Arcana Coelestia#5191
5191. Genesis 41 1
1. And it happened at the end of two years of days, 2 that Pharaoh was dreaming, and behold, he was standing next to the river.
2. And behold, out of the river seven cows were coming up, beautiful in appearance and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the sedge.
3. And behold, seven other cows were coming up after them out of the river, bad in appearance and thin-fleshed, and stood by the [other] cows on the bank of the river.
4. And the cows bad in appearance and thin-fleshed devoured the seven cows beautiful in appearance and fat. And Pharaoh awoke.
5. And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time, and behold, seven heads of grain were coming up on one stalk, fat and good.
6. And behold, seven heads, thin and scorched by an east wind, were sprouting after them.
7. And the thin heads swallowed up the seven fat and full heads. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream.
8. And it happened early in the morning, that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called all the magi of Egypt, and all its wise men; and Pharaoh told them his dream, and there was no one to interpret them for Pharaoh.
9. And the chief of the cupbearers spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I remember my sins today.
10. Pharaoh was incensed with his servants, and put me into custody in the house of the chief of the attendants, me and the chief of the bakers.
11. And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each according to the interpretation of his own dream.
12. And a Hebrew boy was there with us, a servant to the chief of the attendants; and we told him, and he interpreted our dreams for us, to each according to his dream he gave the interpretation.
13. And it happened, that as he interpreted to us, so it came about. He restored me to my position, and he hanged him.
14. And Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they hurried him out of the pit; and he clipped [his hair and beard], and changed his clothes, and came to Pharaoh.
15. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard about you - it is said that when you hear a dream you can interpret it.
16. And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not mine; God will give an answer of peace, O Pharaoh.
17. And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the river.
18. And behold, out of the river seven cows were coming up, fat-fleshed and beautiful in form; and they fed in the sedge.
19. And behold, seven other cows were coming up after them, weak and extremely bad in form and lean-fleshed; I have not seen any like them in all the land of Egypt for badness.
20. And the lean and bad cows devoured the first seven fat cows.
21. And they devoured them completely 3 and no one would have known that they had devoured them completely; 4 and their appearance was malign, as it had been in the beginning. And I awoke.
22. And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven heads of grain were coming up on one stalk, full and good.
23. And behold, seven heads, dried up, thin, and scorched by an east wind, were sprouting after them.
24. And the thin heads swallowed up the seven good heads. And I told it to the magi, and there was no one to point out the meaning to me.
25. And Joseph said to Pharaoh, Pharaoh's dream, it is one; what God is doing He has pointed out to Pharaoh.
26. The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years; the dream, it is one.
27. And the seven thin and bad cows coming up after them are seven years; and the seven empty heads of grain, scorched by an east wind, will be seven years of famine.
28. This is the word which I have spoken to Pharaoh; what God is doing He has caused Pharaoh to see.
29. Behold, seven years are coming, [in which there will be] a great abundance of corn in all the land of Egypt.
30. And seven years of famine will arise after them, and all the abundance of corn in the land of Egypt will be thrust into oblivion, and the famine will consume the land.
31. And the abundance of corn in the land will not be known because of the famine from then on, for it will be extremely severe.
32. And as for the dream being presented 5 to Pharaoh twice, this is because the thing is established by God, and God is hastening to do it.
33. And now let Pharaoh see 6 a man with intelligence and wisdom, and set him over the land of Egypt.
34. Let Pharaoh do this, and let him place governors in charge over the land, and let him take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance of corn.
35. And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and let them store up grain under the hand of Pharaoh - food in the cities; and let them guard it.
36. And let the food be for a reserve for the land, for the seven years of famine which there will be in the land of Egypt, and the land will not be cut off in the famine.
37. And the thing was good in Pharaoh's eyes and in the eyes of all his servants.
38. And Pharaoh said to his servants, Shall we find a man like this, in whom is the spirit of God?
39. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, After God has caused you to know all this, no one has wisdom and intelligence like you.
40. You shall be over my house, and all my people shall kiss on your mouth; only in the throne will I be great, more than you.
41. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.
42. And Pharaoh took off his ring from upon his hand and put it onto Joseph's hand, and clothed him in robes of fine linen, and placed a chain of gold onto his neck.
43. And he made him ride in the second chariot that he had; and they cried out before him, Abrek! and he set him over all the land of Egypt.
44. And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
45. And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath Paneah, and gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, for a wife; and Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
46. And Joseph was a son of thirty years when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and Joseph came out from before Pharaoh, and went through all the land of Egypt.
47. And in the seven years of abundance of corn the land yielded bunches.
48. And he gathered all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up 7 the food in the cities; the food of the field of a city which was round about it he laid up 7 in the midst of it.
49. And Joseph stored up grain like the sand of the sea, very much, until he left off numbering, because it was beyond number.
50. And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera the priest of On, bore to him.
51. And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh - for God has made me forget all my labour and all my father's house.
52. And the name of the second he called Ephraim - for God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53. And the seven years of abundance of corn ended, which was in the land of Egypt.
54. And the seven years of famine began to come, even as Joseph had said; and the famine was in all lands, and in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55. And all the land of Egypt suffered famine, and the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all Egypt, Go to Joseph; do what he tells you.
56. And the famine was over all the face of the earth; and Joseph opened all the places in which [there was grain] and sold to Egypt. And the famine was becoming great in the land of Egypt.
57. And all the earth came to Egypt to buy [grain], to Joseph; for the famine became great in all the earth.
CONTENTS
In this chapter the subject in the internal sense is the second state of the celestial of the spiritual, which is 'Joseph'; that is to say, the subject is the raising up of this above the things belonging to the natural or external man, and so above all the factual knowledge there, which is 'Egypt'.
脚注:
1. Volume Five of the Latin, which begins here, does not have any preliminary sections to chapters.
2. i.e. two full years
3. literally, they came to their viscera
4. literally, it was not known that they had come to their viscera
5. literally, repeated
6. i.e. select or look out. See 5286.
7. literally, gave
Genesis第40章
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It happened after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker offended their lord, the king of Egypt.
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Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
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He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
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The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
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They both dreamed a dream, each man his dream, in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were bound in the prison.
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Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.
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He asked Pharaoh's officers who were with him in custody in his master's house, saying, "Why do you look so sad today?"
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They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
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The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,
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and in the vine were three branches. It was as though it budded, its blossoms shot forth, and its clusters brought forth ripe grapes.
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Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand."
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Joseph said to him, "This is its interpretation: the three branches are three days.
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Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.
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But remember me when it will be well with you, and please show kindness to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house.
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For indeed, I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon."
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
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In the uppermost basket there was all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my head."
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Joseph answered, "This is its interpretation. The three baskets are three days.
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Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head from off you, and will hang you on a tree; and the birds will eat your flesh from off you."
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It happened the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
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He restored the chief cupbearer to his position again, and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand;
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but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
