Bibliorum

 

Genesis 41:36

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36 and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'

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Hebrew boy

  

'A Hebrew boy,' as mentioned in Genesis 41:12, signifies the guiltless principle of the church, for 'boy' signifies a guiltless principle, and 'Hebrew,' one who is of the church.

(Notae: Arcana Coelestia 5236)