6445. Verse 28 All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them; and he blessed them, each according to his blessing he blessed them.
'All these are the twelve tribes of Israel' means all truths and forms of good in their entirety. 'And this is what their father spoke to them' means communication effected through an influx from spiritual good. 'And he blessed them, each according to his blessing he blessed them' means foretellings about what was going to happen to each one's spiritual life when they entered that state.
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