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创世记 42:33

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33 我们:若要我知道你们是诚实,可以留下你们中间的在我这里,你们可以带着粮食回去,救你们家里的饥荒。

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Arcana Coelestia #5506

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5506. Unto Jacob their father. That this signifies the good of natural truth, is evident from the representation of Jacob, as being the good of natural truth (see n. 3659, 3669, 3677, 3775, 4234, 4273, 4538); and also from the signification of “father,” as being good (n. 3703). To come to this good is to be reformed to that extent. By this good afterward, when the intermediate which is “Benjamin” was added, conjunction was effected with the internal, which is “Joseph.”

  
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