4. Hence, when it came to pass that "Jacob lived in Egypt," he did not rejoice, because this land was the bond of the nations; MEANING, ALL THE FILTH OF THE NATIONS LIES THERE. ALSO, the sapphires of the Throne of Glory, THE SECRET OF THE CAPTIVE SPARKS OF CHOCHMAH AMONGST THEM, CALLED SAPPHIRES ACCORDING TO THE SECRET MEANING OF THE VERSE, "AND ABOVE THE FIRMAMENT THAT WAS OVER THEIR HEADS WAS THE LIKENESS OF A THRONE, IN APPEARANCE LIKE A SAPPHIRE STONE" (YECHEZKEL 1:26). Nobody came to SIFT them, neither from the upper nor from the lower, save the living. This is the secret of: "For no man shall see Me, and live."