Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 5546

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5546. And he said, My son shall not go down with you. That this signifies that it will not let itself down toward lower things, is evident from the signification of "going down," as being predicated of going toward lower things (see n. 5406), here of going to the truths of memory-knowledge in the exterior natural (n. 5492, 5495, 5497, 5500), which are represented by the sons of Jacob.


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