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1 Mose 37:29

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29 Und als Ruben zur Grube zurückkam, und siehe, Joseph war nicht in der Grube, da zerriß er seine Kleider.

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Arcana Coelestia #4708

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4708. 'And Israel said to Joseph' means perception from the Divine Spiritual. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' in the historical narratives of the Word as perceiving, dealt with in 1791, 1815, 1819, 1822, 1898, 1919, 2080, 2619, 2862, 3395, 3509, and from the representation of 'Joseph' as the Divine Spiritual, dealt with in 4669.

  
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