Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 7650

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7650. 'And he looked away and went out from Pharaoh' means deprivation of discernment, and separation. This is clear from the representation of Moses, of whom it says that 'he looked away and went out', as the truth from God, and from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as those who engage in molestation, both of whom are dealt with above in 7631; from the meaning of 'looking away' as deprivation of discernment, for a person is deprived of discernment when the truth from God looks or turns away, that is, when the person turns away from that truth; and from the meaning of 'going out' as separation, dealt with in 6100, 7404.


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