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Genesis 27:1

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1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I.

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Arcana Coelestia #3611

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3611. And now, my son, hearken unto my voice, and arise. That this signifies delay as yet, is evident from the signification of “hearkening to a voice,” as being to obey; namely, that he should tarry yet in that inverted state, which is the subject treated of in what follows.

  
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