Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6178

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6178. 'And he said to him, If now I have found favour in your eyes' means a desire. This is clear from the emotion that stirred Jacob when he addressed these words to Joseph. That emotion is contained in this stock phrase, for 'If now I have found favour in your eyes' is purely a stock phrase that serves to express emotion, thus the desire of the will, as also above in 6162.


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