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Genesis 30:2

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2 And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel, and he said, Am I in God's stead, who has withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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Arcana Coelestia #3962

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3962. Verse 21. And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. “And afterwards she bare a daughter,” signifies the affection of all these general truths; and also the church of faith in which there is good; “and called her name Dinah,” signifies its quality.

  
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