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Genesi 46:13

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13 I figliuoli d’Issacar: Tola, Puva, Iob e Scimron.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4285

Studere hoc loco

  
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4285. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. That this signifies the quality of good from truth, is evident from the signification of “name,” as being quality (see n. 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006); and from the representation of Jacob, as being the good of truth (see above, n. 4273).

  
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