Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5282

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5282. 'And as for the dream being presented to Pharaoh twice means because what was foreseen had regard to both parts of the natural. This is clear from the meaning of 'the dream' as foresight, dealt with in 3698, 5091, 5092, 5104; from the representation of 'Pharaoh' as the natural, dealt with in 5079, 5080, 5095, 5160; and from the meaning of 'presented twice' as that which has regard to both parts of the natural, that is to say, the interior part and the exterior part - for the natural has two parts, the interior and the exterior, see 5118, 5126. That which had regard to the interior natural was foreseen in the first dream, the one about the cows, 5198, 5202; that which had regard to the exterior natural was foreseen in the second dream, the one about the heads of grain, 5212. Therefore 'presented twice' has regard to both parts.


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