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Genesis 29:13

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13 og så snart Laban hørte om sin Søstersøn Jakob, løb han ham i Møde, omfavnede og kyssede ham og førte ham hjem til sit Hus. Så fortalte Jakob ham alt, hvad der var sket;


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Arcana Coelestia #3842

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3842. 'And Laban said, It is not done that way in our place' means that the state is not such.... This is clear from the meaning of 'place' as state, dealt with in 1273-1275, 1377, 2625, 2837, 3356, 3387; and from this it is evident that 'It is not done that way in our place' means that the state is not such.

  
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