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Και ο μεν Ιωσηφ εγνωρισε τους αδελφους αυτου· εκεινοι ομως δεν εγνωρισαν αυτον.
Arcana Coelestia #5474
5474. 'Do not sin against the boy' means lest they become separated - the external from the internal. This is clear from the meaning of 'sinning' as a separation, dealt with in 5229, for all sin leads to separation; and from the representation of Joseph, to whom 'the boy' refers here, as the internal, as above in 5469.
