Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 6687

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6687. 'And God dealt well with the midwives' means that the natural was blessed by the Divine. This is clear from the meaning of the words 'dealing well with', when used in reference to God, as blessing; and from the meaning of 'the midwives' as the natural where facts that hold truths within them are, dealt with above in 4588, 6673, 6675, 6678.


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