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Genesis 34:23

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23 And their substance, and cattle, and all that they possess, shall be ours: only in this let us condescend, and by dwelling together, we shall make one people.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4361

Studere hoc loco

  
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4361. And Leah also and her children drew near, and they bowed themselves. That this signifies the affection of the truth of faith as to exterior things, and their truths, and their submissive introduction, is evident from the representation of Leah, as being the affection of exterior truth (see n. 3793, 3819), and therefore the affection of the truth of faith as to exterior things; from the signification of “children” or “sons,” as being truths (see just above); and from the signification of “bowing one’s self,” as being submission; that is, submissive introduction into the Divine good natural which is represented by Esau.

  
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