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Genesis 38:17

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17 And he said, I will send thee a kid of the goats from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it?

Okususelwe Emisebenzini kaSwedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4819

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Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

4819. 'And his name was Shua' means the essential nature of this. This is clear from the meaning of 'name' as the essential nature, dealt with above in 4817, in this case the essential nature of evil begotten by falsity springing from evil, also dealt with above, in 4818.

  
Yiya esigabeni / 10837  
  

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