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1 Ja tapahtui kahden ajastajan perästä, että Pharao näki unen, niinkuin hän olis seisonut virran tykönä.

2 Ja katso, virrasta astui ylös seitsemän kaunista ja lihavaa lehmää, jotka kävivät laitumella ruohostossa.

3 Sitte näki hän toiset seitsemän lehmää tulevan virrasta ylös, rumaa ja laihaa; ja seisoivat niiden (toisten) lehmäin tykönä virran reunalla.

4 Ja ne rumat ja laihat lehmät söivät ne seitsemän lihavaa ja kaunista lehmää. Niin Pharao heräsi.

5 Ja hän nukkui jällensä, ja näki toisen kerran unta: ja katso, seitsemän täysinäistä ja paksua tähkäpäätä kasvoivat yhdessä oljessa.

6 Ja katso, seitsemän pientä ja itätuulelta surkastunutta tähkäpäätä kasvoivat niiden jälkeen.

7 Ja ne seitsemän laihaa tähkää nielivät ne seitsemän paksua ja täysinäistä tähkäpäätä. Niin Pharao heräsi ja näki, että se oli uni.

8 Ja aamulla oli hänen henkensä murheellinen, lähetti ja antoi kutsua kokoon kaikki Egyptin noidat ja tietäjät, ja Pharao jutteli heille unensa. Mutta ei ollut, joka sen taisi selittää Pharaon edessä.

9 Niin puhui ylimmäinen juomanlaskia Pharaolle, sanoen: minä muistan tänäpänä minun rikokseni.

10 Koska Pharao vihastui palveliainsa päälle, ja pani minun ja ylimmäisen leipojan vankiuteen, huovinhaltian huoneesen;

11 Niin me molemmat näimme yhtenä yönä unta, kumpikin unensa selityksen jälkeen me uneksuimme.

12 Ja siellä oli meidän kanssamme Hebrealainen nuorukainen, huovinhaltian palvelia, ja me juttelimme hänelle, ja hän selitti meille meidän unemme: kummallekin unensa jälkeen selitti hän sen.

13 Ja niinkuin hän meille selitti, niin se tapahtui: sillä minä asetettiin minun virkaani ja hän hirtettiin.

14 Niin lähetti Pharao, ja antoi kutsua Josephin, ja he hopusti ottivat hänen vankiudesta ulos. Ja hän antoi itsensä keritä, ja muutti vaattensa ja tuli Pharaon tykö.

15 Niin sanoi Pharao Josephille: minä olen unta nähnyt, ja ei ole sen selittäjää; mutta minä olen kuullut sinusta sanottavan: koskas unen kuulet, niin sinä taidat sen selittää.

16 Joseph vastasi Pharaota, sanoen: ei se ole minulla; mutta Jumala aavistaa kuitenkin Pharaolle hyvää.

17 Niin puhui Pharao Josephille: unessa olin minä seisovana virran reunalla.

18 Ja katso, virrasta tuli ylös seitsemän lihavaa ja kaunista lehmää, jotka kävivät laitumella ruohostossa.

19 Ja katso, heidän jälkeensä tulivat ylös toiset seitsemän pientä ja juuri rumaa ja laihaa lehmää: en ole minä koko Egyptin maalla nähnyt niin rumia.

20 Ja ne laihat ja rumat lehmät söivät ne ensimäiset seitsemän lihavaa lehmää.

21 Ja koska he olivat syöneet, ei heidän päällänsä mitään tuntunut, että he olivat syöneet; vaan olivat niin rumat nähdä kuin ennenkin. Niin minä heräsin.

22 Ja taas näin minä unessani seitsemän tähkäpäätä kasvaneen yhdessä oljessa, täysinäistä ja kaunista.

23 Sitte kävi ylös seitsemän kuivaa, pientä ja itätuulelta surkastunutta tähkäpäätä.

24 Ja ne pienet tähkäpäät nielivät ne seitsemän kaunista tähkäpäätä. Ja minä olen sen sanonut tietäjille, mutta ei ole joka sen minulle ilmoittais.

