Genesi 43:2
To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.
Arcana Coelestia #5665
5665. 'And he brought Simeon out to them' means that he linked to those truths the will to practise them. This is clear from the representation of 'Simeon' as faith in the will, or a will that desires to put the truth of faith into practice, dealt with in 3869-3872, 4497, 4502, 4503, 5482; and from the representation of the sons of Jacob, the ones here to whom he brought out Simeon, as truths known to the Church which were present in the natural, dealt with in 5403, 5419, 5427, 5458, 5512. From this it is evident that 'he brought Simeon out to them' means that he linked to those truths the will to practise them.
Arcana Coelestia #5403
5403. 'And Jacob said to his sons' means perception regarding truths as a general whole. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in the historical narratives of the Word as perception, dealt with in 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1898, 1919, 2080, 2619, 2862, 3395, 3509; and from the meaning of 'sons' as the truths of faith, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 2623, 3373, 4257. Also, because they were Jacob's sons, truths as a general whole are meant; for 'the twelve sons of Jacob', like the twelve tribes, meant all aspects of faith, and so truths as a general whole, see 2129, 2130, 3858, 3862, 3926, 3939, 4060.
