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Genesis 41:48

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48 He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was around every city, he laid up in the same.

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Arcana Coelestia #5327

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5327. And without thee shall no man lift up his hand. That this signifies that from the celestial of the spiritual is everything of power in the spiritual, is evident from the signification of the “hand,” as being power (see n. 878, 3387, 4931-4937, 5296); hence “no man lifting up his hand without thee,” means that they have no power except from this alone, and therefore that this, namely, the celestial of the spiritual, has all power. That power in the spiritual is signified by the “hand” will be seen in what now follows.

  
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