Die Bibel

 

Genesis 24:29

Lernen

       

29 And Rebekah hath a brother, and his name [is] Laban, and Laban runneth unto the man who [is] without, unto the fountain;

Aus Swedenborgs Werken

 

Arcana Coelestia #3093

studieren Sie diesen Abschnitt

  
/ 10837  
  

3093. And she finished making him drink. That this signifies what is successive of initiation, is evident from the fact that “finished,” or “to finish,” involves the end of the act that precedes and the beginning of the act that follows, and thus what is successive; and also from the signification of “making to drink,” as being to be initiated (of which just above, n. 3092).

  
/ 10837  
  

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