Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5935

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5935. 'And it was good in Pharaoh's eyes means joy everywhere there - in the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'being good in someone's eyes' as being a thing of joy to him; and from the representation of' Pharaoh' as the natural in general, dealt with just above in 5933.


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