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ယောသပ်သည် နှုတ်ဆက်ပြီးလျှင်၊ သင်တို့အဘ တည်းဟူသော သင်တို့အရင်ပြောသော အသက်ကြီးသူ သည် ကျန်းမာပါ၏လော။ အသက်ရှင်သေး၏လောဟု မေးလျှင်၊
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ယောသပ်သည် နှုတ်ဆက်ပြီးလျှင်၊ သင်တို့အဘ တည်းဟူသော သင်တို့အရင်ပြောသော အသက်ကြီးသူ သည် ကျန်းမာပါ၏လော။ အသက်ရှင်သေး၏လောဟု မေးလျှင်၊
5643. 'For the men will eat with me at midday' means that they will be joined together when accompanied by the intermediary. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated, being joined together, and being made one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513 (end), 3596, 3832. And because they were accompanied by the spiritual intermediary represented by 'Benjamin', 5639, the expression 'at midday' is used; for 'midday' means a state of light, and so a spiritual state which the intermediary is instrumental in bringing about, 1458, 3708.
3168. 'And they ate and drank' means making one's own the good and truth introduced in this way. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated and joined together, thus being made one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, and more specifically (since 'eating' has reference to bread and 'bread' means good, 276, 680, 2165, 2177, 2187) making good one's own; and from the meaning of 'drinking' as being communicated and joined together, thus being made one's own, dealt with in 3089, and more specifically (since 'drinking' has reference to wine and 'wine' means truth, 1071, 1798) making truth one's own. The situation is as stated above in 3167, namely that when truth is introduced into good in the rational, more so when it is joined to it, the good and truth of the spiritual man, that is, spiritual things, become made over to the natural as its own.