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καί-C εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ὁ-
A--DSM *ιωσηφ-N---DSM ὁ-
A--NSM θεός-N2--NSM ἐγώ-
P--GS ὁράω-VVI-API3S ἐγώ-
P--DS ἐν-P *λουζα-N---DS ἐν-P γῆ-N1--DSF *χανααν-N----S καί-C εὐλογέω-VA--AAI3S ἐγώ-
P--AS
Genesis 48:3
Arcana Coelestia #6298
6298. 'And he blessed them on this day' means Foresight and Providence continuing for ever. This is clear from the meaning of 'blessing' as a foretelling, dealt with in 6230, 6254, but in the highest sense the Lord's Foresight (and as Foresight is meant, so also is Providence since the one does not exist without the other; for evil belongs to Foresight, but good to Providence, and evil that is foreseen is turned by Providence towards good. The reason why 'blessing' here means Foresight and Providence is that in the highest sense 'Israel', who gives the blessing, is the Lord, 4286); and from the meaning of 'on this day' or today as that which is eternal, dealt with in 2838, 7998, 4304, 6165.
