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Genesis 27:23

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23 And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands. So he blessed him.

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Arcana Coelestia #3541

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3541. Upon his hands. That this signifies according to the faculty of receiving, is evident from the signification of “hand” as being power (see n. 878, 3091); thus the faculty of receiving.

  
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