Arcana Coelestia (Potts) n. 4472

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4472. And their words were good in the eyes of Hamor. That this signifies condescension in respect to the life, is evident from the signification of "the words were good," as being condescension; and from the representation of Hamor, as being the good of the Church among the Ancients (see n. 4447), here the life, for life is of good, as doctrine is of truth, which is "Shechem," as immediately follows. The reason why life and not good is here represented by Hamor, is that he was condescending to the external things of the sons of Jacob.


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