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Bereshit 32:17

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17 ויתן ביד־עבדיו עדר עדר לבדו ויאמר אל־עבדיו עברו לפני ורוח תשימו בין עדר ובין עדר׃

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Arcana Coelestia #4285

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4285. And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. That this signifies the quality of good from truth, is evident from the signification of “name,” as being quality (see n. 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724, 3006); and from the representation of Jacob, as being the good of truth (see above, n. 4273).

  
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