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Бытие 44

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1 И приказал Иосиф начальнику дома своего, говоря: наполни мешки этих людей пищею, сколько они могут нести, и серебро каждого положи в отверстие мешка его,

2 а чашу мою, чашу серебряную, положи в отверстие мешка к младшемувместе с серебром за купленный им хлеб. И сделал тот по слову Иосифа, которое сказалон.

3 Утром, когда рассвело, эти люди были отпущены, они и ослы их.

4 Еще не далеко отошли они от города, как Иосиф сказал начальнику дома своего: ступай, догоняй этих людей и, когда догонишь, скажи им: для чего вы заплатили злом за добро?

5 Не та ли это, из которой пьет господин мой и он гадает на ней? Худо это вы сделали.

6 Он догнал их и сказал им эти слова.

7 Они сказали ему: для чего господин наш говорит такие слова? Нет, рабы твои не сделают такого дела.

8 Вот, серебро, найденное нами в отверстии мешков наших, мы обратнопринесли тебе из земли Ханаанской: как же нам украсть из дома господинатвоего серебро или золото?

9 У кого из рабов твоих найдется, тому смерть, и мы будем рабами господину нашему.

10 Он сказал: хорошо; как вы сказали, так пусть и будет: у кого найдется чаша , тот будет мне рабом, а вы будете не виноваты.

11 Они поспешно спустили каждый свой мешок на землю и открыли каждый свой мешок.

12 Он обыскал, начал со старшего и окончил младшим; и нашлась чаша в мешке Вениаминовом.

13 И разодрали они одежды свои, и, возложив каждый на осла своего ношу, возвратились в город.

14 И пришли Иуда и братья его в дом Иосифа, который был еще дома, и пали пред ним на землю.

15 Иосиф сказал им: что это вы сделали? разве вы не знали, что такойчеловек, как я, конечно угадает?

16 Иуда сказал: что нам сказать господину нашему? что говорить? чемоправдываться? Бог нашел неправду рабов твоих; вот, мы рабы господинунашему, и мы, и тот, в чьих руках нашлась чаша.

17 Но Иосиф сказал: нет, я этого не сделаю; тот, в чьих рукахнашлась чаша, будет мне рабом, а вы пойдите с миром к отцу вашему.

18 И подошел Иуда к нему и сказал: господин мой, позволь рабу твоему сказать слово в уши господина моего, и не прогневайся на раба твоего, ибо ты то же,что фараон.

19 Господин мой спрашивал рабов своих, говоря: есть ли у вас отец или брат?

20 Мы сказали господину нашему, что у нас есть отец престарелый, и младший сын, сын старости, которого брат умер, а он остался один от матери своей, и отецлюбит его.

21 Ты же сказал рабам твоим: приведите его ко мне, чтобы мне взглянуть на него.

22 Мы сказали господину нашему: отрок не может оставить отца своего, и если он оставит отца своего, то сей умрет.

23 Но ты сказал рабам твоим: если не придет с вами меньший брат ваш,то вы более не являйтесь ко мне на лице.

24 Когда мы пришли к рабу твоему, отцу нашему, то пересказали ему слова господина моего.

25 И сказал отец наш: пойдите опять, купите нам немного пищи.

26 Мы сказали: нельзя нам идти; а если будет с нами меньший брат наш, то пойдем; потому что нельзя нам видеть лица того человека, если не будет с нами меньшого брата нашего.

27 И сказал нам раб твой, отец наш: вы знаете, что жена моя родила мне двух сынов ;

28 один пошел от меня, и я сказал: верно он растерзан; и я не видал его доныне;

29 если и сего возьмете от глаз моих, и случится с ним несчастье, то сведете вы седину мою с горестью во гроб.

30 Теперь если я приду к рабу твоему, отцу нашему, и не будет с нами отрока, с душею которого связана душа его,

31 то он, увидев, что нет отрока, умрет; и сведут рабы твои седину раба твоего, отца нашего, с печалью во гроб.

