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Genesis 41:53

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53 And so the seven good years in Egypt came to an end.

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Arcana Coelestia #5245

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5245. 'And called Joseph' means to accept the celestial of the spiritual. This is clear from the representation of 'Joseph' as the celestial of the spiritual, dealt with in 4286, 4585, 4592, 4594, 4963 - an indication to accept it being meant by the word 'called', see immediately above in 5244.

  
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