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καί-C παραγίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P πρός-P *ιωσηφ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ὁ-
A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM σύ-
P--GS ὁρκίζω-VAI-AAI3S πρό-P ὁ-
A--GSN τελευτάω-VA--AAN αὐτός-
D--ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM
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καί-C παραγίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3P πρός-P *ιωσηφ-N---ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNPM ὁ-
A--NSM πατήρ-N3--NSM σύ-
P--GS ὁρκίζω-VAI-AAI3S πρό-P ὁ-
A--GSN τελευτάω-VA--AAN αὐτός-
D--ASM λέγω-V1--PAPNSM
6558. 'And they said, Perhaps Joseph will hate us' means that they rejected the internal. This is clear from the meaning of 'hating' as turning away from and rejecting; and from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, dealt with in 6177, 6224. Not that Joseph engaged in rejection, but that they rejected Joseph. The attribution to the internal, which is 'Joseph', of what belongs to the external, which is 'his brothers', is due to appearances, just as hatred and revenge are attributed to Jehovah, when in fact they reside with man.