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Genesis 27:11

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11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.

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Arcana Coelestia #3595

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3595. And I have eaten of all before thou camest. That this signifies that it had been appropriated, is evident from the signification of “eating,” as being to be appropriated (n. 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513).

  
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