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1 Mose 24:50

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50 Da antwortete Laban und Bethuel und sprachen: Das kommt vom HERRN; darum können wir nichts wider dich reden, weder Böses noch Gutes.

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Arcana Coelestia # 3206

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3206. 'And the servant said, He is my master' means acknowledgement, that is to say, by means of the Divine Natural, meant here by 'the servant'. This becomes clear without explanation. For introduction is effected by means of the Divine Natural, see 3192, also good acknowledges its own truth, and truth its own good, 3179.

  
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"Ahimelech Giving the Sword of Goliath to David" by Aert de Gelder

Like other common verbs, the meaning of "give" in the Bible is affected by context: who is giving what to whom? In general, though, giving relates to the fact that the Lord provides us all with true teachings for our minds and desires for good in our hearts, and for the fact that we need to accept those gifts while acknowledging that they come from the Lord, and not from ourselves. One of the most common and significant uses of "give" in the Bible is the repeated statement that the Lord had given the land of Canaan to the people of Israel. This springs from the fact that Canaan represents heaven, and illustrates that the Lord created us all for heaven and will give us heaven if we will accept the gift.