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1 Mose 35:18

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18 Und es geschah, als ihre Seele ausging (denn sie starb), da gab sie ihm den Namen Benoni; (Sohn meiner Not) sein Vater aber nannte ihn Benjamin. (Sohn der echten, d. h. des Glückes)

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4604

Studere hoc loco

  
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4604. The sons of Leah. That this signifies external Divine goods and truths in their order, is evident from the representation of Leah, as being the affection of external truth (see n. 3793, 3819). Hence her “sons” are the goods and truths represented by Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, of which in what follows.

  
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