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1 Mose 24:24

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24 Sie sprach zu ihm: Ich bin Bethuels Tochter, des Sohnes Milkas, den sie dem Nahor geboren hat.

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Arcana Coelestia #3106

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3106. 'To go on her hands' means the power of the affection for truth. This is clear from the meaning of 'the hand' as power, dealt with in 878, 3091, and from the representation of 'Rebekah', to whom 'her' refers here, as the affection for truth, dealt with in 2865, 3077.

  
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In Genesis 24:14, this signifies affection in which there is innocence, as distinguished from child, girl, or daughter. (Arcana Coelestia 3067)

In Genesis 24:61, this signifies subservient affections. (Arcana Coelestia 3189) See also Daughter.