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Genesis第50章:24

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24 Then Joseph said to his brothers, The time of my death has come; but God will keep you in mind and take you out of this land into the land which he gave by his oath to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.

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Arcana Coelestia#6518

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6518. 'And I will return' means presence in the natural mind. This is clear from the meaning of 'returning' as presence, for in the internal sense 'setting out and going' means leading a life, 3335, 4882, 5493, 5605, and therefore coming back or 'returning' means the presence of this life in the place where that journey begins; for the mind is always present there. The reason why the natural mind is the location of the presence is that the land of Egypt to which he would return means the natural mind, 5276, 5278, 5280, 5288, 5701.

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