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1 Mose 48:4

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4 und sprach zu mir: Siehe, ich will dich wachsen lassen und mehren und will dich zum Haufen Volks machen und will dies Land zu eigen geben deinem Samen nach dir ewiglich.

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Arcana Coelestia #6291

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6291. 'And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn' means a perceptible influx regarding good, that the first place belonged to this. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying', when used in reference to the internal celestial, which 'Joseph' represents here, as an influx, dealt with in 6152, in this case a perceptible inflow because he not only grasped his father's hand but also said to him, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn.

  
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