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Mutta jollette kuule meitä, ja anna teitänne ympärileikata; niin me otamme meidän tyttäremme, ja menemme matkaamme.
synty 34:17
SWORD version by Tero Favorin (tero at favorin dot com)
Come
As with common verbs in general, the meaning of “come” in the Bible is highly dependent on context – its meaning is determined largely by who is coming to whom and the circumstances of the action. In general, though, to come to someone - or to come to a place - represents the presence of one spiritual state with another, communication from one to the other and ultimately conjunction between them.
Arcana Coelestia # 4440
4440. 'And his sons were with his cattle in the field' means that his descendants dwelt in their own semblance of religion. This is clear from the meaning of 'his sons' as descendants; from the meaning of 'cattle' as external truths, dealt with in 1435, 1 4391; and from the meaning of 'the field' as the Church, dealt with in 2971, 3766. Consequently 'his sons were with his cattle in the field' means that they dwelt in their own semblance of religion; for the kind of Church that existed with them must be called a semblance of religion since it involves external worship devoid of internal.
Poznámky pod čarou:
1. The primary meaning of the word translated cattle here in Genesis 34:5 is acquisition. See also 4487.
