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Genesis 47:24

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24 It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones."

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #6081

Studere hoc loco

  
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6081. 'And Pharaoh said to Joseph - he said' means perception in the natural where factual knowledge resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perception, dealt with often; from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the natural where factual knowledge resides, dealt with in 5799, 6015, 6063; and from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, the source of perception in the natural, dealt with in 5469.

  
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