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Genesis 24:50

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50 ἀποκρίνω-VC--APPNSM δέ-X *λαβαν-N---NSM καί-C *βαθουηλ-N---NSM εἶπον-VAI-AAI3P παρά-P κύριος-N2--GSM ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ὁ- A--NSN πρόσταγμα-N3M-NSN οὗτος- D--NSN οὐ-D δύναμαι-VF--FMI1P οὖν-X σύ- P--DS ἀντιεἶπον-VBI-AAN κακός-A1--ASM καλός-A1--DSM

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Arcana Coelestia #3053

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3053. Verse 11 And he made the camels kneel down outside and away from the city near a well of water, at evening time, at the time that women go out to draw water.

'He made the camels kneel down' means a holy ordering of general facts. 'Outside and away from the city' means removed from matters of doctrine. 'Near a well of water' means to receive the truths of faith. 'At evening time' means a more obscure state at that time. 'At the time that women go out to draw water' means a state of instruction.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.