Arcana Coelestia # 4362
4362. 'And after that Joseph came near, then Rachel, and they bowed down' means affections for the truth of faith so far as interior things are concerned, and their submissive introduction. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph' as the celestial-spiritual, dealt with in 4286; from the representation of 'Rachel' as the affection for interior truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819; and from the meaning of 'bowing down' as submissive introduction, as immediately above in 4361. The implications of all this have been explained above at verse 2.
Genesis 47:7-10
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Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
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Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the days of the years of your life?"
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Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The days of the years of my pilgrimage are one hundred thirty years. Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage."
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Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.
