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Genesis 44:22

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22 And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

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Arcana Coelestia #5754

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5754. 'Why does my lord speak such words as these?' means reflection as to why such a thing flows in. This is clear from the meaning of 'speaking' as flowing in, and from the meaning of 'such words as these' as that thing or such a thing, dealt with just above in 5752. 'Why', a word used when asking oneself a question, implies reflection.

  
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