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Genesis, 42

1. Jacob, seeing that there were supplies to be had in Egypt, said to his sons, 'Why do you keep staring at one another?

1. When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

2. I hear', he said, 'that there are supplies in Egypt. Go down and procure some for us there, so that we may survive and not die.'

2. And he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live, and not die."

3. So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to procure grain in Egypt.

3. So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

4. But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers. 'Nothing must happen to him,' he thought.

4. But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might befall him.

5. Thus the sons of Israel were among the other people who came to get supplies, there being famine in Canaan.

5. Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6. It was Joseph, as the man in authority over the country, who allocated the rations to the entire population. So Joseph's brothers went and bowed down before him, their faces touching the ground.

6. Now Joseph was governor over the land; he it was who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.

7. As soon as Joseph saw his brothers he recognised them. But he did not make himself known to them, and he spoke harshly to them. 'Where have you come from?' he asked. 'From Canaan to get food,' they replied.

7. Joseph saw his brothers, and knew them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. "Where do you come from?" he said. They said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."

8. Now when Joseph recognised his brothers, but they did not recognise him,

8. Thus Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.

9. Joseph remembered the dreams he had had about them, and said to them, 'You are spies. You have come to discover the country's weak points.'

9. And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed of them; and he said to them, "You are spies, you have come to see the weakness of the land."

10. 'No, my lord,' they said, 'your servants have come to get food.

10. They said to him, "No, my lord, but to buy food have your servants come.

11. We are all sons of the same man. We are honest men, your servants are not spies.'

11. We are all sons of one man, we are honest men, your servants are not spies."

12. 'Oh no,' he replied, 'you have come to discover the country's weak points.'

12. He said to them, "No, it is the weakness of the land that you have come to see."

13. 'Your servants were twelve brothers,' they said, 'sons of the same man in Canaan, but the youngest is at present with our father, and the other one is no more.'

13. And they said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

14. To which Joseph retorted, 'It is as I said, you are spies.

14. But Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies.

15. This is the test you are to undergo: as sure as Pharaoh lives you shall not leave unless your youngest brother comes here.

15. By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

16. Send one of your number to fetch your brother; you others will remain under arrest, so that your statements can be tested to see whether or not you are honest. If not, then as sure as Pharaoh lives you are spies.'

16. Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain in prison, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."

17. Whereupon, he put them all into custody for three days.

17. And he put them all together in prison for three days.

18. On the third day Joseph said to them, 'Do this and you will live, for I am a man who fears God.

18. On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God:

19. If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be detained where you are imprisoned; the rest of you, go and take supplies home for your starving families.

19. if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined in your prison, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,

20. But you must bring your youngest brother back to me; in this way, what you have said will be verified, and you will not have to die!' And this is what they did.

20. and bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die." And they did so.

21. And they said to one another, 'Clearly, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep misery when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen, and now this misery has come home to us.'

21. Then they said to one another, "In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us and we would not listen; therefore is this distress come upon us."

22. Reuben retorted to them, 'Did I not tell you not to wrong the boy? But you would not listen. Now comes the accounting.'

22. And Reuben answered them, "Did I not tell you not to sin against the lad? But you would not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood."

23. They did not know that Joseph understood, because there was an interpreter between them.

23. They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.

24. He turned away from them and wept. When he was able to speak to them again, he chose Simeon out of their number and had him bound while they looked on.

24. Then he turned away from them and wept; and he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

25. Joseph gave the order to fill their panniers with grain, to put back each man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.

25. And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.

26. Then they loaded their supplies on their donkeys and went away.

26. Then they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed.

27. But when they camped for the night, one of them opened his sack to give his donkey some fodder and saw his money -- there it was in the mouth of his sack.

27. And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack;

28. He said to his brothers, 'My money has been put back; here it is, in my sack!' Their hearts sank, and they looked at one another in panic, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

28. and he said to his brothers, "My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!" At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

29. Returning to their father Jacob in Canaan, they gave him a full report of what had happened to them,

29. When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had befallen them, saying,

30. 'The man who is lord of the country spoke harshly to us, accusing us of spying on the country.

30. "The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the land.

31. We told him, "We are honest men, we are not spies.

31. But we said to him, `We are honest men, we are not spies;

32. We were twelve brothers, sons of the same father. One of us is no more, and the youngest is at present with our father in Canaan."

32. we are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.'

33. But the man who is lord of the country said to us, "This is how I shall know whether you are honest: leave one of your brothers with me. Take supplies for your starving families and be gone,

33. Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, `By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.

34. but bring me back your youngest brother and then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I shall give your brother back to you and you will be free to move about the country." '

34. Bring your youngest brother to me; then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver to you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.'"

35. As they emptied their sacks, each discovered his bag of money in his sack. On seeing their bags of money they were afraid, and so was their father.

35. As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

36. Then their father Jacob said to them, 'You are robbing me of my children; Joseph is no more; Simeon is no more; and now you want to take Benjamin. I bear the brunt of all this!'

36. And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin; all this has come upon me."

37. Then Reuben said to his father, 'You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.'

37. Then Reuben said to his father, "Slay my two sons if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you."

38. But he replied, 'My son is not going down with you, for now his brother is dead he is the only one left. If any harm came to him on the journey you are undertaking, you would send my white head down to Sheol with grief!'

38. But he said, "My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm should befall him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."



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42:1-3 - Éhínség sújtja az országot, és Jákób elküldi fiait Egyiptomba, hogy élelmet vegyenek. Ez a cselekvés azt szemlélteti, hogy az emberiségnek szüksége van segítségre és Isten gondviselésére a válság idején (lásd még Zsoltárok 37:25 és Máté 6:31-33).

