Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5547

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5547. 'For his brother is dead' means because the internal is not present. This is clear from the representation of Joseph, to whom 'brother' refers here, as the celestial of the spiritual, or truth from the Divine, and therefore the internal aspect of the Church, dealt with in 5469; and from the meaning of 'being dead' here as not being present. For though not present there he was still among the living.


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