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1 Mose 24:4

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4 sondern daß du ziehest in mein Vaterland und zu meiner Freundschaft und nehmest meinem Sohn Isaak ein Weib.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3106

Studere hoc loco

  
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3106. 'To go on her hands' means the power of the affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3091, and from the representation of 'Rebekah', to whom 'her' refers here, as the affection for truth, dealt with in 2865, 3077.

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

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1 Mose 29:14

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14 Da sprach Laban zu ihm: Wohlan, du bist mein Bein und Fleisch. Und da er nun einen Mond lang bei ihm gewesen war,