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创世记 28:14

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14 你的後裔必像上的尘沙那样多,必向东西开展;上万族必因你和你的後裔得福。

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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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