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1 Mose 30:26

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26 Gib mir meine Weiber und meine Kinder, darum ich dir gedienet habe, daß ich ziehe; denn du weißest meinen Dienst, wie ich dir gedienet habe.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3981

Studere hoc loco

  
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3981. 'I have learned from experience, and Jehovah has blessed me for your sake' means originating in the Divine, for the sake of the good of the natural which it is to serve. This is clear from the meaning of 'learning from experience that Jehovah has blessed' as knowing for certain of its origin in the Divine. That this was for the sake of the good of the natural which it is to serve is meant by 'for your sake'. For 'Jacob' means the good of natural truth, 3659, 3669, 3677, 3775, 3829, and 'Laban' the parallel good which serves it, as shown above in various places; and see also below in 3982, 3986.

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