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創世記第37章

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1 雅各迦南,就是他父親寄居的

2 雅各的記略如下。約瑟十七歲與他哥哥們一同牧。他是個童子,與他父親的妾辟拉、悉帕的兒子們常在一處。約瑟將他哥哥們的惡行報給他們的父親

3 以色列原來約瑟過於他的眾子,因為約瑟是他年老生的;他給約瑟做了一件彩衣。

4 約瑟的哥哥們見父親約瑟過於他們,就恨約瑟,不與他和睦的話。

5 約瑟做了一夢,告訴他哥哥們,他們就越發恨他。

6 約瑟對他們:請我所做的夢:

7 我們在田裡捆禾稼,我的捆起來站著,你們的捆來圍著我的捆下拜。

8 他的哥哥們回答:難道你真要作我們的王麼?難道你真要管轄我們麼?他們就因為他的夢和他的越發恨他。

9 後來他又做了一夢,也告訴他的哥哥:看哪,我又做了一夢,夢見太陽月亮,與十一個向我下拜。

10 約瑟將這夢告訴他父親和他哥哥們,他父親就責備他:你做的這是甚麼夢!難道我和你母親、你弟兄果然要俯伏在,向你下拜麼?

11 哥哥們都嫉妒他,他父親卻把這存在心裡。

12 約瑟的哥哥們往示劍去放他們父親

13 以色列對約瑟:你哥哥們不是在示劍放羊麼?你來,我要打發你往他們那裡去。約瑟:我在這裡。

14 以色列:你去哥哥們平安不平安,平安不平安,就回來報信給我;於是打發他出希伯崙,他就往示劍去了。

15 遇見他在田野走迷了路,就問他:你甚麼?

16 :我找我的哥哥們,求你告訴我,他們在何處放羊。

17 :他們已經走了,我見他們要往多坍去。約瑟就去追趕他哥哥們,遇見他們在多坍。

18 他們遠遠地見他,趁他還沒有走到跟前,大家就同謀要害死他,

19 彼此:你看!那做夢的來了

20 來罷!我們將他殺了,丟在裡,就有惡獸把他吃了我們他的夢將來怎麼樣。

21 流便見了,要救他脫離他們的我們不可害他的性命;

22 :不可流他的血,可以把他丟在這野地的裡,不可下害他。流便的意思是要救他脫離他們的,把他歸還他的父親

23 約瑟到了他哥哥們那裡,他們就剝了他的外衣,就是他穿的那件彩衣,

24 把他丟在裡;那是空的,裡頭沒有

25 他們飯,舉目觀,見有一夥米甸的以實瑪利人從基列,用駱駝馱著香料、乳香、沒藥,要埃及去。

26 猶大對眾弟兄我們我們兄弟,藏了他的血有甚麼益處呢?

27 我們不如將他以實瑪利人,不可下害他;因為他是我們兄弟我們的骨。眾弟兄就從了他。

28 有些米甸的商人從那裡經過,哥哥們就把約瑟從裡拉上來,講定二十舍客勒子,把約瑟以實瑪利人。他們就把約瑟埃及去了。

29 流便回到邊,見約瑟不在裡,就撕裂衣服

30 回到兄弟們那裡,:童子沒有了。我往那裡去才好呢?

31 他們宰了一隻公山羊,把約瑟的那件彩衣染了血,

32 打發人送到他們的父親那裡,:我們撿了這個;請認一認是你兒子的外衣不是?

33 他認得,就:這是我兒子的外衣。有惡獸把他吃了,約瑟被撕碎了!撕碎了!

34 雅各便撕裂衣服,腰間圍上麻布,為他兒子悲哀了多日。

35 他的兒女都起來安慰他,他卻不肯受安慰:我必悲哀著陰間,到我兒子那裡。約瑟的父親就為他哀哭。

36 米甸人帶約瑟到埃及,把他法老的內臣─護衛長波提乏。

   

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Arcana Coelestia#4742

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4742. 'The tunic of various colours that was on him' means the nature of the appearances which is determined by that of the truths derived from good. This is clear from the meaning of 'the tunic of various colours' as appearances of truth by which the spiritual of the natural is recognized and distinguished, dealt with in 4677, here therefore the nature of those appearances; and for this reason the word 'tunic' is used twice - 'they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of various colours'. The fact that the nature of these appearances is determined by that of the truths derived from good may be known from appearances of truth when these are manifested visually in the light of heaven, that is, in the next life. There no other light exists than that which comes from the Lord by way of heaven and which emanates from His Divine Truth; for this appears before the eyes of the angels as light, 2776, 3190, 3195, 3222, 3339, 3340, 3636, 3643, 3993, 4302, 4413, 4415. This light varies with each angel, depending on his reception of it. Angels' entire thought is formed by the variegation of that light, as also is man's thought, though he is not conscious of this because in man's case that light falls onto material images or ideas present in his natural or external man which are formed from the light of the world.

Consequently in his case the light of heaven is dimmed to such an extent that he scarcely knows that the light and sight in his understanding are a product of the light of heaven. But in the next life when the sight of the eye is no longer reliant on the light of the world but on that of heaven it is then obvious that his thought is formed from the latter.

[2] When this light passes from heaven into the world of spirits it manifests itself there in the form of various colours, the beauty, variation, and loveliness of these colours being immensely superior to the colours produced by the light of the world; see what has already been presented from experience regarding colours, in 1053, 1624, 3993, 4530, 4677. Because colours in the next life are formed from the light of heaven they are in origin nothing else than appearances of truth derived from good. The source from which truth shines is not truth itself because by itself alone it does not possess any flame; rather, good is the source of it since this is like the flame from which light shines. The nature of good therefore determines the nature of the truth that appears from it, and the nature of the truth is the same as that of the good from which it shines. From this one may see what is meant in the internal sense by 'the tunic of various colours' - that the nature of the appearances is determined by that of the truths derived from good; for as shown already, 'Joseph', to whom the tunic belonged, represents Divine Truth.

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