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Génesis 42:38

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38 Y él dijo: No descenderá mi hijo con vosotros; que su hermano es muerto, y él solo ha quedado: y si le aconteciere algún desastre en el camino por donde vais, haréis descender mis canas con dolor á la sepultura.

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Arcana Coelestia # 5311

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5311. 'You shall be over my house' means that the natural mind shall be made subordinate and submissive to it. This is clear from the meaning of 'house' as the mind, dealt with in 3538, 4973, 5023, in this case the natural mind since the expression 'my house' is used by Pharaoh, who represents the natural. The need for it to be made subordinate and submissive [to the celestial of the spiritual] is meant by 'shall be over' it. The person who is set over someone's house is in practice the master there, and all who are in it are made subordinate and submissive to him, though the actual master, so far as appearances go, retains that name and status.

  
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