1477. “我的灵魂也因你存活” 表属天之物以这种方式得救. 这从 “灵魂” 表属天之物的含义清楚可知, 因为属天之物是生命本身, 故也是灵魂本身. 由此清楚可知 “我的灵魂也因你存活” 表示什么. 由下文明显可知, 在主经受试探, 并因此逐出来自母亲的遗传之恶前, 属天或神性之物不会与主结合到他们构成一个本质的程度. 本节以及下文描述了与此同时, 属天之物本身如何没有遭受暴行, 而是得救.

Egyptians represent people who are in natural knowledge. In contrast, the Hebrews, people who are of the church, represent people in spiritual knowledge. The Egyptians also held the Hebrews to be so vile, as servants, that it was an abomination to them to eat with the Hebrews (Genesis 43:32), and also the sacrifices offered by the Hebrews were an abomination to them. (Exodus 8:26)

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 5013)