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1 A Josifa odvedoše u Misir; i Petefrije dvoranin Faraonov, zapovednik stražarski, čovek Misirac, kupi ga od Ismailjaca, koji ga odvedoše onamo.

2 I Gospod beše s Josifom, te bi srećan, i živeše u kući gospodara svog Misirca.

3 I gospodar njegov vide da je Gospod s njim i da sve što radi Gospod vodi u napredak u ruci njegovoj.

4 I Josif steče milost u njega, i dvoraše ga; a najposle postavi ga nad celim domom svojim, i šta god imaše njemu dade u ruke.

5 A kad ga postavi nad domom svojim i nad svim što imaše, od tada Gospod blagoslovi dom toga Misirca radi Josifa; i blagoslov Gospodnji beše na svemu što imaše u kući i u polju.

6 I ostavi u Josifovim rukama sve što imaše, i ne razbiraše nizašta osim jela koje jeđaše. A Josif beše lepog stasa i lepog lica.

7 I dogodi se posle, te se žena gospodara njegovog zagleda u Josifa, i reče: Lezi sa mnom.

8 A on ne hte, nego reče ženi gospodara svog: Eto gospodar moj ne razbira nizašta šta je u kući, nego šta god ima dade meni u ruke.

9 Ni sam nije veći od mene u ovoj kući, i ništa ne krije od mene osim tebe, jer si mu žena; pa kako bih učinio tako grdno zlo i Bogu zgrešio?

10 I ona govoraše takve reči Josifu svaki dan, ali je ne posluša da legne s njom ni da se bavi kod nje.

11 A jedan dan kad dođe Josif u kuću da radi svoj posao, a ne beše nikoga od domašnjih u kući,

12 Ona ga uhvati za haljinu govoreći: Lezi sa mnom. Ali on ostavivši joj u rukama haljinu svoju pobeže i otide.

13 A kad ona vide gde joj ostavi u rukama haljinu svoju i pobeže,

14 Viknu čeljad svoju, i reče im govoreći: Gledajte, doveo nam je čoveka Jevrejina da nas sramoti; dođe k meni da legne sa mnom, a ja povikah glasno;

15 A on kad ču gde vičem, ostavi haljinu svoju kod mene i pobeže i otide.

16 I ona ostavi haljinu njegovu kod sebe dok mu gospodar dođe kući.

17 A tada mu reče ovako govoreći: Sluga Jevrejin, koga si nam doveo, dođe k meni da me osramoti;

18 A ja povikah glasno, te on ostavi haljinu svoju kod mene i pobeže.

19 A kad gospodar njegov ču reči žene svoje gde mu reče: To mi je učinio sluga tvoj, razgnevi se vrlo.

20 I gospodar Josifov uhvati ga, i baci ga u tamnicu, gde ležahu sužnji carski: i bi onde u tamnici.

21 Ali Gospod beše s Josifom i raširi milost svoju nad njim i učini te omile tamničaru.

22 I poveri tamničar Josifu sve sužnje u tamnici, i šta je god trebalo onde činiti on uređivaše.

23 I tamničar ne nadgledaše ništa što beše u Josifovoj ruci, jer Gospod beše s njim; i šta god činjaše, Gospod vođaše u napredak.

   

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4976. 'And ministered to him' means that factual knowledge was assigned to its own good. This is clear from the meaning of 'ministering' as serving by supplying what another has need of, in this case as being assigned to since the subject is natural good to which factual knowledge is to be assigned. 'Ministering' is also used to describe known facts, for in the Word a minister and a servant mean factual knowledge or natural truth because this is subservient to good as its lord. Factual knowledge stands in relation to delight present in the natural man - or what amounts to the same, natural truth stands in relation to its good - in exactly the same way as water does to bread, or drink to food. Water or drink enables bread or food to be dissolved, and once dissolved to be conveyed into the blood, from which it passes into all parts around the body and nourishes them. Without the water or drink the bread or food is not broken down into extremely small particles and carried around the body to fulfill its purpose.

[2] The same applies to factual knowledge in relation to delight, or truth in relation to good. That being so, good longs for and desires truth, and does so because of the purpose such truth can fulfill by ministering to it and serving it. Food and drink also correspond to these. No one in the next life is nourished by any natural food or natural drink, only by spiritual food and spiritual drink, spiritual food being good, and spiritual drink truth. This is why, when bread or food is mentioned in the Word, angels understand spiritual bread or food, which is the good of love and charity; and when water or drink is mentioned they understand spiritual water or drink, which is the truth of faith. From this one may see what the truth of faith without the good of charity is, and also what kind of nourishment the former without the latter is able to supply to the internal man; that is to say, it is like the nourishment supplied by water or drink alone without bread or food. It is well known that a person fed on water or drink alone wastes away and dies.

  
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