7
Na iniimbot ang alabok sa lupa na nasa ulo ng dukha, at inililiko ang lakad ng maamo: at ang magama ay sumisiping sa isang dalaga, upang lapastanganin ang aking banal na pangalan:
Amos 2:7
Arcana Coelestia # 6305
6305. 'And I give you one portion above your brothers' means that the truth belonging to the understanding and the good belonging to the will were to have more there. This is clear from the representation of Ephraim and Manasseh - who are meant here by Joseph, as they are above in 6275 - as the truth belonging to the understanding and the good belonging to the will, dealt with many times before; and from the meaning of 'giving one portion above their brothers' as having more there, that is to say, in the Church, meant by 'the land', 6304. The reason why the good belonging to the will and the truth belonging to the understanding were to have more there is that these two are the essential constituents of the Church. This also explains why the birthright passed to Joseph's sons, 1 Chronicles 5:1.
Genesis 49:5-7
5
"Simeon and Levi are brothers. Their swords are weapons of violence.
6
My soul, don't come into their council. My glory, don't be united to their assembly; for in their anger they killed men. In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
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Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
