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Genesis 25:26

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26 And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

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Arcana Coelestia#3290

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3290. 'And she said, If this is so, why am I [going through this]?' means distress. This becomes clear from the sense of these words as distress, caused indeed by the struggle, that is, by the conflict between the brothers. 'If this is so' means, if they were engaged in conflict over this. 'Why this?' means that there ought to be no conflict over it. 'I' or 'why am I?' means if they were engaged in conflict over this they would receive no influx from rational truth, and distress would result.

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