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Genesis 24:50

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50 And Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from Jehovah: we cannot speak to thee bad or good.

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Arcana Coelestia #3144

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3144. 'And the man came to the house' means influx into the good there. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming' here as flowing in, and from the meaning of 'a house' as good, dealt with in 2233, 2234, 2559.

  
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