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But after that he heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying: Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's, and being enriched by his substance is become great:
4212. 'And they ate bread' means the achievement of this, that is to say, in the external sense the achievement of friendship, and in the highest sense a joining together effected through the good and truth within the Natural.
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.