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1 Mózes 48:1

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1 És lõn ezek után, megmondák Józsefnek: Ímé a te atyád beteg; és elvivé magával az õ két fiát Manassét és Efraimot.

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Arcana Coelestia #6245

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6245. 'To go to Ephrath' means the spiritual of the celestial in a former state. This is clear from the meaning of 'Ephrath' as the spiritual of the celestial in a former state, dealt with in 4585, 4594.

  
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