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Genesis 27:1

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1 Now Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, and he could not see: and he called Esau, his elder son, and said to him: My son? And he answered: Here I am.

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Arcana Coelestia #3554

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3554. And Isaac said unto his son. That this signifies the perception of the rational represented by Isaac concerning the natural which is represented by Jacob; and that “to say” denotes to perceive, has often been shown before.

  
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