Arcana Coelestia#5706
5706. 'And he took portions from before his face to them' means forms of good applied with mercy to each one. This is clear from the meaning of 'portions - portions of food - as forms of good (for forms of good are meant by all 'foods', while 'drink' means truths of every kind) - to be exact, an application of those forms of good to each one, as is evident from what follows and is meant by 'he took to them'; and from the meaning of 'face', when used in reference to the Lord, who is represented by 'Joseph', as mercy, dealt with in 222, 223, 5585.
Isaiah第63章:7-9
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I will make mention of the loving kindnesses of Yahweh, [and] the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses.
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For he said, "Surely, they are my people, children who will not deal falsely:" so he was their Savior.
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In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old.
