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Genesis 27:33

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33 Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who, then, is he who has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? Yes, he will be blessed."

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Arcana Coelestia #3595

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3595. 'And I have eaten from all of it before you came in' means which had been made its own. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as making one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, 3168, 3513 (end).

  
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