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1 И было послј сихъ произшеетвій, сказали Іосифу: вотъ, отецъ твой боленъ. Тотда онъ взялъ съ собою двухъ сыновей своихъ, Манассію и Ефрема.

2 И возвјстили Іакову, и сказали: вотъ, сынъ твой Іосифъ идетъ къ тебј. Израиль укрјпился и сјлъ на постелј.

3 И сказалъ Іаковъ Іосифу: Богъ Всемогущій явился мнј въ Лузј, въ землј Ханаанской, и благословилъ меня.

4 И сказалъ мнј: се, Я возращу тебя, и размножу тебя и произведу отъ тебя сонмъ народовъ, и дамъ землю сію въ вјчное владјніе потомству твоему, послј тебя.

5 Итакъ два сына твои, родившіеся тебј въ землј Египетской, прежде нежели я пришелъ къ тебј въ Египетъ, пусть будутъ мои; Ефремъ и Манассія пусть будутъ мои, также какъ Рувимъ и Симеонъ.

6 Дјти же твои, которые родятся отъ тебя послј сихъ, будутъ твои. Они подъ именемъ братьевъ своихъ будутъ именоваться въ ихъ удјлј.

7 Ибо Рахиль по возвращеніи моемъ изъ Падана, умерла у меня въ землј Ханаанской, на дорогј, не доходя поприща земли до Ефраѕы, и я похоронилъ ее тамъ на дорогј къ Ефраѕј, (что нынј Виѕлеемъ).

8 Тутъ Израиль увидјлъ сыновъ Іосифовыхъ, и спросилъ: кто это?

9 Іосифъ отвјчалъ отцу своему: это сыновья мои, которыхъ Богъ даровалъ мнј здјсь. Тогда онъ сказалъ: подведи ихъ ко мнј, я благословлю ихъ.

10 (Очи же Израилевы тяжелы были отъ старости такъ, что онъ не могъ видјть ясно). Іосифъ подвелъ ихъ къ нему, и онъ поцјловалъ ихъ, и обнялъ ихъ.

11 сказалъ Израиль Іосифу: я не надјялся видјть лице твое, и се, Богъ даровалъ мнј увидјть и дјтей твоихъ.

12 И отвелъ ихъ Іосифъ отъ колјнъ его, и поклонился лицемъ своимъ до земли.

13 Потомъ Іосифъ взялъ обоихъ, Ефрема въ правую свою руку противъ лјвой Израиля, а Манассію въ лјвую противъ правой Израиля, и подвелъ къ нему.

14 Но Израиль простеръ правую руку свою, и положилъ на голову Ефрема, хотя сей былъ меньший, а лјвую на голову Манассіи. Такъ положилъ онъ руки свои съ намјреніемъ, хотя Манассія былъ первенецъ.

15 И благословилъ: Іосифа, и сказалъ: Богъ, иредъ лицемъ Котораго ходили отцы мои, Авраамъ и Исаакъ, Богъ, пасущій меня съ тјхъ поръ, какъ я существую до сего дня,

16 Ангелъ, избавляющій меня отъ всякаго зла, да благословитъ отроковъ сихъ, да будетъ на нихъ имя мое и имя отцевъ моихъ, Авраама и Исаака, и да возрастутъ они во множество посреди земли.

17 Когда Іосифъ увидјлъ, что отецъ его положилъ правую руку свою на голову Ефрема, то сіе было ему непріятно. И взялъ руку отца своего, чтобы переложить ее съ головы Ефрема на голову Манассіи;

18 и сказалъ Іосифъ отцу своеему: не такъ, батюшка; ибо этотъ первенецъ; положи правую руку твою на голову этому.

19 Но отецъ его не согласился, и сказалъ: знаю, сынъ мой, знаю; и отъ него произойдетъ народъ, и онъ будетъ великъ; но меньшій его братъ будетъ больше его, и потомство его будетъ полнота народовъ.

20 И благословилъ ихъ въ тотъ день, говоря: тобою благословлять будетъ Израиль, и будетъ говорить: Богъ да сотворитъ тебј, какъ Ефрему и Манассіи. Такимъ образомъ поставилъ Ефрема выше Манассіи.

21 И сказалъ Израиль Іосифу: вотъ, я умираю. Но Богъ будетъ съ вами, и возвратитъ васъ въ землю отцевъ вашихъ.

22 Я даю тебј преимущественно предъ братьями твоими, Одинъ участокъ, который я взялъ изъ рукъ Аморреевъ Мечемъ моимъ и лукомъ моимъ.

   

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Arcana Coelestia#6296

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6296. 'But truly his younger brother will become greater than he' means that good from truth, thus the spiritual man, will receive even greater increase. This is clear from the representation of Ephraim, to whom 'younger brother' refers here, as truth that belongs to the understanding within the natural and is born from the internal, dealt with in 6234, 6238, 6267, though 'Ephraim' at this point is good from truth, dealt with below; and from the meaning of 'becoming greater than another' as receiving even greater increase. The reason why here 'Ephraim' is good from truth is that he represents the member of the spiritual Church - the member of the external spiritual Church, to be exact - just as 'Manasseh' represents the member of the external celestial Church, 6295. What makes someone a member of the spiritual Church is good from truth - the internal part of that Church being what 'Israel' represents, the external what 'Ephraim' represents. A member of the spiritual Church differs from a member of the celestial in the fact that the spiritual member's good has been implanted in the understanding part of his mind, whereas the celestial member's has been implanted in the will part, see 863, 875, 895, 927, 928, 1023, 1043, 1044, 2256, 4328, 4493, 5117. This difference goes to explain why 'Ephraim' represents the spiritual man, and 'Manasseh' the celestial man.

[2] The reason why good from truth, or the spiritual man, will receive greater increase than good which gives rise to truth, which is the celestial man, is that the human will has been unceasingly corrupted, so corrupted that at length evil has taken complete possession of it, with the result that nothing sound has remained there. So that a person is not destroyed on account of this the Lord has seen to it that the understanding part of his mind may be regenerated and that he may thereby be saved. This now explains why there are few who still have any soundness in the will part of their mind, thus why there are few who can become celestial people but many who can become spiritual ones; and this in turn explains why those who are spiritual will receive greater increase than those who are celestial. This then is the meaning of 'his younger brother will become greater than he'.

  
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Arcana Coelestia#1023

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1023. That 'and I, behold I am establishing My covenant' means the Lord's presence in charity becomes clear from the meaning of 'a covenant', dealt with in 666, where it was shown that 'a covenant' means regeneration, and in particular the conjunction of the Lord with a regenerate person by means of love. It was also shown there that the heavenly marriage is the actual covenant itself, and that consequently the heavenly marriage exists with every regenerate person. The nature of this marriage or covenant has also been shown already.

[2] The heavenly marriage with the member of the Most Ancient Church existed in the area of his own will, but the heavenly marriage with the member of the Ancient Church came into existence in the area of his own understanding. Actually when the will part of man's mind had become utterly corrupted, the Lord in miraculous fashion separated the area of his own understanding from that corrupted will part, and within the area of man's own understanding He formed a new will, which is conscience. Into conscience He infused charity, and into charity innocence, and in this manner joined Himself to man, or what amounts to the same, established a covenant with him.

[3] To the extent that the area of a person's own will can be separated from this understanding part the Lord is able to be present with him, that is, to join Himself or establish a covenant with him. Temptations and similar means of regeneration render inactive the area of a person's own will, so that it is reduced to nothing and so to speak dies. To the extent that this happens the Lord can operate within charity by means of conscience implanted in the area of a person's own understanding. This is what is called 'a covenant' here.

  
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