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Genesis 30:11

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11 And Leah said, Fortunate! and she called his name Gad.

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Arcana Coelestia #3917

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3917. And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid for a woman. That this signifies that the affirmative means was adjoined, is evident from the representation of Bilhah, and from the signification of “handmaid,” as being an affirmative means (n. 3913); and from the signification of “giving for a woman,” as being to adjoin.

  
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