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Бытие 31:54

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54 и закололъ Іаковъ жертву на горј, и позвалъ сродниковъ своихъ јсть хлјба; и они јли хлјбъ, и ночевали на горј.

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Arcana Coelestia #4139

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4139. 'And you have not allowed me to kiss my sons and my daughters' means a disjoining in a free state as intermediate good believed it to be. This is clear from the meaning of 'kissing' as a joining together resulting from affection, dealt with in 3573, 3574, 3800, and 'not allowing to kiss' therefore as disjoining; from the meaning of 'sons' as truths, and of 'daughters' as goods, dealt with several times already. Thus a disjoining so far as truths and goods are concerned is meant. The fact that this occurred in a free state as intermediate good believed it to be, see what has appeared already in 4136, 4137.

  
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