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Genesis 29:25

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25 En het geschiedde des morgens, en ziet, het was Lea. Daarom zeide hij tot Laban: Wat is dit, dat gij mij gedaan hebt; heb ik niet bij u gediend om Rachel? waarom hebt gij mij dan bedrogen?

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Arcana Coelestia #3790

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3790. 'And we water the flock' means that at that point they receive instruction. This is clear from the meaning of 'watering the flock' as giving instruction, dealt with in 3772, 3787. These matters also are evident from what has gone before.

  
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