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1 Mose 32:26

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26 Da sprach er: Laß mich los, denn die Morgenröte ist aufgegangen; und er sprach: Ich lasse dich nicht los, du habest mich denn gesegnet.

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Arcana Coelestia #4308

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4308. In the internal historical sense 'He said, Why is it that you ask my name?' means that they did not acknowledge evil spirits to be the origin. This is clear from what has been stated immediately above in 4307.

  
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