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創世記 32:17

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17 又吩咐儘先走的:我哥哥以掃遇見你的時候,問你:你是那家的人?要往那裡去?你前頭?這些是誰的?

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Arcana Coelestia #4305

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4305. 'Because he touched, in the hollow of Jacob's thigh, the sinew of that which was displaced' means for the reason that they were indeed falsities. This is clear from the meaning of 'touching in the hollow of Jacob's thigh' as, in this instance, for the reason that they were falsities. This meaning of 'touching in the hollow of Jacob's thigh' may be seen from what has been stated already in 4277, 4278, 4303.

  
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