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12 Και απηγγειλεν ο Ιακωβ προς την Ραχηλ, οτι ειναι αδελφος του πατρος αυτης, και οτι ειναι υιος της Ρεβεκκας· και εκεινη δραμουσα απηγγειλε τουτο εις τον πατερα αυτης.

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Arcana Coelestia #3765

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3765. 'Behold, a well' means the Word. This is clear from the meaning of 'a well' as the Word and also as doctrine drawn from the Word, dealt with in 2702, 3096, 3424. The Word is called 'a well' here because the subject is the natural, which by itself can do no more than understand the literal sense of the Word. But the Word is called 'a spring' when the subject is the rational, by which one is able to see the internal sense of the Word.

  
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