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Genesis 30:9

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9 Toen nu Lea zag, dat zij ophield van baren, nam zij ook haar dienstmaagd Zilpa, en gaf die aan Jakob tot een vrouw.

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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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