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Genesis 35:16

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16 And they journeyed from Bethel. And there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath, when Rachel travailed in childbirth; and it went hard with her in her childbearing.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4604

Studere hoc loco

  
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4604. 'The sons of Leah' means external Divine Goods and Truths in their proper order. This is clear from the representation of 'Leah' as the affection for external truth, dealt with in 3793, 3819. Consequently her 'sons' are the aspects represented by Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, dealt with below.

  
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