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Genesis 41:14

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14 Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #5327

Studere hoc loco

  
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5327. And without thee shall no man lift up his hand. That this signifies that from the celestial of the spiritual is everything of power in the spiritual, is evident from the signification of the “hand,” as being power (see n. 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5296); hence “no man lifting up his hand without thee,” means that they have no power except from this alone, and therefore that this, namely, the celestial of the spiritual, has all power. That power in the spiritual is signified by the “hand” will be seen in what now follows.

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