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Genesis第29章:13

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13 Who, when he heard that Jacob his sister's son was come, ran forth to meet him; and embracing him, and heartily kissing him, brought him into his house. And when he had heard the causes of his journey,

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Arcana Coelestia#3799

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3799. 'And watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother' means instruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'watering the flock' as instruction, dealt with in 3772. The reason why here Laban for the third time is called 'his mother's brother' is to point out the flock's origin and Rachel's origin, that is, the origin of doctrine and of the affection for interior truth.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.