25 Joseph sanoi Pharaolle: Pharaon uni on yhtäläinen: Jumala ilmoittaa Pharaolle, mitä hän tekevä on.

26 Ne seitsemän kaunista lehmää ovat seitsemän vuotta, ja ne seitsemän täysinäistä tähkäpäätä ovat myös seitsemän vuotta: se on yhtäläinen uni.

27 Mutta ne seitsemän laihaa ja rumaa lehmää, jotka astuivat ylös heidän jälkeensä, ovat seitsemän vuotta, ja ne seitsemän laihaa ja itätuulelta surkastunutta tähkäpäätä ovat seitsemän nälkävuotta.

28 Se on nyt se, kuin minä Pharaolle sanonut olen: että Jumala ilmoitti Pharaolle, mitä hän tekevä on.

29 Katso, seitsemän viljaista vuotta tulevat koko Egyptin maalle.

30 Ja niiden jälkeen tulevat seitsemän nälkävuotta, niin että kaikki senkaltainen viljan kyllyys unhotetaan Egyptin maalla, ja se kallis aika hävittää maakunnan.

31 Ja ei enämpi tiedetä siitä viljan kyllyydestä maakunnassa, sen kalliin ajan tähden, joka tulee; sillä se tulee sangen raskaaksi.

32 Mutta että uni on kerrottu Pharaolle, se (aavistaa) että asia on Jumalalta päätetty, ja Jumala on pian sen tekevä.

33 Nyt siis Pharao etsikään toimellista ja taitavaa miestä, asettaaksensa Egyptin maan päälle.

34 Toimittakaan Pharao ja asettakaan ottomiehiä maakuntaan, ja ottakaan viidennen osan Egyptin maalta niinä seitsemänä viljavuonna.

35 Ja he kootkaan kaikkinaista ravintoa niinä hyvinä vuosina, jotka tulevat, ja antakaan tulla jyviä Pharaon haltuun, varaksi kaupungeissa, ja tallella pitäkään.

36 Että ruokaa olis tähteelle pantu maakunnalle, niinä seitsemänä nälkävuonna, jotka tulevat Egyptin maalle, ettei maa hävitettäisi näljän tähden.

37 Ja se puhe kelpasi Pharaolle, ja kaikille hänen palvelioillensa.

38 Ja Pharao sanoi palvelioillensa: taidammeko me löytää tainkaltaisen miehen, jossa Jumalan henki on?

39 Ja Pharao sanoi Josephille: että Jumala on tämän kaiken sinulle ilmoittanut, niin ei ole yhtään niin taitavaa ja ymmärtäväistä kuin sinä olet.

40 Ole sinä minun huoneeni päällä, ja sinun sanalles pitää kaiken minun kansani kuuliaisen oleman; ainoastansa kuninkaallisessa istuimessa tahdon minä olla korkiampi sinua.

41 Ja Pharao sanoi Josephille: katso, minä olen asettanut sinun koko Egyptin päälle.

42 Ja Pharao otti sormuksen kädestänsä, ja pani sen Josephin käteen: ja puetti hänen kalleisiin liinavaatteisiin, ja ripusti kultakäädyt hänen kaulaansa.

43 Ja antoi hänen ajaa toisessa vaunussansa, ja antoi huutaa hänen edellänsä: Abrek: ja asetti hänen koko Egyptin maan päälle.

44 Ja Pharao sanoi Josephille: minä olen Pharao; ja ilman sinun tahdotas ei pidä yhdenkään ylentämän kättänsä taikka jalkaansa koko Egyptin maalla.

45 Ja Pharao kutsui Josephin nimen Salaisuutten selittäjäksi: ja antoi hänelle Asnatin, Potipheran Onin papin tyttären, emännäksi. Niin Joseph meni ympärinsä Egyptin maan.

