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Genesis 41

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1 Ja kahe aasta pärast sündis, et vaarao nägi und, ja vaata, ta seisis Niiluse jõe ääres.

2 Ja näe, jõest tõusis seitse lehma, ilusad näha ja lihavad liha poolest, ja sõid roostikus.

3 Ja vaata, teist seitse lehma tõusis nende järel jõest, pahad näha ja lahjad liha poolest, ja need seisid teiste lehmade kõrval jõe kaldal.

4 Ja lehmad, kes olid pahad näha ja lahjad liha poolest, sõid ära need seitse lehma, kes olid ilusad näha ja lihavad. Siis vaarao ärkas üles.

5 Aga ta jäi magama ja nägi teist puhku und, ja vaata, seitse viljapead tõusis ühest kõrrest, jämedad ja head.

6 Ja vaata, seitse peenikest ja hommikutuulest kõrvetatud viljapead võrsus nende järel.

7 Ja peenikesed viljapead neelasid ära need seitse jämedat ja täit viljapead. Ja vaarao ärkas üles, ja vaata, see oli olnud unenägu!

8 Aga hommikul oli ta vaim rahutu ja ta läkitas järele ning kutsus kõik Egiptuse ennustajad ja targad, ja vaarao jutustas neile oma unenäo, aga ükski ei suutnud seda vaaraole seletada.

9 Siis rääkis joogikallajate ülem vaaraoga, öeldes: 'Täna meenub mulle mu patt.

10 Vaarao sai väga kurjaks oma sulaste peale ja pani mind vahi alla ihukaitsepealiku kotta, minu ja pagarite ülema.

11 Ja me nägime ühel ööl unenägu, mina ja tema, kumbki nägime unenäo, millel oli oma tähendus.

12 Ja sealsamas oli meiega heebrea noormees, ihukaitsepealiku sulane, ja me jutustasime temale ja tema seletas meile meie unenäod, kummalegi ta unenäo tähenduse.

13 Ja nõnda nagu ta meile seletas, nõnda sündis: mina sain tagasi oma ametisse ja teine poodi üles.'

14 Siis vaarao läkitas järele ja laskis kutsuda Joosepi; ja Joosep toodi kiiresti vangiurkast välja; ta ajas habeme, vahetas riided ja tuli vaarao juurde.

15 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Ma nägin unenäo, kuid keegi ei oska seda seletada. Aga ma olen kuulnud sinust räägitavat, et kui sina unenägu kuuled, siis sa seletad selle.'

16 Ja Joosep vastas vaaraole, öeldes: 'Mitte mina! Küllap Jumal annab vaaraole õige vastuse!'

17 Ja vaarao jutustas Joosepile: 'Mu unenäos oli nõnda: vaata, ma seisin Niiluse jõe kaldal.

18 Ja näe, jõest tõusis seitse lehma, lihavad liha poolest ja ilusad näha, ja sõid roostikus.

19 Ja vaata, teist seitse lehma tõusis nende järel, väetid ja väga pahad näha ning lahjad liha poolest. Ei ole ma kogu Egiptusemaal näinud selliseid pahu.

20 Ja lahjad ning pahad lehmad sõid ära need seitse esimest lihavat lehma.

21 Ja need läksid nende kõhtu, aga ei olnud tundagi, et need olid läinud nende kõhtu ja nende välimus oli paha nagu ennegi. Ja ma ärkasin üles.

22 Siis ma nägin und, ja vaata, seitse viljapead tõusis ühest kõrrest, täis ja head.

23 Ja vaata, seitse kuiva, peenikest, hommikutuulest kõrvetatud viljapead võrsus nende järel.

24 Ja peenikesed viljapead neelasid ära need seitse head viljapead. Ma olen seda rääkinud oma ennustajaile, aga ükski ei oska mulle seletada.'

25 Ja Joosep ütles vaaraole: 'Vaarao unenäod tähendavad ühte ja sedasama. Jumal on vaaraole teada andnud, mida ta kavatseb teha.

26 Seitse head lehma on Seitse aastat ja Seitse head viljapead on Seitse aastat; unenägudel on sama tähendus.

27 Ja seitse lahjat ja paha lehma, kes tõusid nende järel, on seitse aastat, ja seitse peenikest, hommikutuulest kõrvetatud viljapead on seitse nälja-aastat.

