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Genesis 26:20

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20 But the herdmen of Gerar had a fight with Isaac's herdmen, for they said, The spring is ours: so he gave the spring the name of Esek, because there was a fight about it.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3443

Studere hoc loco

  
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3443. And called upon the name of Jehovah. That this signifies worship thence, is evident from the signification of “calling on the name of Jehovah,” as being worship (n. 440, 2724); and that the “name of Jehovah” is everything in one complex whereby the Lord is worshiped (n. 2628, 2724, 3006).

  
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