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Genesis 29:27

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27 Let the week of the bride-feast come to its end and then we will give you the other in addition, if you will be my servant for another seven years.

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Arcana Coelestia #3764

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3764. 'He saw' means perception. This is clear from the meaning of 'seeing' as perceiving, dealt with below at verse 32 of this chapter where Reuben, who was given that name from the word 'seeing', is the subject.

  
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