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1 I otišavši Josif javi Faraonu i reče: Otac moj i braća moja s ovcama svojim i s govedima svojim i sa svim što imaju dođoše iz zemlje hananske, i evo ih u zemlji gesemskoj.

2 I uzevši nekolicinu braće svoje, pet ljudi, izvede ih pred Faraona.

3 A Faraon reče braći njegovoj: Kakvu radnju radite? A oni rekoše Faraonu: Pastiri su sluge tvoje, i mi i naši stari.

4 Još rekoše Faraonu: Dođosmo da živimo kao došljaci u ovoj zemlji, jer nema paše za stoku tvojih sluga, jer je velika glad u zemlji hananskoj; a sada dopusti da žive u zemlji gesemskoj sluge tvoje.

5 A Faraon reče Josifu: Otac tvoj i braća tvoja dođoše k tebi;

6 U tvojoj je vlasti zemlja misirska; na najboljem mestu u ovoj zemlji naseli oca svog i braću svoju, neka žive u zemlji gesemskoj; i ako koje znaš između njih da su vredni ljudi, postavi ih nad mojom stokom.

7 Posle dovede Josif i Jakova oca svog i izvede ga pred Faraona, i blagoslovi Jakov Faraona.

8 A Faraon reče Jakovu: Koliko ti ima godina?

9 Odgovori Jakov Faraonu: Meni ima sto i trideset godina, kako sam došljak. Malo je dana života mog i zli su bili, niti stižu vek otaca mojih, koliko su oni živeli.

10 I blagosloviv Jakov Faraona otide od Faraona.

11 A Josif naseli oca svog i braću svoju, i dade im dobro u zemlji misirskoj na najboljem mestu te zemlje, u zemlji rameskoj, kao što zapovedi Faraon.

12 I hranjaše Josif hlebom oca svog i braću svoju i sav dom oca svog do najmanjeg.

13 Ali nesta hleba u svoj zemlji, jer glad beše vrlo velika, i uzmuči se zemlja misirska i zemlja hananska od gladi.

14 I pokupi Josif sve novce što se nalažahu po zemlji misirskoj i po zemlji hananskoj za žito, koje kupovahu, i slagaše novce u kuću Faraonovu.

15 A kad nesta novca u zemlji misirskoj i u zemlji hananskoj, stadoše svi Misirci dolaziti k Josifu govoreći: Daj nam hleba; zašto da mremo kod tebe, što novaca nema?

16 A Josif im govoraše: Dajte stoku svoju, pa ću vam dati hleba za stoku, kad je nestalo novca.

17 I dovođahu stoku svoju k Josifu, i Josif im davaše hleba za konje i za ovce i za goveda i za magarce. Tako ih prehrani onu godinu hlebom za svu stoku njihovu.

18 A kad prođe ona godina, stadoše opet dolaziti k njemu druge godine govoreći: Ne možemo tajiti od gospodara svog, ali je novaca nestalo, i stoka koju imasmo u našeg je gospodara; i nije ostalo ništa da donesemo gospodaru svom osim telesa naših i njiva naših.

19 Zašto da mremo na tvoje oči? Evo i nas i naših njiva; kupi nas i njive naše za hleb, da s njivama svojim budemo robovi Faraonu, i daj žita da ostanemo živi i ne pomremo i da zemlja ne opusti.

20 Tako pokupova Josif Faraonu sve njive u Misiru, jer Misirci prodavahu svaki svoju njivu, kad glad uze jako maha među njima. I zemlja posta Faraonova.

21 A narod preseli u gradove od jednog kraja Misira do drugog.

22 Samo ne kupi svešteničke njive; jer Faraon odredi deo sveštenicima, i hranjahu se od svog dela, koji im dade Faraon, te ne prodaše svojih njiva.

23 A Josif reče narodu: Evo kupih danas vas i njive vaše Faraonu; evo vam seme, pa zasejte njive.

24 A šta bude roda, daćete peto Faraonu, a četiri dela neka budu vama za seme po njivama i za hranu vama i onima koji su po kućama vašim i za hranu deci vašoj.

25 A oni rekoše: Ti si nam život sačuvao; neka nađemo milost pred gospodarem svojim da budemo robovi Faraonu.

26 I postavi Josif zakon do današnjeg dana za njive misirske da se daje peto Faraonu; samo njive svešteničke ne postaše Faraonove.

