Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 6062

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6062. The Internal Sense. Verse 1. And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold they are in the land of Goshen. "And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said," signifies the presence of the internal celestial in the natural where memory-knowledges are, and the consequent influx and perception; "My father and my brethren," signifies spiritual good in the natural and the truths of the church there; "and their flocks, and their herds," signifies the interior and exterior goods of truth; "and all that they have," signifies whatever is thence derived; "have come out of the land of Canaan," signifies that they are from the church; "and behold they are in the land of Goshen," signifies that they are in the midst of the natural where are memory-knowledges.


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