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创世记 24:38

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38 你要往我父家、我本族那里去,为我的儿子娶一个妻子

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Arcana Coelestia #3106

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3106. 'To go on her hands' means the power of the affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3091, and from the representation of 'Rebekah', to whom 'her' refers here, as the affection for truth, dealt with in 2865, 3077.

  
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