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Genesis 27:30

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30 καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S μετά-P ὁ- A--ASN παύω-VA--AMN *ισαακ-N---ASM εὐλογέω-V2--PAPASM *ἰακώβ-N---ASM ὁ- A--ASM υἱός-N2--ASM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C γίγνομαι-VBI-AMI3S ὡς-C ἐκἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S *ἰακώβ-N---NSM ἀπό-P πρόσωπον-N2N-GSN *ισαακ-N---GSM ὁ- A--GSM πατήρ-N3--GSM αὐτός- D--GSM καί-C *ησαυ-N---NSM ὁ- A--NSM ἀδελφός-N2--NSM αὐτός- D--GSM ἔρχομαι-VBI-AAI3S ἀπό-P ὁ- A--GSF θήρα-N1A-GSF

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Arcana Coelestia #3560

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3560. 'Whether you are my son, or not' means that it was not natural good. This is clear from the doubt expressed in these words and those immediately following. And because the rational is that which perceives what the natural is, and the nature of it, a perception that it was not natural good, or 'Esau', is meant.

  
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