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και ηλθον εις το αλωνιον του Αταδ το περαν του Ιορδανου· και εκει εθρηνησαν θρηνον μεγαν και δυνατον σφοδρα· και εκαμεν ο Ιωσηφ δια τον πατερα αυτου πενθος επτα ημερας.
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Arcana Coelestia # 6540
6540. 'And he made a mourning for his father seven days' means the end of the grief. This is clear from the meaning of 'mourning' as the grief that is felt before cognitions of good and truth have been implanted, dealt with immediately above in 6539; and from the meaning of 'seven days' as an entire period from beginning to end, dealt with in 728, 1044, 3845, 6508, here therefore the end, because once that period of days had passed they crossed the Jordan.