42:6-9 - József testvérei megjelennek előtte, nem ismerik kilétét. Ez a helyzet rávilágít Isten gondviselésének iróniájára, amely megfordítja a kedvezőtlen körülményeket a megbékélés érdekében (lásd még 1Mózes 37:28 és Róma 8:28).

42:10-17 - József azzal vádolja testvéreit, hogy kémek, próbára teszi őszinteségüket és bűnbánatukat. Ez azt mutatja, hogy Isten a nehézségeket arra használja fel, hogy napvilágra hozza a be nem vallott bűnöket, és elősegítse a helyreállítást (lásd még Zsoltárok 139:23-24 és Zsidók 12:5-6).

42:18-24 - József biztosítékként megtartja Simeont, és visszaküldi a többi testvért gabonával. Simeon bebörtönzése azt jelképezi, hogy szembenézni kell múltbeli tettei következményeivel, hangsúlyozva az igazságosság témáját (lásd még Galata 6:7-8 és Róma 2:6).

42:25-28 - Amikor a testvérek felfedezik a pénzt a zsákjukban, megijednek és féltik az életüket. Ez rávilágít az emberi gyarlóságra és arra, hogy bízni kell Isten jóságában, még a bizonytalanság közepette is (lásd még Filippi 4:6-7 és Zsolt 56:3-4).

Kapcsolódó versek Genesis, 42:

Az 1Mózes 42. fejezetében kezdődik József testvéreivel való találkozása. Hogyan teszi próbára József testvérei feddhetetlenségét? Ez a feszült szöveg beszámol Jákob fiainak első útjáról Egyiptomba, hogy élelmet keressenek, találkozhassanak az ismeretlen Józseffel, és az általa rótt megpróbáltatásokról. A fejezet olyan témákat dolgoz fel, mint a bűntudat, a megbánás és a lelkiismeret felébresztése. Az 1 Mózes 42. fejezete a családi megbékélés és gyógyulás folyamatának kezdetét jelzi. Nézzünk meg velünk öt bibliai részt, amelyek e kinyilatkoztató fejezet összetett témáihoz kapcsolódnak.

ApCsel 7:11-12: "Aztán Egyiptom és Kánaán egész földjét elpusztította az éhínség és a nagy szenvedések, és őseink nem találtak élelmet. Amikor Jákob megtudta, hogy Egyiptomban van búza, először küldte oda őseinket." - Ez a részlet összefoglalja azokat az eseményeket, amelyek József fivéreit Egyiptomba vitték, amint azt az 1Mózes 42. fejezete elbeszéli.

Róma 8:28: "Tudjuk, hogy Isten mindenben azoknak javára dolgozik, akik szeretik őt, akiket az ő szándéka szerint hívott el." - Ez a vers Isten nagyobb tervét tükrözi, amely a nehézségeken dolgozott, ahogyan ez József történetében is látható az 1Móz 42-ben.

Máté 5:44: "De én azt mondom nektek: Szeressétek ellenségeiteket, és imádkozzatok azokért, akik üldöznek titeket" - József hozzáállása az 1Mózes 42-ben, amikor a testvéreit segítette annak ellenére, hogy kárt okoztak neki, Jézus eme tanítását példázza.

Példabeszédek 28:13: "Aki eltitkolja bűneit, az nem boldogul, de aki megvallja és elhagyja azokat, kegyelmet talál." - Ez a közmondás azt a bűnbánati folyamatot tükrözi, amelyet József testvérei az 1Móz 42-ben kezdenek megtapasztalni.

Zsidók 12:11: "Jelenleg úgy tűnik, hogy egyetlen fegyelem sem örömre ad okot, inkább szomorúságra. Később azonban megteremti az igazságosság és a béke gyümölcsét azok számára, akiket ez képezett." - A próbák, amelyeket József a 1Mózes 42-ben állít a testvéreire, a fegyelem olyan formájának tekinthető, amely végül a megbékéléshez vezet.

FAQ:

Mi késztette József testvéreit arra, hogy először Egyiptomba menjenek?

A Kánaán földjét sújtó éhínség arra késztette József testvéreit, hogy Egyiptomba menjenek élelmet vásárolni, mert József sáfársága miatt bőven volt Egyiptomban. (1Mózes 42:1-3)

Hogyan reagált József, amikor először látta testvéreit?

József felismerte testvéreit, de ők nem ismerték fel őt. Érzelmileg megrendült, és el kellett mennie és sírnia kellett, mielőtt szembeszállt velük. (1Mózes 42:7-8)

Mi történt Simeonnal, amikor a testvérek visszatértek Kánaánba?

József börtönben tartotta Simeont annak biztosítékaként, hogy testvérei visszatérjenek legfiatalabb fiukkal, Benjáminnal, és visszaadta a befizetett pénzt. (1Mózes 42:24, 36)

Hogyan magyarázták a testvérek apjuknak Simeon távollétét?

Amikor visszatértek Kánaánba, a testvérek elmondták Jákóbnak, hogy Simeont biztosítékként tartották fogva, és Benjámint Egyiptomba kell vinniük, hogy több élelmet szerezzenek. (1Mózes 43:1-14)

Mit tettek a testvérek, hogy megbékítsék Józsefet a kinyilatkoztatása előtt?

Amikor Joseph felfedte kilétét, megbocsátást és biztosítékot nyújtott családja biztonságáról. Mindenkit felszólított, hogy gyűljön össze Egyiptomban, és családját is odahozta. (1Mózes 45:9-11)


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