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Genesis 30:12

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12 And Zilpah Leah's handmaid bare Jacob a second son.

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Arcana Coelestia #3931

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3931. 'And she took Zilpah her servant-girl' means an affirmative means through which [the external man and the internal] could be joined together. This is clear from the meaning of 'a servant-girl' as an affirmative means that serves to join the external man to the internal, dealt with in 3913, 3917.

  
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Genesis 30:6

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6 Rachel said, "God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son." Therefore called she his name Dan.