Genesis 50:20

²⁰ As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

Arcana Coelestia #6529

6529. 'Only their young children' means innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'young children' as innocence, dealt with in 430, 3183, 5608.

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

Dead (Genesis 23:8) signifies night in respect to the goodness and truth of faith.