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1 A Jakov videći da ima žita u Misiru, reče sinovima svojim: Šta gledate jedan na drugog?

2 I reče: Eto čujem da u Misiru ima žita; idite onamo te nam kupite otuda, da ostanemo živi i ne pomremo.

3 I desetorica braće Josifove otidoše da kupe žita u Misiru.

4 A Venijamina brata Josifovog ne pusti otac s braćom govoreći: Da ga ne bi zadesilo kako zlo.

5 I dođoše sinovi Izrailjevi da kupe žita s ostalima koji dolažahu; jer beše glad u zemlji hananskoj.

6 A Josif upravljaše zemljom, i prodavaše žito svemu narodu po zemlji. I braća Josifova došavši pokloniše mu se licem do zemlje.

7 A Josif ugledavši braću pozna ih; ali se učini da ih ne poznaje, i oštro im progovori i reče: Odakle ste došli? A oni rekoše: Iz zemlje hananske, da kupimo hrane.

8 Josif dakle pozna braću svoju; ali oni njega ne poznaše.

9 I opomenu se Josif snova koje je snio za njih; i reče im: Vi ste uhode; došli ste da vidite gde je zemlja slaba.

10 A oni mu rekoše: Nismo, gospodaru; nego sluge tvoje dođoše da kupe hrane.

11 Svi smo sinovi jednog čoveka, pošteni ljudi, nikada nisu sluge tvoje bile uhode.

12 A on im reče: Nije istina, nego ste došli da vidite gde je zemlja slaba.

13 A oni rekoše: Nas je bilo dvanaest braće, sluga tvojih, sinova jednog čoveka u zemlji hananskoj; i eno, najmlađi je danas kod oca našeg, a jednog nema više.

14 A Josif im reče: Kažem ja da ste vi uhode.

15 Nego hoću da se uverim ovako: tako živ bio Faraon, nećete izaći odavde dokle ne dođe ovamo najmlađi brat vaš.

16 Pošljite jednog između sebe neka dovede brata vašeg, a vi ćete ostati ovde u tamnici, pa ću videti je li istina šta govorite; inače ste uhode, tako živ bio Faraon.

17 I zatvori ih u tamnicu na tri dana.

18 A treći dan reče im Josif: Ako ste radi životu, ovo učinite, jer se ja Boga bojim:

19 Ako ste pošteni ljudi, jedan brat između vas neka ostane u tamnici, a vi idite i odnesite žita koliko treba porodicama vašim.

20 Pa onda dovedite k meni najmlađeg brata svog da se posvedoče reči vaše i da ne izginete. I oni učiniše tako.

21 I rekoše jedan drugom: Doista se ogrešismo o brata svog, jer videsmo muku duše njegove kad nam se moljaše, pa ga se oglušismo; zato dođe na nas ova muka.

22 A Ruvim odgovori im govoreći: Nisam li vam govorio: Nemojte se grešiti o dete? Ali me ne poslušaste; i zato se evo traži od nas krv njegova.

23 A oni ne znahu da ih Josif razume, jer se s njim razgovarahu preko tumača.

24 A Josif okrete se od njih, i zaplaka se. Potom se opet okrete k njima, i progovori s njima, i uzevši između njih Simeuna veza ga pred njima.

25 I zapovedi Josif da im naspu vreće žita, pa i novce šta je koji dao da metnu svakome u vreću, i da im dadu brašnjenice na put. I tako bi učinjeno.

26 I natovarivši žito svoje na magarce svoje otidoše.

27 A jedan od njih otvoriv svoju vreću da nahrani magarca svog u jednoj gostionici, vide novce svoje ozgo u vreći.

28 I reče braći svojoj: Ja dobih natrag novce svoje, evo ih u mojoj vreći. I zadrhta srce u njima i uplašiše se govoreći jedan drugom: Šta nam to učini Bog?

29 I došavši k Jakovu ocu svom u zemlju hanansku, pripovediše mu sve što im se dogodi, govoreći:

30 Oštro govoraše s nama čovek, koji zapoveda u onoj zemlji, i dočeka nas kao uhode.

31 A kad mu rekosmo: Mi smo pošteni ljudi, nikad nismo bili uhode;

32 Bilo nas je dvanaest braće, sinova oca našeg; jednog većnema, a najmlađi je danas kod oca našeg u zemlji hananskoj;

33 Reče nam čovek, koji zapoveda u onoj zemlji: Ovako ću doznati jeste li pošteni ljudi: brata jednog između sebe ostavite kod mene, a šta vam treba za porodice vaše gladi radi, uzmite i idite.

34 Posle dovedite k meni brata svog najmlađeg, da se uverim da niste uhode nego pošteni ljudi; brata ću vam vratiti, i moći ćete trgovati po ovoj zemlji.

35 A kad izručivahu vreće svoje, gle, svakome u vreći behu u zavežljaju novci njegovi; i videvši zavežljaje novaca svojih uplašiše se i oni i otac im.

36 I reče im Jakov otac njihov: Potrste mi decu; Josifa nema, Simeuna nema, pa hoćete i Venijamina da uzmete; sve se skupilo na me.

37 A Ruvim progovori i reče ocu svom: Dva sina moja ubij, ako ti ga ne dovedem natrag; daj ga u moje ruke, i ja ću ti ga opet dovesti.

38 A on reče: Neće ići sin moj s vama, jer je brat njegov umro i on osta sam, pa ako bi ga zadesilo kako zlo na putu na koji ćete ići, svalili bi ste me stara s tugom u grob.

   

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5533. They and their father. That this signifies from truths and the good of truth in the natural, is evident from the representation of the sons of Jacob, who here are “they,” as being truths in the natural (see n. 5403, 5419, 5427, 5458, 5512); and from the representation of Jacob, who is here “their father,” as being the good of truth also in the natural (n. 3659, 3669, 3677, 3775, 4234, 4273, 4538). What is meant by perception from truths and from the good of truth in the natural, may indeed be unfolded, but not so as to fall into the apprehension, except very obscurely. But in very deed this falls into the understanding of spirits as in clear day, being to them one of the more easy things. Thus it may in some measure be seen what a difference there is between the intelligence of man while he is in the world and its light, and when he is in heaven and the light there.

  
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Genesis 42

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1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

2 He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

3 Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

4 But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."

5 The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

8 Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

9 Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

10 They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."

12 He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!"

13 They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

15 By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

16 Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."

17 He put them all together into custody for three days.

18 Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.

19 If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

20 Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.

21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."

22 Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."

23 They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

24 He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

26 They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

27 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

28 He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!" Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

29 They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

30 "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

31 We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'

33 The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

34 Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.'"

35 It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

36 Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."

37 Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons, if I don't bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again."

38 He said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."