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and also I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, whom the Egyptians are causing to serve, and I remember My covenant.
Exodus 6:5
Arcana Coelestia # 7115
7115. 'They must go and gather straw for themselves' means in order that they may acquire that basest kind of factual knowledge for themselves. This is clear from the meaning of 'gathering' as acquiring; and from the meaning of 'straw' as the basest kind of factual knowledge, dealt with just above in 7112.
Nakedness of the land
In Genesis 42:9, this signifies that there were no truths in the church. (Arcana Coelestia 5433)