28 See ongi see asi, mis ma vaaraole rääkisin: mida Jumal kavatseb teha, seda on ta vaaraole näidanud.

29 Vaata, tuleb seitse aastat, millal on suur küllus kogu Egiptusemaal.

30 Aga neile järgneb seitse nälja-aastat, mil Egiptusemaal ununeb kõik küllus ja näljahäda ulatub üle kogu maa.

31 Maal ei ole enam küllust tundagi nälja tõttu, mis tuleb selle järel, sest see on väga kange.

32 Ja kuna vaaraol on unenägu kaks korda kordunud, siis on see asi Jumala poolt kindel ja Jumal laseb selle varsti sündida.

33 Ja nüüd vaarao vaadaku välja üks mõistlik ja tark mees ja seadku Egiptusemaa üle.

34 Vaarao tehku nõnda: pangu ülevaatajad maale ja lasku Egiptusemaad maksta viiendikku neil seitsmel külluseaastal.

35 Ja kogutagu kõik nende tulevaste heade aastate toidus ja varutagu vilja linnadesse vaarao käe alla toiduseks ning säilitatagu seda.

36 See vili olgu maale tagavaraks seitsmeks nälja-aastaks, mis tulevad Egiptusemaale, et maad ei tabaks näljaajal hukatus.'

37 See kõne oli hea vaarao silmis ja kõigi ta sulaste silmis.

38 Ja vaarao ütles oma sulastele: 'Kas leiame veel sellise mehe, kelles on Jumala Vaim?'

39 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Et Jumal on sulle kõike seda teada andnud, siis ei ole keegi nii mõistlik ja tark kui sina!

40 Sina pead olema mu koja üle ja kogu mu rahvas suudelgu sind suu peale. Ainult aujärje poolest tahan ma olla sinust suurem!'

41 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Vaata, ma olen pannud su kogu Egiptusemaa üle!'

42 Ja vaarao võttis sõrmest pitserisõrmuse ning pani Joosepi sõrme; ja ta pani temale kallid linased riided selga ja riputas kuldkee kaela.

43 Ja ta laskis teda sõita oma teises tõllas, mis tal oli, ja hüüda tema ees: 'Põlvili!' Ja ta pani tema kogu Egiptusemaa üle.

44 Ja vaarao ütles Joosepile: 'Mina olen vaarao, aga ilma sinu tahtmata ei tohi keegi tõsta kätt ega jalga kogu Egiptusemaal.'

45 Ja vaarao pani Joosepile nimeks Safnat-Paneah ja andis temale naiseks Asnati, Ooni preestri Pooti-Fera tütre; ja Joosep läks välja Egiptusemaale.

46 Joosep oli kolmekümneaastane, kui ta astus vaarao, Egiptuse kuninga ette; ja Joosep läks ära vaarao juurest ning käis läbi kogu Egiptusemaa.

47 Ja maa kandis seitsmel külluseaastal ühest ivast peotäie.

48 Ja ta kogus kõik põllusaagi seitsmel aastal Egiptusemaal ja talletas selle linnadesse; igasse linna andis ta ümbruskonna põldude saagi.

49 Ja Joosep kuhjas väga palju vilja, nagu liiva mere ääres, kuni lakati seda mõõtmast, sest see ei olnud enam mõõdetav.

50 Ja Joosepile sündis enne nälja-aasta tulekut kaks poega. Need tõi temale ilmale Asnat, Ooni preestri Pooti-Fera tütar.

51 Ja Joosep pani esmasündinule nimeks Manasse, sest ta ütles: 'Jumal on mind lasknud unustada kõik mu vaeva ja kogu mu isakoja.'

52 Ja teisele ta pani nimeks Efraim, sest ta ütles: 'Jumal on mind teinud viljakaks mu viletsusemaal!'

53 Kui seitse külluseaastat, mis Egiptusemaale tulid, lõppesid,

54 siis hakkasid tulema seitse nälja-aastat, nõnda nagu Joosep oli öelnud; ja nälg oli kõigis maades, ent kogu Egiptusemaal oli leiba.

