3106. 'To go on her hands' means the power of the affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3091, and from the representation of 'Rebekah', to whom 'her' refers here, as the affection for truth, dealt with in 2865, 3077.
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The voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness; and they putbracelets on the hands of them [twain], and beautiful crowns on their heads.
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