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Hän tervehti heitä ja kysyi: "Kuinka voi teidän vanha isänne, josta puhuitte? Vieläkö hän elää?"
synty 43:27
Israel
'The children of Israel,' in Isaiah 14:2, signify the Gentiles.
In Jeremiah 23:8, 'Israel' represents the spiritual natural church.
(Odkazy: Apocalypse Explained 768)
Arcana Coelestia # 5629
5629. 'Grant you mercy before the man' means so that spiritual truth may accept you favourably. This is clear from the meaning of 'granting mercy' as accepting favourably, and from the representation of Joseph, when he is called 'the man', as spiritual truth, as above in 5627.
