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Genesis 50:4

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4 And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

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Arcana Coelestia #6512

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6512. 'Saying, If now I have found favour in your eyes' means so that it may be well received. This is clear from the meaning of 'finding favour in the eyes' as a stock phrase for ingratiating oneself, thus as a wish to be well received, see 4975, 6178.

  
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