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Genesis 27:38

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38 Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.

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Arcana Coelestia #3541

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3541. Upon his hands. That this signifies according to the faculty of receiving, is evident from the signification of “hand” as being power (see n. 878, 3091); thus the faculty of receiving.

  
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