Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 5548

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5548. 'And he, he alone, is left' means that this one now exists in place of the internal. This becomes clear from the consideration that because the internal, represented by 'Joseph', was not present and he alone [Benjamin] was born from the same mother, he was now one and the same as Joseph. For 'Joseph' and 'Benjamin' both represent the internal, while 'the remaining ten sons of Jacob' represent the external, 5469.


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