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1 Mose 25:34

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34 Und Jakob gab Esau Brot und ein Gericht Linsen; und er und trank und stand auf und ging davon. So verachtete Esau das Erstgeburtsrecht.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3335

Studere hoc loco

  
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3335. And went away. That this signifies life, is evident from the signification of “going,” as being to advance into the things of good, that is, into those of the life, for all good is of life; nearly as is signified by “departing,” “sojourning,” and “advancing” (n. 1293, 1457).

  
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