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Genesis 25:26

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26 And after that came his brother out; and his hand took hold of Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob. And Isaac was sixty years old when they were born.

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Genesis 32:4

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4 And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak to my lord, to Esau: Thy servant Jacob speaks thus -- With Laban have I sojourned and tarried until now;

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Arcana Coelestia # 3329

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3329. 'Swear to me, as if today; and he swore to him' means confirmation. This is clear from the meaning of 'swearing' as confirming, dealt with in 2842. And since it was a confirmation of what was so in the short term, the expression used is not 'today' but 'as if today', see 3325.

  
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