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Genesis 27:42

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42 And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #3602

Studere hoc loco

  
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3602. 'And it will be when you have dominion over him' means that it will come to occupy the prior position. This is clear from the meaning of 'having dominion' as occupying the prior position. For these matters, see what now follows below.

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