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Genesis 30:9

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9 When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah, her maid, and gave her Jacob for a wife.

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Every one

  

The phrase “Every one,” where it occurs in Genesis 20:7, signifies every thing or all things.

(références: Arcana Coelestia 2538; Exodus 7, 20)

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Arcana Coelestia #3989

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3989. 'He said, What shall I give you?' means knowledge. This becomes clear from its being an anxious desire and a request to know what he wanted for wages and how much.

'And Jacob said' means a reply. This is clear without explanation.

  
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