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Genezo 39:1

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1 Jozef estis forkondukita en Egiptujon, kaj lin acxetis Potifar, kortegano de Faraono, estro de la korpogardistoj, Egipto, el la manoj de la Isxmaelidoj, kiuj venigis lin tien.

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'Look not back behind thee,' as in Genesis 19:17, means that Lot, who represents the good of charity, should not look to matters of doctrine. 'To look up,' is to look to celestial things. In Genesis 18:22, looking signifies thinking because seeing denotes understanding.

(Referenties: Arcana Coelestia 2245)


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Arcana Coelestia #5152

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5152. 'The three baskets' means the consecutive degrees of the will. This is clear from the meaning of 'the three baskets' as consecutive degrees of the will, dealt with above in 5144.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.