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1 И услышал Иофор, священник Мадиамский, тесть Моисеев, о всем, чтосделал Бог для Моисея и для Израиля, народа Своего, когда вывел Господь Израиля из Египта,

2 и взял Иофор, тесть Моисеев, Сепфору, жену Моисееву, пред тем возвращенную,

3 и двух сынов ее, из которых одному имя Гирсам, потому что говорил Моисей : япришлец в земле чужой;

4 а другому имя Елиезер, потому что говорил он Бог отца моего был мне помощником и избавил меня от меча фараонова.

5 И пришел Иофор, тесть Моисея, с сыновьями его и женою его к Моисею в пустыню, где он расположился станом у горы Божией,

6 и дал знать Моисею: я, тесть твой Иофор, иду к тебе, и жена твоя, и два сына ее с нею.

7 Моисей вышел навстречу тестю своему, и поклонился, и целовал его, и после взаимного приветствия они вошли в шатер.

8 И рассказал Моисей тестю своему о всем, что сделал Господь с фараоном и с Египтянами за Израиля, и о всех трудностях, какие встретили их на пути, и как избавил их Господь.

9 Иофор радовался о всех благодеяниях, которые Господь явил Израилю, когда избавил его из руки Египтян.

10 и сказал Иофор: благословен Господь, Который избавил вас из руки Египтян и из руки фараоновой, Который избавил народ сей из-под власти Египтян;

11 ныне узнал я, что Господь велик паче всех богов, в том самом, чем они превозносились над Израильтянами .

12 И принес Иофор, тесть Моисеев, всесожжение и жертвы Богу; и пришел Аарон и все старейшины Израилевы есть хлеба с тестем Моисеевым пред Богом.

13 На другой день сел Моисей судить народ, и стоял народ пред Моисеем с утра до вечера.

14 И видел тесть Моисеев, все, что он делает с народом, и сказал: что это такое делаешь ты с народом? для чего ты сидишь один, а весь народстоит пред тобою с утра до вечера?

15 И сказал Моисей тестю своему: народ приходит ко мне просить суда у Бога;

16 когда случается у них какое дело, они приходят ко мне, и я сужу между тем и другим иобъявляю уставы Божии и законы Его.

17 Но тесть Моисеев сказал ему: не хорошо это ты делаешь:

18 ты измучишь и себя и народ сей, который с тобою, ибо слишком тяжело для тебя это дело: ты один не можешь исправлять его;

19 итак послушай слов моих; я дам тебе совет, и будет Бог с тобою: будь ты для народа посредником пред Богом и представляй Богу дела его ;

20 научай их уставам и законам Божиим , указывай им путь Его , по которому они должны идти, и дела, которые они должны делать;

21 ты же усмотри из всего народа людей способных, боящихся Бога, людей правдивых, ненавидящих корысть, и поставь их над ним тысяченачальниками, стоначальниками, пятидесятиначальниками и десятиначальниками;

22 пусть они судят народ во всякое время и о всяком важном деле доносят тебе, а все малые дела судят сами: и будет тебе легче,и они понесут с тобою бремя ;

23 если ты сделаешь это, и Бог повелит тебе, то ты можешь устоять, и весь народ сей будет отходить в свое место с миром.

24 И послушал Моисей слов тестя своего и сделал все, что он говорил;

25 и выбрал Моисей из всего Израиля способных людей и поставил ихначальниками народа, тысяченачальниками, стоначальниками, пятидесятиначальниками идесятиначальниками.

26 и судили они народ во всякое время; о делах важных доносили Моисею, а все малые дела судили сами.

