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Genesis 42:2

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2 he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

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Arcana Coelestia #5438

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5438. Thy servants are no spies. That this signifies that it was not for the sake of gain, is evident from the signification of “spies,” as being those who are in the truths of the church for the sake of gain (as shown above, n. 5432); here that it was not so.

  
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