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Postanak 37

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1 A Jakov živeše u zemlji gde mu je otac bio došljak, u zemlji hananskoj.

2 Ovo su događaji Jakovljevi. Josif kad beše momak od sedamnaest godina, pasaše stoku s braćom svojom, koju rodiše Vala i Zelfa žene oca njegovog; i donošaše Josif zle glasove o njima ocu svom.

3 A Izrailj ljubljaše Josifa najvećma izmeću svih sinova svojih, jer mu se rodio pod starost; i načini mu šarenu haljinu.

4 A braća videći gde ga otac ljubi najvećma između sve braće njegove, stadoše mrzeti na nj tako da mu ne mogahu lepu reč progovoriti.

5 Uz to usni Josif san i pripovedi braći svojoj, te oni još većma omrznu na nj.

6 Jer im reče: Da čujete san što sam snio:

7 Vezasmo snoplje u polju, pa moj snop usta i ispravi se, a vaši snopovi iđahu unaokolo i klanjahu se snopu mom.

8 Tada mu braća rekoše: Da nećeš još biti car nad nama i zapovedati nam? Stoga još većma stadoše mrzeti na nj radi snova njegovih i radi reči njegovih.

9 Posle opet usni drugi san, i pripovedi braći svojoj govoreći: Usnih opet san, a to se sunce i mesec i jedanaest zvezda klanjahu meni.

10 A pripovedi i ocu svom i braći svojoj; ali ga otac prekori i reče mu: Kakav je to san što si snio? Eda li ćemo doći ja i mati tvoja i braća tvoja da se klanjamo tebi do zemlje?

11 I zaviđahu mu braća; ali otac njegov čuvaše ove reči.

12 A kad braća njegova otidoše da pasu stoku oca svog kod Sihema,

13 Reče Izrailj Josifu: Ne pasu li braća tvoja stoku kod Sihema? Hajde da te pošaljem k njima. A on reče: Evo me.

14 A on mu reče: Idi, vidi kako su braća tvoja i kako je stoka, pa dođi da mi javiš. I opravi ga iz doline hevronske, i on otide put Sihema.

15 I čovek jedan nađe ga a on luta po polju; te ga zapita govoreći: Šta tražiš?

16 A on reče: Tražim braću svoju; kaži mi, molim te, gde su sa stokom?

17 A čovek reče: Otišli su odavde, jer čuh gde rekoše: Hajdemo u Dotaim. I otide Josif za braćom svojom, i nađe ih u Dotaimu.

18 A oni ga ugledaše iz daleka; i dok još ne dođe blizu njih, stadoše se dogovarati da ga ubiju,

19 I rekoše među sobom: Gle, evo onog što sne sanja.

20 Hajde sada da ga ubijemo i da ga bacimo u koju od ovih jama, pa ćemo kazati: Ljuta ga je zverka izjela. Onda ćemo videti šta će biti od njegovih snova.

21 Ali Ruvim kad ču to, izbavi ga iz ruku njihovih rekavši: Nemojte da ga ubijemo.

22 I još im reče Ruvim: Nemojte krv prolivati; bacite ga u ovu jamu u pustinji, a ne dižite ruke na nj. A on ga htede izbaviti iz ruku njihovih i odvesti k ocu.

23 I kad Josif dođe k braći svojoj, svukoše s njega haljinu njegovu, haljinu šarenu, koju imaše na sebi.

24 I uhvativši ga baciše ga u jamu; a jama beše prazna, ne beše vode u njoj.

25 Posle sedoše da jedu. I podigavši oči ugledaše, a to gomila Ismailjaca iđaše od Galada s kamilama natovarenim mirisavog korenja i tamjana i smirne, te nošahu u Misir.

26 I reče Juda braći svojoj: Kakva će biti korist što ćemo ubiti brata svog i zatajiti krv njegovu?

27 Hajde da ga prodamo ovim Ismailjcima pa da ne dižemo ruke svoje na nj, jer nam je brat, naše je telo. I poslušaše ga braća njegova.

