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Kui kohalikud mehed küsisid tema naise kohta, siis ta ütles: 'See on mu õde.' Sest ta kartis öelda: 'Mu naine', mõeldes ise: 'Muidu kohalikud mehed tapavad mu Rebeka pärast, sest ta on ilusa välimusega.'
1473. 'And they will say, This is his wife' means that they will call those cognitions celestial. This is clear from the meaning of 'a wife' as truth allied to celestial things, and consequently 'this is his wife' means that which is celestial.
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.