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Genesis 41:55

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55 Als nu gans Egypteland hongerde, riep het volk tot Farao om brood; en Farao zeide tot alle Egyptenaren: Gaat tot Jozef, doet wat hij u zegt.

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Arcana Coelestia #5197

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5197. 'And behold, out of the river' means in the boundary. This is clear from the meaning of 'the river' as the boundary, dealt with immediately above in 5196. The reason 'out of the river' means in the boundary is that that was where the cows appeared.

  
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