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Genesis 44:28

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28 and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces;" and I haven't seen him since.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #5831

Studere hoc loco

  
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5831. 'And should harm befall him' means caused by evils and falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'someone coming to harm' as injury caused by evils and falsities. No other harm is meant in the spiritual sense, for in the spiritual world all harm is caused in this way, that is to say, by evils and falsities.

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