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1 A u to vreme dogodi se, te Juda otide od braće svoje i uvrati se kod nekog Odolamejca, kome ime beše Iras.

2 I onde vide Juda kćer nekog Hananejca, kome ime beše Sava, i uze je i leže s njom;

3 I ona zatrudne i rodi sina, kome nadede ime Ir.

4 I opet zatrudnevši rodi sina, kome nadede ime Avnan.

5 I opet rodi sina, i nadede mu ime Silom; a Juda beše u Hasvi kad ona toga rodi.

6 I Juda oženi prvenca svog Ira devojkom po imenu Tamara.

7 Ali Ir prvenac Judin beše nevaljao pred Gospodom, i ubi ga Gospod.

8 A Juda reče Avnanu: Uđi k ženi brata svog i oženi se njom na ime bratovo, da podigneš seme bratu svom.

9 A Avnan, znajući da neće biti njegov porod, kad leže sa ženom brata svog prosipaše na zemlju, da ne rodi dece bratu svom.

10 Ali Gospodu ne bi milo što činjaše, te ubi i njega.

11 I Juda reče Tamari snasi svojoj: Ostani udovicom u kući oca svog dokle odraste Silom sin moj. Jer govoraše: Da ne umre i on kao braća mu. I otide Tamara, i živeše u kući oca svog.

12 A kad prođe mnogo vremena, umre kći Savina, žena Judina. I kad se Juda uteši, pođe u Tamnu k ljudima što mu strižahu ovce, sam s Irasom prijateljem svojim Odolamejcem.

13 I javiše Tamari govoreći: Eto svekar tvoj ide u Tamnu da striže ovce svoje.

14 A ona skide sa sebe udovičko ruho svoje, i uze pokrivalo i pokri lice, i sede na raskršće na putu koji ide u Tamnu. Jer vide da je Silom odrastao, a nju još ne udaše za nj.

15 A Juda kada vide, pomisli da je kurva, jer beše pokrila lice svoje.

16 Pa svrnu s puta k njoj i reče joj: Pusti da legnem s tobom. Jer nije poznao da mu je snaha. A ona reče: Šta ćeš mi dati da legneš sa mnom?

17 A on reče: Poslaću ti jare iz stada. A ona reče: Ali da mi daš zalog dokle ga ne pošalješ.

18 A on reče: Kakav zalog da ti dam? A ona reče: Eto, prsten i rubac, i štap što ti je u ruci. I on joj dade, te leže s njom, i ona zatrudne od njega.

19 Posle ustavši Tamara otide i skide pokrivalo sa sebe i obuče udovičko ruho.

20 A Juda posla jare po prijatelju svom Odolamejcu da mu donese natrag od žene zalog. Ali je on ne nađe.

21 Pa pitaše ljude po onom mestu gde je ona bila govoreći: Gde je ona kurva što je bila na raskršću na ovom putu? A oni rekoše: Nije ovde bilo kurve.

22 I vrati se k Judi i reče: Ne nađoh je, nego još rekoše meštani: Nije ovde bilo kurve.

23 A Juda reče: Neka joj, da se ne sramotimo; ja sam slao jare, ali je ti ne nađe.

24 A kad prođe do tri meseca dana, javiše Judi govoreći: Tamara snaha tvoja učini preljubu, i evo zatrudne od preljube. A Juda reče: Izvedite je da se spali.

25 A kad je povedoše, posla k svekru svom i poruči: S čovekom čije je ovo zatrudnela sam. I reče: Traži čiji je ovaj prsten i rubac i štap.

26 A Juda pozna i reče: Pravija je od mene, jer je ne dadoh sinu svom Silomu. I više ne leže s njom.

27 A kad dođe vreme da rodi, a to blizanci u utrobi njenoj.

28 I kad se porađaše, jedno dete pomoli ruku, a babica uze i veza mu crven konac oko ruke govoreći: Ovaj je prvi.

29 Ali on uvuče ruku, i gle izađe brat njegov, a ona reče: Kako prodre? Prodiranje neka ti bude. I nadeše mu ime Fares.

30 A posle izađe brat mu, kome oko ruke beše crveni konac, i nadeše mu ime Zara.

   

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4690. 'And his brothers said to him' means the adherents to faith separated from charity. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph's brothers' as the Church which turns aside from charity to faith and at length separates faith from charity, dealt with in 4665, 4671, 4679. The more internal members of that Church however were meant by the sheaves seen in the dream, 4686, 4688. The reason 'Joseph's brothers' represent that Church is that in the proximate sense they mean that which was a representative of the Church, that is, the semblance of religion established among the descendants of Jacob. They did not, it is true, know anything of faith such as the Christian Church knows of, but they knew of truth. Truth for them consisted in the same things as faith does for Christians. What is more, the same word is used in the original language for both faith and truth. But by truth the Jewish Church meant the Ten Commandments, and also the laws, judgements, testimonies, and statutes which were handed down to it through Moses. Interior aspects of truth they neither knew nor wished to know.

[2] The Christian Church however applies the term faith to matters of doctrine which constitute the more internal features of the Church and are called matters of belief. For by faith the ordinary people understand nothing other than that contained in the Creeds or that taught by books expounding the Creeds. But those who think that matters of doctrine concerning faith or knowledge of these cannot save anyone, and that few lead the life of faith, call faith confidence. But these are above the ordinary people and are more learned than others. From these considerations one may see that the subject at this point in the internal sense is not only that representative of the Church which had been established among the descendants of Jacob but also the Christian Church that followed it. For the Lord's Word is all-embracing and in general includes every Church. Indeed the Lord foresaw what the Christian Church would be like no less than what the Jewish Church would be like, though more immediately or proximately in the case of the Jewish. This is why this sense is called the proximate or internal historical sense, and the other the internal sense.

  
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