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Genesis 30:29

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29 Toen zeide hij tot hem: Gij weet, hoe ik u gediend heb, en hoe uw vee bij mij geweest is.

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Arcana Coelestia #3992

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3992. 'I will pass through all your flock today' means that [the good of truth] recognizes the nature of all that good. This is clear from the meaning of 'flock' as good, dealt with in 343, 3518, and from the meaning of 'passing through it all' as knowing and perceiving the nature of it.

  
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