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Genesis 31:33

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33 And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the tent of the two maid-servants; but he found them not. And he went out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4101

Studere hoc loco

  
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4101. 'And now do everything that God has told you means the Lord's Providence. This is clear from the meaning of 'doing everything God tells' as obeying. But when this phrase is used in reference to the Lord, providing is meant, for He does not act from another but from Himself. Nor is God telling Him to act but He Himself does the telling, that is, He acts from Himself.

  
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