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Genesis 25:26

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26 and afterwards hath his brother come out, and his hand is taking hold on Esau's heel, and one calleth his name Jacob; and Isaac [is] a son of sixty years in her bearing them.

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Arcana Coelestia #3333

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3333. 'And he ate, and drank' means taking to oneself. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as taking good to oneself, dealt with in 2187, 2343, 3168, and from the meaning of 'clanking' as taking truth to oneself, dealt with in 3069, 3089, 3168.

  
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