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Genesis 25:34

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34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3327

Studere hoc loco

  
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3327. And for what is this birthright to me? That this signifies that in this case there would be no need of priority, is evident without explication.

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