46 Ja Joseph oli kolmenkymmenen ajastaikainen, koska hän seisoi Pharaon, Egyptin kuninkaan edessä. Ja Joseph lähksi Pharaon tyköä, ja vaelsi ympärinsä kaiken Egyptin maan.

47 Ja maa kasvoi pivottaisin niinä seitsemänä viljavuosina.

48 Ja hän kokosi niinä seitsemänä vuonna kaikkinaisen elatuksen, joka oli Egyptin maalla, ja pani sen tähteelle kaupunkeihin: mitä elatusta maa kasvoi ympärinsä kunkin kaupungin, sen hän siihen tähteelle pani.

49 Ja Joseph kokosi sangen paljon jyviä, niinkuin santaa meressä, siihenasti että hän lakkasi lukemasta, sillä ne olivat epälukuiset.

50 Ja Jopsephille syntyi kaksi poikaa, ennenkuin kallis aika tuli, jotka hänelle synnytti Asnat, Potipheran Onin papin tytär.

51 Ja kutsui esikoisensa nimen Manasse; sillä (sanoi hän) Jumala on antanut minun unhottaa kaiken minun vaivani, ja kaiken minun isäni huoneen.

52 Mutta toisen nimen hän jutsui Ephraim; sillä (sanoi hän) Jumala on tehnyt minun hedelmälliseksi minun raadollisuuteni maassa.

53 Koska ne seitsemän viljavuotta olivat kuluneet Egyptin maalla,

54 Rupesivat ne seitsemän nälkävuotta tulemaan, niinkuin Joseph oli (edellä) sanonut: ja nälkä tuli kaikkiin maakuntiin; mutta koko Egyptin maalla oli leipää.

55 Kuin Egyptin maa myös kärsi nälkää, huusi kansa Pharaon tykö leivän tähden. Mutta Pharao sanoi kaikille Egyptiläisille: menkäät Josephin tykö; mitä hän sanoo teille, se tehkäät.

56 Koska nälkä tuli koko maakuntaan, avasi Joseph kaikki jyväaitat jokapaikassa, ja myi Egyptiläisille; sillä nälkä tuli aina raskaammaksi Egyptin maalla.

57 Ja kaikki maakunnat tulivat Egyptiin ostamaan Josephilta; sillä suuri nälkä oli kaikissa maakunnissa.

   


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5307. 'Shall we find a man like this, in whom is the spirit of God?' means regarding an influx of truth containing good received from within, and so containing the celestial of the spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'a man' as truth, dealt with in 3134, 3309, 3459, and from the meaning of 'the spirit of God' as good received from within, thus from the Divine. The spirit of God is that which goes forth from the Divine, and so from absolute good; for the Divine is absolute Good. That which goes forth from this is truth containing good, and it is this truth that is meant in the Word by 'the spirit of God'. Actually the spirit does not go forth, only truth containing good, which is holy truth. The spirit is the instrument by means of which it is brought forth. This truth containing good is the celestial of the spiritual, represented by 'Joseph'.

[2] Within the Church it is well known that in a spiritual sense 'Joseph' is the Lord, which also explains why the Lord is called the heavenly Joseph. But no one knows which aspect of the Lord is represented by 'Joseph'. For the Lord is represented by Abraham, also by Isaac, and by Jacob too. He is represented as well by Moses and Elijah, by Aaron, and also by David, in addition to many others in the Word. But each one nevertheless represents Him in a different way from any other. The aspect that Abraham represents is the Divine itself, 'Isaac' the Divine Rational, 'Jacob' the Divine Natural, 'Moses' the Law or historical part of the Word, 'Elijah' the prophetical part, 'Aaron' His priesthood, and 'David' His kingship. But what aspect is represented by 'Joseph' may be seen in 3969, 4286, 4585, 4592, 4594, 4669, 4723, 4727, 4963, 5249 - that aspect which 'Joseph' represents being the celestial of the spiritual deriving from the rational. No other description than this can be used, for the celestial is good received from the Divine, the spiritual is truth received from that good, making it the truth of good received from His Divine Human. This was what the Lord was when He lived in the world. But once He had glorified Himself, He rose up above it; even His Human was made absolute Divine Good, or Jehovah.

