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創世記 47:29

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29 以色列的期臨近了,他就了他兒子約瑟來,:我若在你眼前蒙恩,請你把放在我大腿,用慈愛和誠實待我,請你不要將我葬在埃及

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Arcana Coelestia #6103

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6103. And gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land. That this signifies in the inmost of the natural mind where memory-knowledges are, is evident from the signification of a “possession,” as being the residence of the spiritual life (see n. 2658); from the signification of the “land of Egypt,” as being the natural mind where memory-knowledges are (n. 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5301); and from the signification of “the best of the land,” as being the inmost (of which above, see n. 6084). Hence it is plain that by the words “and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land” is signified the residence of spiritual life in the inmost of the natural mind where memory-knowledges are.

  
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