27 A deca Izrailjeva življahu u zemlji misirskoj u kraju gesemskom, i držahu ga, i narodiše se i namnožiše se veoma.

28 I Jakov požive u zemlji misirskoj sedamnaest godina; a svega bi Jakovu sto i četrdeset i sedam godina.

29 A kad se približi vreme Izrailju da umre, dozva sina svog Josifa, i reče mu: Ako sam našao milost pred tobom, metni ruku svoju pod stegno moje, i učini mi milost i veru, nemoj me pogrepsti u Misiru;

30 Nego neka ležim kod otaca svojih; i ti me odnesi iz Misira i pogrebi me u grobu njihovom. A on reče: Učiniću kako si kazao.

31 I reče mu Jakov: Zakuni mi se. I on mu se zakle. I pokloni se Izrailj preko uzglavlja od odra svog.

   

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2838. 'As it is said today' means that which is perpetual. This is clear from the meaning of 'today' in the Word, dealt with below. One frequently reads in the Word the phrase 'even to this day (or today)', as in what has gone before,

He is the father of Moab even to this day, and the father of Ammon even to this day. Genesis 19:37-38; and in what appears later on,

The name of the city is Beersheba even to this day. Genesis 26:33; also,

The children of Israel do not eat the sinew of that which was displaced, which is on the hollow of the thigh, even to this day. Genesis 32:32; as well as,

This is the pillar of Rachel's grave even to [this] day. Genesis 35:20.

Joseph made it a statute even to this day. Genesis 47:26.

In the historical sense 'to this day' and 'today' refer to the time when Moses was alive, but in the internal sense these expressions mean perpetuity and eternity of state. 'Day' means state, see 23, 487, 488, 493, 893, and so therefore does 'today', which is the present time. That which in the world is temporal is in heaven eternal. To give the meaning of that which is eternal, the expression today or else to this day has been added, though to those who are aware only of the historical sense it does not appear to embody anything further. Similar usages of these expressions occur elsewhere in the Word, such as Joshua 4:9; 6:25; 7:26; Judges 1:21, 26; and in other places.

[2] That 'today' means that which is perpetual and eternal may be seen in David,

I will tell of the statute: Jehovah has said to me, You are My Son; today I have begotten You. Psalms 2:7.

Here 'today' plainly stands for that which is eternal. In the same author,

For ever, O Jehovah, Your Word is fixed in the heavens, Your truth to generation after generation. You have established the earth and it stands. As for Your judgements they stand [even] today. Psalms 119:89-91.

Here also 'today' plainly stands for that which is eternal. In Jeremiah,

Before I formed you in the belly, I knew you, and before you came out of the womb I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations. I have set you this day (today) over nations and over kingdoms; and I have made you today into a fortified city, and into a pillar of iron, and into walls of bronze. Jeremiah 1:5, 10, 18.

This refers in the sense of the letter to Jeremiah, but in the internal sense the Lord is meant. 'I have set you this day (or today) over nations and over kingdoms, and I have made you today into a fortified city' means from eternity. In regard to the Lord one can only speak of that which is eternal.

[3] In Moses,

You are standing today, all of you, before Jehovah your God, so that you may enter into the covenant of Jehovah your God, and into His oath, which Jehovah your God is making with you today, that He may establish you today as a people for Himself, and that He will be God to you. Not indeed with you alone [do I make it], but with those who stand with us here today before Jehovah our God, and with those who are not with us today. Deuteronomy 29:10, 12-15.

Here in the sense of the letter 'today' means that present time when

Moses addressed the people. Yet it is clear that it nevertheless implies subsequent times and what is perpetual; for making a covenant with anyone, and with those who were there and with those who were not, implies that which is perpetual. Perpetuity itself is what is meant in the internal sense.

[4] That 'daily' and 'today' mean that which is perpetual is clear also from the sacrifice that was offered each day. This sacrifice, because of what is meant by day, daily, and today, was called the continual, or perpetual, sacrifice, Numbers 28:3, 23; Daniel 8:13; 11:31; 12:11. This may be even more plainly evident from the manna which rained from heaven, spoken of in Moses as follows,

Behold, I am causing bread to rain from heaven, and the people shall go out and gather a portion day by day. And they shall not leave any of it until the morning. That which they did leave until the morning bred worms and went rotten, except that gathered on the day before the Sabbath. Exodus 16:4, 19-20, 23.

This happened because 'the manna' meant the Lord's Divine Human, John 6:31-32, 49-50, 58, and because the Lord's Divine Human meant heavenly food, which is nothing other than love and charity, together with the goods and truths of faith. In heaven the Lord imparts this food to angels moment by moment, thus perpetually and eternally, see 2193. This is also what is meant in the Lord's Prayer by the petition, Give us today our daily bread, Matthew 6:11; Luke 11:3, that is, in every moment for evermore.

  
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