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Genesis 33:9

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9 And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; let what thou hast be thine.

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Arcana Coelestia #4348

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4348. 'Until he came right up to his brother' means a joining on the part of good that develops from truth, meant by 'Jacob'. This is clear from the meaning of 'coming right up to' as so as to join oneself; from the representation of Esau, to whom 'brother' refers here, as Divine Good within the natural, dealt with above in 4337; and from the representation of 'Jacob' as the good of truth, also dealt with above in 4337. The implications of all this have been explained immediately above in 4347.

  
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Commentary

 

Seir and Mount Paran

  

In Deuteronomy 33:2, 'Seir' relates to celestial love, and 'Mount Paran' to spiritual love.

(References: Arcana Coelestia 2714)