Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5129

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5129. Verses 14, 15 But remember me when it is well with you, and show, I beg you, mercy to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house. For I have indeed been taken away by theft out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have not done anything for which they should put me in the pit.

'But remember me' means the reception of faith. 'When it is well with you' means when a correspondence exists. 'And show, I beg you, mercy to me' means the reception of charity. 'And make mention of me to Pharaoh' means communication with the interior natural. 'And bring me out of this house' means a release from evils. 'For I have indeed been taken away by theft' means that evil caused celestial things to become alienated. 'Out of the land of the Hebrews' means from the Church. 'And here also I have not done anything' means innocence. 'For which they should put me in the pit' means a casting away among falsities.


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