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Genesis 27:40

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40 En op uw zwaard zult gij leven, en zult uw broeder dienen; doch het zal geschieden, als gij heersen zult, dan zult gij zijn juk van uw hals afrukken.

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Arcana Coelestia #3595

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3595. And I have eaten of all before thou camest. That this signifies that it had been appropriated, is evident from the signification of “eating,” as being to be appropriated (n. 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513).

  
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