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Genesis 27:22

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22 And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau.

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Arcana Coelestia #3503

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3503. 'Bring it to me that I may eat' means making it its own. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, 3168.

  
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