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1 At sinabi ng Panginoon kay Moises, Ngayo'y iyong makikita kung ano ang gagawin ko kay Faraon, sapagka't sa pamamagitan ng isang malakas na kamay ay payayaunin niya sila, at sa pamamagitan ng isang malakas na kamay ay palalayasin niya sila sa kaniyang lupain.

2 At ang Dios ay nagsalita kay Moises, at nagsabi sa kaniya, Ako'y si Jehova.

3 At ako'y napakita kay Abraham, kay Isaac, at kay Jacob na Dios na Makapangyarihan sa lahat; nguni't sa pamamagitan ng aking pangalang Jehova, noon ay hindi ako napakilala sa kanila.

4 At akin ding pinapagtibay ang aking tipan sa kanila na ibibigay ko sa kanila ang lupain ng Canaan, ang lupain ng kanilang pakikipamayan, na kanilang pinakipamayanan.

5 At bukod dito'y aking narinig ang hibik ng mga anak ni Israel na mga binibinbin ng mga Egipcio sa pagkaalipin; at aking naalaala ang aking tipan.

6 Kaya't sabihin mo sa mga anak ni Israel, Ako'y si Jehova at aking ilalabas kayo sa ilalim ng mga atang sa mga Egipcio, at aking hahanguin kayo sa pagkaalipin sa kanila, at aking tutubusin kayo na may unat na kamay at may mga dakilang kahatulan:

7 At kayo'y aking aariin na pinakabayan ko at ako'y magiging sa inyo'y Dios, at inyong makikilala na ako'y si Jehova ninyong Dios, na naglalabas sa inyo sa ilalim ng mga atang sa mga Egipcio.

8 At aking dadalhin kayo sa lupain, na siyang pinagtaasan ko ng aking kamay na aking ibibigay kay Abraham, kay Isaac, at kay Jacob; at aking ibibigay sa inyo na pinakamana: ako'y si Jehova.

9 At sinalitang gayon ni Moises sa mga anak ni Israel; datapuwa't hindi sila nakinig kay Moises, dahil sa yamot, at dahil sa mabagsik na pagkaalipin.

10 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Moises, na sinasabi,

11 Pumasok ka, salitain mo kay Faraon na hari sa Egipto, na kaniyang pahintulutang umalis sa lupain niya ang mga anak ni Israel.

12 At si Moises ay nagsalita sa harap ng Panginoon, na sinasabi, Narito ang mga anak ni Israel ay hindi nakinig sa akin; paano ngang si Faraon ay makikinig sa akin, na ako'y may mga labing di tuli?

13 At ang Panginoon ay nagsalita kay Moises at kay Aaron, at pinagbilinan sila hinggil sa mga anak ni Israel, at kay Faraon, na hari sa Egipto, upang ilabas ang mga anak ni Israel sa lupain ng Egipto.

14 Ito ang mga pangulo sa mga angkan ng kanilang mga magulang; ang mga anak ni Ruben na panganay ni Israel; si Hanoch, at si Phallu, at si Hezron, at si Carmi: ito ang mga angkan ni Ruben.

15 At ang mga anak ni Simeon; si Jemuel, at si Jamin, at si Ohad, at si Jachin, at si Zoar, at si Saul na anak sa isang babaing taga Canaan: ito ang mga angkan ni Simeon.

16 At ito ang mga pangalan ng mga anak ni Levi ayon sa kanilang lahi; si Gerson, at si Coath, at si Merari; at ang mga naging taon ng buhay ni Levi ay isang daan at tatlong pu't pitong taon.

17 Ang mga anak ni Gerson; si Libni at si Shimi, ayon sa kanikanilang angkan.

18 At ang mga anak ni Coath; si Amram, at si Izhar, at si Hebron, at si Uzziel; at ang mga naging taon ng buhay ni Coath ay isang daan at tatlong pu't tatlong taon.

19 At ang mga anak ni Merari; si Mahali at si Musi. Ito ang mga angkan ng mga Levita ayon sa kanilang lahi.

20 At nagasawa si Amram kay Jochebed na kapatid na babae ng kaniyang ama, at ipinanganak nito sa kaniya si Aaron at si Moises: at ang mga naging taon ng buhay ni Amram ay isang daan at tatlong pu't pitong taon.

21 At ang mga anak ni Izhar; si Cora, at si Nepheg, at si Zithri.

22 At ang mga anak ni Uzziel; si Misael, at si Elzaphan, at si Zithri.

23 At nagasawa si Aaron kay Elisabeth, na anak ni Aminadab, na kapatid ni Naason; at ipinanganak nito sa kaniya si Nadab at si Abiu, si Eleazar at si Ithamar.

24 At ang mga anak ni Cora; si Assir, at si Elcana, at si Abiasaph; ito ang mga angkan ng mga Corita.

25 At si Eleazar na anak ni Aaron, ay nagasawa sa isa sa mga anak ni Phutiel; at ipinanganak niya si Phinees. Ito ang mga pangulo sa mga sangbahayan ng mga magulang ng mga Levita ayon sa kanilang mga angkan.

26 Ito'y yaong si Aaron at si Moises, na siyang pinagsabihan ng Panginoon. Ilabas ninyo ang mga anak ni Israel sa lupaing Egipto ayon sa kanilang mga hukbo.

27 Ito ang mga nagsalita kay Faraon na hari sa Egipto, upang ilabas ang mga anak ni Israel sa Egipto: ang mga ito'y si Moises at si Aaron.

