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അവനും കൂടെയുള്ളവരും ഭക്ഷിച്ചു പാനം ചെയ്തു രാപാര്ത്തു. രാവിലെ അവര് എഴുന്നേറ്റശേഷം അവന് എന്റെ യജമാനന്റെ അടുക്കല് എന്നെ അയക്കേണമെന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
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അവനും കൂടെയുള്ളവരും ഭക്ഷിച്ചു പാനം ചെയ്തു രാപാര്ത്തു. രാവിലെ അവര് എഴുന്നേറ്റശേഷം അവന് എന്റെ യജമാനന്റെ അടുക്കല് എന്നെ അയക്കേണമെന്നു പറഞ്ഞു.
3129. 'And Rebekah had a brother' means the affection for good in the natural man. This is clear from the meaning of 'a brother' and of 'a sister' in the Word - 'a brother' being the affection for good, and 'a sister' the affection for truth, dealt with in 367, 2360, 2508, 2524. For in the natural man, as in the rational, all things there are interrelated like blood relatives and relatives by marriage, 2556, 2739. For that reason also the rational mind as well as the natural mind is called a house or family where parents, brothers, sisters, blood relatives, and relatives by marriage exist in order.
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When she travailed, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This came out first."
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It happened, as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out, and she said, "Why have you made a breach for yourself?" Therefore his name was called Perez.
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Afterward his brother came out, that had the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.