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1 Posle toga dogodi se, te peharnik cara misirskog i hlebar skriviše gospodaru svom, caru misirskom.

2 I Faraon se razgnevi na ta dva dvoranina, na starešinu nad peharnicima i na starešinu nad hlebarima;

3 I baci ih u tamnicu u kući zapovednika stražarskog, gde Josif beše sužanj.

4 A zapovednik stražarski odredi im Josifa da ih služi; i behu dugo u tamnici.

5 I usniše san obojica u jednu noć, svaki po značenju svog sna za sebe, i peharnik i hlebar cara misirskog, koji behu sužnji u tamnici.

6 I sutradan kad dođe Josif k njima, pogleda ih, a oni behu vrlo neveseli.

7 Pa zapita dvorane Faraonove, koji behu sužnji s njim u kući gospodara njegovog, i reče: Što ste danas lica neveselog?

8 A oni mu rekoše: San usnismo obojica, a nema ko da nam kaže šta znače. A Josif im reče: Šta znače, nije li u Boga? Ali pripovedite mi.

9 I starešina nad peharnicima pripovedi san svoj Josifu govoreći: Snih, a preda mnom čokot;

10 I na čokotu behu tri loze, i napupi i procvate, i grožđe na njemu uzre;

11 A u ruci mi beše čaša Faraonova, te pobrah zrelo grožđe i iscedih ga u čašu Faraonovu, i dodadoh čašu Faraonu.

12 A Josif mu reče: Ovo znači: tri su loze tri dana.

13 Još tri dana, i Faraon brojeći svoje dvorane uzeće i tebe, i opet te postaviti u pređašnju službu, i opet ćeš mu dodavati čašu kao i pre dok si mu bio peharnik.

14 Ali nemoj zaboraviti mene kad budeš u dobru, učini milost i pomeni za me Faraonu, i izvedi me iz ove kuće.

15 Jer su me ukrali iz zemlje jevrejske, a ovde nisam ništa učinio da me bace u ovu jamu.

16 A kad vide starešina nad hlebarima kako lepo kaza san, reče Josifu: i ja snih, a meni na glavi tri kotarice bele;

17 I u najgornjoj kotarici beše svakojakih kolača za Faraona, i ptice jeđahu iz kotarice na mojoj glavi.

18 A Josif odgovori i reče: Ovo znači: tri kotarice tri su dana.

19 Još tri dana, i Faraon brojeći dvorane svoje izbaciće te i obesiće te na vešala, i ptice će jesti s tebe meso.

20 I kad dođe treći dan, to beše dan u koji se rodio Faraon, i učini Faraon gozbu svim slugama svojim, i naiđe među slugama svojim na starešinu nad peharnicima i na starešinu nad hlebarima;

21 I povrati starešinu nad peharnicima u službu da dodaje čašu Faraonu;

22 A starešinu nad hlebarima obesi, kao što kaza Josif.

23 I starešina nad peharnicima ne opomenu se Josifa, nego ga zaboravi.

   

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5124. 'Pharaoh will lift up your head' means that which has been provided and therefore decided. This is clear from the meaning of 'lifting up the head' as reaching a decision, and in the highest sense as providing; for a decision taken by the Divine and the carrying of that decision into effect is Providence. 'Lifting up the head' was an expression commonly used by the Ancients when it was decided that those who were bound, that is, those in prison, should either be allowed to live or else be condemned to death. When they were allowed to live the expression 'lifting up the head' was used, as also in the second Book of Kings,

Evil-merodach king of Babel, in the year he became king, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah from the prison-house; and he spoke to him that which was good, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babel. 2 Kings 25:17, 28.

Similarly in Jeremiah,

Evil-merodach king of Babel, in the [first] year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him from the prison-house. Jeremiah 52:31.

But when someone was condemned to death the expression 'lifting up the head from upon him' was used, as in verse 19 further on which refers to the baker,

In yet three days Pharaoh will lift up your head from upon you.

[2] This phrase expressing the decision that someone should live or be put to death originated with the Ancients, among whom representatives existed; it originated in their representation of those who were bound in prison or the pit. Because those in prison represented people undergoing vastation beneath the lower earth, 4728, 4744, 5038, 'lifting up the head' therefore meant their release from this condition. For when they are released they are raised or brought up from that vastation to heavenly communities, see 2699, 2701, 2704. Being brought or raised up implies advances made towards interior things, for the expression raised up or high is used to refer to things that are interior, 2148, 4210. And because advances made towards interior things are meant, an advance towards heaven is meant, since heaven exists within interior things. Such is the meaning of 'lifting up the head'. But 'lifting up the head from upon someone' meant his condemnation to death, for in this case those who were above the ones in the pit or undergoing vastation were raised up to heaven, while those in the pit were sent down into the nether regions. These things meant by this phrase expressing the decision whether one should live or be put to death are the reason for its usage in the Word. From this it is evident that 'lifting up the head' means that which has been decided; and as this is meant, that which has been provided is meant in the highest sense, since the Divine makes provision for that on which He has made a decision.

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