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Genesis 32:13

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13 And he lodged there that night; and took of what came to his hand a gift for Esau his brother --

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The Lord, in the simplest terms, is love itself expressed as wisdom itself. In philosophic terms, love is the Lord's substance and wisdom is His form. Of course, we feel the Lord's love and hear His wisdom in many different ways, depending on our state in life and how receptive we are. That's why the Lord has so many different names in the Bible, and is referred to in so many different ways.

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Arcana Coelestia #4238

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4238. Verses 3-5 And Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau, to the land of Seir, the field of Edom. And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau, Thus says your servant Jacob, With Laban I have sojourned, and have stayed until now. And I have oxen and asses, flocks and men servants and women servants; and I am sending to tell my lord, so as to find favour in your eyes.

'Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau' means the first communication by that truth with celestial good. 'To the land of Seir' means celestial-natural good. 'The field of Edom' means truth derived from this. 'And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you say to my lord Esau' means the first acknowledgement that good occupied the higher position. 'With Laban I have sojourned, and have stayed until now' means that it had taken to itself the good meant by 'Laban'. 'And I have oxen and asses, flocks and men servants and women servants' means acquisitions existing there in their proper order. 'And I am sending to tell my lord, so as to find favour in your eyes' means information concerning its state, and also deference and self-abasement on the part of truth in the presence of good.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.