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Genesis 33:13

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13 Aga Jaakob vastas temale: 'Mu isand näeb ju, et lapsed on väetid ja minu hooleks on imetajad lambad ja lehmad; kui neid liiga kiiresti aetakse ühegi päeva, siis sureb kogu kari.

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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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