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创世记 30:3

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3 拉结:有我的使女辟拉在这里,你可以与他同房,使他生子在我膝下,我便因他也得孩子(原文作被建立)。

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Arcana Coelestia #3955

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3955. 'And she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son' means reception and acknowledgement. This is clear from the meaning of 'conceiving' as receiving, and of 'bearing' as acknowledgement, dealt with above in 3860, 3868, 3905, 3911, 3919.

  
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Genesis 30:26

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26 Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you."