55 Aga kui kogu Egiptusemaa hakkas tundma nälga, siis rahvas kisendas vaarao poole leiva pärast; ja vaarao ütles kõigile egiptlastele: 'Minge Joosepi juurde! Mis tema teile ütleb, seda tehke!'

56 Ja nälg oli üle kogu maa ja Joosep avas kõik viljaaidad, mis olid nende juures, ning müüs egiptlastele vilja, sest nälg võttis Egiptusemaal võimust.

57 Ja kõigist maadest tuldi Egiptusesse Joosepilt vilja ostma, sest nälg oli võtnud võimust kõigis maades.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #5265

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5265. 'The seven good cows are seven years' means a state when truth within the interior natural is multiplied. This is clear from the meaning of 'the cows' in the good sense as the truths belonging to the interior natural, dealt with in 5198; and from the meaning of 'years' as states, dealt with in 482, 487, 488, 493, 893. There were seven because 'seven' means that which is holy and therefore adds the idea of holiness to the matter under discussion, dealt with in 395, 433, 716, 881, as well as implying a whole period from start to finish, 728. This explains why in the dream seven cows and seven heads of grain were seen, and after that why there were seven years of abundance of corn and seven years of famine. It also explains why the seventh day was made holy, why in the representative Church the seventh year was a sabbatical year, and why after seven times seven years there was a Jubilee.

[2] 'Seven' means things that are holy because of the meanings that numbers have in the world of spirits. Each number there holds some spiritual reality within it. Visual indications of numbers have appeared to me frequently, simple and compound ones, and also on one occasion a long sequence of them, when I have wondered what meanings they possessed. I have been told that they have their origin in conversations held by angels, and that it is customary from time to time to use numbers to express spiritual realities too. These numbers are not seen in heaven but in the world of spirits, where the visual presentation of such things takes place. The most ancients, who were celestial people and who talked to angels, knew all about this, which was why they used numbers to express an evaluation of the Church. The numbers used by them conveyed a general overall idea of matters for which words served to provide a detailed description. The meaning contained within every number did not however continue to be known among the descendants of these people; only the meanings of the simple numbers survived, that is to say, the meanings of two, three, six, seven, eight, twelve, and from these the meanings of twenty-four, seventy-two, and seventy-seven. In particular their descendants knew that 'seven' meant that which was most holy - that is to say, that in the highest sense 'seven' meant the Divine Himself, and in the representative sense the celestial element of love - and that the state of the celestial man was therefore meant by 'the seventh day', 84-87.

[3] It is quite evident from the numbers used plentifully in the Word that numbers mean spiritual realities, such as the following ones in John,

Let him who has intelligence reckon the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man, that is, its number is six hundred and sixty-six. Revelation 13:18.

And elsewhere in the same book,

The angel measured the wall of the holy Jerusalem, a hundred and forty-four cubits, which is the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. Revelation 11:17.

The number one hundred and forty-four is twelve squared and twice seventy-two.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #716

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716. 'Sevens of each' means that they are holy. This is clear from what has been stated already in 84-87 about the seventh day or sabbath. That is to say, the Lord is the Seventh Day and from Him derives every celestial Church or man, and indeed, the celestial itself which, because it is the Lord's alone, is most holy. Consequently seven in the Word means holy; indeed in the internal sense, as here, absolutely nothing is obtained from the number itself. For people who possess the internal sense, as angels and angelic spirits do, have no concept at all of what a number is, and so do not know what seven is. Therefore the idea that they were to take seven pairs of all the clean beasts, or that the ratio of the good to the evil was to be seven to two, is not at all the meaning here. Rather it is this: Things of the will with which this member of the Church was supplied were the goods which are holy, through which, as stated already, he was capable of being regenerated.

[2] That 'seven' means that which is holy, or things that are holy, becomes clear from the rituals in the representative Church, where the number seven occurs time and again, for example, being sprinkled seven times with blood and oil, as in Leviticus,

Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything that was in it and made them holy. And he sprinkled some of it over the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels to make them holy. Leviticus 8:10-11.

Here 'seven times' would be utterly devoid of meaning if that which is holy was not being represented in this way. 'Oil' there means the holiness of love. And elsewhere in Leviticus, when Aaron entered the Holy Place,

He shall take some of the blood of the young bull, and shall sprinkle it with his finger over the face 1 of the mercy-seat towards the east, and he shall sprinkle the face 1 of the mercy-seat seven times with some of the blood with his finger.

