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Genesis 38:27

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27 And it was, in the time of her giving·​·birth, and behold twins were in her belly.


Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

from the Writings of Emanuel Swedenborg

 

Arcana Coelestia #4885

Studere hoc loco

  
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4885. 'And Judah sent the kid of the she-goats' means a conjugial pledge. This is clear from the meaning of 'the kid of the she-goats' as a pledge of conjugial love or a pledge assuring a joining together, dealt with above in 4871.

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Society for the permission to use this translation.