28 Pa kad trgovci madijanski behu pored njih, oni izvukoše i izvadiše Josifa iz jame, i prodadoše Josifa Ismailjcima za dvadeset srebrnika; i oni odvedoše Josifa u Misir.

29 A kad se Ruvim vrati k jami, a to nema Josifa u jami; tada razdre haljine svoje,

30 Pa se vrati k braći svojoj, i reče: Nema deteta; a ja kuda ću?

31 Tada uzeše haljinu Josifovu, i zaklavši jare zamočiše haljinu u krv,

32 Pa onda poslaše šarenu haljinu ocu njegovom poručivši: Nađosmo ovu haljinu, vidi je li haljina sina tvog ili nije.

33 A on je pozna i reče: Sina je mog haljina; ljuta ga je zverka izjela; Josif je doista raskinut.

34 I razdre Jakov haljine svoje, i veza kostret oko sebe, i tužaše za sinom svojim dugo vremena.

35 I svi sinovi njegovi i sve kćeri njegove ustadoše oko njega tešeći ga, ali se on ne dade utešiti, nego govoraše: S tugom ću u grob leći za sinom svojim. Pa i njegov otac plakaše za njim.

36 A Madijani prodadoše ga u Misir Petefriju, dvoraninu Faraonovom, zapovedniku stražarskom.

   

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Exploring the Meaning of Genesis 37

Napsal(a) New Christian Bible Study Staff, Joe David

The stories in the Old Testament foreshadow future events -- not so much historical events, but changes in the spiritual states of humankind.

In the inner meaning, the story of Jacob, and his twelve sons, and Joseph and his dreams, deals with people's eventual rejection of the Divine truths that they would receive from the Lord in the Christian church, and their acceptance of falsities instead.

Specifically, this chapter is about the way that some theologians in the Christian church developed the idea of salvation by faith alone, when the Lord really wants us to conjoin faith and charity in our lives.

This seems like a stretch - that a story from 3500+ years ago could be foreshadowing modern theological arguments. And yet, human beings, as partly-spiritual creatures, are always players in a big, long spiritual story - and the Old Testament stories are archetypes for things we wrestle with in our own lives. For the details of this story's meaning, look at Arcana Coelestia 4665, and the following passages.

Here is an excerpt from Swedenborg's "Arcana Coelestia" that helps start explain the inner meaning of this chapter:

"The subject treated of in this chapter in the internal sense is the Divine truths which are from the Lord‘s Divine Human, that in course of time they have been rejected in the church, and that at last falsities have been received in their stead. Specifically, those are described who are in faith separate from charity, in that they are against the Lord’s Divine Human." AC 4665.

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Arcana Coelestia # 4666

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4666. THE INTERNAL SENSE

Verses 1-3 And Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan. These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, a son of seventeen years, was pasturing the flock with his brothers; and he, still a boy, was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's womenfolk; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father. And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he was the son of his old age; and he made him a tunic of various colours.

'Jacob dwelt in the land of his father's sojournings, in the land of Canaan' means the Lord's Divine Natural, which existed in accord with and beneath Divine Rational Good. 'These are the generations of Jacob' means the things that follow. 'Joseph' means the Lord's Spiritual [from His] Divine Human. 'A son of seventeen years' means His state. 'Was pasturing the flock with his brothers' means its presence among those governed by faith who were teachers. 'And he, still a boy' means at first. 'Was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's womenfolk' means that he was cast away from them. 'And Joseph brought a bad report of them to their father' means that this showed up the essential nature of those people. 'And Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons' means a joining of the Divine Spiritual of the Rational to the Divine Spiritual of the Natural. 'For he was the son of his old age' means its own life within it. 'And he made him a tunic of various colours' means the resulting appearances of truth by which the spiritual of the natural is recognized and distinguished.

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