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1 Μετα δε τα πραγματα ταυτα, ειπον προς τον Ιωσηφ, Ιδου, ο πατηρ σου ασθενει. Και ελαβε μεθ' εαυτου τους δυο υιους αυτου, τον Μανασση και τον Εφραιμ.

2 Και απηγγειλαν προς τον Ιακωβ, λεγοντες, Ιδου, ο υιος σου Ιωσηφ ερχεται προς σε· και αναλαβων δυναμιν, ο Ισραηλ εκαθισεν επι την κλινην.

3 Και ειπεν ο Ιακωβ προς τον Ιωσηφ, Ο Θεος ο Παντοδυναμος εφανη εις εμε εν Λουζ εν τη γη Χανααν και με ευλογησε·

4 και ειπε προς εμε, Ιδου, εγω θελω σε αυξησει και θελω σε πληθυνει και θελω σε καταστησει εις πληθος λαων· και θελω δωσει την γην ταυτην εις το σπερμα σου μετα σε παντοτεινην ιδιοκτησιαν.

5 Τωρα λοιπον οι δυο υιοι σου, οι γεννηθεντες εις σε εν τη γη της Αιγυπτου, πριν εγω ελθω προς σε εις την Αιγυπτον ειναι ιδικοι μου· ο Εφραιμ και ο Μανασσης θελουσιν εισθαι εις εμε ως ο Ρουβην και ο Συμεων·

6 τα δε τεκνα σου οσα γεννησης μετα τουτους, θελουσιν εισθαι ιδικα σου· κατα το ονομα των αδελφων αυτων θελουσιν ονομασθη εν τη κληρονομια αυτων.

7 Οτε δε εγω ηρχομην απο Παδαν, απεθανεν εις εμε η Ραχηλ καθ' οδον εν τη γη Χανααν, ενω δεν ελειπεν ειμη ολιγον διαστημα δια να φθασωμεν εις Εφραθα· και εθαψα αυτην εκει εν τη οδω της Εφραθα· αυτη ειναι η Βηθλεεμ.

8 Ιδων δε ο Ισραηλ τους υιους του Ιωσηφ, ειπε, Τινες ειναι ουτοι;

9 και ειπεν ο Ιωσηφ προς τον πατερα αυτου, Ουτοι ειναι οι υιοι μου, τους οποιους μοι εδωκεν ο Θεος ενταυθα. Ο δε ειπε, Φερε αυτους, παρακαλω, προς εμε, δια να ευλογησω αυτους.

10 Ησαν δε οι οφθαλμοι του Ισραηλ βαρυωποι υπο του γηρατος, δεν ηδυνατο να βλεπη. Και επλησιασεν αυτους προς αυτον· και εφιλησεν αυτους και ενηγκαλισθη αυτους.

11 Και ειπεν ο Ισραηλ προς τον Ιωσηφ, Δεν ηλπιζον να ιδω το προσωπον σου· και ιδου, ο Θεος εδειξεν εις εμε και το σπερμα σου.

12 Και εξηγαγεν αυτους ο Ιωσηφ εκ μεσου των γονατων αυτου. Και προσεκυνησεν επι προσωπον εως εδαφους.

13 Λαβων δε αυτους ο Ιωσηφ αμφοτερους, τον Εφραιμ εν τη δεξια αυτου προς την αριστεραν του Ισραηλ, και τον Μανασση εν τη αριστερα αυτου προς την δεξιαν του Ισραηλ, επλησιασεν εις αυτον.

14 Και εκτεινας ο Ισραηλ την δεξιαν αυτου επεθεσεν επι την κεφαλην του Εφραιμ, οστις ητο ο νεωτερος, την δε αριστεραν αυτου επι την κεφαλην του Μανασση, εναλλαξας τας χειρας αυτου· διοτι ο Μανασσης ητο ο πρωτοτοκος.

15 Και ευλογησε τον Ιωσηφ και ειπεν, Ο Θεος, εμπροσθεν του οποιου περιεπατησαν οι πατερες μου Αβρααμ και Ισαακ, ο Θεος οστις με εποιμανεν εκ γεννησεως μου εως της ημερας ταυτης,

16 ο αγγελος οστις με ελυτρωσεν εκ παντων των κακων, να ευλογηση τα παιδια ταυτα· και να ονομασθη επ' αυτα το ονομα μου και το ονομα των πατερων μου Αβρααμ και Ισαακ, και να πληθυνθωσιν εις πληθος μεγα επι της γης.

