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Genesis 25:28

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28 Now Isaac's love was for Esau, because Esau's meat was greatly to his taste: but Rebekah had more love for Jacob.

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Arcana Coelestia #3291

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3291. And she went to inquire of Jehovah. That this signifies a state of communication, is evident from the signification of “inquiring,” as being when said of the Lord a communication; for it was Jehovah in Himself who was inquired of; in the historical sense, however, this communication is expressed by “praying” (n. 3285); and the state of communication by “inquiring.”

  
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