[3] Nothing more specific can be stated regarding this arcanum than the following: Joseph came to Egypt, where first of all he served in the house of Potiphar, the chief of the attendants, then was held in custody, and after that was made the governor over Egypt, so that the way might be represented in which the Lord by progressive stages made the Human within Himself Divine, and so that all this might be written about in a Word that would contain matters of a Divine nature in its internal sense. This sense was intended to serve angels primarily, whose wisdom - which is beyond understanding or description when compared with human wisdom - is concerned with such Divine matters. It was intended at the same time to serve men who prefer historical to any other descriptions, in which, as men turn such descriptions over in their minds, angels can perceive - through an influx from the Lord - the matters of a Divine nature.

  
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4592. 'And his father called him Benjamin' means the nature of the spiritual of the celestial. This is clear from the representation of 'Benjamin' as the spiritual of the celestial. What this is has been explained above in 4585, namely the intermediate part between the spiritual and the celestial, or between the spiritual man and the celestial man. In the original language Benjamin means Son of the right hand, and by 'son of the right hand' is meant spiritual truth which springs from celestial good, and consequent power; for good receives power through truth, 3563. 'Son' means truth, 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, and 'hand' means power, 878, 3091, 3563, 'right hand' therefore meaning supreme power. From this one may see what is meant by 'sitting at God's right hand', namely a state of power received from truth that springs from good, 3387. When used in reference to the Lord this phrase denotes omnipotence, and also Divine Truth which proceeds from the Lord's Divine Good, as in Psalms 110:1; Matthew 22:44; 26:63-64; Mark 14:61-62; 6:19; Luke 22:69. And since it is Divine power, that is, omnipotence, that is meant, the phrase 'at the right hand of God's power (or virtue 1 )' is used in these places.

[2] From this it is evident what 'Benjamin' means in the genuine sense, namely spiritual truth which springs from celestial good, meant by 'Joseph'. Both together therefore constitute that which lies between the spiritual man and the celestial man, as stated above in 4585. But this good and this truth are distinct and separate from the celestial represented by 'Judah' and from the spiritual represented by 'Israel', the former entity being higher or more interior, the latter one lower or more exterior, for as stated they constitute that which lies between. But no one can have any conception of the good represented by 'Joseph' or of the truth represented by 'Benjamin' except him who has been enlightened by the light of heaven. Angels have a clear conception of them because all the ideas forming their thought are products of the light of heaven which comes from the Lord, a light in which they see and perceive an unending number of things which man cannot possibly understand, let alone speak about.

[3] Take the following as an illustration. All without exception are born natural yet with the capacity to become either celestial or spiritual, whereas the Lord alone was born spiritual-celestial. It was for this reason that He was born in Bethlehem, where the border of the land of Benjamin ran. Indeed 'Bethlehem' means the spiritual of the celestial, and 'Benjamin' represents the same. The reason He alone was born spiritual-celestial is that the Divine dwelt within Him. These are matters which no one can possibly comprehend who does not dwell in the light of heaven; for one who dwells in the light of the world, and relies for his perception on that light, hardly knows what truth is or what good is, still less what it is to rise up by degrees to more interior levels of truth and good, and so hardly knows anything at all about the countless manifestations of truth and good in every degree which are visible to angels in light as clear as that shining at midday. This shows the nature of angels' wisdom in comparison with men's.

