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Бытие 24:48

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48 И падши поклонился Іеговј, и благословилъ Іегову, Бога господина моего Авраама, Который прямымъ путемъ привелъ меня, чтобы дочь брата господина моего взять за сына его.

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Arcana Coelestia #3130

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3130. 'His name was Laban' means the essential nature of that affection. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' as a person's character or nature, dealt with in 144, 145, 1754, 1896, 2009, 2724. Here therefore 'Laban' means the essential nature of that affection which is being dealt with.

  
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