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1 Mose 2:5

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5 und ehe alles Gesträuch des Feldes auf der Erde war, und ehe alles Kraut des Feldes sproßte; denn Jehova Gott hatte nicht regnen lassen auf die Erde, und kein Mensch war da, um den Erdboden zu bebauen.

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Arcana Coelestia #138

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138. Verse 18. And Jehovah God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help as with him. By “alone” is signified that he was not content to be led by the Lord, but desired to be led by self and the world; by a “help as with him” is signified man’s Own, which is subsequently called a “rib built into a woman.”

  
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