Arcana Coelestia #4758
4758. 'And sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites' means the acceptance of it by those in whom simple good is present and the alienation of it from those adhering to faith separated from charity. This is clear from the meaning of 'selling' as alienation in the case of the adherents to faith separated from charity, who are meant here by 'Joseph's brothers', it being these who sold him, and as acceptance in the case of those in whom simple good was present, who are meant here by 'the Ishmaelites', it being these who bought him. It has been shown above in 3263, 4747, that by 'the Ishmaelites' are meant those in whom simple good is present. For these matters, see what has been mentioned already in 4756.
2 Samuel 12:17
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