[4] There are six names which occur frequently [in the Word] - in the prophetical sections, where the Church is the subject. These are Judah, Joseph, Benjamin, Ephraim, Israel, and Jacob. Anyone who does not know which aspect of good or truth of the Church each of these is used to mean in the internal sense cannot know a single one of the Divine arcana of the Word in those sections. Nor can he know which aspect of the Church is meant unless he knows what the celestial is, meant by 'Judah'; what the celestial of the spiritual is, meant by 'Joseph'; what the spiritual of the celestial is, meant by 'Benjamin'; what the intellectual side of the Church is, meant by 'Ephraim'; what the internal spiritual is, meant by 'Israel'; and what the external spiritual is, meant by 'Jacob'.

[5] As regards 'Benjamin' in particular, he represents the spiritual of the celestial, while 'Joseph represents the celestial of the spiritual; and both together accordingly represent the intermediate part between the celestial man and the spiritual man. This being so they are linked together very closely, and for this reason that close link between them is also described by the following details in the historical narratives about Joseph,

Joseph told his brothers to bring their youngest brother, so as not to die. Genesis 42:20.

When they resumed with Benjamin, and Joseph saw Benjamin his brother, he said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom you told me? And he said, God be kind to you, my son. And Joseph hastened, for his bowels were stirred with emotion for his brother, and he sought to weep, and therefore went into his room and wept there. Genesis 43:29-30.

He multiplied Benjamin's portion five times more than the portion of any of the others. Genesis 43:34.

After disclosing who he was to his brothers he fell on the neck of Benjamin his brother and wept; and Benjamin wept on his neck. Genesis 45:14.

He gave changes of clothing to them all, but to Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothing. Genesis 45:22.

[6] From these places it is evident that Joseph and Benjamin were linked very closely together, not because they had the same mother but because the spiritual link that exists between the good meant by 'Joseph' and the truth meant by 'Benjamin' is represented by them. And because these two constitute that which lies between the celestial man and the spiritual man Joseph and his brothers could not be brought together, nor he and his father brought together, except by means of Benjamin; for without that intermediary no such bringing together is possible. This was the reason why Joseph did not reveal his true identity before he did.

[7] Elsewhere in the Word, especially the prophetical part, there are other places where Benjamin means the spiritual truth which is the Church's, as in Moses' prophecy regarding the sons of Israel,

To Benjamin he said, Beloved of Jehovah, he will dwell in confidence upon him, covering him all the day, and he will dwell between his shoulders. Deuteronomy 33:12.

'Beloved of Jehovah' means spiritual truth springing from celestial good. The presence of this good with that truth is referred to as 'dwelling in confidence', 'covering it the whole day', and also 'dwelling between his shoulders', for in the internal sense 'the shoulders' means all power, 1085, and all power which good possesses is expressed by means of truth, 3563.

[8] In Jeremiah,

Flee, sons of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet, and take up a prophecy over the house of the vine; for evil stares from the north, and great destruction. Jeremiah 6:1.

'Sons of Benjamin' stands for spiritual truth springing from what is celestial. 'Jerusalem' stands for the spiritual Church, as does 'the house of the vine' or Beth Hakkerem. 'Evil from the north' stands for man's sensory perception and his knowledge acquired through this. In the same prophet,

It will happen if you keep the sabbath day holy, that people will come in from the cities of Judah and from places surrounding Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountain, and from the south, bringing burnt offering and sacrifice, and minchah, and frankincense, and bringing thanksgiving, to the house of Jehovah. Jeremiah 17:24, 26.

[9] And elsewhere in the same prophet,

In the mountain cities, in the cities of the plain, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hands of him who counts them. Jeremiah 33:13.

Here 'the land of Benjamin' too stands for spiritual truth which is the Church's, for all things that constitute the Church, from the first to the final degree of these, are meant by 'the cities of Judah', 'the places surrounding Jerusalem', 'the land of Benjamin', 'the plain', 'the mountain', and 'the south'.

[10] In Hosea,

Sound the trumpet (buccina) in Gibeah, the trumpet (tuba) in Ramah. Cry out, Beth Aven; after you, Benjamin. Ephraim will become lonely places on the day of reproach. Hosea 5:8-9.

