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创世记 25:26

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26 又生了以扫兄弟抓住以扫脚跟,因此给他起名雅各(就是抓住的意思)。利百加生下两个儿子的时候,以撒年正六十岁。

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Arcana Coelestia #3278

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3278. Verses 19-20. And these are the births of Isaac, the son of Abraham: Abraham begat Isaac. And Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to himself for a woman. “And these are the births of Isaac, the son of Abraham,” signifies the Lord’s Divine rational from which is the Divine natural; “Abraham begat Isaac,” signifies the Divine rational from the Divine Itself; “and Isaac was a son of forty years,” signifies from His own power by temptation combats; “when he took Rebekah,” signifies the conjunction of Divine truth; “the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean, of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to himself for a woman,” signifies the quality and state.

  
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