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Genesis 42:7

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7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

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Arcana Coelestia #5436

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5436. 'All we, the sons of one man are we' means that those truths all have the same origin. This is clear from the meaning of 'the sons', who in this case are the sons of Jacob, as truths in general, often dealt with already. As regards 'of one man' meaning that they all have the same origin, this is evident without explanation.

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

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The woman condemned to 'bring forth sons in sorrow' denotes the anxieties and combats in the production of truths.

(Referenser: Arcana Coelestia 261-263, Genesis 3:16)