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Genesis 33:5

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5 And he lifted up his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, Who are these with thee? And he said, The children that God has graciously given thy servant.

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Arcana Coelestia #6901

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6901. 'And you and the elders of Israel are to go in to the king of Egypt' means a communicating to those who are steeped in falsities and engage in molestation. This is clear from the meaning of 'going in to' as a communicating to, for in the spiritual sense 'going in to' is communicating one's thought to another; from the representation of 'Moses' as the law from God, dealt with in 6827; from the meaning of 'the elders' as those with intelligence, dealt with in 6524, 6525, 6890; and from the representation of Pharaoh or 'the king of Egypt' as falsity molesting the Church's truths, dealt with in 6651, 6679, 6683. From all this it is evident that 'you and the elders of Israel are to go in to the king of Egypt' means the communication of such truths as belong to the law from God, and belong to intelligence acquired from that source, to those who are steeped in falsities and engage in molestation.

  
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