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2 Mosebok 10

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1 Därefter sade HERREN till Mose: »Gå till Farao; ty jag har tillslutit hans och hans tjänares hjärtan, för att jag skulle göra dessa mina tecken mitt ibland dem,

2 och för att du sedan skulle kunna förtälja för din son och din sonson vilka stora gärningar jag har utfört bland egyptierna, och vilka tecken jag har gjort bland dem, så att I förnimmen att jag är HERREN

3 Då gingo Mose och Aron till Farao och sade till honom: »Så säger HERREN, hebréernas Gud: Huru länge vill du vara motsträvig och icke ödmjuka dig inför mig? Släpp mitt folk, så att de kunna hålla gudstjänst åt mig.

4 Ty om du icke vill släppa mitt folk, se, då skall jag i morgon låta gräshoppor komma över ditt land.

5 Och de skola övertäcka marken så att man icke kan se marken; och de skola äta upp återstoden av den kvarleva som har blivit över åt eder efter haglet, och de skola aväta alla edra träd, som växa på marken.

6 Och dina hus skola bliva uppfyllda av dem, så ock alla dina tjänares hus och alla egyptiers hus, så att dina fäder och dina faders fäder icke hava sett något sådant, från den dag de blevo till på jorden ända till denna dag.» Och han vände sig om och gick ut ifrån Farao.

7 Men Faraos tjänare sade till honom: »Huru länge skall denne vara oss till förfång? Släpp männen, så att de kunna hålla gudstjänst åt HERREN, sin Gud. Inser du icke ännu att Egypten bliver fördärvat?»

8 Då hämtade man Mose och Aron tillbaka till Farao. Och han sade till dem: »I mån gå åstad och hålla gudstjänst åt HERREN, eder Gud. Men vilka äro nu de som skola gå?»

9 Mose svarade: »Vi vilja gå både unga och gamla; vi vilja gå med söner och döttrar, med får och fäkreatur; ty en HERRENS högtid skola vi hålla.»

10 Då sade han till dem: »Må HERREN: vara med eder lika visst som jag släpper eder med edra kvinnor och barn! Där ser man att I haven ont i sinnet!

11 Nej; I män mån gå åstad och hålla gudstjänst åt HERREN; det var ju detta som I begärden.» Och man drev dem ut ifrån Farao.

12 Och HERREN sade till Mose: »Räck ut din hand över Egyptens land, så att gräshoppor komma över Egyptens land och äta upp alla örter i landet, allt vad haglet har lämnat kvar.»

13 Då räckte Mose ut sin stav över Egyptens land, och HERREN lät en östanvind blåsa över landet hela den dagen och hela natten; och när det blev morgon, förde östanvinden gräshopporna fram med sig.

14 Och gräshopporna kommo över hela Egyptens land och slogo i stor mängd ned över hela Egyptens område; en sådan myckenhet av gräshoppor hade aldrig tillförne kommit och skall icke heller hädanefter komma.

15 De övertäckte hela marken, så att marken blev mörk; och de åto upp alla örter i landet och all frukt på träden, allt som haglet hade lämnat kvar; intet grönt blev kvar på träden eller på markens örter i hela Egyptens land.

16 Då kallade Farao med hast Mose och Aron till sig och sade: »Jag har syndat mot HERREN, eder Gud, och mot eder.

17 Men förlåt nu min synd denna enda gång; och bedjen till HERREN, eder Gud, att han avvänder allenast denna dödsplåga ifrån mig.»

18 Då gick han ut ifrån Farao och bad till HERREN.

19 Och HERREN vände om vinden och lät en mycket stark västanvind komma; denna fattade i gräshopporna och kastade dem i Röda havet, så att icke en enda gräshoppa blev kvar inom Egyptens hela område.

20 Men HERREN förstockade Faraos hjärta, så att han icke släppte Israels barn.

21 Därefter sade HERREN till Mose: »Räck din hand upp mot himmelen, så skall över Egyptens land komma ett sådant mörker, att man kan taga på det.»

22 Då räckte Mose sin hand upp mot himmelen, och ett tjockt mörker kom över hela Egyptens land i tre dagar.

23 Ingen kunde se den andre, och ingen kunde röra sig från sin plats i tre dagar. Men alla Israels barn hade ljust där de bodde.

24 Då kallade Farao Mose till sig och sade: »Gån åstad och hållen gudstjänst åt HERREN; låten allenast edra får och fäkreatur bliva kvar. Också edra kvinnor och barn må gå med eder.»

