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Genesis 27:9

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9 Go, I pray thee, to the flock, and fetch me thence two good kids of the goats. And I will make of them a savoury dish for thy father, such as he loves.

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Arcana Coelestia #3594

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3594. And said, Who then is he that hath hunted hunting, and brought it to me. That this signifies an inquisition concerning that truth, is evident from the representation of Jacob, in reference to whom it is here said, “Who is he,” as being the natural as to truth (concerning which above); and from the signification of “hunting,” as being truth from good (n. 3501); here, an inquisition concerning that truth, as to whether it was from good.

  
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