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しもべは父にこの子供の身を請け合って『もしわたしがこの子をあなたのもとに連れ帰らなかったら、わたしは父に対して永久に罪を負いましょう』と言ったのです。
Arcana Coelestia # 5791
5791. 'He will be my slave' means that he will be in subjection forever. This is clear from the meaning of 'slave' as existing for ever without any freedom of one's own, dealt with just above in 5786, and so being in subjection forever.
