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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#4759

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4759. 'For twenty pieces of silver' means the value set upon it. This is clear from the meaning of 'twenty' as the good and truth stored away by the Lord within the interior man, which are called remnants, dealt with in 2280, and so as holy good or truth. In this case holy truth is meant because the phrase 'twenty pieces of silver' is used, 'silver' meaning truth, 1551, 2954. The same number also means that which is not holy, for most things in the Word have a contrary meaning also, here truth that is not holy in the case of those who alienated Divine Truth, or 'sold Joseph', 4758, but is holy in the case of those who accepted it or 'bought him'. The meaning here therefore is that which is not holy separated from charity, but which is holy in the case of the Ishmaelites, that is, those in whom simple good is present. These are the things that are meant by the value set upon it. The reason why 'twenty' also means that which is not holy is that 'twenty' means remnants, as stated above. If people do not have any remnants of good and truth within their interior man, only evil and falsity instead, their holiness is not holiness, and depending on the kind of evil and falsity present in them it is either filthiness or else profanity.

[2] This further meaning which 'twenty' has of that which is not holy is clear in Zechariah,

I looked, and behold, a flying scroll. And he said to me, What do you see? I said to him, I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits, its breadth ten cubits. And he said to me, This curse is going out over the face of the whole land. Zechariah 5:1-3.

In Haggai,

When one came to the winevat to draw fifty measures from the winevat, there were only twenty; I smote you with blight, and all the work of your hands with mildew. Haggai 2:16-17.

[3] In Ezekiel,

Your food which you eat shall be in weight twenty shekels each day; from time to time shall you eat it; and you shall eat it indeed as a barley-cake. As regards that cake, with human excrement you shall make it in their sight. For thus, Jehovah said, shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations. Ezekiel 4:10, 12-13.

In these places 'twenty' stands for that which is unholy, unclean, and profane. The death in the wilderness of all over twenty years - a prediction recorded in Numbers 14:29; 32:11 - also represented that which was holy in the case of those under that age, and that which was not holy in the case of those over it. For all numbers in the Word mean spiritual realities, see 482, 487, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 1963, 1988, 2075, 2252, 3252, 4264, 4495, 4670; and remnants are good and truth stored away by the Lord within the interior man, 468, 530, 560, 561, 576, 660, 798, 1050, 1738, 1906, 2284.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#1988

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1988. 'Abram was a son of ninety-nine years' means the period of time before the Lord fully joined the Internal Man to the Rational Man. This is clear from the meaning of 'nine' when thought of as one less than ten, or what amounts to the same, of 'ninety-nine' when thought of as one less than a hundred; for when Isaac was born to him Abram was a hundred years old. The nature of the internal sense of the Word is made especially clear by the numbers that are used, as it is by the names. Any numbers whatever, as also any names, that are mentioned in the Word mean real things; for nothing ever exists in the Word that does not have that which is Divine within it, that is, which does not have an internal sense within it. How remote this sense is from the sense of the letter is especially evident from the names and numbers, for in heaven they pay no attention whatever to names and numbers but to things meant by the names or numbers. For example, whenever the number seven occurs, holiness instantly suggests itself to angels instead of the number seven, for 'seven' means holiness from the fact that the celestial man is the seventh day or the sabbath, and so the Lord's rest, 84-87, 395, 433, 716, 881. The same applies to all other numbers, for example, to the number twelve. Whenever twelve occurs the idea of everything belonging to faith suggests itself to angels, for the reason that the twelve tribes of Israel meant everything belonging to faith, 577. That numbers mean real things in the Word has been shown in Volume One; see 482, 487, 488, 493, 575, 647, 648, 755, 813, 893.

[2] It is similar with the number 'ninety-nine'. That this number means the period of time before the Lord fully joined the Internal Man to the Rational Man is clear from the meaning of 'a hundred years', Abram's age when Isaac was born to him, for Isaac represents and means the Lord's Rational Man which was joined to His Internal, that is, to the Divine. In the Word 'a hundred' has the same meaning as ten, for that number is the product of ten multiplied by ten, and 'ten' means remnants, as shown in Volume One, in 576. For what remnants residing with man are, see 468, 530, 561, 660, 1050, and for what remnants residing with the Lord were, 1906. These arcana cannot be explained any further, but anyone can find out for himself once he has acquainted himself with what remnants are - for nowadays what they are is not known - provided it is realized that by remnants residing with the Lord are meant the Divine Goods which He acquired to Himself by His own power, and by which He united the Human Essence to the Divine Essence.

[3] These considerations show what is meant by 'ninety-nine'. Being one less than a hundred, that number means the period of time before the Lord fully joined the Internal Man to the Rational Man. 'Ishmael' represented the first rational with the Lord, the nature of which has been shown adequately enough above in the previous chapter. But 'Isaac' represents the Lord's Divine Rational, as will be clear later on. Anyone may see that an arcanum is embodied within the following circumstance: Abram having remained such a long time in the land of Canaan - twenty-four years now, ten before Ishmael's birth, and thirteen after - and not as yet having had a son by Sarai his wife, he then first received the promise of a son, when he had now reached ninety-nine and would be a hundred when this son was born. The arcanum is that by means of these experiences he might represent the union of the Lord's Divine Essence with His Human Essence, and in fact of His Internal Man, which was Jehovah, with His Rational.

  
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