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Genesis 30:15

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15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

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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.

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