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1 Mose 30:18

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18 Da sprach Lea: Gott hat mir meinen Lohn gegeben, daß ich meine Magd meinem Manne gegeben habe! Und sie gab ihm den Namen Issaschar. (H. Issakar: er bringt Lohn; od. es gibt Lohn)

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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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