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Genesis 42:21

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21 They said one to another, "We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us."

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Arcana Coelestia #5500

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5500. 'And also behold, it is in my pouch' means its presence in the exterior natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'the pouch' as the exterior natural, dealt with just above in 5497.

  
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