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and we say unto my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brotherdied, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father hath loved him.
5745. 'And overtake them' means an indirect link with them. This is clear from the meaning of 'overtaking them', that is to say, by the one who was over Joseph's house, as an indirect linking.
Studere hoc loco
Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.