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Genesis 43:9

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9 I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.

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Arcana Coelestia #5693

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5693. 'And he sought [somewhere] to weep' means an expression of mercy springing out of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'weeping' as an expression of mercy springing out of love, dealt with in 3801, 5480.

  
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