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και παρεθηκεν τας ραβδους ας ελεπισεν εν ταις ληνοις των ποτιστηριων του υδατος ινα ως αν ελθωσιν τα προβατα πιειν ενωπιον των ραβδων ελθοντων αυτων εις το πιειν
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και παρεθηκεν τας ραβδους ας ελεπισεν εν ταις ληνοις των ποτιστηριων του υδατος ινα ως αν ελθωσιν τα προβατα πιειν ενωπιον των ραβδων ελθοντων αυτων εις το πιειν
3979. 'Laban said to him' means perception from the good meant by Laban. This is clear from the meaning of 'saying' as perception, dealt with in 1898, 1919, 2080, 2619, 2862, 3395, 3509, and from the representation of 'Laban' as a parallel good from the Divine, dealt with in 3612, 3665, 3778. The reason why it is perception from this good that is meant by 'Laban said to him' is that in the Word persons mean nothing else than spiritual realities. In the highest sense Divine things present in the Lord are meant, in the internal sense the kind of things present in man which are discussed here, so that two persons are used to mean two things present in the same individual.