Similarly with the altar,

He shall sprinkle over it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and shall cleanse it, and make it holy. Leviticus 16:14, 19.

Here every single detail means the Lord Himself, and therefore the holiness of love - that is to say, 'the blood' and also 'the mercy-seat', 'the altar' too, 'the east in which direction the blood was to be sprinkled', and so 'seven' as well, all mean the Lord.

[3] In sacrifices it is similar, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

If a soul has sinned inadvertently, and if the anointed priest has sinned, thus making the people guilty, he shall slaughter the young bull in Jehovah's presence. And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times in Jehovah's presence towards the veil of the Holy Place. Leviticus 4:2-4, 6.

Here similarly 'seven' means that which is holy, for the subject is atonement, and therefore the Lord, since atonement is the Lord's alone. Similar instructions were also given concerning the cleansing of leprosy, about which the following is said in Leviticus,

[Taking some] of the bird's blood, the cedar-wood, the double-dyed scarlet, and the hyssop, the priest shall sprinkle over the one who is to be cleansed from leprosy seven times, and shall cleanse him. In a similar way some of the oil which is in his left palm, seven times in Jehovah's presence. In a similar way in a house where there is leprosy, [he shall take some] of the cedar-wood, and the hyssop, and the double-dyed scarlet, and shall sprinkle some of the bird's blood seven times. Leviticus 14:6-7, 27, 51.

Anyone may see that here cedar-wood, double-dyed scarlet, hyssop, oil, and blood of a bird, and so the number seven, would be utterly meaningless if things that are holy were not being represented by them. If you take away from them holy things, what is left is something dead, or something unholy and idolatrous. When however they do mean holy things the worship they contain in that case is a Divine worship which is internal and simply represented by things that are external. The Jews however were incapable of knowing what these meant; and neither does anyone today know what cedar-wood, hyssop, double-dyed scarlet, and the bird all mean. Yet if only they had been willing to think that these did embody holy things which they did not actually know, and so had worshipped the Lord - who was the Messiah to come who would heal them from their leprosy, that is, from profaning what is holy - they could have been saved. For people who do think and believe in this manner straightaway receive instruction in the next life, if they desire it, as to what every single detail represented.

[4] Similarly where 'the red heifer' is the subject it is said that the priest was to take some of its blood on his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood towards the face 1 of the tent of meeting seven times, Numbers 19:4. Because 'the seventh day' or sabbath meant the Lord, and from Him meant the celestial man and the celestial itself, the seventh day in the Jewish Church was the holiest of all its religious observances. For this reason there was a sabbath year 2 every seventh year, Leviticus 25:4. Also a jubilee was to be proclaimed after seven sabbaths of years, that is, after seven times seven years, Leviticus 25:8-9. In the highest sense the number seven means the Lord, and from this the holiness of love. This becomes clear also from the golden lampstand with its seven lamps, mentioned in Exodus 25:31-33, 37; 37:17-19, 23; Numbers 8:2-3; Zechariah 4:2. And in John it is spoken of as follows,

Seven golden lampstands; in the midst of the seven lampstands one like the Son of Man. Revelation 1:12-13.

Here it is absolutely clear that 'a lampstand with seven lamps' means the Lord, and that 'the lamps' are the holy things of love, which comprise celestial things, which also is why there were seven of them.

[5] In the same author,

From the throne there were coming forth seven fiery torches burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Revelation 4:5.

Here 'the seven torches which came forth from the Lord's throne' are seven lamps. The same applies to the number seven when it occurs in the Prophets, as in Isaiah,

The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, on the day when Jehovah will bind up the hurt of His people. Isaiah 30:26.

Here 'sevenfold light as the light of seven days' does not at all mean sevenfold but the holiness of love meant by the sun. See also what has been stated and shown already at Genesis 4:15 concerning the number seven. From these quotations it is also quite clear that all numbers used in the Word never have a numerical value [in the internal sense], as has also been shown already at Genesis 6:3.

फुटनोट:

1. literally, the faces

2. literally, sabbath of a sabbath

  
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