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Genesis 47:17

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17 And they brought their cattle to Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses; and he fed them with bread, for all their cattle, for that year.

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Arcana Coelestia # 6103

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6103. 'And gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land' means in the inmost part of the natural mind where factual knowledge resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'a possession' as the position spiritual life occupies, dealt with in 2658; from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the natural mind where factual knowledge resides, dealt with in 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5301; and from the meaning of 'the best of the land' as the inmost part, dealt with above in 6084. From this it is evident that 'gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land' means the position occupied by spiritual life in the inmost part of the natural mind where factual knowledge resides.

  
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