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1 Mose 30:15

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15 Und sie sprach zu ihr: Ist es zu wenig, daß du meinen Mann genommen hast, daß du auch die Dudaim meines Sohnes nehmen willst? Da sprach ahel: So mag er denn diese Nacht bei dir liegen für die Dudaim deines Sohnes.

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Arcana Coelestia #3930

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3930. And Leah saw that she had stood still from bearing. That this signifies that no other external truths had been acknowledged, is evident from the representation of Leah, as being external truth (see n. 3793, 3819); and from the signification of “bearing,” as being to acknowledge in faith and act (n. 3905, 3915, 3919). Hence Leah’s “standing still from bearing” signifies in the internal sense that no other external truths had been acknowledged.

  
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