski, nego ostavljahu decu u životu.

18 A car misirski dozva babice, i reče im: Zašto to činite, te ostavljate u životu mušku decu?

19 A babice rekoše Faraonu: Jevrejke nisu kao žene Misirke; jače su; dok im dođe babica, one većrode.

20 I Bog učini dobro babicama; i narod se umnoži i osili veoma;

21 I što se babice bojahu Boga, načini im kuće.

22 Tada zapovedi Faraon svemu narodu svom govoreći: Svakog sina koji se rodi bacite u vodu, a kćeri sve ostavljajte u životu.

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Arcana Coelestia # 6661

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6661. 'And they built cities of store-houses for Pharaoh' means teachings composed of falsified truths in the natural where alienated factual knowledge resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'cities' as teachings in both [the genuine and the contrary] senses, dealt with in 402, 2449, 2943, 3216, 4492, 4497; from the meaning of 'store-houses' as falsified truths, dealt with below; and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the natural, dealt with in 5160, 5799, 6015 (end), the natural being where alienated factual knowledge resides, see above in 6651, 6652. The reason why 'the cities of store-houses' which the people of Israel built for Pharaoh means teachings composed of falsified truths is that those preoccupied with factual knowledge alienated from the truth, who are meant here by Pharaoh and the Egyptians, pervert and falsify all of the Church's truths and formulate teachings for themselves out of those perverted, falsified truths.

[2] The word used in the original language for store-houses may also mean armouries, and treasuries too, which have virtually the same meaning in the internal sense. For store-houses are places where corn is collected, and 'corn' means truth, 5276, 5280, 5292, 5402, or in the contrary sense falsity. Armouries however are places where one stores weapons of war, by which are meant the kinds of things that truth uses in fighting against falsities, or in the contrary sense those that falsity uses in fighting against truths, 1788, 1686. Treasuries are places where wealth is deposited, and by wealth and riches are meant cognitions of goodness and truth, 4508, in the contrary sense cognitions of evil and falsity. In general therefore cities of store-houses, armouries, or treasuries mean teachings composed of falsified truths.

  
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