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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 # 6637

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6637. And these are the names of the sons of Israel. That this signifies the quality of the church, is evident from the signification of “name,” as being the quality (see n. 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2628, 2724, 3006, 3421); from the representation of the sons of Israel, as being spiritual truths (n. 5414, 5879, 5951); and from the representation of Israel, as being the good of truth, or spiritual good (n. 3654, 4598, 5803, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833). As Israel represents the good of truth, or spiritual good, and his sons spiritual truths in the natural, therefore the sons of Israel represent the church; for the church is the church from spiritual good and from the derivative truths. He who is not in spiritual good, that is, in the good of charity, and in spiritual truths, that is, in the truths of faith, is not of the church, in spite of his having been born within it. For the whole heavenly kingdom of the Lord is in the good of love and of faith; and unless the church is in the like, it cannot be the church, because it is not conjoined with heaven, for the church is the Lord’s kingdom on earth.

[2] Its being called the church is not from the fact that the Word is there, and that there are doctrinal things therefrom, nor from the fact that the Lord is known there, and that the sacraments are there; but it is the church from the fact that men live according to the Word, or according to doctrine from the Word, and so that the doctrine is the rule of life. They who are not of this character are not of the church, but are outside of it; and they who live in evil, thus they who live contrary to doctrine, are further outside the church than the Gentiles who know nothing whatever of the Word, of the Lord, and of the sacraments; for the former, because they know the goods and truths of the Church, extinguish the church in themselves, which the Gentiles cannot do, because they do not know them. Be it further known that everyone who lives in the good of charity and of faith is a church and kingdom of the Lord, and from this is called a temple, and also a house, of God. The church in general is constituted of those who are churches in particular, however far apart they may be. This then is the church which is meant here and in what follows by the “sons of Israel.”

  
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