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και ηρωτησε τους ανθρωπους του τοπου αυτης, λεγων, Που ειναι η πορνη, ητις ητο κατα την διοδον επι της οδου; οι δε ειπον, Δεν εσταθη εδω πορνη.
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Arcana Coelestia # 4829
4829. 'Judah took a wife' means the Church which was for his descendants. This is clear from the representation of Tamar, to whom 'a wife' refers here, as the Church, dealt with below. Its being for his descendants is meant by the fact that he took her for Er his firstborn, so as to have descendants from them.
