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Genesis 38:12

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12 And in process of time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheep-shearers to Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite.

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Arcana Coelestia #4895

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4895. 'And said, I did not find her' means that by falsity this cannot be discovered. This is clear from the meaning of 'I did not find' as not discovering; and because these words are spoken by the Adullamite who means falsity, as above in 4894, it follows that 'he said, I did not find her' means that falsity was unable to discover it, or that by falsity this cannot be discovered.

  
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