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And he took and sent messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
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And he took and sent messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
5706. 'And he took portions from before his face to them' means forms of good applied with mercy to each one. This is clear from the meaning of 'portions - portions of food - as forms of good (for forms of good are meant by all 'foods', while 'drink' means truths of every kind) - to be exact, an application of those forms of good to each one, as is evident from what follows and is meant by 'he took to them'; and from the meaning of 'face', when used in reference to the Lord, who is represented by 'Joseph', as mercy, dealt with in 222, 223, 5585.