28 At nangyari ng araw na magsalita ang Panginoon kay Moises sa lupain ng Egipto,

29 Na sinalita ng Panginoon kay Moises, na sinasabi, Ako nga ang Panginoon; salitain mo kay Faraon na hari sa Egipto, ang lahat ng aking sinasalita sa iyo.

30 At sinabi ni Moises sa harap ng Panginoon, Narito ako'y may mga labing di tuli, at paanong si Faraon ay makikinig sa akin?

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 6693

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6693. 'Saying, Every son who is born you are to throw into the river' means that all truths that appeared should be drowned in falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'son' as truth, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373; from the meaning of 'being born' as appearing; and from the meaning of 'the river' as those things that constitute intelligence, dealt with in 108, 109, 2702, 3051, here in the contrary sense as those things which are the opposite, namely falsities. The fact that 'throwing into' means drowning in is self-evident.

[2] The meaning of 'the river of Egypt' as the opposite of intelligence, which is falsity, is also clear in Isaiah,

The rivers will recede, the streams of Egypt will diminish and dry up. The papyrus plants next to the river, next to the mouth of the river, and everything sown in the river will wither, be driven away, and be no more. Therefore the fishermen will mourn, and all who cast a hook into the river will be sad, and those who spread nets over the face of the waters will anguish. Isaiah 19:6-8.

Here one should not understand a river by 'the river of Egypt' or fishermen by 'the fishermen' but other things which are not apparent unless one knows how 'Egypt', 'the river' there, and 'the fishermen' are to be understood. If one does know, then the meaning of these verses is apparent. The fact that 'the river of Egypt' means falsity is evident from every detail mentioned in them.

[3] In Jeremiah,

Who is this coming up like a river, whose waters are tossed about like the rivers? Egypt comes up like the river, and like the rivers his waters are tossed about. For he said, I will go up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and those who dwell in it. Jeremiah 46:7-8.

Here also 'the river of Egypt' stands for falsities. 'Going up and covering the earth' stands for overwhelming the Church, 'destroying the city' stands for destroying the teachings of the Church, 'and those who dwell in it' for doing so to forms of good that come from those teachings. For the meaning of 'the earth' as the Church, see 6649; 'the city' as the teachings of the Church, 402, 2449, 3216, 4492, 4493; and 'those who dwell in it' as forms of good there, 2268, 2451, 2712.

[4] In Ezekiel,

Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lies 1 in the midst of his rivers, who has said, The river is mine and I have made myself. Therefore I will put hooks in your jaws, and cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales, and I will cause you to come up out of the midst of your rivers, in order that 2 all the fish of your rivers may stick in your scales. I will leave in the wilderness you and all the fish of your rivers. Ezekiel 29:3-5, 9-10.

Without the internal sense no one can know what this passage means either. Thus, though it is evident that it is not the country Egypt which is meant, the meaning of the passage remains unknown unless one knows what 'Pharaoh', 'river', 'monster', 'fish', and 'scales', all mean. 'Pharaoh' is the natural where factual knowledge resides, see 5160, 5799, 6015; 'monsters' are general bodies of facts that reside in the natural, 42; 'fish' are the facts subordinate to a general body of them, 40, 991; 'scales' are ideas of a thoroughly external nature, thus sensory impressions, to which factual knowledge that is false clings. When one knows all these meanings one can see what 'the river of Egypt' is used to mean in this passage, namely, falsity.

[5] In the same prophet,

On the day on which Pharaoh goes down into hell I will make him mourn, I will cover the deep over him, and I will restrain its streams, and the great waters will be stayed. Ezekiel 31:15.

In Amos,

Is not the land to be shaken on account of this, and everyone to mourn that inhabits it? Yes, the whole of it comes up like a river, and is cast out, and is drowned as if in the river of Egypt. On that day I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the land in broad daylight. Amos 8:8-9; 9:5.

'The land which will be shaken' stands for the Church, 6649, while 'being drowned as if in the river of Egypt' stands for being destroyed by falsities. And since falsities are meant it says that the sun will go down at noon, and the earth will be darkened in broad daylight. 'The going down of the sun at noon' means that the good of heavenly love will depart, and 'the darkening of the land in broad daylight' that falsities will take possession of the Church. For the meaning of 'the sun' as the good of heavenly love, see 1529, 1530, 2441, 2495, 3636, 3643, 4060, 4696; for 'darkness' as falsities, 1839, 1860, 4418, 4531; and for 'the earth' as the Church, 82, 662, 1066, 1067, 1262, 1411, 1413, 1607, 1733, 1850, 2117, 2118 (end), 2928, 3355, 4447, 4535, 5577. Anyone can see that things other than those which appear in the literal sense here - such as that the land will be shaken and every inhabitant will mourn, or that the sun will go down at noon and the land will be darkened in broad daylight - are really meant. Unless one takes 'the land' to mean the Church, 'the river' to mean falsity, and 'the sun' to mean heavenly love, one does not find any other explicable meaning there.

[6] It is because 'the river of Egypt' means falsity that Moses was commanded to strike the waters of that river with his rod, after which they were turned into blood, all fish in the river died, and the river stank, Exodus 7:17-18, 20-21. For the same reason Aaron had to stretch out his hand and rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the pools, from which frogs rose up over the land of Egypt, Exodus 8:5-6. 3 For the meaning of 'the waters' in the contrary sense as falsities, see 790; and since the waters make up the river, 'the river' in relation to them means falsity in general.

Poznámky pod čarou:

1. Reading cubat (he lies) for cubas (you lie)

2. Reading ut (in order that) for et (and)

3Exodus 8:1-2, in this translation of the Arcana Caelestia

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.