3278. Verses 19, 20 And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac was a son of forty years when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife.
'These are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son' means the Lord's Divine Rational, from which the Divine Natural sprang. 'Abraham begot Isaac' means that the Divine itself begot the Divine Rational. 'And Isaac was a son of forty years' means from His own power by means of the conflicts brought about by temptations. 'When he took Rebekah' means the joining of Divine Truth [to the Divine Rational]. 'The daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife' means its essential nature and its state.
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