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Genezo 28:2

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2 Levigxu, iru Mezopotamion, al la domo de Betuel, la patro de via patrino, kaj prenu al vi el tie edzinon el la filinoj de Laban, la frato de via patrino.

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Arcana Coelestia #3672

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3672. To cause thee to inherit the land of thy sojournings. That this signifies the life of instructions, is evident from the signification of “inheriting,” as being to have another’s life (n. 2658, 2851); in the present case, life from the Divine, which is signified by the words which presently follow; and from the signification of “sojournings,” as being instructions (n. 1463, 2025); “land” signifies where life is. The life of instructions here treated of is the life of good from truth, which is here represented by Jacob; for when man lives according to the truths in which he is instructed, he is then in the life of instructions.

  
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