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Genesis 29:3

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3 And thither were all the flocks gathered. And they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in its place.

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Arcana Coelestia #3842

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3842. And Laban said, It is not so done in our place. That this signifies that the state is not such, is evident from the signification of “place,” as being state (see n. 1273-1275, 1377, 2025, 2837, 3356, 3387). From this it is evident that the expression “it is not so done in our place,” signifies that the state is not such.

  
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