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Génesis 33:18

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18 Y vino Jacob sano a la ciudad de Siquem, que está en la tierra de Canaán, cuando venía de Padan-aram; y se asentó delante de la ciudad.

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Arcana Coelestia #4349

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4349. Verse 4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him; and they wept.

'Esau ran to meet him' means the influx of Divine Natural Good. 'And embraced him' means a first joining together effected by love. 'And fell on his neck' means a second joining together involving everything included within that universal embodiment of truth. 'And kissed him' mean an interior joining together brought about by love. 'And they wept' means the outward expression.

  
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