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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 #3931

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3931. And she took Zilpah her handmaid. That this signifies an affirmative conjoining means, is evident from the signification of a “handmaid,” as being an affirmative means that is of service for the conjunction of the external man with the internal (n. 3913, 3917).

  
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