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Matthew 2:17

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17 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,

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Arcana Coelestia #6173

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6173. 'And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt' means the truth of the natural existing among known facts. This is clear from the meaning of 'living' as spiritual life, dealt with in 5890; from the representation of 'Jacob' as the truth of the natural, dealt with in 3305, 3509, 3525, 3546, 3599, 3775, 4009, 4234, 4520, 4538; and from the meaning of 'the land of Egypt' as the facts known to the Church, as just above in 6169.

  
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