'Gibeah', 'Ramah', and 'Beth Aven' stand for aspects of the spiritual springing from the celestial meant by 'Benjamin', for Gibeah was part of Benjamin, Judges 19:14, as also was Ramah, Joshua 18:25, as well as Beth Aven, Joshua 18:12. 'Sounding the trumpets (buccina et tuba)' and 'crying out' stand for declaring that the intellectual side of the Church, meant by 'Ephraim', has been destroyed.

[11] In Obadiah,

The house of Jacob will become fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, the house of Esau stubble; and those in the south will inherit the mountain of Esau, and those who are in the plain the Philistines; and they will inherit the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria, and Benjamin [will inherit] Gilead. Obad. verses 18, 19.

Here, as in other places, it is quite evident that the names used mean spiritual realities, for unless one knows what is meant by 'the house of Jacob', 'the house of Joseph', 'the house of Esau', 'the mountain of Esau', 'the Philistines', 'the field of Ephraim', 'the field of Samaria', 'Benjamin', and 'Gilead', and in addition to these what is meant by 'those in the south', 'the house', 'the plain', 'the mountain', and 'the field', one will never understand anything here. Nor did the details described here as historical events actually take place. But anyone who knows what each individual expression implies will discover heavenly arcana within this particular use of them. Here also 'Benjamin' stands for what is spiritual springing from that which is celestial.

[12] Similarly the following in Zechariah,

Jehovah will be King over all the earth; in that day there will be one Jehovah, and His name one. Round about the whole land will be as the plain from Geba even to Rimmon. And [Jerusalem] will dwell in her own place, from the Gate of Benjamin even to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, 2 and the tower of Hananel, even to the king's winepresses. Zechariah 14:9-10.

Similarly in David,

Turn Your ear, O Shepherd, You who lead 3 Joseph like a flock, who are seated on the cherubim; before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power and come to save us. Psalms 80:1-2.

Similarly in the prophecy of Deborah and Barak,

Jehovah will have dominion for me among the strong. Out of Ephraim whose root is in Amalek, following you, Benjamin, among your peoples, out of Machir lawgivers will come down, and out of Zebulun those who carry the sceptre of the scribe. Judges 5:13-14.

[13] In John,

I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand sealed out of every tribe of Israel - twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand sealed out of the tribe of Benjamin. Revelation 7:4, 8.

By 'the tribes of Israel' here are meant those with whom goods and truths exist and who as a consequence are in the Lord's kingdom. For 'the tribes' and 'twelve', or what amounts to the same 'twelve thousand', mean all aspects of love and faith, or all aspects of good and truth, 577, 2089, 2129, 2130, 3272, 3858, 3913, 3926, 3939, 4060. In that chapter of the Book of Revelation the tribes are divided into four groups, the last group being made up of twelve thousand sealed out of Zebulun, twelve thousand out of Joseph, and twelve thousand out of Benjamin, because 'the tribe of Zebulun' means the heavenly marriage, 3960, 3961, in which marriage heaven and so all things consist. 'Joseph' in this case means the celestial of the spiritual, or the good of truth, while 'Benjamin' means the truth of that good, or the spiritual of the celestial. These form the marriage in which heaven consists, and this is why these three tribes are mentioned last.

[14] Because 'Benjamin' was to represent the spiritual of the celestial of the Church, or the truth of good, which is the intermediate part between celestial good and spiritual truth, Jerusalem was therefore allowed to the children of Benjamin as an inheritance; for before Zion was built there Jerusalem meant the Church in general. For the allotment of Jerusalem to Benjamin, see Joshua 18:28 and Judges 1:21.

Сноски:

1. virtue is used here in the now almost obsolete sense of 'The power or operative influence inherent in a supernatural or divine being'. (Shorter Oxford English Dictionary)

2. literally, the sate of the corners

3. The Latin means He who leads, but the Hebrew means You who lead.

  
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