32 Притом я, раб твой, взялся отвечать за отрока отцу моему, сказав: если не приведу его к тебе, то останусь я виновным пред отцом моим во все дни жизни.

33 Итак пусть я, раб твой, вместо отрока останусь рабом у господина моего, а отрок пусть идет с братьями своими:

34 ибо как пойду я к отцу моему, когда отрока не будет со мною? я увидел бы бедствие, которое постигло бы отца моего.

   

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Arcana Coelestia # 5758

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5758. 'And how could we steal from your lord's house silver or gold? means, Why should we lay claim to truth or good that comes from the Divine celestial? This is clear from the meaning of 'stealing' in the spiritual sense as laying claim to what is the Lord's, dealt with above in 5749; from the meaning of 'silver' as truth, dealt with in 1551, 2954, 5658; and from the meaning of 'gold' as good, dealt with in 113, 1551, 1552, 5658. The whole of this chapter has as its subject spiritual theft, which consists in laying claim to good and truth that come from the Lord. This is a matter of consequence so great that after death a person cannot be admitted into heaven until he acknowledges in his heart that nothing good or true originates in himself, only in the Lord, and that whatever does originate in himself is nothing but evil. The truth of this is proved to a person after death by means of many experiences. The angels in heaven perceive quite clearly that everything good and true comes from the Lord, in addition they perceive that the Lord is the one who withholds them from evil and maintains in them what is good and therefore what is true, which He does with great force.

[2] I too have been allowed to perceive the same things quite plainly for many years now, and also to perceive that to the extent that I have been left to my proprium or on my own I have been swamped by evils, but to the extent that I have been withheld from this by the Lord I have been raised from evil to good. Laying claim therefore to truth or good as one's own is the opposite of the attitude of mind that reigns universally in heaven. It is also the opposite of the acknowledgement that all salvation is due to mercy, that is, that a person left to himself is in hell, but the Lord in His mercy pulls him out of there. Nor can a person have humility or consequently accept the Lord's mercy - for mercy can enter only where there is humility, that is, into a humble heart - unless he acknowledges that left to himself he produces nothing but evil and that the Lord is the source of all good. Moreover he otherwise thinks that the deeds he performs earn him merit and eventually righteousness; for to claim as one's own truth and good which come from the Lord is self-righteousness, from which many evils well up. Thinking in that way a person sees himself in every specific deed he performs for his neighbour; and when he does this he loves himself more than everyone else, whom he thus holds in contempt which, though he may not express it verbally, is nevertheless present in his heart.

  
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Arcana Coelestia # 1551

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1551. That 'silver' means truths is clear from the meaning of 'silver' as truth. The most ancient people compared the goods and truths present in man to metals. Innermost or celestial goods which flow from love to the Lord they compared to gold, truths deriving from these to silver. Goods of a lower or natural kind however they compared to bronze, and truths of a lower kind to iron. Nor did they just compare them; they also called them such. This was the origin of periods of time being likened to those same metals and being called the golden, silver, bronze, and iron ages, for these followed in that order one after another. The golden age was the time of the Most Ancient Church, which was celestial man. The silver age was the time of the Ancient Church, which was spiritual man. The bronze age was the time of the Church that followed, and the iron age came after that. Similar things were also meant by the statue which Nebuchadnezzar saw in a dream, whose head was of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of bronze, and shins of iron, Daniel 2:32-33. That periods of the Church were to follow one another in that order, and actually did so, is clear in that very chapter of the same prophet.

[2] That 'silver' in the internal sense of the Word wherever it is mentioned means truth, or in the contrary sense falsity, is clear from the following places: In Isaiah,

Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver, and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your assessment, and righteousness your tax-collectors. Isaiah 60:17.

Here it is evident what each metal means. The subject is the Lord's Coming, His kingdom, and the celestial Church. 'Instead of bronze, gold' is celestial good in place of natural good; 'instead of iron, silver' is spiritual truth in place of natural truth; 'instead of wood, bronze' is natural good in place of bodily good; 'instead of stone, iron' is natural truth in place of truth acquired through the senses. In the same prophet,

Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the water, and he who has no money, 1 come, buy and eat! Isaiah 55:1.

