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1 Ali glad beše vrlo velika u onoj zemlji.

2 Pa kad pojedoše žito koje behu doneli iz Misira, reče im otac: Idite opet, i kupite nam malo hrane.

3 A Juda mu progovori i reče: Tvrdo nam se zarekao onaj čovek govoreći: Nećete videti lice moje, ako ne bude s vama brat vaš.

4 Ako ćeš pustiti s nama brata našeg, ići ćemo i kupićemo ti hrane.

5 Ako li nećeš pustiti, nećemo ići, jer nam je rekao onaj čovek: Nećete videti lice moje, ako ne bude s vama brat vaš.

6 A Izrailj reče: Što mi to zlo učiniste i kazaste čoveku da imate još jednog brata?

7 A oni rekoše: Čovek je potanko raspitivao za nas i za rod naš govoreći: Je li vam jošte živ otac? Imate li još braće? A mi mu odgovorismo kako nas pitaše. Jesmo li mogli kako znati da će kazati: Dovedite brata svog?

8 I reče Juda Izrailju ocu svom: Pusti dete sa mnom, pa ćemo se podignuti i otići, da ostanemo živi i ne pomremo i mi i ti i naša deca.

9 Ja ti se jamčim za nj, iz moje ga ruke išti; ako ti ga ne dovedem natrag i preda te ne stavim, da sam ti kriv do veka.

10 Da nismo toliko oklevali, do sada bismo se dva puta vratili.

11 Onda reče Izrailj otac njihov: Kad je tako, učinite ovo: uzmite šta najlepše ima u ovoj zemlji u svoje vreće, i ponesite čoveku onom dar: malo tamjana i malo meda, mirisavog korenja i smirne, urme i badema.

12 A novaca ponesite dvojinom, i uzmite novce što behu ozgo u vrećama vašim i odnesite natrag, može biti da je pogreška.

13 I uzmite brata svog, pa ustanite i idite opet k onom čoveku.

14 A Bog Svemogući da vam da da nađete milost u onog čoveka, da vam pusti brata vašeg drugog i Venijamina; ako li ostanem bez dece, nek ostanem bez dece.

15 Tada uzevši dare i novaca dvojinom, uzevši i Venijamina, podigoše se i otidoše u Misir, i izađoše pred Josifa.

16 A Josif kad vide s njima Venijamina, reče čoveku koji upravljaše kućom njegovom: Odvedi ove ljude u kuću, pa nakolji mesa i zgotovi, jer će u podne sa mnom jesti ovi ljudi.

17 I učini čovek kako Josif reče, i uvede ljude u kuću Josifovu.

18 A oni se bojahu kad ih čovek vođaše u kuću Josifovu, i rekoše: Za novce koji pre behu metnuti u vreće naše vodi nas, dokle smisli kako će nas okriviti, da nas zarobi i uzme naše magarce.

19 Pa pristupivši k čoveku koji upravljaše kućom Josifovom, progovoriše mu na vratima kućnim,

20 I rekoše: Čuj, gospodaru; došli smo bili i pre, i kupismo hrane;

21 Pa kad dođosmo u jednu gostionicu i otvorismo vreće, a to novci svakog nas behu ozgo u vreći njegovoj, novci naši na meru; i evo smo ih doneli natrag;

22 A druge smo novce doneli da kupimo hrane; ne znamo ko nam metnu novce naše u vreće.

23 A on im reče: Budite mirni, ne bojte se; Bog vaš i Bog oca vašeg metnuo je blago u vreće vaše; novci su vaši bili u mene. I izvede im Simeuna.

24 I uvede ih čovek u kuću Josifovu, i donese im vode te opraše noge, i magarcima njihovim položi.

25 I pripraviše dar čekajući dokle dođe Josif u podne, jer čuše da će oni onde jesti.

26 I kad Josif dođe kući, iznesoše mu dar koji imahu kod sebe, i pokloniše mu se do zemlje.

27 A on ih zapita kako su, i reče: Kako je otac vaš stari, za koga mi govoriste? Je li jošte živ?

28 A oni rekoše: Dobro je sluga tvoj, otac naš; još je živ. I pokloniše mu se.

29 A on pogledavši vide Venijamina brata svog, sina matere svoje, i reče: Je li vam to najmlađi brat vaš za kog mi govoriste? I reče: Bog da ti bude milostiv, sinko!

30 A Josifu goraše srce od ljubavi prema bratu svom, te brže potraži gde će plakati, i ušavši u jednu sobu plaka onde.

31 Posle umiv se izađe, i ustežući se reče: Dajte jelo.

32 I donesoše njemu najposle i Misircima koji obedovahu u njega, jer ne mogahu Misirci jesti s Jevrejima, jer je to nečisto Misircima.

33 A seđahu pred njim stariji po stareštvu svom a mlađi po mladosti svojoj. I zgledahu se od čuda.

34 I uzimajući jela ispred sebe slaše njima, i Venijaminu dopade pet puta više nego drugima. I piše i napiše se s njim.

   

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5695. 'And he washed his face' means that it took steps to ensure this. This is clear from the meaning of 'washing his face' here as taking steps to ensure that it remained unseen; for Joseph's face was washed, and so steps were taken by him to ensure that his tears remained unseen. The full implications of this will in the Lord's Divine mercy be stated further on; but let something be said at this point about the correspondence of a person's face with his interiors. His face is what is external serving to represent his interiors. For the face has been designed in such a way that a person's interiors may be seen there as if in a mirror that reflects things in a representative fashion; it has been so designed that another may know its owner's attitude of mind towards himself, so that the owner reveals his sentiments when he speaks not only through his speech but also through his face. This was the kind of face possessed by the most ancient people who belonged to the celestial Church, and it is the kind that all angels have. Angels have no wish to conceal from others anything they think, for they think solely of their neighbour's well-being. Nor do they have any thought hidden away which desires their neighbour's well-being for some selfish reason of their own.

[2] But those in hell, as long as they are not seen in the light of heaven, have a face other than the one that corresponds to their interiors. The reason for this is that during their lifetime they bore witness by means of their face to charity towards the neighbour solely for the sake of their own position and gain; they did not desire their neighbour's well being except insofar as it was identical with their own. Consequently the expression on their face is at variance with their interiors. Sometimes that variance is so great that feelings of enmity, hatred, and revenge, and the desire to murder are inwardly present, yet their face is set in such a way that love towards their neighbour is beaming from it. From this one may see how far people's interiors disagree at the present day with their exteriors, and why they resort to those kinds of practices to serve their own interests.

  
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