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Genesis 46:5

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5 ανεστη δε ιακωβ απο του φρεατος του ορκου και ανελαβον οι υιοι ισραηλ τον πατερα αυτων και την αποσκευην και τας γυναικας αυτων επι τας αμαξας ας απεστειλεν ιωσηφ αραι αυτον

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #6019

Studere hoc loco

  
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6019. 'Jacob and all his seed with him' means of natural truth and of all matters of faith belonging to that truth; that is, the introduction of them into the Church's factual knowledge. This is clear from the representation of 'Jacob' as natural truth, dealt with in 3305, 3509, 3525, 3546, 3599, 3775, 4009, 4234, 4520, 4538; and from the meaning of 'seed' as faith springing from charity, dealt with in 255, 1025, 1447, 1610, 1940, 2848, 3310, so that 'all his seed with him' means all matters of faith belonging to natural truth.

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