25 Men Mose sade: »Du måste ock låta oss få slaktoffer och brännoffer att offra åt HERREN, vår Gud.

26 Också vår boskap måste gå med oss, och icke en klöv får bliva kvar; ty därav måste vi taga det varmed vi skola hålla gudstjänst åt HERREN, vår Gud. Och förrän vi komma dit, veta vi själva icke vad vi böra offra åt HERREN

27 Men HERREN förstockade Faraos hjärta, så att han icke ville släppa dem.

28 Och Farao sade till honom: »Gå bort ifrån mig, och tag dig till vara för att ännu en gång komma inför mitt ansikte; ty på den dag du kommer inför mitt ansikte skall du

29 Mose svarade: »Du har talat rätt; jag skall icke vidare komma inför ditt ansikte

   

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Photo by Caleb Kerr

“The eyes are the windows of the soul.” That's a sentiment with roots somewhere in murky antiquity, but one that has become hopelessly cliché because it is both poetic and obviously true. We feel that if we can look in someone's eyes, we can truly know what they are inside. And it's not just the eyes; really it is the face as a whole that conveys this. As Swedenborg puts it, the face is “man's spiritual world presented in his natural world” (Heaven and Hell, No. 91). Our faces reveal our interior thoughts and feelings in myriad ways, which is why psychologists, poker players and criminal investigators spend so much time studying them. It makes sense, then, that people's faces in the Bible represent their interiors, the thoughts, loves and desires they hold most deeply. We turn our faces to the ground to show humility when we bow in worship; we turn them to the mountains when seeking inspiration; we turn them toward our enemies when we are ready to battle temptation. When things are hard, we need to “face facts,” or accept them internally. When the topic is the Lord's face, it represents the Lord's interiors, which are perfect love and perfect mercy. And when people turn away from the Lord and refuse his love, it is described as the Lord “hiding his face.”

(Odkazy: Heaven and Hell 91)


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Genesis 41

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1 It happened at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold, he stood by the river.

2 Behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, sleek and fat, and they fed in the marsh grass.

3 Behold, seven other cattle came up after them out of the river, ugly and thin, and stood by the other cattle on the brink of the river.

4 The ugly and thin cattle ate up the seven sleek and fat cattle. So Pharaoh awoke.

5 He slept and dreamed a second time: and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, healthy and good.

6 Behold, seven heads of grain, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

7 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven healthy and full ears. Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.

8 It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.

9 Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I remember my faults today.

10 Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and put me in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker.

11 We dreamed a dream in one night, I and he. We dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.

12 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.

13 It happened, as he interpreted to us, so it was: he restored me to my office, and he hanged him."

14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.

15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."

16 Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."

17 Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:

18 and behold, there came up out of the river seven cattle, fat and sleek. They fed in the marsh grass,

19 and behold, seven other cattle came up after them, poor and very ugly and thin, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for ugliness.

20 The thin and ugly cattle ate up the first seven fat cattle,

21 and when they had eaten them up, it couldn't be known that they had eaten them, but they were still ugly, as at the beginning. So I awoke.

22 I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain came up on one stalk, full and good:

23 and behold, seven heads of grain, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.

24 The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me."

25 Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.

26 The seven good cattle are seven years; and the seven good heads of grain are seven years. The dream is one.

27 The seven thin and ugly cattle that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty heads of grain blasted with the east wind; they will be seven years of famine.

28 That is the thing which I spoke to Pharaoh. What God is about to do he has shown to Pharaoh.

29 Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt.

30 There will arise after them seven years of famine, and all the plenty will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will consume the land,

31 and the plenty will not be known in the land by reason of that famine which follows; for it will be very grievous.

32 The dream was doubled to Pharaoh, because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.

33 "Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt's produce in the seven plenteous years.

35 Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and lay up grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.

36 The food will be for a store to the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; that the land not perish through the famine."

37 The thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.

38 Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom is the Spirit of God?"

39 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.

40 You shall be over my house, and according to your word will all my people be ruled. Only in the throne I will be greater than you."

41 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."

42 Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,

43 and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had. They cried before him, "Bow the knee!" He set him over all the land of Egypt.

44 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."

45 Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-Paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.

46 Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

47 In the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth abundantly.

48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was around every city, he laid up in the same.

49 Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.

50 To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.

51 Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."

52 The name of the second, he called Ephraim: "For God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction."

53 The seven years of plenty, that were in the land of Egypt, came to an end.

54 The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

55 When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."

56 The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.

57 All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.