Spiritual Summary of GENESIS 49
previous - next - text - details - Genesis - BM Home - Full Page . In this chapter the subject treated of in the internal sense is not the descendants of Jacob, and what would befall them; but the truths of faith and the goods of love which the twelve tribes named from the sons of Jacob represent and signify. . It first treats of faith separated from charity, which is utterly rejected. This faith is "Reuben," " Simeon," and "Levi." . It then treats of the celestial church, which is the "tribe of Judah,’ and in the supreme sense there, of the Divine Human of the Lord. . Then of the rest of the tribes according to the states of good and truth which they represent. . Lastly of the celestial spiritual church which is "Joseph;" and here also in the supreme sense of the Divine Human of the Lord. previous - next - text - details - Genesis - BM Home - Full Page