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Genesis 27:29

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29 καί-C δουλεύω-VA--AAD3P σύ- P--DS ἔθνος-N3E-NPN καί-C προςκυνέω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--DS ἄρχων-N3--NPM καί-C γίγνομαι-V1--PMD2S κύριος-N2--NSM ὁ- A--GSM ἀδελφός-N2--GSM σύ- P--GS καί-C προςκυνέω-VF--FAI3P σύ- P--DS ὁ- A--NPM υἱός-N2--NPM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM σύ- P--GS ὁ- A--NSM καταἀράομαι-V3--PMPNSM σύ- P--AS ἐπικατάρατος-A1B-NSM ὁ- A--NSM δέ-X εὐλογέω-V2--PAPNSM σύ- P--AS εὐλογέω-VM--XPPNSM

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Arcana Coelestia #3521

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3521. 'And bring it to your father, and let him eat' means for the Divine Good of the Divine Rational, which makes those things its own. This is clear from the representation of Isaac, to whom 'father' refers here, as the Divine Good of the Divine Rational, dealt with already, and from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with above in 3513. As regards truth that springs from homeborn good not being made its own, this will be clear from what follows below.

  
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