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创世记 27:36

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36 以扫:他名雅各,岂不是正对麽?因为他欺骗了我两次:他从前夺了我长子的名分,你看,他现在又夺了我的福分。以扫又:你没有留下为我可祝的福麽?

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Arcana Coelestia #3684

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3684. 'And that Jacob had listened to his father and to his mother' [means obedience and affection]. This is clear from the meaning of 'listening to someone' or hearkening as obeying, dealt with in 2542. Doing so 'to father and mother' means obedience due to affection.

  
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