Arcana Coelestia #3805

By Emanuel Swedenborg

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3805. 'And so it was, when Laban heard the news about Jacob his sister's son' means an acknowledgement of the kindred good. This in a similar way is clear from what results from the meaning of these words in the internal sense. It is a reciprocal acknowledgement which is described in this fashion. The subject here, it is evident, is the choice made by good, which choice precedes the marriage of good and truth.

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