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Genesis 27:17

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17 And she gave the savory meat, and the bread which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.

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Arcana Coelestia #3591

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3591. 'So that your soul may bless me' means so that it might join itself to this. This is clear from the meaning of 'being blessed' as a joining together, also dealt with above, in 3504, 3514, 3530, 3565, 3584.

  
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