17 Και ιδων ο Ιωσηφ οτι επεθεσεν ο πατηρ αυτου την χειρα αυτου την δεξιαν επι την κεφαλην του Εφραιμ, δυσηρεστηθη· και επιασε την χειρα του πατρος αυτου δια να μεταθεση αυτην απο της κεφαλης του Εφραιμ επι την κεφαλην του Μανασση.

18 Και ειπεν ο Ιωσηφ προς τον πατερα αυτου, Μη ουτω, πατερ μου, διοτι ουτος ειναι ο πρωτοτοκος· επιθες την δεξιαν σου επι την κεφαλην αυτου.

19 Αλλ' ο πατηρ αυτου δεν ηθελησε· και ειπεν, Εξευρω, τεκνον μου, εξευρω· και ουτος θελει κατασταθη λαος και ουτος ετι θελει γεινει μεγας· αλλ' ομως ο αδελφος αυτου ο νεωτερος θελει εισθαι μεγαλητερος αυτου και το σπερμα αυτου θελει γεινει πληθος εθνων.

20 Και ευλογησεν αυτους την ημεραν εκεινην, λεγων, Εις σε αναφερομενος θελει ευλογει ο Ισραηλ, λεγων, Ο Θεος να σε καμη ως τον Εφραιμ και ως τον Μανασση. Και εστησε τον Εφραιμ προ του Μανασση.

21 Και ειπεν ο Ισραηλ προς τον Ιωσηφ, Ιδου, εγω αποθνησκω· και ο Θεος θελει εισθαι με σας και θελει σας επαναφερει εις την γην των πατερων σας·

22 και εγω διδω εις σε μεριδιον εν υπερ τους αδελφους σου, το οποιον ελαβον εκ της χειρος των Αμορραιων δια της μαχαιρας μου και δια του τοξου μου.

   

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Arcana Coelestia #6457

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6457. 'In the land of Canaan' means where the Church is. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Canaan' as the Church, dealt with in 3705, 3686, 4447, 5136.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #3686

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3686. 'And Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan were evil in the eyes of Isaac his father' means the Lord's foresight and provision that the affections for that truth - the affections to which natural good had been joined until then - would not be suitable for such conjunction. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' here as foresight and provision, dealt with in 2837, 2839; from the representation of 'Esau' as the Lord as regards the Divine Good of the Natural, dealt with already; from the meaning of 'the daughters of Canaan', in this case the daughters of Heth, as affections for truth from a non-genuine source, dealt with in 3470, 3620-3622; and from the meaning of '[evil] in the eyes of Isaac his father' as not being suitable for such conjunction, that is to say, through the good of the natural, represented by 'Esau', with the good of the rational, represented by 'Isaac'. From this it is evident that all these words mean the Lord's foresight and provision that the affections for that truth, being from a non-genuine source, would not be suitable for conjunction. The truth of all this may be seen from the explanation given at 26:34-35, where the subject is the daughters of Heth whom Esau had taken as wives, and at 27:46, where the subject is the plea to Jacob not to marry one of the daughters of Canaan. The reason why 'the daughters of Canaan' here means affections for truth from a non-genuine source, whereas above 'the daughters of Canaan' meant affections for falsity and evil, 3662, 3683, is that the Hittites in the land of Canaan belonged to the Church as it existed among gentiles. They were not so much under the influence of falsity and evil as other nations there, such as the Canaanites, Amorites, and Perizzites. This also was why the Hittites represented the Lord's spiritual Church among the gentiles, 2913, 2986.

[2] The Most Ancient Church which was celestial and existed before the Flood was situated in the land of Canaan, see 567. The Ancient Church which existed after the Flood was also situated there, as well as in many other countries, 1238, 2385. This was how it came about that all the gentile nations there, and also all the territories there, and all the rivers there, served as representatives. For the most ancient people, who were celestial, perceived through all the objects they beheld the kind of things that belong to the Lord's kingdom, 920, 1409, 2896, 2897, 2995, and so beheld the same through the territories and the rivers there.

[3] After their times those representatives survived in the Ancient Church, including the representatives related to the places there. Furthermore the Word that existed in the Ancient Church, dealt with in 2897-2899, contained place-names which were for the same reason representative; and the Word existing after their times, which is called Moses and the Prophets, also contains them. This was why Abraham was commanded to go there, and the promise was made to him that his descendants would possess that land. That promise was not made because they were any better than all the other nations, for they were the worst of them all, 1167, 3373. But it was made so that through them the representative Church might be established, in which no attention was paid to representative persons and places themselves but to the actual things which these represented, 3670, and thus also so that the names existing in the Most Ancient and the Ancient Churches might be preserved.

  
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