Genesi 28:22
To many Protestant and Evangelical Italians, the Bibles translated by Giovanni Diodati are an important part of their history. Diodati’s first Italian Bible edition was printed in 1607, and his second in 1641. He died in 1649. Throughout the 1800s two editions of Diodati’s text were printed by the British Foreign Bible Society. This is the more recent 1894 edition, translated by Claudiana.
Arcana Coelestia # 3658
3658. THE INTERNAL SENSE.
Verses 1-2. And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and commanded him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a woman of the daughters of Canaan. Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, thy mother’s father, and take thee from thence a woman of the daughters of Laban, thy mother’s brother. “And Isaac called Jacob,” signifies perception by the Lord of the quality in respect to the good of truth; “and blessed him,” signifies that thus conjunction would be effected; “and commanded him, and said unto him,” signifies reflection and consequent perception; “thou shalt not take a woman of the daughters of Canaan,” signifies provided that it be not conjoined with the affections of falsity and evil; “arise” signifies provided it should elevate that good thence; “go to Paddan-aram,” signifies the knowledges of such truth; “to the house of Bethuel thy mother’s father, and take thee from thence a woman of the daughters of Laban thy mother’s brother,” signifies collateral external good, and the derivative truth that was to be conjoined.
