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创世记 31:39

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39 被野兽撕裂的,我没有带来给你,是我自己赔上。无论是白日,是黑夜,被去的,你都向我索要。

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Arcana Coelestia #4181

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4181. Surely now hadst thou sent me away empty. That this signifies that it would have claimed all things for itself, is evident from the signification of “sending away empty,” as being to take all things away from him, and thus to claim all things for itself.

  
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