The Bible

 

创世记 46:34

Study

       

34 你们要:你的仆人,从幼年直到如今,都以养牲畜为业,连我们的祖宗也都以此为业。这样,你们可以歌珊,因为凡牧的都被埃及人所厌恶。

From Swedenborg's Works

 

Arcana Coelestia #6113

Study this Passage

  
/ 10837  
  

6113. That was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan. That this signifies that was in the natural and in the church, is evident from the signification of the “land of Egypt,” as being the natural where memory-knowledges are (of which above, n. 6111); and from the signification of the “land of Canaan,” as being the church (of which also above, n. 6067). By the church is here meant that which is of the church with man, for man is a church when he is in good and truth, and an assemblage of such men makes the church in general.

  
/ 10837  
  

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.