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3 Ja he täyttivät hänelle neljäkymmentä päivää; sillä niin monta oli voiteluspäivää. Ja Egyptiläiset itkivät häntä seitsemänkymmentä päivää.


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Arcana Coelestia #6503

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6503. 'To embalm his father' means to prevent it from being ruined by any corruption. This is clear from the meaning of 'embalming' as a means of preservation from corruption; and from the representation of Israel, as the good of the spiritual Church, dealt with above in 6499. From this it is evident that 'to embalm his father' means a means of preservation to prevent the good of the spiritual Church from being ruined by any corruption. The reason why 'embalming' means a means of preservation from corruption is that embalmings took place so that the body might be preserved from putrefaction. Reference is also made in what follows immediately below to the means by which spiritual good is preserved from corruption.

  
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Arcana Coelestia #6499

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6499. 'And Joseph fell upon his father's face' means an influx of the internal into the affection for good. This is clear from the meaning of 'falling upon someone's face' as an influx; from the representation of 'Joseph' as the internal, dealt with in 5805, 5826, 5827, 5869, 5877, 6177, 6224; from the meaning of 'face' as affection, dealt with in 4796, 4797, 5102; and from the representation of Israel, to whom 'father' refers here, as spiritual good or the good of truth, dealt with in 3654, 4598, 5801, 5807, 5806, 5812, 5817, 5819, 5826, 5833. From all this it is evident that 'Joseph fell upon his father's face' means an influx of the internal into the affection for spiritual good.

[2] The reason why an influx of the internal into the affection for spiritual good is meant is that here the internal sense deals with the spiritual Church that the Lord established. For 'Israel' means the good of truth or spiritual good; but since this good constitutes the spiritual Church, 'Israel' also means that Church, 4286, 6426. For that good to come into existence an influx from the internal celestial represented by 'Joseph' is necessary; for without the influx from it that good is not good, because there is no affection attached to it.

The internal sense of what comes after this continues to deal with the establishment of that Church, 6497. The reason why that Church is described by 'Israel' who has now died and is soon to be buried is that in the internal sense death is not meant by 'death', nor burial by 'burial'. Rather, new life is meant by 'death', 3498, 3505, 4618, 4621, 6036, and regeneration by 'burial', 2916, 2917, 5551.

  
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