4021. 'And Jacob singled out the lambs' means as regards innocence. This is clear from the meaning of 'the lambs' as innocence, dealt with above in 3994. The phrase 'as regards innocence' is used because the subject in what follows is the ordering of natural good and truth for the reception and accommodation of innocence.
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