'He who has no money' 1 is the person who does not know the truth but who nevertheless possesses the good that stems from charity, as is the case with many people inside the Church, and with gentiles outside it.

[3] In the same prophet,

The islands will wait for Me, the ships of Tarshish at their head, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of Jehovah your God, and to the Holy One of Israel. Isaiah 60:9.

This refers specifically to a new Church, or a Church among gentiles, and in general to the Lord's kingdom. 'Ships from Tarshish' stands for cognitions, 'silver' for truths, and 'gold' for goods, which are those things they 'will bring to the name of Jehovah'. In Ezekiel,

For your adornment you took vessels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and you made for yourselves figures of the male. Ezekiel 16:17.

Here 'gold' stands for cognitions of celestial things, 'silver' of spiritual things. In the same prophet,

You were adorned with gold and silver, and your raiment was fine linen and silk, and embroidered cloth. Ezekiel 16:13.

This refers to Jerusalem, by which the Lord's Church is meant, whose adornment is being described in this manner. In the same prophet,

Behold, you who are wise, there is no secret they have hidden from you; by your wisdom and by your intelligence you have acquired riches for yourself, and you have acquired gold and silver in your treasuries. Ezekiel 28:3-4.

Here, in what is said in reference to Tyre, 'gold' is plainly identified with the riches of wisdom, and 'silver' with the riches of intelligence.

[4] In Joel,

You have taken My silver and My gold, and My good and desirable treasures you have carried into your temples. Joel 3:5.

This refers to Tyre, Sidon, and Philistia, which mean cognitions, and these are 'the silver and the gold they took into their temples'. In Haggai,

The elect of all nations will come, and I will fill this house with glory. Mine is the silver, and Mine is the gold. The glory of this latter house will be greater than that of the former. Haggai 2:7-9.

This refers to the Lord's Church to which 'gold and silver' have reference. In Malachi,

He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi. Malachi 3:3.

This refers to the Coming of the Lord. In David,

The words of Jehovah are pure words, silver refined in an earthen crucible, poured seven times. Psalms 12:6.

'Silver purified seven times' stands for Divine truth. At the time of their exodus out of Egypt the children of Israel were commanded that every woman should ask of her neighbour, and of her who sojourned in her house, vessels of silver and vessels of gold and garments, and that they should put them on their sons and on their daughters, and so despoil the Egyptians, Exodus 3:22; 11:2-3; 12:35-36. Anyone may see from this that the children of Israel would never have been ordered to steal and despoil the Egyptians of those possessions in that way if these did not represent some arcana. But what those arcana are may become clear from the meaning of 'silver and gold, garments, and Egypt', and from the fact that what these possessions represented is similar to the words here 'rich in the silver and gold from Egypt', used in reference to Abram.

[5] Just as 'silver' means truth so in a contrary sense it means falsity, for people under the influence of falsity imagine falsity to be the truth, as is also clear in the Prophets. In Moses,

You shall not covet the silver and the gold of the nations, nor take it for yourself, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to Jehovah your God. You shall utterly detest it. Deuteronomy 7:25-26.

'The gold of the nations' stands for evils, and 'their silver' for falsities. In the same author,

You shall not make gods of silver to be with Me, nor shall you make for yourselves gods of gold. Exodus 20:23.

In the internal sense these words mean nothing other than falsities and evil desires, falsities being meant by 'gods of silver', and evil desires by 'gods of gold'. In Isaiah,

On that day everyone will spurn his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your hands have made for you - a sin. Isaiah 31:7.

'Idols of silver and idols of gold' stands for similar things that are false and evil 'Which your hands have made' stands for what is a product of the proprium. In Jeremiah,

They are foolish and stupid; that wood is a way of learning vanities! Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the smith and of the hands of the moulder. Their clothing is violet and purple These are all the work of the wise. Jeremiah 10:8-9.

Here 'silver' and 'gold' quite clearly stand for similar things that are false and evil.

Mga talababa:

1. or silver

  
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