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Genesis 44:30

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30 30Therefore if I shall go to thy servant our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)

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Arcana Coelestia #5789

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5789. 'And [Joseph] said, Far be it from me to do this' means that this must on no account be done. This is clear without explanation.

  
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