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Genesis 31:20

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20 Jacob deceived Laban the Syrian, in that he didn't tell him that he was running away.

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Arcana Coelestia #4081

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4081. 'And God has taken away your father's cattle and has given them to me' means that those things came from the Divine. This is clear from what has been stated and shown above in 4065 and in 4075.

  
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