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Genesis第43章:7

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7 And they said, The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye [another] brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any wise know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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Arcana Coelestia#5671

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5671. 'And they made ready the gift' means an instillation. This is clear from the meaning of 'the gift' as the obtaining of favour, dealt with in 5619, so that 'making ready the gift' is an instilling.

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