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1 Aga Jaakob elas maal, kus ta isa oli võõrana elanud, Kaananimaal.

2 Need on Jaakobi suguvõsa lood: Kui Joosep oli seitsmeteistkümneaastane, siis oli ta koos oma vendadega lammaste ja kitsede karjane; tema oli abilisena oma isa naiste Billa ja Silpa poegade juures. Ja Joosep kandis isale ette nende halva kuulsuse.

3 Iisrael armastas Joosepit enam kui kõiki oma poegi, sest ta oli tema vana ea poeg, ja ta tegi temale kirju kuue.

4 Kui ta vennad nägid, et nende isa armastas teda enam kui kõiki tema vendi, siis nad vihkasid teda ega suutnud rääkida temaga sõbralikult.

5 Kord nägi Joosep unenäo ja jutustas selle oma vendadele; seejärel hakkasid need teda veel enam vihkama.

6 Ta nimelt ütles neile: 'Kuulge ometi seda unenägu, mis ma unes nägin!

7 Jah, vaadake, me olime väljal vihke sidumas, ja ennäe, minu vihk tõusis üles ning jäigi püsti seisma. Aga vaata, teie vihud ümbritsesid seda ja kummardasid minu vihu ees.'

8 Siis ta vennad ütlesid temale: 'Kas sina tahad saada meile kuningaks ja hakata meie üle valitsema?' Ja nad vihkasid teda veelgi enam tema unenägude ja kõnede pärast.

9 Ja ta nägi veel teise unenäo, jutustas selle oma vendadele ja ütles: 'Vaata, ma nägin veel ühe unenäo, ja ennäe, päike, kuu ja üksteist tähte kummardasid minu ees.'

10 Aga kui ta seda jutustas oma isale ja vendadele, siis ta isa sõitles teda ning ütles temale: 'Mis unenägu see küll on, mis sa nägid! Kas mina ja su ema ja vennad tõesti peame tulema ja sinu ees maani kummardama?'

11 Ta vennad said temale kadedaks, aga ta isa pidas meeles selle loo.

12 Kord olid ta vennad läinud Sekemisse oma isa karja hoidma.

13 Ja Iisrael ütles Joosepile: 'Eks ole su vennad Sekemis karja hoidmas? Tule, ma läkitan sind nende juurde!' Ja tema vastas: 'Siin ma olen!'

14 Siis ta ütles temale: 'Mine ometi vaatama, kas su vendade käsi käib hästi ja kas kari on korras, ja too mulle sõna!' Ta läkitas teda Hebroni orust ja ta tuli Sekemisse.

15 Ja üks mees kohtas teda, kui ta oli väljal ümber ekslemas. Ja mees küsis temalt, öeldes: 'Mida sa otsid?'

16 Ja tema vastas: 'Ma otsin oma vendi. Ütle mulle ometi, kus nad karja hoiavad?'

17 Ja mees ütles: 'Nad on siit edasi läinud, sest ma kuulsin neid ütlevat: Läki Dotanisse!' Ja Joosep läks järele oma vendadele ning leidis nad Dotanis.

18 Aga nad nägid teda kaugelt ja enne kui ta jõudis nende juurde, võtsid nad õelalt nõuks ta tappa.

19 Nad ütlesid üksteisele: 'Näe, sealt tuleb see unenägude sepitseja!

20 Tulgem nüüd, tapkem ta ära, visakem ta mõnda kaevu ja öelgem, et kuri loom sõi tema ära! Siis saame näha, mis ta unenäod tähendavad!'

21 Kui Ruuben seda kuulis, siis ta tahtis teda nende käest päästa ja ütles: 'Ärgem võtkem temalt hinge!'

22 Ja Ruuben ütles neile: 'Ärge valage verd, visake ta siia kõrbes olevasse kaevu, aga ärge pange oma kätt tema külge!' Sest ta tahtis tema päästa nende käest ja saata tagasi isa juurde.

23 Ja kui Joosep tuli oma vendade juurde, siis kiskusid need Joosepil kuue seljast, kirju kuue, mis tal seljas oli,

24 ning võtsid ja viskasid ta kaevu; aga kaev oli tühi, selles ei olnud vett.

25 Seejärel nad istusid leiba võtma. Ja kui nad oma silmad üles tõstsid ja vaatasid, ennäe, siis tuli ismaeliitide karavan Gileadist. Nende kaamelid kandsid mitmesugust vaiku, palsamit ja lõhnaainest, ja nad olid sellega teel alla Egiptusesse.

26 Ja Juuda ütles oma vendadele: 'Mis kasu sellest on, kui me tapame oma venna ja katame kinni tema vere?

27 Tulge, müüme tema ismaeliitidele, aga meie käed ärgu puudutagu teda, sest ta on meie lihane vend!' Ja ta vennad kuulasid teda.

28 Kui siis Midjani mehed, kaupmehed, mööda läksid, tõmbasid nad Joosepi kaevust välja ja müüsid Joosepi kahekümne hõbetüki eest ismaeliitidele; ja need viisid Joosepi Egiptusesse.

