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Genesis 31:29

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29 It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke to me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad.

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Arcana Coelestia #4185

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4185. 'The daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock' means that all affections for truth, all truths and goods were its own. This is clear from the meaning of 'daughters', who in this case are Rachel and Leah, as affections for truth, dealt with in 3758, 3782, 3793, 3819; from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, dealt with in 489, 491, 533, 1147, 3373; and from the meaning of 'flock' as goods, dealt with in 343, 1565, 2566. The fact that intermediate good laid claim to these as its own is self-evident, for Laban said 'the daughters are my daughters, and the sons are my sons, and the flock is my flock'.

  
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