27 И отпустил Моисей тестя своего, и он пошел в землю свою.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #8717

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8717. 'And it shall be, every great matter let them bring to you' means that everything exists from the truth going forth directly from God. This is clear from the representation of Moses as the truth going forth directly from God, dealt with in 7010, 7382, the existence of everything from that truth being meant by 'let them bring every great matter' to him. From the sense of the letter it seems as though everything was to be brought to Divine Truth; but since everything comes from the Lord through the truth going forth from Him, for life derives wholly from Him, the meaning in the internal sense is not to that truth but from it. This is like what has been shown with regard to influx, in 3721, 5119, 5259, 5779, 6322. There it has been shown that the direction in which influx goes is not from outward things to inward ones, but from inward to outward. The reason for this is that outward things are all formed to serve inward ones, just as instrumental causes serve their principal causes, without which the instrumental are dead causes. It should be recognized that in the internal sense things are presented according to their true nature, not according to the nature of them as seen in the sense of the letter.

[2] The true nature of the matter here is that the Lord governs all things, even the most specific, through the truth that goes forth from Himself, not in the way a king governs in the world, but in the way God does so in heaven and over all creation. A king in the world takes only overall care of a country, while his chief ministers and officials take care of matters in particular. It is otherwise with God. God sees all things, knows all things from eternity, provides all things into eternity, and from Himself maintains all things in their order; from which it is clear that the Lord takes not only overall care but also particular and individual care of all things, unlike a king in the world. His regulation of things is achieved directly by means of God's truth that is going forth from Himself and also indirectly by means of heaven. Yet the indirect regulation by means of heaven is also tantamount to direct regulation by Him; for what comes from heaven comes by way of heaven from Him. This the angels in heaven not merely know to be so; they also perceive it within themselves. Regarding the Lord's Divine regulation of things or His providence, that it operates in all things generally and specifically, indeed in the most specific of all, however different from this it may seem to a person to be, see 4329, 5122 (end), 5904 (end), 6058, 6481-6487, 6490, 6491.

[3] But it is difficult for this subject to find a place in any person's way of thinking, least of all in that of those who trust in their own prudence; for they attribute to themselves all things that turn out beneficially for themselves, and ascribe everything else to luck or chance. Few ascribe them to God's providence. Accordingly they attribute things which happen to dead causes, not to a living cause. When things go well they do, it is true, say that this has been done by God, also that there is nothing which is not done by Him; but few, scarcely any, believe it in their hearts. Much the same is done by those who suppose that complete happiness lies in worldly and bodily acquisitions, that is to say, in important positions and wealth; they believe that these alone are Divine blessings. When therefore they see that very many of those who are bad possess these things in abundance, and not so the good, they cast away from their hearts and deny the existence of God's providence in anything specific. They are not prepared to think that being blessed by God means being made happy into eternity, and that the Lord regards what is by nature transient - which worldly things are, relatively - only as a means to what is eternal. Therefore also the Lord provides the good, who accept His mercy during their time in the world, with such things as contribute to the happiness of their eternal life. He confers wealth and important positions on those to whom they can do no harm, and withholds wealth and important positions from those to whom they can do harm. To the latter nevertheless, during their time in the world, He imparts the ability to be glad with a few things instead of important positions and wealth, and to be more content than those who have wealth and important positions.

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

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Genesis 45

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1 Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause everyone to go out from me!" No one else stood with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

2 He wept aloud. The Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard.

3 Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.

4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

6 For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years, in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.

7 God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save you alive by a great deliverance.

8 So now it wasn't you who sent me here, but God, and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.

10 You shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you will be near to me, you, your children, your children's children, your flocks, your herds, and all that you have.

11 There I will nourish you; for there are yet five years of famine; lest you come to poverty, you, and your household, and all that you have."'

12 Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.

13 You shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. You shall hurry and bring my father down here."

14 He fell on his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

15 He kissed all his brothers, and wept on them. After that his brothers talked with him.

16 The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

18 Take your father and your households, and come to me, and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you will eat the fat of the land.'

19 Now you are commanded: do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

20 Also, don't concern yourselves about your belongings, for the good of all of the land of Egypt is yours."

21 The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

22 He gave each one of them changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing.

23 He sent the following to his father: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provision for his father by the way.

24 So he sent his brothers away, and they departed. He said to them, "See that you don't quarrel on the way."

25 They went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

26 They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.

27 They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.

28 Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."