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1 Tada Josif ne mogući se uzdržati pred ostalima koji stajahu oko njega, povika: Izađite svi napolje. Tako ne osta niko kod njega kad se Josif pokaza braći svojoj.

2 Pa briznu plakati tako da čuše Misirci, ču i dom Faraonov.

3 I reče Josif braći svojoj: Ja sam Josif; je li mi otac još u životu? Ali mu braća ne mogahu odgovoriti, jer se prepadoše od njega.

4 A Josif reče braći svojoj: Pristupite bliže k meni. I pristupiše; a on reče ja sam Josif brat vaš, kog prodadoste u Misir.

5 A sada nemojte žaliti niti se kajati što me prodadoste ovamo, jer Bog mene posla pred vama radi života vašeg.

6 Jer je većdve godine dana glad u zemlji, a biće još pet godina, gde neće biti ni oranja ni žetve.

7 A Bog me posla pred vama, da vas sačuva na zemlji i da vam izbavi život izbavljenjem prevelikim.

8 I tako niste me vi opravili ovamo nego sam Bog, koji me postavi ocem Faraonu i gospodarem od svega doma njegovog i starešinom nad svom zemljom misirskom.

9 Vratite se brže k ocu mom i kažite mu: Ovako veli sin tvoj Josif: Bog me je postavio gospodarem svemu Misiru, hodi k meni, nemoj oklevati.

10 Sedećeš u zemlji gesemskoj i bićeš blizu mene, ti i sinovi tvoji i sinovi sinova tvojih, i ovce tvoje i goveda tvoja i šta je god tvoje.

11 I ja ću te hraniti onde, jer će još pet godina biti glad, da ne pogineš od gladi ti i dom tvoj i šta je god tvoje.

12 A eto vidite očima svojim, i brat moj Venijamin svojim očima, da vam ja iz usta govorim.

13 Kažite ocu mom svu slavu moju u Misiru i šta ste god videli; pohitajte i dovedite ovamo oca mog.

14 Tada pade oko vrata Venijaminu bratu svom i plaka. I Venijamin plaka o vratu njegovom.

15 I izljubi svu braću svoju i isplaka se nad njima. Potom se braća njegova razgovarahu s njim.

16 I ču se glas u kući Faraonovoj, i rekoše: Dođoše braća Josifu. I milo bi Faraonu i slugama njegovim;

17 I reče Faraon Josifu: Kaži braći svojoj: Ovako učinite: natovarite magarce svoje, pa idite i vratite se u zemlju hanansku,

18 Pa uzmite oca svog i čeljad svoju, i dođite k meni, i daću vam najbolje što ima u zemlji misirskoj, i ješćete najbolje obilje ove zemlje.

19 A ti im zapovedi: Ovako učinite: uzmite sa sobom iz zemlje misirske kola za decu svoju i za žene svoje, i povedite oca svog i dođite ovamo;

20 A na pokućstvo svoje ne gledajte, jer šta ima najbolje u svoj zemlji misirskoj vaše je.

21 I sinovi Izrailjevi učiniše tako; i Josif im dade kola po zapovesti Faraonovoj; dade im i brašnjenice na put.

22 I svakome dade po dve haljine, a Venijaminu dade trista srebrnika i petore haljine.

23 A ocu svom posla još deset magaraca natovarenih najlepših stvari što ima u Misiru, i deset magarica natovarenih žita i hleba i jestiva ocu na put.

24 Tako opravi braću svoju, i pođoše; i reče im: Nemojte se koriti putem.

25 Tako se vratiše iz Misira, i dođoše u zemlju hanansku k Jakovu ocu svom.

26 I javiše mu i rekoše: Još je živ Josif, i zapoveda nad svom zemljom misirskom. A u njemu srce prenemože, jer im ne verovaše.

27 Ali kad mu kazaše sve reči Josifove, koje im je Josif rekao, i vide kola, koja posla Josif po oca, tada ožive duh Jakova oca njihovog;

28 I reče Izrailj: Dosta mi je kad je još živ sin moj Josif; idem da ga vidim dokle nisam umro.

   

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This World War I poster shows the nations allied against the Axis countries.

Generally in the Bible a "country" means a political subdivision ruled by a king, or sometimes a tribe with a territory ruled by a king or chieftain. Others are what we now call city-states, with surrounding farm areas. In almost all cases these countries were far smaller than our modern idea of countries, though Egypt and Assyria would be exceptions. Sometimes the word is used to refer to countryside, a wide area with no consideration of boundaries as when the twelve Israelites were sent to spy out the country.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 3816 [3], 6818, 6820, 6821; Charity 83, 85; True Christian Religion 305)

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3814. 'And he dwelt with him for a full month' means a new state of life. This is clear from the meaning of 'dwelling' as life, dealt with in 1293, 3384, 3613, and from the meaning of 'a full month' as a new state. All periods of time mean states, see 1274, 1382, 2625, 2788, 2837, 3254, 3356, 3404, so that years, months, and days mean such. What kind of states are meant however is clear from the numbers attached to them. When however year, month, or day is used in the singular, an entire state is meant, and so the end of the previous state and the beginning of the next, as has also been shown in various places in the explanations. Here therefore 'month' means the end of the previous state and the beginning of the next, and so means a new state, as in other places in the Word, as in Isaiah,

At length from month to its month, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh will come to bow down before Me, said Jehovah. Isaiah 66:23.

In John,

He showed me a pure river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. In the middle of its street, and of the river, on this side and on that, was the tree of life bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruit each month. Revelation 22:1-2.

'Yielding its fruit each month' stands for a state for ever new as regards the reception of good and the consequent practice of it. In Moses, Count the sons of Levi according to their father's house and according to their families. Every male a month old and over shall you count. Count every firstborn male of the children of Israel, a month old and over, and take the number of their names. Numbers 3:15, 40.

[2] It was because the end of the previous state and the beginning of the next, that is, a new state, was meant by 'a month' that they were ordered to count those who were 'a month old and over'. In the same author,

If you see among captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire for her so that you would take her to yourself for a wife, she shall remove the clothing of her captivity from upon her, and she shall sit in your house and lament her father and her mother for a full month. After that you shall go in to her and know her, and she shall be your wife. Deuteronomy 21:11, 13.

Here 'a full month' clearly stands for the end of the previous and the beginning of the next or new state.

  
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