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Genesis 33:10

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10 Toen zeide Jakob: Och neen! indien ik nu genade in uw ogen gevonden heb, zo neem mijn geschenk van mijn hand; daarom, omdat ik uw aangezicht gezien heb, als had ik Gods aangezicht gezien, en gij welgevallen aan mij genomen hebt.

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Arcana Coelestia #4386

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4386. 'And he said, Why so? Let me find favour in my lord's eyes' means enlightenment received from their comparatively internal presence. This becomes clear from the implications of this stock-phrase to do with submission. The phrase is used to mean a rejection of their very close presence but an acceptance of their distant presence, which is the same as saying their comparatively internal presence, from which enlightenment is received.

  
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