Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6170

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6170. 'In the land of Goshen' means in the middle of them. This is clear from the meaning of 'the land of Goshen' as the middle or inmost part of the natural, dealt with in gg10, 6028, 6031, 6068, thus in the middle of the known facts, for Goshen was the best part of the land in Egypt.


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