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1 Mose 30:16

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16 Und als Jakob am Abend vom Felde kam, da ging Lea hinaus, ihm entgegen, und sprach: Zu mir sollst du eingehen, denn ich habe dich gewißlich gedungen um die Dudaim meines Sohnes. Und er lag bei ihr in selbiger Nacht.

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Arcana Coelestia #4011

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4011. And Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks. That this signifies that from what was left he took those goods and truths that could be conjoined, is evident from the signification of “flocks,” as being goods and truths (see n. 343, 2566, 3767, 3768, 3772, 3783). That “to feed the rest of the flocks” denotes to take from what was left those goods and truths that could be conjoined, is evident from what follows, for there this is the subject treated of.

  
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