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Genesis 24:2

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2 And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,

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Arcana Coelestia #3083

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3083. And filled her pitcher. That this signifies vessels of reception, is evident from the signification of a “pitcher,” which, being a vessel for the reception of water, is in the internal sense a recipient of the knowledges of truth, and also of truth itself, which is signified by “water.” (That “water” in the internal sense denotes knowledges, and also truth, may be seen above, n. 28, 680, 2680, 2702, 3058)

  
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