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Genesis 49:15

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15 And he saw a resting-place that it was good, And the land that it was pleasant; And he bowed his shoulder to bear, And became a servant under taskwork.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #6453

Studere hoc loco

  
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6453. 'At the cave' means where obscurity exists. This is clear from the meaning of 'the cave' as obscurity, dealt with in 2935. Regarding the existence of obscurity as well in the exterior natural, where the truths and forms of good represented by 'the sons and tribes of Israel' are, because things exist there only as a general, single whole, see just above in 6451 (end).

  
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