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Genesis 27:36

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36 And he said, Is he not rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me twice: he took away my birth-right; and behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?

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Arcana Coelestia #3501

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3501. And hunt me a hunting. That this signifies the truth of good, is evident from the signification of “to hunt” and “a hunting,” as being the truth of the natural from which is the good of life (n. 3309); here it signifies truth which is from good, because said to Esau, by whom as before said is represented the good of the natural.

  
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