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Genesis 44:33

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33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

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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