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Genesis 47:26

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26 Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.

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Arcana Coelestia #6081

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6081. 'And Pharaoh said to Joseph - he said' means perception in the natural where factual knowledge resides. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perception, dealt with often; from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the natural where factual knowledge resides, dealt with in 5799, 6015, 6063; and from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, the source of perception in the natural, dealt with in 5469.

  
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