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Genesis 30:15

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15 En zij zeide tot haar: Is het weinig, dat gij mijn man genomen hebt, dat gij ook mijns zoons Dudaim nemen zult? Toen zeide Rachel: Daarom zal hij dezen nacht voor uws zoons Dudaim bij u liggen.

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Arcana Coelestia #3946

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3946. And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my man? That this signifies that there is a conjugial longing, is evident from the signification of “taking a man” who is also another’s (as here Jacob, who was also Leah’s), as involving mutual love between them. Hence it is that by these words, “Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my man?” there is signified conjugial longing.

  
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