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1 Mose 24:29

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29 Und Rebekka hatte einen Bruder, der hieß Laban; und Laban lief zu dem Manne draußen bei dem Brunnen.

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Arcana Coelestia #3191

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3191. 'And went after the man' means under the guidance of natural Divine Truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'going after' or following in the internal sense here, as under the leading or guidance of, and from the meaning of 'man' as truth, dealt with in 3134, here natural Divine Truth, as above in 3184.

  
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