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Genesis 33:10

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10 εἶπον-VBI-AAI3S δέ-X *ἰακώβ-N---NSM εἰ-C εὑρίσκω-VX--XAI1S χάρις-N3--ASF ἐναντίον-P σύ- P--GS δέχομαι-VA--AMD2S ὁ- A--APN δῶρον-N2N-APN διά-P ὁ- A--GPM ἐμός-A1--GPM χείρ-N3--GPF ἕνεκεν-P οὗτος- D--GSM ὁράω-VBI-AAI1S ὁ- A--ASN πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN σύ- P--GS ὡς-C ἄν-X τις- I--NSM ὁράω-VB--AAO3S πρόσωπον-N2N-ASN θεός-N2--GSM καί-C εὐδοκέω-VF--FAI2S ἐγώ- P--AS

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Arcana Coelestia #4369

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4369. For because that I have seen thy faces like seeing the faces of God, and thou hast accepted me. That this signifies the affection in the perception with which it was reciprocally instilled, is evident from the signification of “seeing faces like the faces of God,” as being affection in perception; for by the “faces” are signified the interiors (n. 358, 1999, 2434, 3527, 3573, 4066), and by the “faces of God,” all good (n. 222, 223); and when this flows in it gives affection in perception; and from the signification of “accepting me,” as being affection instilled. That the signification is affection instilled is evident from what has been said just above about the instilling of affection; thus from the series.

  
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