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Genesis 44:16

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16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #5756

Studere hoc loco

  
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5756. Behold the silver which we found in our bags’ mouths. That this signifies when truth was bestowed gratuitously, is evident from the signification of “silver,” as being truth (n. 1551, 2954, 5658); and from the signification of “we found,” as being bestowed gratuitously, for everyone’s grain silver was returned to him, thus was bestowed gratuitously (n. 5530, 5624); and from the signification of the “bags’ mouths,” as being the threshold of the exterior natural (n. 5497).

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