29 Kui Ruuben tuli tagasi kaevu juurde, vaata, siis ei olnud Joosepit enam kaevus. Siis ta käristas oma riided lõhki

30 ja läks tagasi oma vendade juurde ning ütles: 'Poissi ei ole enam! Ja mina, kuhu ma nüüd lähen?'

31 Siis nad võtsid Joosepi kuue ja tapsid ühe siku ning kastsid kuue verre.

32 Ja nad saatsid kirju kuue, tulid oma isa juurde ning ütlesid: 'Selle me leidsime! Tunnista nüüd, kas see on su poja kuub või mitte?'

33 Ja ta tundis selle ära ning ütles: 'See on mu poja kuub! Kuri loom on ta ära söönud, Joosep on tõesti maha murtud!'

34 Ja Jaakob käristas oma riided lõhki, kinnitas kotiriide niuete ümber ja leinas oma poega kaua aega.

35 Kõik ta pojad ja tütred püüdsid teda trööstida, kuid ta ei lasknud ennast trööstida, vaid ütles: 'Ma lähen tõesti leinates oma poja juurde hauda!' Ja tema isa nuttis teda taga.

36 Aga midjanlased müüsid tema Egiptuses Pootifarile, vaarao hoovkondlasele, ta ihukaitse pealikule.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#1616

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1616. That 'Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt in the oak groves of Mamre which are in Hebron' means that the Lord arrived at a perception more interior still is clear from the meaning of 'moving one's tent', that is, moving it and pitching it once again, as the process of being joined together; for 'a tent' is the holiness of worship, as shown already in 414, 1452, by which the external man is joined to the internal. It is also clear from the meaning of 'an oak-grove' as perception, dealt with already in 1442, 1443, where the phrase that occurred was 'the oak-grove of Moreh', meaning a first perception, whereas here the plural 'the oak-groves of Mamre' is used, which means a fuller, that is, more interior perception. This perception is called 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron'. Mamre is also mentioned elsewhere in the Word, as in Genesis 14:13; 18:1; 23:17-19; 35:27; and Hebron too, in Genesis 35:27; 37:14; Joshua 10:36, 39; 14:13-15; 15:13, 54; 20:7; 21:11, 13; Judges 1:10, 20; and elsewhere. But what Mamre and Hebron mean where they are so mentioned will in the Lord's Divine mercy be seen when these other parts of the Word are explained.

[2] The implications of 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron' meaning perception more interior still are as follows: To the extent that those things belonging to the external man are joined to celestial things belonging to the internal man perception grows and becomes more interior. Conjunction with celestial things confers perception, for within the celestial things that belong to love to Jehovah dwells the life itself of the internal man, or what amounts to the same, within celestial things which belong to love, that is, within celestial love, Jehovah is present. This presence is not perceived in the external man however until the conjunction has taken place. All perception is the result of conjunction.

[3] From the internal sense here it is clear what the situation was in the Lord's case: His External Man, or Human Essence, was joined step by step to the Divine Essence as cognitions multiplied and became fruitful. No one can ever, insofar as he is human, be joined to Jehovah, or the Lord, except by means of cognitions, for it is by means of cognitions that a person is made human. This applied to the Lord too since He was born as any other is born, and received instruction as any other does. Yet in the cognitions He had as receptacles celestial things were being instilled continually, with the result that His cognitions were constantly being made into the recipient vessels of celestial things; and these vessels also were themselves made celestial.

[4] Constantly the Lord advanced in this manner towards the celestial things of infancy, for, as stated already, the celestial things which belong to love are being instilled in a person from earliest infancy to childhood and on into adolescence as well. Since he is a human being, at that time and later on he is endowed with knowledge and cognitions. If a person is such that he can be regenerated, that knowledge and those cognitions are filled with celestial things that belong to love and charity, and are accordingly implanted within the celestial things he was endowed with from infancy through to childhood and adolescence, and in this way his external man is joined to his internal. First of all they are implanted in the celestial things he was endowed with in adolescence, then in those he was endowed with in childhood, and finally in those he was endowed with in infancy. At that point he is 'the little child' regarding whom the Lord said 'of such is the kingdom of God'. This implanting is done by the Lord alone, and therefore nothing celestial with man either does or can exist with man that does not come from, and belong to, the Lord.

[5] The Lord however from His own power joined His External Man to His Internal Man and filled His cognitions with celestial things, and He implanted them in celestial things, doing so according to Divine Order. First of all He implanted them in the celestial things of childhood, then in the celestial things of the age of childhood and back to infancy, and finally in the celestial things of His infancy. In this way He at the same time became as regards the Human Essence Innocence itself and Love itself, from which derive all innocence and all love in heaven and on earth. Such Innocence is true Infancy because it is simultaneously Wisdom. But the innocence of infancy is of no use at all unless by means of cognitions it becomes the innocence of wisdom, and this is why little children in the next life are endowed with cognitions. As the Lord implanted cognitions in celestial things, so He had perception, for, as stated, all perception is the result of conjunction. He had His first perception when He implanted the facts acquired in childhood, a perception meant by 'the oak-grove of Moreh'; and He had His second, which is the subject here, and which is more interior, when He implanted cognitions, a perception meant by 'the oak-groves of Mamre which are in Hebron'.

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