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Genezo 50:20

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20 Vi intencis fari al mi malbonon; sed Dio arangxis de tio bonon, por fari tiel, kiel nun estas, por konservi la vivon de multe da homoj.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #6522

Studere hoc loco

  
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6522. 'And Joseph went up to bury his father' means the steps taken by the internal to re-establish the Church. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, dealt with above in 6499; from the meaning of 'burying' as restoration to life, dealt with in 6516, thus a re-establishment, since it is used to refer to the Church; and from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as the Church, dealt within 4286, 6426.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.